On Wednesday 3 July, a video emerged online of Conservative Party candidate in Plymouth Moor View Johnny Mercer’s wife attempting to shut down a peaceful protest held by Gulf War veterans – just hours before the general election began:
Gulf War Veterans protesting against Johnny Mercer@AndyR960 @JU5TICE4VETERAN
If you live in Plymouth Moor View and you’d like to remove Johnny Mercer please visit https://t.co/IIpEobUCuf
Enter your post code
The most likely candidate to beat Mercer is Labour candidate… pic.twitter.com/2Y7gecAE5J
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) July 3, 2024
#politicslive #wato #GE2024
In which the Veterans Minister’s spouse tries to stop veterans protesting against the Veterans Minister on the day before the election. https://t.co/UjDRbtTsYa— Sir Jamie Jones77🕷💚 (@JamieJones77) July 3, 2024
Ignoring chronically ill veterans. How convenient for Johnny Mercer.
Felicity Cornelius-Mercer can be seen in the video, arguing with the protesters after they state that Johnny Mercer has ‘ignored them for years’. As the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs it seems that Mercer has been failing to do the only part of his job that a normal person could guess – listening to veterans.
This may well be because they live with Gulf War syndrome – caused by exposure to chemical weapons – which is an illness that was dismissed as psychological for years. Oh, and also caused in part by the actions of the UK government.
Back to Mercer, and his wife then lied to the police about there being an ‘altercation’ in an attempt to shut the protest down. The people on X were having none of it:
The Mercer’s lie to the police, that there has been an altercation pic.twitter.com/7ZG7w2SA2H
— AndyR (@AndyR960) July 3, 2024
Clearly @JohnnyMercerUK and his charming wife are not familiar with the Streisand effect 🤔 Mercer isn’t “one of the good guys” – he’s just an atypical Tory who very occasionally bucks the party line. It doesn’t, in an of itself, make him a laudable human being. https://t.co/4qYiP7fMh7
— Tristan Clark 🔶 (@CllrTClark) July 3, 2024
Afraid of a placard?
The Tories like to paint themselves as the party of free speech – which is an absolute joke. Clearly, Johnny Mercer can’t handle it when that free speech involves calling him out for the useless scumbag he is:
Calling the police because you don’t like what a placard say – Seems like Mrs Mercer has a problem with freedom of speech and the right to protest. https://t.co/YlyxuzQBSW
— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) July 3, 2024
— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) July 3, 2024
The party of free speech here, Karening out & calling the police on people for errrrrrrrrr saying Johnny Mercer sucks? https://t.co/0Xtp2QMmsX
— The Dyatlov Ass Incident (@Seej500) July 3, 2024
Johnny Mercer and his wife call the police on Gulf Veterans campaigning against Mercer.
No sign of anything wrong, no altercation.
Wasting police time?
Or simply seeking to crush dissent? https://t.co/u9f3XSVkDv
— John West 🕯💙🇺🇦 🗿 (@JohnWest_JAWS) July 3, 2024
Is it any wonder people are mad at Mercer? The next time a Tory beats their chest over some climate or pro-Palestine protesters taking up police time and resources, show them this.
Funnily enough, the protesters weren’t even campaigning for another candidate – only telling people not to vote for Mercer:
Look at the smirk on @JohnnyMercerUK face as the police realise there’s nothing happening, their time being wasted by his tax payer funded wife calling people for hurty words on a banner. He wonders why people shout ‘w*nker’ at him… https://t.co/J434oruAu1
— Gordon Bryan (@gordonbryan) July 3, 2024
Saw this as I drove to work this morning & thought a) good on the veterans & b) that’s going to upset the Mercers. And then I laughed out loud. Other drivers were tooting their support. #ToryWipeout2024 https://t.co/4FT0I20Z3i
— Jo Agnew 🐈⬛ 🎵🍰💙 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ (@TavyJo) July 3, 2024
Another video shows Mercer agreeing to work with protestors after the election. Only, on the condition they do not protest again in Plymouth. It’s funny how he suddenly agrees to engage with them when his reputation is at stake – the day before voting:
@JohnnyMercerUK blocking and ignoring Gulf War Vets for 4 yrs. Now he wants to engage with them pic.twitter.com/KWdYKPugFS
— AndyR (@AndyR960) July 3, 2024
People of Plymouth please take this as evidence that Johnny Mercer and his wife are grifting to make wealth.
They do not care about the people of Plymouth or veterans. https://t.co/IoAnejVV75
— who cares (@si_skelly) July 3, 2024
Johnny Mercer The Veterans Minister-brave man that he is-sends his wife Felicity out to bat for him-do they know there is an election tomorrow-hopefully they will when he loses his seat-and she loses her incomehttps://t.co/rMlx3WUltl
— Barbara (@BarbaraSutton15) July 3, 2024
No-mates Mercer
Hilariously, one X user posted a photo of Mercer campaigning on the roadside in Plymouth. As you can see below, all of his loyal supporters surround him. Yes, that’s right – some traffic lights and a bollard. Which do a far greater job at keeping Britain safe than him or any of his Tory pals:
Nice pic of Johnny Mercer surrounded by volunteers, well-wishers and supporters pic.twitter.com/Y20emXjq1n
— Hugh Osborne (@Available4Panto) July 3, 2024
Feature image via Plymouth Live/YouTube
