George Galloway on Wendi Deng Murdoch

From BBC News:

A man accused of throwing a foam pie at News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch as he appeared before MPs has been charged with a public order offence.

Jonathan May-Bowles, 26, from Windsor, was charged with behaviour causing harassment, alarm or distress.

He was bailed to appear before City of Westminster magistrates on 29 July.

Commons Speaker John Bercow has launched an inquiry into the incident during the culture select committee session examining phone hacking.

In a statement to MPs before a debate in the Commons on the phone-hacking scandal, Mr Bercow said the investigation will be entirely independent of the Houses of Parliament.

He said: "It is all the more regrettable that such an incident should happen at a time when, particularly over the last few days, the work of this House and its committees has enhanced the reputation of Parliament.

"I have immediately set in hand an expert investigation into what took place, the reasons for the security failure and the lessons to be learned."

The committee hearing was suspended for 15 minutes after the incident.

Mr Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng, dressed in a pink jacket and seated behind him during the session, leapt up to defend her husband and appeared to slap the assailant on his head. She also grabbed the plate used in the attack and hit the assailant with it.

The shaving foam hit Mr Murdoch's suit jacket and he later resumed the session in his shirt and tie.

Seconds after the incident occurred, Tory MP John Whittingdale - who chairs the Commons media committee and was overseeing proceedings - suspended the session.

People were quickly ushered out of the room, the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said, and reporters and members of the public were not re-admitted.

At the end of the questioning, committee member Labour MP Tom Watson joked to Mr Murdoch: "Your wife has a very good left hook."

George Galloway makes comment on Wendi Deng Murdoch, who lunged at the man who attempted to pie her husband Rupert Murdoch. By doing such a thing like that, it is only going to generate sympathy for the media mogul rather than support for the attacker.

Galloway noted that she is the famous Chinese person for the day after her knee jerk defence.

Originally broadcasted on 22nd July 2011.

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[infidel1978]

She was protecting her investment

[TheFlexEffect]

my guess, & it's just a guess...is that it was staged

[MirHassanProductions]

This was staged so it over shadows the whole of the scandal and wrong doing of News International.

[Talkathonic]

She assaulted him.

[LostFREEDOM]

staged act George.

[OrthodoxDarwinist]

@EnglishChannel1

L.O.LLLL

[EnglishChannel1]

"man leap to feet and pie my husband. I jump to feet to protect husband from man with pie. I take down man with pie. Pie man arrest by Police. Police take pie man away. Husband ok but covered with pie".

[GLICKTON]

well staged!!! anyone who thinks this wasnt staged is gullable lol

[66ott7]

It was a staged act George.

[homan2329]

it seems her intentions of giving rupert a heart attack failed , better luck next time wendy........the empire will be yours .