London Mayor Sadiq Khan said his Gaza ceasefire call had drawn harsher criticism from Jewish leaders than demands by other mayors, such as Manchester’s Andy Burnham
The Welsh Underground Network, which took part, bragged: “Mogg left under a barrage of our anger at his very existence.”"I disagree with him on almost everything, but we cannot accept a culture of intimidation in our politics.The protest was organised by Welsh Underground Network and Cardiff Communists, with the former tweeting afterwards: "We helped organise a demonstration against this imperialist politician.
"Mogg left under a barrage of our anger, anger at his zionism, anger at his cruelty to the working class, anger at his very existence." Sir Jacob was filmed being bundled into a security vehicle, as one protester draped himself over the car's bonnet before being pulled away by guards. The Tory former Cabinet minister said: "The Cardiff University security team was exemplary in allowing a lawful protest while keeping everyone safe.
"Universities ought to be bastions of free speech and as both the protesters and I were able to give our views without fear or intimidation the proper traditions of adversarial debate were upheld."
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