A group outside parliament could be heard shouting 'traitor' and criticising Sir Keir's record on Covid, and there were some cries of 'Jimmy Savile'.
Two people have been arrested after police had to help Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer escape from protesters who surrounded him near Parliament.
"All forms of harassment of our elected representatives are completely unacceptable," Mr Johnson wrote.But some Conservative MPs and party figures have urged Mr Johnson to apologise for his Savile comment in the wake of the incident. The prime minister made the remark in parliament on 31 January as he was grilled by MPs over the findings of an interim report on Downing Street parties held during Covid restrictions.
His refusal to apologise, and partial retraction, made some MPs queasy and was the trigger for at least one of them to add their private letter to those already submitted in an effort to oust him. "No politician in the United Kingdom or any other democracy should expect to be treated in that way," he told BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was in contact with police regarding the scenes outside Parliament, which she said were "completely unacceptable".
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