Ugly brawl breaks out at John McDonnell’s count after a voter yells ‘terrorist’ while the Labour shadow chancellor gives his acceptance speech in Uxbridge
- Scuffle broke out in crowd as shadow chancellor John McDonnell made a speech
- Mr McDonnell was heckled throughout his speech by a man shouting ‘terrorist’
- Police officers were forced to intervene to temper the disturbance in Uxbridge
Violence erupted tonight as John McDonnell was declared winner in Hayes and Harlington.
A scuffle broke out in the crowd and cries of ‘liar’ and ‘terrorist’ rang out as the Labour shadow chancellor was giving his acceptance speech.
Tempers flared among the crowd and police officers were forced to intervene to temper the disturbance at the Uxbridge count.
A scuffle appeared to break out in the crowd and cries of ‘liar’ and ‘terrorist’ rang out as the Labour shadow chancellor was giving his acceptance speech
Police officers were forced to intervene to temper the disturbance at the Uxbridge count
The Labour veteran said: ‘It is quite clear that there are fears also now for our democracy and the rise of the extreme right’
The Labour veteran said: ‘It is quite clear that there are fears also now for our democracy and the rise of the extreme right.
‘But I say now we will organise and we will ensure this type of democracy will reign, and the democratic wishes of our people will be respected, and this sort of extreme right wing violence will not be tolerated within our society.’
An ashen-faced Mr McDonnell said the predicted numbers were ‘extremely disappointing’ as he all but conceded defeat at the start of the night as ballots started to be counted.
Mr McDonnell said in the wake of the poll being announced that the numbers were ‘extremely disappointing’ and that the ‘appropriate decisions’ would be taken on the future of Mr Corbyn’s leadership once the results were fully known.
Tempers flared at the count in west London, as furious voters scuffled with police
Speaking to BBC News, Mr McDonnell said: ‘I think Brexit has dominated, it has dominated everything by the looks of it.
‘We thought other issues could cut through and there would be a wider debate, from this evidence there clearly wasn’t.’
On the future of Mr Corbyn’s leadership, Mr McDonnell said: ‘Let’s see the results themselves, as I say, the appropriate decisions will be made and we’ll always make the decisions in the best interests of our party.’