[garinda]

I don't particularly care who was attacked, as it's also happened to Heath, Thatcher, as well as most famously Prescott, but having just seen the news coverage of it I must say I'm shocked.

The woman was just allowed to walk away, and then the B.B.C. interviewed her, and broadcast her political message in full. There are no plans to charge her with any offence.

I've no particular liking for Peter Mandelson, but when parents are prosecuted for slapping a naughty child, to get away with this sort of atack scott free seems outrageous. I suppose she'd also be allowed to walk away if it had been acid she'd thrown in someone's face.

If you can't get your point of view across using democratic means, violence, no matter how trivial, isn't the answer.

I think the group Miss Deen represents has a very fitting name, Plane Stupid.