Wes Streeting (Labour) too scared to travel on public transport
 

Wes Streeting reveals shocking impact of threats from pro-Palestine/Hamas
campaigners

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Wes Streeting has revealed he no longer travels alone on public transport
after being threatened with violence by pro-Palestine campaigners.

The shadow cabinet minister, standing as the Labour candidate in Ilford
North, said: “I don’t mind scrutiny, I don’t mind disagreement,” he said.
“That’s democracy.”

But Streeting added: “No one should be subjected to threats and
intimidation. I’ve had a death threat since the war in Gaza broke out, and
I’ve had threats of violence.

“I have had to change the way I do things, change my movements, change
my routine. It means I don’t travel at the moment on public transport alone.”

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:shocked:

I like the guy.

He is definitely a future Labour leader.

Well he clearly interacts with normal people.

I wish he was now actually.

It wont be long before people decide its not worth it to go into politics

I would much prefer him to Keir.

He’s a paid stooge for private healthcare, he should be nowhere near any responsibility for the nhs

Streeting is every bit as terrible as Starmer. Taking tens of thousands from private health firms to grease their way into the NHS when he's health secretary. Just as happened with the tories after the 2019 Johnson purge, demanded loyalty attracts only sycophants, and those for whom ideology and principles can be bought and traded.

Not sure that is why he can't travel alone on public transport though :think:

Hmm. I see what you mean. :)

I didn't comment on that, I commented on him, but now I will. I'm pretty sure he can travel on public transport without ever being attacked. What he won't be able to get away with, and what he really wants, is to go on public transport without being challenged.

Absolutely for me.

I've always admired Wes Streeting as a politician though.

This is awful that he or any politician immaterial of Party need to be made to feel like this.
Getting a death threat and threats of violence, what a dangerous life politics has become.

Because he's not the only one.
This is an ever growing and worryingly dangerous scenario now.

Even other areas of it too.
I'm going canvassing and even we have to take greater care now too.
Some of the comments thrown at us are horrendous.
It's a good thing we work in teams near all the time more now.

Death threats aren't a new phenomenon in politics. Corbyn probably had more than any politician in recent times. I remember some armed forces members even using his picture in a rifle range. I think if anyone is making excuses for, and as a result, supporting genocide, then these are the very people that need to be made to feel uncomfortable in public. Not attacked, but challenged.

Challenged is fine, death threats are not, and again that goes for any politician, that said I don't think MPs should be challenged when they are just out and about minding their own business, there are ways and means of contacting MPs, they are not on duty 24/7 and have surgeries where people can meet them face to face, some knob on the tube just wanting answers is not the way to do it, they then have a free vote at election time if they want to use that to make their point

Let’s see how safe the uk is after 4 years of labour

the thing is, i'm sure most mp's would be happy to engage with the public if they behaved civilly, that's usually all that's needed in my experience