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Protesters chanting ‘Tory c***’ chase Jacob Rees-Mogg off campus | UK News [Video]

Jacob Rees-Mogg was forced to flee from an appearance at Cardiff University on Friday after a gang of protesters heckled the MP and called him a ‘Tory c***’.

Scenes from the event show Mr Rees-Mogg being bundled into a vehicle while surrounded by security guards, as a group of protesters wielding Palestine flags heckle the former minister and drape themselves over the bonnet of his car.

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.

‘We managed to block the doors, shutting them inside for several (hours).

‘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.’

Mr Rees-Mogg, who had been giving a speech at the Welsh university’s Conservative Association, later said of the incident: ‘It was a legitimate and peaceful …

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