Andrew Mitchell, the Tory former chief whip who famously told a police officer to “learn your fucking place, you fucking pleb”, may wish he hadn’t made enemies of the old bill. For who will defend him now his own constituency office has been taken over by activists fed up with austerity and the government’s contempt for ordinary people?
The offices were occupied by students and community activists living in Birmingham, where Mitchell is the only Tory MP. In a statement, they said: “Austerity clearly isn’t working. We have huge and painful cuts to health, education and welfare but the deficit is getting bigger not smaller. The Tories plan has clearly not worked and they need to change it or we need a new government.”
