Mark Field urged to quit as minister after grabbing climate protester
by Kevin Rawlinson from Environment | The Guardian on (#4HKV7)
Video shows Foreign Office minister manhandling female demonstrator
The Conservatives have been plunged into controversy after a video showed a minister grab and manhandle a protester who disrupted the chancellor's Mansion House speech.
Police began looking into the incident on Thursday night after footage showed Mark Field pushing the female Greenpeace activist against a pillar and grabbing her neck. There were calls for Field to lose his position as a Foreign Office minister. In a statement, he apologised to the woman and said he would refer himself to the Cabinet Office over the incident.
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