Group surround and shout obscenities at politician in attack labelled ‘abhorrent’ by No 10

Michael Gove has been targeted by anti-lockdown protesters who shouted obscenities at him as he walked alone in Westminster towards his office in an incident branded “abhorrent” by Downing Street.

He was the latest figure to be harassed by hordes of people protesting Covid restrictions – most of which have been lifted – after England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, and the journalists Nick Watt and Jeremy Vine were also targeted.

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