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Mark Field must be suspended from the Conservative Party & the Whip. Action should be taken against Tory MPs defending him (listed below). These comments normalise violence against women. He grabbed a woman by the neck and pushed her up against a pillar. There is no excuse. 1/10
Crispin Blunt MP said Mark Field should be “commended” for his violence towards a woman, which appears to be assault. 2/10
Bob Stewart MP on @BBCWorldatOne said "poor old Mark lost his job". His sympathy is with the aggressor, not the victim. He said "you can't hold her by the waist.. you can’t hold her by the chest" So it's fine to grab a woman by the neck as it's better than grabbing her chest 3/10
Johnny Mercer MP responded to women condemning Mark Field’s violence by telling us to “calm down”. A throwback to David Cameron’s misogynist “calm down dear" comment. No, we won’t calm down about violence towards women. 4/10
Peter Bottomley MP said Mark Field “deserves to be congratulated” for violently grabbing a woman 5/10
Claire Perry MP said he was "absolutely right to act as he did" by violently grabbing a woman. 6/10
Nadine Dorries MP said “his instincts were right”. No, Nadine, a man’s instinct should not be to grab a woman by the throat 7/10
Vicky Ford MP said this The protesters declared as they entered the room that they were peaceful and the full length video makes it clear she was not a threat. 8/10
Jeremy Hunt, Mark Field’s boss in the Foreign Office and candidate to be the next PM, has refused to condemn his actions. Hunt claimed the investigation into Field is independent. It isn’t independent, it’s being carried out by the Cabinet Office. 9/10
Where is Boris Johnson? He’s refused to say anything. We have a right to know what the candidates to be our next Prime Minister think about the actions of a Conservative MP who is currently facing no action from the Party. 10/10
