After Demonstrators Surrounded Sir Keir Starmer, The Prime Minister Has No Intention Of Apologizing
No. 10 has no intention of apologizing for Prime Minister's misleading assertion that Sir Keir Starmer failed to pursue Jimmy Savile after protestors targeted the Labour leader near Parliament.
Tory MPs have renewed their calls for Boris Johnson to apologize after demonstrators were heard chanting about the sex offender as well as the Covid restrictions.
Mr. Johnson did express his displeasure with the harassing.
He described Sir Keir's behavior on Monday afternoon as "absolutely terrible" and "totally unacceptable" in a tweet.
It is illogical to suggest that what happened on Monday was "Boris's responsibility and not the mob's fault," according to a No 10 source.
However, at least six Conservative MPs afterwards linked the event to the PM's erroneous remark and asked that he apologize.
Sir Keir was led into a police car on Victoria Embankment just after 17:00 GMT, close to Portcullis House, an office building used by MPs, according to social media videos.
Protesters chanted "traitor" over and over, accusing the Labour leader of not "opposing the government" or protecting the working class by backing Covid vaccines.
Some demonstrators were observed holding signs denouncing obligatory vaccines and limitations to stop Covid from spreading.
However, there were also cries about attacks on journalists, including Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, and about safeguarding paedophiles, with Savile mentioned.