Sir Christopher Meyer

I’m quite appalled that the OP thought it was fine to start this thread with no evidence base at all as to motivation and used it to proclaim she was appalled and ashamed of the kind of country we are becoming. It was actually quite Trumpian if you think about it - fake news used to stir up trouble.

A 16yo boy and 15yo girl have been arrrested and released in connection with this attack. If they really are involved with the assault, then I find it hard to believe that people of those ages have any clue as to who their victim is.

However, sometimes strange improbable things do sometimes turn out to be true.

There is such a thing as coincidence, no doubt he looked well heeled and worth robbing , or perhaps said something to his attackers ( beforehand) that they didn’t like?
I would be very surprised if the thugs knew who he was and had done it on purpose. A lot of attacks do take place near or in train stations.

Of course you were making a political point, linking it to Trump.

I wasn’t making a political point, although there are elements of the planned protest for this visit that disgust me to the core, and before anyone leaps on me for being a Trump supporter, I am emphatically not. I think the attack on Sir Christopher is too much of a coincidence for the police to brush it off as routine robbery. It is my personal opinion. Others can think what they like.

He wasn’t beaten to a ‘bloody pulp’ - what happened to him was horrible but the very idea that it was politically motivated is utter tosh and actually it’s quite nasty to be using the attack on him to make a political point.

Because I don’t believe it and I’m angry,

He received a cut lip, possible broken nose and injured eye socket - all could be inflicted in seconds. The police believe it was an attempted robbery - I gather two people are in custody. Why try to make what was a cowardly robbery into something political?

I'd be very surprised if this was a 'political' attack.

If you are going to rob someone on a busy London station you do it quickly, or subtly. You don’t hang around long enough to beat him to a bloody pulp and then take nothing, even if the police are bearing down on you!

This was a cowardly attack but I don't think it had anything to do with the fact he was former Ambassador to the US. My guess is as an older man he was seen as an easy target by thugs who wanted to rob him - I very much doubt they knew who he was.

How awful, poor man.