It is unfortunate that this is what partisan politics has come to. The group with the most and best thugs sets the agenda. It's not that different in the United States (remember the man who shouted a curse at Bill Clinton and was wrestled to the ground and arrested by half a dozen Secret Service "hired heavies"?). The main reason that the elderly gentleman's comment and subsequent ejection happened at all is because the Labour Party hasn't quite gotten to the point of screening out dissenters before the event (as both political parties do here). It is a sad state of affairs that we can no longer accept opposing views.

Stephen Lee