Man who grabbed Chris Whitty in street claims he's been sacked from his job

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Boris Johnson branded the pair "despicable thugs" and the incident led to calls for the top medic to be given the same level of protection as ministers.

Hughes - who admitted he had been drinking - said he has "paid with his job" after the footage went viral.He apologised for the upset caused, claiming he just wanted a selfie that he could show his mum.

He told The Sun: “He is quite a timid, shy person and I think that is why he didn’t say, ‘Get off me’. "If he had said that and I had realised how he felt, I wouldn’t have put my arm round him."Hughes, from Romford in Essex, said he felt "let down" by Mr Johnson, who he had voted for, after being branded a thug.He had been at an anti-vax march with Chew, also 24, when they ran into Prof.