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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Clea Skopeliti

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Jacob rees mogg says university protests against him were legitimate if noisy - Caught on Camera

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg holding an arm aloft while giving a speech in February 2024
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg (pictured in February 2024): ‘The Cardiff University security team was exemplary in allowing a lawful protest while keeping everyone safe.’ Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Jacob Rees-Mogg has said the protests against him at Cardiff University were “legitimate and peaceful, if noisy” after he was chased off campus on Friday, as the incident received cross-party condemnation from elsewhere.

Footage showed the Conservative MP being followed by a small number of shouting demonstrators as he was escorted into a waiting car by eight security guards after speaking at the university’s Conservative society.

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