A very strange and disturbing video is getting viral on all-over social media. Where a man can be seen walking on London’s streets and many people are screaming and shouting at the man, who approx. look around 50 and wearing a light sky blue shirt, The man has been identified as BBC reporter Nicholas Watt was hounded by the anti-lockdown protestors on the streets of London, which is an incident that was condemned by some senior British journalists and lawmakers of the country. Now, the video has gone viral on social media and everyone wants to know the truth behind the incident. Let’s find out the reason and truth behind this occurrence.
In the viral video, where a watermark of the Youtube channel can be seen with Resistance GB, Nicolas Watt was following by some protestors. Some of them were shouting and calling “Traitor” and “Scum” in front of him. According to the reports, the incident took place on the streets of Downing, Westminster, and police officers were watching them.
While the full video was recorded around three minutes and available on the Youtube channel of Resistance GB. The video is showing that Watt, who is a political editor of BBC’s current affairs show named “Newsnight” and walking between the crowd. Later, Watt moved back to save himself from protestors and ran to the safety of Downing street. While the video was recorded on Monday, June 14.
While a 45-second of video is going viral on social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram where the supporters of Watt can be seen standing in the queue. While many tweets were taken place in the support of Watt on social media but many protestors agree with this. The harassment with any reports is not acceptable. All journalists have the right to work freely without risking his life, a Twitter user wrote on his page.
Who Is Nicolas Watt?
In the recent viral video, Nicolas “Nick” Watt was harassed by anti-lockdown protestors. He is a political editor of the worldwide new channel BBC’s current affairs show named “Newsnight”. He got this position in 2016 and since, he has been working in the show. Before this, he has also worked with some more popular channels like The Times, The Guardian, and The Observer.
Nick took the education in King’s Collection School in Wimbledon and later, he moved to the University of York to take study history. Between the year 1989 to 1990, he attended the University of Wales and took a degree in Journalism Studies. In 2016, he became a political editor in the Newsnight of BBC.
