Demonstrators were filmed chasing and shouting abuse at the Tory former Cabinet minister after he spoke at Cardiff University.
Protesters who hounded Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg after he spoke at Cardiff University have been criticised for their “shrill intimidatory idiocy”.
The activists hurled abuse at the MP as they waved Palestinian flags, while security staff could be seen warding off people trying to rush him.will have taken it in his stride but no elected politician should have to put up with this shrill intimdatory idiocyConservative Party chairman Richard Holden wrote on social media site X: “How silly of these morons – whatever they think their cause is, they do it a disservice.
Jo Stevens, Labour’s shadow Welsh secretary, said: “Concerned by footage of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s treatment by protesters in Cardiff.
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