Liverpool council leader Joe Anderson defends shouting "scum" at protestor
Liverpool council leader Joe Anderson said he has no regrets after shouting "scum" at a protestor.
A video of Cllr Anderson confronting a protestor outside the ECHO Arena has been posted Youtube.
Today he defended confronting the protestor saying he will not be bullied or intimidated.
Cllr Anderson said he was responding to shouts of "Nazi scum" as he entered the waterfront venue, with a protest taking place outside.
The video says the protest was against Conservative minister Francis Maude, who was meeting leaders in Liverpool last Friday.
Cllr Anderson: "I walked up to a fella who was shouting on his loud hailer 'Nazi scum' [at me] and said to him 'no you are scum'."
Cllr Anderson is then seen entering the arena and loud chants of 'scum, scum, scum' can be heard.
Today he said: "The irony is I agree with 95% of what they are saying, but I disagree with them shouting abuse in an obscene way.
"I don't mind talking to people but I am not going to be bullied or intimidated.
"I have been fighting for social justice for longer than some of these people have been alive."
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It is fairly obvious that the shouts of scum are directed at Francis Maude who is very much of the old school right wing of the Tory party who are not the most welcome of people to visit Liverpool.
Joe may be defending 'his guest in the city'.
Joe may well be trying to sell the venue to a potential customer for a future party conference to the city.
But .... the Tory party are hitting Liverpool like they are hitting other cities and maybe someone wants to say that we dont like you Maude and maybe it is wrong for Joe to come across in any way as giving legitimacy to the likes of said Maude lest he should think that what they are doing is fine.
Quality debate, isn't it? How depressing that someone with such power over all our lives displays such a lack of basic common sense and self-control.
Not only did he engage with the protesters, he adopted their language. Could he not have engaged his brain first? This was impulsive, stupid and childish. The protesters' tactics are hardly rocket science - provoke to get a response, and gain publicity. He gave them what they wanted - and it worked.
If this is how he behaves in public, what on earth happens in private?
Well he's obviously not fought very well, and he should realize that how long you've fought means nothing, just that you've fought, and 1 more thing, scum was shouted at him, after he called the protesters scum, he didn't say "No you are scum" he just walked up to a protester and went "You're scum".
sing the public, he shouts, screams, swears at people who have a different thinking to him. He was openly aggressive at the Q/A forum at the town hall saying the public talked crap screaming Liars Liars he was incandescent with rage.
Cllr Anderson is the one that is out of control, his temper consumes him, the above video is one of many on 'youtube' which displays his bomastic, arrogant & loutish attitude.Since Cllr Anderson came into office he has spent his time abu
It is worth noting that, when he claimed to have been assaulted at the town hall demo a few days later, he was lying. The video here shows conclusively he was neither punched nor kicked: http://solfed.org.uk/?q=liverpool-council-leaders-false-allegations-at-town-hall-protest
For those who have engaged with Cllr. Anderson before, this won't come as much of a surprise.
Sadly, I don't have video evidence to back my own claim (and so not inclined to put my name to the post) but whilst out leafleting for the Liberal Democrats during the 2010 General Election campaign, 'our Joe' would be happily flicking V-signs my way, with his co-horts, without provocation.
Then there was the spectacle of Cllrs. Anderson and Bradley exchanging insults in the street, openly, after the last Clegg visit before the GE outside Rathbone Road church.
No, this video does not come as a surprise. However, I look forward as more incidents come to light of his behaviour that will kick down the carefully contructed image he like to project - managed exceedingly well (thus far) by the sharp politicos of Prescot Road.
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