Far-left groups have been gradually “stepping into criminality” as former Labour MP Lord Walney blasted Britain for “not cracking down on far-left groups”.
Protesters from Youth Demand took red paint to the front of Labour’s headquarters claiming the political party had “blood on their hands”.
The group wrote on social media: “Labour has blood on their hands. They are complicit in the murder of Palestinians, and millions of people around the world, as they continue to drive genocide.”
Speaking about the incident on GB News, former Labour MP Lord Walney said: “The level of criminal destruction is depressing.
“And I think we have to be careful as broadcasters, as politicians, as commentators, not to end up amplifying what is on.
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“On one level, pretty basic criminal damage.
“And I think there is a risk that we can talk about this in excited tones and say they're going to strike next and end up having GB News and other channel channels as essentially a microphone for this far-left group.”
He added: “The move of what is essentially an environmental group into campaigning for Palestine shows firstly the level of interchange on the far left.
“I think it shows a level of cynicism from these environmental campaigners who have been, I think, frustrated that their actions in blocking roads have not been getting the publicity that they hope that it would because of the dominance of the Gaza protests in recent months.
“That they have essentially moved on to that turf” GB News host Bev Turner said: “to piggyback that attention?”
Youth Demand painted the Labour building red GB News/ Youth Demand Her co-host Andrew Pierce asked: “Can they go too far? Is that what they've done today? Was it too much, too extreme?”
He agreed saying: “Absolutely. I think we need to be really firm as a country, at all levels and the political level.
“Whatever your strength of feeling about a cause, stepping into criminality and vandalism is not acceptable.
“We need more of a focus on how to change the law through the ballot box and be proud of the parliamentary democracy that they have.
“Not to buy into this fake far-left narrative which says, oh well, all democracy is is irredeemably corrupted, and therefore we've got to take matters into our own hands.”
98 per cent of GB News members who voted in the poll agree with the statement that it's time to crack down on far-left criminality, while only two per cent disagreed.
