Thomas Moffitt, a conservative activist and member of Turning Point UK, was assaulted by left-wing demonstrators last week during a Conservative Society event at the London School of Economics.
According to Fox News, on November 20, Moffitt “was invited by the university’s Conservative Society to discuss the need for socially conservative values in Britain.”
Toward the end of the outing, activists stole materials and attempted to sabotage the event, with some even protesting through a loudspeaker.
“In their eyes, it must have just been seen as them trying to commit some sort of humiliation ritual,” Moffitt told Fox News about the conduct of the protesters. “We’re trying to continue Charlie’s fight here in the U.K.”
Moffitt aims to implement the persuasive practices of the American conservative movement in the UK.
“We saw that, really, we can start to import what the U.S. was very successful in terms of preaching and evangelizing young people into conservatism,” he further told Fox News. “I think that we should take this momentum and opportunity and kind of grow out TPUK… We must continue the fight regardless of what country we’re in, because the West needs conservatism.”
In the weeks prior to the event, Moffitt received death threats, while he and his colleagues were physically harassed by dissenting activists.
“Throughout the duration of reporting for TPUK and doing stands on abortion, transgenderism and migration, we’ve had bottles of urine chucked at us, glue chucked at us, cans of beans chucked in my face,” he said.
