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Protester James Goddard held over Parliament incidents | |
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Hardline pro-Brexit campaigner James Goddard has been arrested in connection with incidents outside Parliament on Monday. | |
Police said a man in his 30s was arrested outside St James's Park Tube station in London just before midday. | |
He is being held on suspicion of a public order offence. | He is being held on suspicion of a public order offence. |
Mr Goddard was involved in a protest in Westminster earlier this week during which Remain-supporting Conservative MP Anna Soubry was called a Nazi. | |
A Met Police spokesman said the arrested man was currently in police custody and being taken to a central London police station. | |
Commons vote | |
BBC home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said Mr Goddard's supporters said he had been about to hand himself in at a London police station. | BBC home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said Mr Goddard's supporters said he had been about to hand himself in at a London police station. |
His "small" group of supporters were angry about his arrest, our correspondent said. | |
In recent weeks, an increasing number of protesters have gathered opposite the House of Commons, shouting and waving flags about Brexit as broadcasters interview MPs. | |
The BBC and other broadcasters have set up temporary studios on College Green, a traditional spot for political interviews, ahead of the Commons vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal on 15 January. | |
On Monday, Conservative MP Anna Soubry was called a "Nazi" by protesters during a live BBC News interview. | |
Earlier that day, she had faced barracking by a group of protesters as she walked to Parliament. | |
In the wake of the incidents, Ms Soubry, a who supports another Brexit referendum, criticised the police for not intervening at the time. |