Yaz Ashmawi regrets 'compromising' the Labour leader's safety but says throwing glitter was 'fine'.
The protester who poured glitter on Sir Keir Starmer as he spoke at the Labour conference has apologised for touching the party leader.
Mr Ashmawi said he was in police custody for 22 hours but added officers were "very respectful to me". "Politicians get a lot of death threats and they have a need to feel safe and I compromised that in that moment by touching him ," he said.to unseat Boris Johnson In a statement, Mr Ashmawi added: "The glitter was, of course, a lovely, peaceful spectacle and I'm still finding it everywhere."The party leader held the activist away from the microphone with his right arm before security arrived.Sir Keir later called the protestor an "idiot" for trying to interrupt his speech but added he feared "it could have been a lot worse".
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