Woman who threw drink over Nigel Farage

I am talking about protecting public workers, no matter who they are or what side they are on.

If Keir Starmer, Carla Denayer or Adrian Ramsey had a beverage thrown over them I wonder if those who are saying “it’s just a milkshake” would have a different view?
I wouldn't. But it is funnier with Farage. And he was not a public worker.

Incidentally, it is an aggravating factor if the assault is on an actual public worker, but obviously not applicable in this case.

What you're advocating for is a change in the law to give harsher penalties for assault on an unpaid civilian wanting to be a politician, which is fair enough if that's what you think. But you can't retrospectively change the law after the offence.
 
It did for the bloke who lobbed an egg at Corbyn a couple of years ago.

I don’t think she should’ve been sent to prison by the way, but there needs to be some consistency.

How long before the milkshake is acid, or the egg is a brick?
Acid gets thrown at people now, so do bricks
And they are dealt with

As is a pint of beer thrown over someone in a pub

There isn’t anything new here
 
It did for the bloke who lobbed an egg at Corbyn a couple of years ago.

I don’t think she should’ve been sent to prison by the way, but there needs to be some consistency.

How long before the milkshake is acid, or the egg is a brick?
Then that would be a different offence. A bit like hitting someone with a foam finger would carry a different sentence than if it was with a baseball bat.
 
Then in that case they will go to jail. But it was a milkshake so she isn’t.
You’re missing the point. The bloke who threw the egg at Corbyn was sent to prison because in the words of the judge, “it was a threat to democracy”.

Just because Farage isn’t liked, doesn’t make it any different.
 
I get people saying that it was only a milkshake but that's not the point here and @FishofContemplation nails it when he says it was an 'unidentified projectile' which could have had serious consequences for everyone around the incident.

People playing it down as a drink in the pub, etc. need to think about what was happening at the time. Farage, if I remember rightly, was canvassing when this woman threw the drink over him and it could have contained anything.
 
In the 1930s depression, when supporters of Oswald Moseley, that era's equivalent of Farage, came to Stockton spreading their own brand of fear and hatred, they were met with brute force of locals and ran out of town. I'm very sorry to say that based on the evidence on display here, they'd now be welcomed here, while the people who stood against them would be shopped to the police.
 
You’re missing the point. The bloke who threw the egg at Corbyn was sent to prison because in the words of the judge, “it was a threat to democracy”.

Just because Farage isn’t liked, doesn’t make it any different.

Almost burst out laughing at the hyperbole of the judge - a threat to democracy……Jaysus

Throwing a milkshake - threat to democracy, sorry, I find it laughable
 
I get people saying that it was only a milkshake but that's not the point here and @FishofContemplation nails it when he says it was an 'unidentified projectile' which could have had serious consequences for everyone around the incident.

People playing it down as a drink in the pub, etc. need to think about what was happening at the time. Farage, if I remember rightly, was canvassing when this woman threw the drink over him and it could have contained anything.
Unidentified projectile? He only had to taste it to solve that problem. Serious consequences? Now you are just having a laugh now surely?
 
I get people saying that it was only a milkshake but that's not the point here and @FishofContemplation nails it when he says it was an 'unidentified projectile' which could have had serious consequences for everyone around the incident.

People playing it down as a drink in the pub, etc. need to think about what was happening at the time. Farage, if I remember rightly, was canvassing when this woman threw the drink over him and it could have contained anything.
But it wasn't. Can you not see how cases have to be dealt with on the facts established? Making a statement of deterrent for something which didn't happen seems ill judged and in no way equitable.

May as well lock those speeding up for terrorism offences on the basis they may have been carrying a bomb?
 
But it wasn't. Can you not see how cases have to be dealt with on the facts established? Making a statement of deterrent for something which didn't happen seems ill judged and in no way equitable.

May as well lock those speeding up for terrorism offences on the basis they may have been carrying a bomb?
No, I don't want the courts to make something up but I do think politicians need to be better protected and higher consequences handed out for those assaulting them.

You only have to Google to find out how many MPs have concerns regaridng attending surgeries or going out to meet the public.
 
Seen it all now

People wanting to protect fascists

**** that

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Seen it all now

People wanting to protect fascists

**** that

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I think you need to read the whole thread before making comments like that. I don't think anyone is siding with Farage, I would say the opposite. Some on here are suggesting better protection for politicians and tougher consequences for those who assault them going about their work.

Farage and everything he stands for leaves a bad taste in decent people's eyes.
 
An attack on an MP, police officer, NHS worker, soldier etc should be dealt with harshly.

She should serve her time and learn her lesson, our public workers should be more protected.
It’s milkshake.. annoying an inconvenience. But it’s not an attack. It’s a milkshake.

An attack on anybody should be treated with firmly. This was a milkshake. It wasn’t an acid attack.. just like the empty coffee cup was not a brick or a piece of concrete.

An MP is not the same as a police officer or an NHS worker or a soldier and they should not be considered as such.

A police officer’s job is to protect the public and uphold the law.. that is what they should do and by doing that they will come into contact with violence and their safety will be put at risk.

A soldier will go to war.. their lives will almost certainly be put at risk as they fight to protect the country and the freedoms of it’s citizens.

An NHS worker will be working to save people’s lives directly, improve the quality of life for people directly and help treat disease and injury. A novel profession.

A Member of Parliament is a civil servant chosen to represent the people of the constituency they were voted in for.. they make decisions for and on behalf of the people they represent to better their futures and improve their lives and circumstances.

Now.. how many members of parliament do you see actually doing this? Farage much prefers stoking racial tensions outside of action and spending time in the US supporting his favourite American reality star.

An MP is not a worthy profession, it should not be highly regarded in any way shape or form.. civil servants that make the most of their positions to better their own lot in life and further their own careers and investments. Thought history rotting fruit and vegetables have been thrown to show disapproval in underperforming public servants.. those who lie and cheat and behave badly or against the interests of their constituents.

It’s milkshake.. there’s a reason why people throw milkshake at him. He is not to be lauded or pitied.. certainly not held in high regard or compared to genuine hard working people.. it is an insult.

MPs are far too protected as it is, they get far too many privileges and protections.. if they are not doing their job.. like in any other job., they should be kicked to the curb. Any wrongdoing or unlawfulness.. rather than twisted or justified.. it should be punished.

These people should be held to account before it gets to milkshake in the street. It’s an embarrassment to allow it to continue has it is.
 
You’re missing the point. The bloke who threw the egg at Corbyn was sent to prison because in the words of the judge, “it was a threat to democracy”.

Just because Farage isn’t liked, doesn’t make it any different.
He didn't throw the egg, he hit Corbyn on the head while holding an egg, stood there shouting at him before being subdued by 4 bystanders.
She threw the dregs of a milkshake at Farage, tossed the empty cup at him & walked off.

They were both charged with Assault by Battery, but he only got 28 days in prison despite being a 'threat to democracy' whereas she's got a 13-week jail sentence hanging over her head for 12 months.
 
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