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A Tory minister grabbed a Greenpeace protester by the neck to push her out of the hall.

Initiating pre-emptive violence on the off chance that someone else might do so is not justified, not for ministers any more than it is for thugs.

The minister has been dismissed as minister, but that is not enough. He should be prosecuted. The cheers he got from other Tories and plutocrats in the room make prosecution necessary.

Some see this as an example of the pattern of male violence towards females. That is a valid point, and it might be that he has a habit of violence towards women and that it played a role in his actions. Ultimately, though, I don't think it changes the conclusions in this particular case. It would not be any more legitimate to have done the same thing to a male.

"With its links to BP, I can't stay in the Royal Shakespeare Company."

Boris Johnson is the UK's bullshitter &mdash he takes lying beyond the usual level, and plays the hero by defeating the weak.

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