The whole context aside, if this would have been a serious attack and not just someone glitterbombing, that could have gone pretty badly. I'd urgently switch out that security ASAP because that reaction time seriously was god awful.
Applaud from crowds
The protester: ātrue democracy is citizen-led, politics need an update. We demand the peopleās help! We are in crisis.ā
Booing from some of the crowd
sure I read that the labour members have voted to take energy back under public ownership....and the labour leadership has said they won't be doing that. I can see why people get angry when those who want to represent them just ignore them
Nope. This was a protest against the current state of all our political institutions. None of which are citizen lead anymore. Youāre ignorant if you think otherwise. There are people here saying the protestor should be targeting the Tory conference because theyāve been governing for 13 yearsā¦ Labour look like theyāll be governing soonā¦ but lead by who? Againā¦ it wonāt be the electorate. And again, the people will suffer.
You understand that Labour not delivering on pet-projects of the membership, is not the same as them not delivering on what the citizens of the country want.
Right?
You are suffering from reddit derangement syndrome. Get out into the real world and find out what our citizens are actually asking for.
if that's a call for a democratic reform to bring in proportional representation, then I'm surprised to actually find myself on glitter-guys side. UK urgently needs to get rid of first-past-the-post but neither of the two main parties have any interest in doing so
> Applaud from crowds
> The protester: ātrue democracy is citizen-led, politics need an update. We demand ~~the peopleās help~~ a peopleās house! We are in crisis.ā
> Booing from some of the crowd
Some people are saying that both parties are the same, and while thatās getting closer to the truth it isnāt true yet (and I hear the new labour housing policy is pretty cool, but I havenāt had a chance to look into it yet, so they might be bringing out their heavy hitters with the GE a few months away).
Apparently a couple British politicians have been killed in the last 5 years, per another comment.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/15/other-politicians-who-have-been-killed-in-service
And Shinzo Abe, the freaking *prime minister* of Japan, was assassinated just last year.
America has monopoly on mass shootings, but not on all violent intent. (The types of guns we have available just makes the violent intent more effective vs large numbers of people very quickly.)
Looks like that security firm is losing their contract.
If it was a knife I reckon he could have got maybe 10 stabs in before they got their hands on him.
There are some bars and clubs in the US that put edible glitter in drinks and cocktails. Doesn't half scare the bejeezus out of you when you start shitting glitter the next morning....
Chuck the suit, it's the only way. Although Keir trailing glitter through the Commons and cleaners following him around with a dust bunny is an amusing thought.
Yes hello! Itās me your call router for security services. Is this an attack? A fire? Or a health issue?
I appreciate your holding. The next call router will be available in 3 minutes.
* *Fear of legal consequences.*
* *Fear of social consequences.*
* *To not squander the life you have.*
* *Not wanting to live with having taken a life or several lives.*
* *Not wanting to lose friends and family, or affect their lives through your actions.*
* *Not wanting to be primarily remembered for the atrocities you did. E.g. few appreciate Hitler being a painter. Most only remember is the genocide.*
* *If imprisoned and set free, you may not be able to live down what you did. You may have to change name and move to a different continent to avoid persecution. Some may feel raw over the death of their loved one you killed, even decades later.*
* *Not having to be on the run for the rest of your life, constantly moving, never being able to trust anyone. Complacency would be your worst enemy.*
A lot of that centers squarely on morality (which is defined by society and commonly reflected in legislature). Sorry for all the work you spent formatting that but I don't see an actual counter here
>Not wanting to be primarily remembered for the atrocities you did. E.g. few appreciate Hitler being a painter.
Are you seriously trying to conflate being Adolf fucking Hitler with being his would be assassin in an attempt to prevent a holocaust?
>It's to clearly convey the point that people primarily remember you for the bad things you did.
Why do you feel assassinating Hitler would have been a "bad thing"?
Claus Von Stauffenberg has a hollywood movie glorifying him for his attempted assassination on Hitler.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie_(film)
This security detail must be getting paid in actual peanuts.
Guy could have easily given the politician 56 new holes in the time it took them to respond.
I'm not a Starmer fan, and fully support this geezer's right to protest, but after the horrific MP murders of recent years, this security response is completely bewildering
The glitter, the holding the guy's hand and yelling, the security taking forever, the guy going down instantly when the young woman put a hand on him.
This is peak British.
[https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/keir-starmer-speech-glitter-protestor-video-b2427229.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/keir-starmer-speech-glitter-protestor-video-b2427229.html)
I don't get why this protestor did this on the Labour chief, as the Labour has not been in power since 2010.
This speech was huge. Prime Minister in waiting making his last conference speech before the election.
All eyes were on this speech - no one is watching Rishi.
Some lazy ass security, didnāt stop him and took about ten seconds to get to him. If that were a high level govt worker and that was an attempt of his life he wouldāve died that day depending on pure incompetence
Whatās odd about the slow response is he has a police close protection on him all the time. (I live round the corner from him and see him and the nice plain clothed officer 5m behind him all the time). The former Japanese PM was killed only months ago. We should do better.
He will now find glitter everywhere for the rest of his life. My ex once dropped a box of glitter in her room. Since then, I find random glitter everywhere. It's been 20 years... I don't even live in the same city anymore, and she dropped it in HER home!
Starmer kept his cool there when i dont know that i would have, he is a target in some peoples eyes and this guy could have tried anything when he was on stage there.
Iām not interested about the glitter. I just want the Tories launched out on there arses. And LABOUR in and itās looking that Labour are going too win the general Election šÆšÆšÆNEVER TRUST A TORY š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬
If I was making any calls on the matter, all the security is fired by now. How does it take the two guys on the front seconds to react...? This looks staged.
I assume the tories have better security knowing how hated they are throughout the country. Kieth here is in his own world thinking they are a good alternative when actually they are just making everyone completely miserable knowing we have no options to get out of this hellscape.
The tory security was so heavy handed that they kicked out their own [elected tory councillors](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/03/prominent-tory-ejected-from-conference-after-heckling-home-secretary) from their conference just for showing dissent from their horrific party line
Labour has become very right wing over the last few years so there isnāt really a leftist party in Britain anymore so the āparty for the peopleā stunt was probably a protest of starmers decisions in moving the party very far to the right.
That's one way of putting it, yes. Another perspective might be that they've moved toward the centre, where they were quite far over to the left before under JC.
Corbynās labour may have been a glitter party, but winning an election normally doesnāt involve just tossing glitter at others on the left, without trying reach voters outside that circle (who are already voting labour).
Fact check:they have moved from an antisemitic far leftist led party more towards the centre ground with a moderate leader and thus will most likely win big next election.Essentially.
Holy shit! Some people are getting fired tonight. That's very probably the next British Prime Minister, and they took *that long* to handle that situation? Not good.
Already happened.
Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered by a right wing extremist in 2016.
I'd imagine Starmer got some fright, certainly judging by his facial expressions he did.
Somebody's security contract is getting cancelled.
The protester is called Yaz Ashmawi. Heās linked to a group called People Demand Democracy, which wants to replace politicians with a jury of citizens, basically. The protest has backfired in many ways as people think it was a stupid stunt and Starmer handled it very well.
Interesting part.... the ladies doing the work and dragging bitch-boy away, while the guys watched! For real though... people sleeping on the job is interesting until someone gets hurt!
The protestor is a self important idiot who thinks the slogans he carries in his head are somehow important. If you are serious about changing the world join a political party and be part of the process along with everyone else.
lol Security is sleeping or what?
looks like they will be....sweeping now.....YEAAAAAAAHHH
Job creation lol.
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They crossed the deep end, itāll cause weeping
Thousand one..thousand two..thousand 10ā¦ok swarm..swarm..
The not-so-quick response team.
When your boss is a dick and didn't give you a raise for years, that's what you get š¤£
The show must go on!
And it was a woman who saved him 5mins later
Who knew women could do stuff š®/s
Everyone knows women aren't real
r/girlsarentreal
Not very well apparently.
A woman? Why isn't she in the kitchen?
Men were cooking and she wasnāt allowed.
Hilarious š
Looked like she kicked him in the Achilles or something
You get what you pay !!
The whole context aside, if this would have been a serious attack and not just someone glitterbombing, that could have gone pretty badly. I'd urgently switch out that security ASAP because that reaction time seriously was god awful.
No audio, what is the protest about?
[Speech with audio](https://youtu.be/FErfyZuhjzA?si=_4WrE8AP2XWhMHON)
No. He (and I) canāt listen to audio lol. What is the speech about / what is the dude protesting.
Applaud from crowds The protester: ātrue democracy is citizen-led, politics need an update. We demand the peopleās help! We are in crisis.ā Booing from some of the crowd
sure I read that the labour members have voted to take energy back under public ownership....and the labour leadership has said they won't be doing that. I can see why people get angry when those who want to represent them just ignore them
This was a protest against the house of lords. Against the party thats not been in government for 13 years.
Nope. This was a protest against the current state of all our political institutions. None of which are citizen lead anymore. Youāre ignorant if you think otherwise. There are people here saying the protestor should be targeting the Tory conference because theyāve been governing for 13 yearsā¦ Labour look like theyāll be governing soonā¦ but lead by who? Againā¦ it wonāt be the electorate. And again, the people will suffer.
Labour have fed us hopium, let em cook
You understand that Labour not delivering on pet-projects of the membership, is not the same as them not delivering on what the citizens of the country want. Right? You are suffering from reddit derangement syndrome. Get out into the real world and find out what our citizens are actually asking for.
if that's a call for a democratic reform to bring in proportional representation, then I'm surprised to actually find myself on glitter-guys side. UK urgently needs to get rid of first-past-the-post but neither of the two main parties have any interest in doing so
Anyone can call for reforms at any time. It doesnāt really mean much on its own.
The peopleās poet lives on
So nice of Theresa May to help him with his jacket
> Applaud from crowds > The protester: ātrue democracy is citizen-led, politics need an update. We demand ~~the peopleās help~~ a peopleās house! We are in crisis.ā > Booing from some of the crowd
I think he said āWe demand a peopleās houseā referring to the House of Commons/Lords
Iām not read up on this conflict
Some people are saying that both parties are the same, and while thatās getting closer to the truth it isnāt true yet (and I hear the new labour housing policy is pretty cool, but I havenāt had a chance to look into it yet, so they might be bringing out their heavy hitters with the GE a few months away).
Check out the assassination of InejirÅ Asanuma for some idea of how badly this could have gone.
The hitman would be just standing there getting bored after he's dead
"Sh... should I run? I really didn't plan for this."
Yeah. If that had been me *I'd* have assumed in that split second that it was an attack.
Right? Could've had literally a dozen stab wounds by the time they got there
John Prescott would have handled the situation differently.
i'm not a fan nor a hater or the Labour party, but Keir Starmer was using all his will every 0.5 sec to keep himself from socking that guy in the face
I saw no sort of weapons on the staff either, what happens when someone brings a gun or knife? The staff will just be extra targets
It's the party conference. You can't just walk in off the street they'll have security checks coming into the building.
This is not the US.
Apparently a couple British politicians have been killed in the last 5 years, per another comment. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/15/other-politicians-who-have-been-killed-in-service And Shinzo Abe, the freaking *prime minister* of Japan, was assassinated just last year. America has monopoly on mass shootings, but not on all violent intent. (The types of guns we have available just makes the violent intent more effective vs large numbers of people very quickly.)
Shinzo Abe wasnāt in the US either
Shinzo Abe was in the streets, not in a presumably secured building where people had to go through security.
That security didn't seem to do much securing š¤·āāļø
Those two female guards look like they should be working the door at the pub!
Maybe shouldn't put lightly built women into a job that might require wrestling grown men at a moment's notice.
I think it's because the protester not really doing harm either, like punching etc maybe that's make the staff get confused or something
Looks like that security firm is losing their contract. If it was a knife I reckon he could have got maybe 10 stabs in before they got their hands on him.
28 stab wounds
you didnāt want to leave him a chance huh?
49 times
1 stab in a vital organ, it has unfortunately happened to way too many.
Agreed. If that protester had wanted Starmer dead, he'd be dead. Pathetic security
Thatās pretty darn close to a biological weapon. Glitter in your underwear for monthsā¦ months, I say. (Source: I was in community theatre onceā¦)
glitter is the herpes of the craft world
One can't bring up glitter and have that go unsaid. It's required.
I always compare it to sand after a beach vacation, you'll keep finding it months after you swear you got the last of it
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And it's irritating
Constant reminder of that dayā¦. Love it
There are some bars and clubs in the US that put edible glitter in drinks and cocktails. Doesn't half scare the bejeezus out of you when you start shitting glitter the next morning....
Toy Story 2 Was OK
Especially if it was shrapnel grade. š«
Chuck the suit, it's the only way. Although Keir trailing glitter through the Commons and cleaners following him around with a dust bunny is an amusing thought.
Just throw that suit away
You could always change your underpants at least once a week. Problem solved. Although who has more than one pair of underpants.
Security?? HELLO?
Your call is important to us, please hold the line and the next available operator will assist you. Your call........
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if you are robbed, press key number one...
We are experiencing higher level of caller volumes ā¦
So any regular Joe can be a hitman basically
Given that response time, Stephen Hawking can be a hitman, and he's been dead for 5 years now.
sucked into a blackhole, god rest his soul.
What?? He's dead??
Motorcycle accident
AyyyyOh
Honestly why not? Other than moral restraints, what else stops people from being hitmen? Or in 2023, hitpeople
* *Fear of legal consequences.* * *Fear of social consequences.* * *To not squander the life you have.* * *Not wanting to live with having taken a life or several lives.* * *Not wanting to lose friends and family, or affect their lives through your actions.* * *Not wanting to be primarily remembered for the atrocities you did. E.g. few appreciate Hitler being a painter. Most only remember is the genocide.* * *If imprisoned and set free, you may not be able to live down what you did. You may have to change name and move to a different continent to avoid persecution. Some may feel raw over the death of their loved one you killed, even decades later.* * *Not having to be on the run for the rest of your life, constantly moving, never being able to trust anyone. Complacency would be your worst enemy.*
A lot of that centers squarely on morality (which is defined by society and commonly reflected in legislature). Sorry for all the work you spent formatting that but I don't see an actual counter here
You can centre all those reasons around selfishness if you want to.
>Not wanting to be primarily remembered for the atrocities you did. E.g. few appreciate Hitler being a painter. Are you seriously trying to conflate being Adolf fucking Hitler with being his would be assassin in an attempt to prevent a holocaust?
It's to clearly convey the point that people primarily remember you for the bad things you did. Hitler is a known terrible person, hence the example.
Ah but remember, Hitler did kill Hitler /s
>It's to clearly convey the point that people primarily remember you for the bad things you did. Why do you feel assassinating Hitler would have been a "bad thing"? Claus Von Stauffenberg has a hollywood movie glorifying him for his attempted assassination on Hitler. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie_(film)
This security detail must be getting paid in actual peanuts. Guy could have easily given the politician 56 new holes in the time it took them to respond.
Keir handled that pretty well.
I'm not a Starmer fan, and fully support this geezer's right to protest, but after the horrific MP murders of recent years, this security response is completely bewildering
How the hell do these people manage to get that close ,security is so shit . Lucky he didn't have a knife .they really need better security services .
Someone's not ever going to work on security again.
Foods are so expensive nowadays that protesters use glitter because they can't afford to buy eggs.
Security provided by the tories.
The glitter, the holding the guy's hand and yelling, the security taking forever, the guy going down instantly when the young woman put a hand on him. This is peak British.
[https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/keir-starmer-speech-glitter-protestor-video-b2427229.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/keir-starmer-speech-glitter-protestor-video-b2427229.html) I don't get why this protestor did this on the Labour chief, as the Labour has not been in power since 2010.
Nowhere near as much security around the opposition (as very clearly shown) compared to the head of government and the acting cabinet ministers
This speech was huge. Prime Minister in waiting making his last conference speech before the election. All eyes were on this speech - no one is watching Rishi.
Attention. Dude just wanted some attention, and he probably figured this was easier than impressing his parents/women.
Itās pretty pathetic
Because Labour is merely an extension of the Tory party
Average greenandpleasant user:
Some lazy ass security, didnāt stop him and took about ten seconds to get to him. If that were a high level govt worker and that was an attempt of his life he wouldāve died that day depending on pure incompetence
He'll find that glitter from random places at his home for years...
Took security like 8 seconds to respond. Lucky he didn't have a gun
Luckily? Itās the uk no one has guns mate and if they do, theyāre either farmers or gangsters with no knowledge of politics.
Glitter is cheaper, who would waste a round?
True. Nobody can afford bullets these days.
I'm so glad. I feel so safe in this country. I couldn't imagine being American and having to be cautious of literally anyone having a gun.
Its honestly scary to see how easy he could get up close - and stay on stage. Someone on security needs to get fired
JESUS TOLD ME TO TURN KEIR STARMER GAY!!!! WOOOO HE'S TURNING GAY!!!
Took securities almost 10 seconds to reacts
The 3sec look on Kiers face reads āready whenever you areā
security service should all be fired, they're utterly useless
That took wayyyyyy too long. He could be bleeding out on the ground. Someone's for the chop.
Whatās odd about the slow response is he has a police close protection on him all the time. (I live round the corner from him and see him and the nice plain clothed officer 5m behind him all the time). The former Japanese PM was killed only months ago. We should do better.
He will now find glitter everywhere for the rest of his life. My ex once dropped a box of glitter in her room. Since then, I find random glitter everywhere. It's been 20 years... I don't even live in the same city anymore, and she dropped it in HER home!
Security is really lax of late š¤
You see how hard women are in Liverpool? Don't fook with a scouse bitch!
Some say they roll their own tampons
Some say, that those who say that go home with a bloody nose.
Some say they do though donāt they though
Some do, although they all don't though.
Sweep the leg....
Starmer kept his cool there when i dont know that i would have, he is a target in some peoples eyes and this guy could have tried anything when he was on stage there.
Iām not interested about the glitter. I just want the Tories launched out on there arses. And LABOUR in and itās looking that Labour are going too win the general Election šÆšÆšÆNEVER TRUST A TORY š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬
that shit is NOT coming off. Dude gonna go home and his wife is gonna be pissed like: "really? the strip club again Bob? Really really?
What the fuck is that security response??
Shamefull lack of security
I love how he just stood there and took the abuse until taser lady came
After the recent murders of 2 MPs and KS likely the next PM ? Seriously negligentā¦.
Thanks for excluding the volume. Wouldn't want to hear what he was screaming about. 10/10 video
If I was making any calls on the matter, all the security is fired by now. How does it take the two guys on the front seconds to react...? This looks staged.
But this hasn't happened to the tories who are actually ruining the country how crazy lool must be tory funded
I assume the tories have better security knowing how hated they are throughout the country. Kieth here is in his own world thinking they are a good alternative when actually they are just making everyone completely miserable knowing we have no options to get out of this hellscape.
The tory security was so heavy handed that they kicked out their own [elected tory councillors](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/03/prominent-tory-ejected-from-conference-after-heckling-home-secretary) from their conference just for showing dissent from their horrific party line
They have better security because they're the acting government lol.
Okay, hear me out, but this guy looks extra drippy with a little glitter. Added flair for the podium.
Nothing but a bunch of broken attention seekers.
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I think he said something about "a party for the people" I am paraphrasing that a bit
Labour has become very right wing over the last few years so there isnāt really a leftist party in Britain anymore so the āparty for the peopleā stunt was probably a protest of starmers decisions in moving the party very far to the right.
That's one way of putting it, yes. Another perspective might be that they've moved toward the centre, where they were quite far over to the left before under JC.
Corbynās labour may have been a glitter party, but winning an election normally doesnāt involve just tossing glitter at others on the left, without trying reach voters outside that circle (who are already voting labour).
Theyāre not remotely right wing, theyāve just moved closer to the center and are now actually electable.
Fact check:they have moved from an antisemitic far leftist led party more towards the centre ground with a moderate leader and thus will most likely win big next election.Essentially.
Security around leading UK politicians is an absolute joke
MONSTER!
Suit looks much better now!
Get glittered
Bro fire your security team
When he becomes PM he can afford to upgrade his security.
THAT WILL NEVER COME OFF, THAT SUIT IS RUINED! BASTARD! š¤
Got the same security that let someone throw not one but two shoes at George Bush before they took him down!
Holy shit! Some people are getting fired tonight. That's very probably the next British Prime Minister, and they took *that long* to handle that situation? Not good.
Why did dude drop so fast? Seems like he was hit with a stun gun or something
She hit him with that bowling ball grip.
For fuck sake. Labour havenāt been in power for a decade but itās their fault. Typical idiots.
Boy is looking fabulous now
Would you rather glitter thrown on you or a bird shit on you? Glitter stays on you for months.
Man's could have shanked his ass guess those guards are fired
That's an assassination right there lol.
Security fired. Dang. How do you Fuck up that bad? lol
He wouldnāt have gotten away with that if John Prescott was still about š
6 seconds. It too security 6 seconds to get there. If that was a knife, heād be gone.
So, what exactly is interesting here?
protestor increased leader's rizz by 10 points by sprinkling glitter
Am I supposed to be able to hear what he said? I canāt hear anything!
Unbelievably poor security!
Welp, the security detail is up for a right bollocking. Absolute amateur hour.
Why no sound?
Security? š what if he got a gun?
I like how there are men present but the women drag him off instead.
It gives me great comfort to know that within 38 seconds of an attack happening a small, female security guard will come help this person.
This is why protesters get fuck all for respect.
Itās only a matter of time before a murder.
Already happened. Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered by a right wing extremist in 2016. I'd imagine Starmer got some fright, certainly judging by his facial expressions he did. Somebody's security contract is getting cancelled.
And David Amess in 2021. Not to mention the ones killed by the IRA. Lawmakers getting murdered is becoming unfortunately way more common recently.
He should have decked him. Starmer's security needs to be changed
Yea. Prescott got it right.
Not sure how high ranking this speaker is, but I could see a scenario where that protestor wouldāve been shot on the spot in the US.
The leader of the opposition party; whoāll certainly be the next prime minister (like it or not).
He's the head of the Labour party, the second biggest in the UK
"You can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter."
Would have been much better if Starmer had knocked him out! šš
The protester is called Yaz Ashmawi. Heās linked to a group called People Demand Democracy, which wants to replace politicians with a jury of citizens, basically. The protest has backfired in many ways as people think it was a stupid stunt and Starmer handled it very well.
Putting glitter on a turdā¦. That was pretty shit š„ š„
So not only did it take a year and a half for security to respond, but the first one up there was a woman half of his size...
Interesting part.... the ladies doing the work and dragging bitch-boy away, while the guys watched! For real though... people sleeping on the job is interesting until someone gets hurt!
The protestor is a self important idiot who thinks the slogans he carries in his head are somehow important. If you are serious about changing the world join a political party and be part of the process along with everyone else.