Cameron should sack Police Abuser Andrew Mitchell

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Calls for Andrew Mitchell to quit after gate rant at woman PC

By TOM NEWTON DUNN, Political Editor and JAMES MILLS
Published: 12 hrs ago



BIKE row Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell faced pressure to quit last night after it emerged a cop he subjected to a furious rant was a woman.

She was the first to get a dressing down from the millionaire over Downing Street gate access.

He then raged at one of her colleagues: “You’re “f***ing plebs.” Two women PCs had been shot dead in Manchester 33 hours earlier.

Foul-mouthed Mr Mitchell also warned the cops they would pay for failing to open the famous gates for him.

The Chief Whip — who launched a venomous rant at the officers after being barred from cycling through the security barrier — made his threat as he used a side entrance instead.



CONSERVATIVES' chief whip denies reports that he shouted and swore at a policeman and called them 'a pleb'

He bawled at the PCs, one a woman: “You haven’t heard the last of this.”

Fearing they would be disciplined, the Downing St gun cops immediately submitted a verbatim report to superiors. It included the Tory enforcer’s insult, “you’re f***ing plebs”, and “learn your f***ing place”.

Our new revelations, 24 hours after The Sun rocked Westminster by breaking the original story, come as calls grow for Mr Mitchell to resign.

Pressure was also mounting for PM David Cameron to step in and sack the 56-year-old.

Labour demanded Downing Street get to the truth of the affair — dubbed “Gate-gate” — as Mr Mitchell continued to deny using the word “plebs” to the officers from SO6, the Diplomatic Protection Group.

But the male PC he swore at most — and who filed the official report — stuck by his account. Met Police Federation boss John Tully said: “I know who I believe.” He added: “There is extensive CCTV coverage throughout Downing Street. There isn’t audio but I’ve no reason to doubt the integrity of the officers.”

Heaping on pressure, a Labour Party spokesman said: “Either the Chief Whip used appalling and offensive language to an officer going about their duty or Mr Mitchell is saying the officer is lying.”

Mr Cameron was forced to interrupt a meeting with officers in Greater Manchester yesterday following the deaths of PCs Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23.

The PM said: “What Andrew Mitchell said and what he did was not appropriate. It was wrong.” Mr Cameron insisted: “Police do an outstanding job. I am very conscious of the protection they give to me and my family and the work they do for everyone in public life.

“The police should always have our respect and support.”

Stories also began to emerge last night that suggested Mr Mitchell had behaved brutishly to subordinates.

Labour MP Grahame Morris said: “He has got form — he is a bully.”

A neighbour of Mr Mitchell in Islington, North London, said: “He’s a very rude and arrogant man. When we have disputes he doesn’t speak to us he sends letters on Parliamentary headed paper.”

t.newtondunn@the-sun.co.uk

bb1 wrote:Thanks, Greenink.

I've been following this, and actually found it hard to believe it was true. It would seem it is.

Agree, he has to go - and it's worrying that he achieved any status in the party in the first place.