but it is distressing when one sees what happened to nicholas watt in it. it is.assed and followed, and physically intimidated. in the end, he was able to make his way to downing street as a westminster reporter, he has a pass to be able to access downing street which is behind protected gates. and from there, he was able to seek sanctuary. today there has been a response from the prime minister and a couple cabinet ministers. the prime minister saying on twitter that it was disgraceful to see the hounding of nicholas watt. johnson's spokesperson early on said the premise or had seen the footage earlier on and it was deeply to disturbing. violence and threats are never acceptable. the health secretary, pat hancock, describe the footage as appalling —— hancock, that nicholas watt was abused by a small mob. "we must always be protective, this behaviour is completely unexceptional." priti completely unexceptional. " priti patel used completely unexceptional." priti patel used similar language to condemn the protesters and their harassment of nicholas watt. she also l

on social media showed demonstrators shouting abuse in the face of newsnight political editor nicholas watt political correspondent chris mason has more. nick was out and about on whitehall yesterday evening to talk to some of the acme lawn don —— antilock on protesters. there are several videos doing the rounds on social media of nick being harassed and followed and physically intimidated. in the end, he made his way to downing street as a he has a patent to access downing street. from there, he was able to seek sanctuary. today, there has been a response from the prime minister and a couple cabinet ministers, so the prime minister saying on twitter that it was disgraceful to see the hounding of nick watt. his spokesman earlier said the prime minister had seen the footage. it was deeply disturbing. journalists should never face that kind of the failure —— behaviour. violence and threats are never acceptable, he said. matt hancock described as appalling. our country's free pass underpins our democracy, we should always protect, he wrote, this behaviour is unacceptable. priti patel used simi

on social media showed demonstrators shouting abuse in the face of newsnight political editor nicholas watt able to seek sanctuary. today, there has been a response from the prime minister and a couple of cabinet ministers. the prime minister saying on twitter that it was disgraceful to see the hounding of nick watt. his spokesman earlier said the prime minister had seen the footage. it was deeply disturbing. journalists should never face that kind of behaviour and the right of protest is a fundamental, but violence and threats are never acceptable, said downing street. matt hancock described it as appalling that nick watt was abused by what he described as a small mob. underpins our democracy, we should always protect it, he wrote. this behaviour is completely unacceptable. priti patel use similar language to condemn the protesters and their harassment of nick watt. she also tweeted a link to a call for evidence that the government has already posted into work that they are doing on the safety of journalists and work that they are doing on the safety ofjournalists and the extent and nature