The MP for Birmingham Yardley told Victoria Derbyshire she did not fear for her physical safety, but worried for her mental health after thousands of messages from Twitter users attacking her in the last year alone.
"It was one thing when he was just some idiot off the internet with a load of bros following him," she said. Mr Benjamin made the initial comments in reply to a tweet from her about rape and death threats sent to women online. His tweet, which said,"I wouldn't even rape you... feminism is cancer," has since been deleted.
Jokes are now illegal in clown world. Even if it's a joke against something bad.
UKIP are a breed all of their own, making these sort of remarks, that in no normal persons mind would be thought of a joke, brawling in public like thugs and just inciting hatred of all kinds, makes me wonder what sort of person would vote for them frightening
All comedians must report to their nearest police station. The biggest joke is our legal system. Not enough officers to investigate knife crime but tell s joke...
Good. Jess is a vile creature, but comments like that are never acceptable.
They wouldn’t investigate a burglary but an mp so she’s above the public
What gets me is she talks about women equality by putting men down. I am an old timer, a pioneer now 61 who worked in international business, met all sorts. If one behaves men respect you, no need for laws of upwomanship. We are not enemies.
It’s a horrible joke but I don’t understand why there is an investigation? Frankie Boyle says this on tv and audiences of thousands laugh. Comedy, even bad comedy is not illegal.
dizzidi67 Isn't this a more worthy investigation.
This is disgusting and proves that men have still not evolved with their caveman mentality!
Frankie Boyle made a joke about Katie Price’s own son raping her... where were the police when this joke was made?
The real joke is that she hates half of her electorate based on their gender and doesn’t want to implement a democratic vote by millions of people in the UK. Also this happened almost a year ago but is being used to discredit UKIP by the BBC as the BBC receives money from the EU
he should’ve said what Winston Churchill said when that female member of Parliament said that if she was married to him she would poisoned his tea and he said if I was married to you I drink it. But what that ukip candidate said was sick.
Absolutely Abhorant criminal remark Not going away
Not very bright. This comes back around. DavidLammy has come close, Anna_Soubry too. If you're anti-free speech you need to have a big vocab and a few brain cells...
Haven’t the polic got better things to do rather than allowing UKLabour female MPs to repeatedly complain because someone has said something nasty and repugnant to them? I’m sure Jess Phillips has said a lot worse about male members of society. Yet it seems to be ok for her to.
Go Jess - you’re awesome! ✊🏼💪🏼👏🏼
They're really not very smart are they!
amazing
Hope the 'joke backfires.
Carl Benjamin has more brains in his big toe than this woman has in her head. She acts all tough but is proving pathetic, she needs to waste police time because someone was mean and did not Grovel when she orderd? Let them Investigate, another story to wake more people up..
He should have said he wouldn’t touch her with a 10ft Barge Pole “The rape slur was out of order but the former I totally agree with “!!!
The idea of police investigating a joke is far more sinister than any off colour joke could ever be.
Regardless of how you feel and it was a shit joke but context means everything. Police shouldn't be wasting their time. Jess Phillips is manipulating this situation like a true politician.
UKIP the nobody party. In fact the term party makes it sound like there's something good. The balloons have all burst and the chocolate in the chocolate cake is actually excrement. White chocolate obviously and we can now see what happened to all the white dog poo.
Good
Free speech is dead.
What about lammy calling 17.4 million people nazis .... no thought not!!!
What ‘joke’ is this now?
Good. Quite right too. Totally unacceptable
So he should have said he would rape her? I’m very confused 🤷🏼♂️
These looks like Police is getting involved in politics. Sounds like things that happen in dictatorship. What exactly he said that the police might be interested?
So real crime will be ignored.
With violent crime on the rise,burglaries not being investigated and anti social behaviour rife........at least the police have time to virtue signal about political correctness.
Hold on first off yes it was a joke secondly he said he wouldn’t even rape her so there was no intent to do so - As far as I am aware no law has been broken and the police are wasting resources-
Welcome to authoritarian Britain.
'Allo 'Allo hurty words and joke division here, d'you think we've nothing better to do? Well as it 'appens ...............
I thought she was assaulted and was in hospital.
Called a joke for a reason. Bunch of snowflakes now a days
Regardless of the question of criminality, surely everyone can agree Benjamin’s behaviour is a million miles below the standards you want from an electoral candidate? Can’t they just add “not being a massive dickhead” to the list of minimum requirements?
Does this mean they'll do something about the actual physical assaults on Tommy Robinson? Or do you need to conform to certain political beliefs before the law will be exercised on your behalf?
Pathetic waste of Police resources.
There's nothing to investigate he said it & the following recent comment. He is vile & evil & should not be allowed to stand for public office nor should any criminal like syl
I am appalled at the males on here who condone the verbal or physical abuse of any woman. What in earth would their mothers think. Shameful..
The problem here is that most people hear the word “rape” and all context goes out the window. It doesn’t matter that the joke was about not raping, people are triggered by the word itself. This is nothing more than the media trying to cash in on manufactured controversy.
She cried over a joke and she is an MP, how embarrassing
Are you kidding me? IT WAS A JOKE!!!
As long as she foots the bill.
Good! BTW Nigel's Brexit Party has it's own terrorist sympathiser too. These Brexittty parties sure can pick 'em.
Honk Honk
Carl Benjamin is in trouble now! The only way he can avoid it is to convert to Islam!😁
This had to be expected, it’s a way of shutting down her opposition. Plus we all need to be punished...don’t we?
Rape can be funny
Seriously, rewrite your headline
While it’s disgusting and I find him a vile waste of space - it obviously wasn’t an actual threat and seems like a complete waste of resources. It was trolling to get attention like the overweight toddler he is.
Lol they didn't learn from CountDankulaTV did they... This will only work in favor of Carl
Jokes about sexual violence are vile and dangerous. His peers deserve respect. All people deserve respect. MrBenjamin does not do a fit job of representing himself, never mind the country.
Will her hoaxing of rape threats when calling for censorship of the internet be investigated? I mean, it's false allegations which harm trust in real victims and Jess Phillips exploited a serious issue for her own authoritarian agenda:
Ah yes, the police have nothing netter to do, than to go after people who say 'hurty words' because some sofies get offended. Seems like a great use of time to me
He wasn’t promoting rape he was actively ruling it out as an option. Perhaps next time he should avoid the emotive language and just say he wouldn’t touch her with yours. This would have been just as clear an indication of her repulsiveness. Glad to have helped
Its a bloody joke no threat and nothing criminal about it, i say alot of shit in jest do people get offended by them, i dnt no n i couldnt give a shit if they did, people these days are just sad gits that just like to moan n make a big issue out of everything
Thank you fake news bbc
What a waste of money. No matter how distasteful the joke is everybody knows blokes joke about nonsense. Cant believe money is being wasted on this.
Are they going to investigate this too?
BBC News' Headliner writer for misleading wording, to be investigated.
I'm sure it was just a joke (and I actually found it quite funny).
The heading of this made me think Jess Phillips had made a rape joke. Who is writing and checking this rubbish?
Yet Jess Phillips, laughs and tries to block a debate about male suicide... She should be 'investigated' by the voters in the next elections !
Yes it was wrong, but I bet you milk the media coverage as much as you can
Fainting couch bourgeois feminists love the daddy state because he protects them against jokes...
If Eddie Izzard runs for office (quite likely), the Right will have 30 years of material to trawl through to find something spicy enough to get him deplatformed. Be careful what you wish for, Leftists. What's sauce for the goose...
Maybe they should not even investigate it?
Again, a joke in bad taste..and I in no way support or would vote for this candidate but how is saying you wouldn't do something to somebody something that should be investigated.
Has she been raped? Has she been hurt in any way? Is it ok for a Muslim to say this?
Some of your people complaining about the head don’t actually know how to read
We need to ban all jokes in case someone somewhere is offended.
What, THIS Jess Phillips?
rather than burglary 900 plods on hurty words on faketwat anyway it was 4 yrs ago
Link to said tweet
How about investigating Gavin Esler’s implied wish older Brexiteers were dead!
Pathetic.
Funny how a false sexual assault allegation on Twitter against me was ignored by the police. I guess it's who you are rather than what you are subjected to.
Why are UKIP candidates so obsessed with raping people?
What a big baby ! She is one of the most obnoxious people in parliament, like sourface Soubry she likes to dish it out but can't take it !
Whatever it takes for her to get a little more attention.
This headline suggest Jess Phillips made the joke.:-?
WHAT A DISGUSTING, I'm struggling for words, he is NOT A MAN, Men, real Men wouldn't think of making a joke on something as this, but this IDIOT needs put into a room with Women who HAVE been victims of this disgusting act, to make a joke of this, what an absolute bastard!
Oh, grow up.
Are you going to investigate Jess Phillips threatening to knife Corbyn? No, of course not, because it wasn't a serious threat. Neither was Benjamin. He was making a poor taste sarcastic joke, after Phillips herself had been joyously mocking others. This stuff needs to stop.
Notice how they use the word joke in apostrophe to assume it wasn't a joke. (From 3yrs ago) Scum, left leaning, liberal media working OVERTIME with authorities AND social media to deplatform, silence and smear wrong-thinkers. It's like China or North Korea nearly.
No wonder we short of resources.
Do not refer to this as a joke. The BBC should not trivialise or legitimize this behaviour.
She sick if she did that
majorleak2017 There is NOTHING about RAPE that warrants 'jokes or banter' that is funny. I have Family and friends that HAVE been raped and are afraid to leave the house unless with someone. The person should be investigated by the POLICE.
And so it should be. Rape is used as a weapon all around the world. It should be not be referenced as a threat with freedom of speech as a way of protecting the idiot who said it.
There is no such thing.
FFS people are freer in Russia !
To be fair, I wouldn't rape her either. Or anyone else. OH NO ARREST ME
Are you getting enough media time Jess, has your ego been replenished. The BBC are on the same level as Buzzfeed, complete smear merchants without an ounce of journalistic integrity. Misquotes and bias, I see you did an interview with Carl Benjamin to refute the statement.
I'm willing to bet CountDankulaTV has some views on the satirical nature of this comment.
Oh finally.
A joke that Phillips previously said didn't bother and was made three years ago. Strange how it suddenly interests the police now he's standing in an election.
People who thinks she's going OTT with this must realise you are the problem. Also your attitude to rape is.....worrying. you are type of person I question being near my female friends.
Labour MP Jess Phillips has spoken of her determination to see Labour win the 2020 general election, saying she would knife Jeremy Corbyn “in the front, not the back” if it looks like he is damaging the party’s chances of electoral success. 🤡🤡
She gets away with way to much
Didn't he say that he 'WOULDN'T even rape her'? What is there to investigate? The threat of not committing a crime?
Too long out of the limelight she is not the first to have that 'unsavoury as it is' said about her grow a pair and rise above it for you have made some damming comments yourself
I wonder if they'll assign the officer seen on twitter being dry humped in the street at a carnival?
This is ridiculous! No wonder there’s never any Police on the streets if there time is wasted on issues like this
Sick joke yes, but i question why only now is something from 2016 being investigated
Jokes are being investigated, while 60% of actual crime is not. Jokes are harmless, where as governments use threats of extreme violence to impose taxation, licensing, prevent free trade, movement and speech. Bloody hypocrites.
So UKIP candidate Jess Phillip made a rape joke? 🤔. Headline is completely different from the story.
Lügenpresse
Philips, w/ other MPs, blocked an opportunity to discuss issues predominantly affecting men. Davies '...opportunity for men to raise issues that important to them is very limited...' Philips, laughs, seen to then be covering face/mouth
Shouldn’t she just keep quiet for the sake of...
The fact that 'rape joke' is even used as a term is shocking ! Upsetting ! Appalling ! Completely disgusting ! Adding the word 'joke' doesn't reduce the seriousness of the action!
Why is she talking to the BBC about jokes about rape ? Oh. wait who better to advise her on this subject
But he wouldn't even.....
All about her. What a ghastly fraud this woman is. BBC should be ashamed of themselves....
Investigating jokes... wow, not exactly like he did it, is it?
Good. I hope he is also investigated for threatening to invade Spain.
It’s hardly a joke
Oh please, everyone knows 9 out of 10 people enjoy gang rape.
Glad my hard earned tax money is going towards investigating jokes.. money well spent.
are the people in the tweets seriously claim double standards or joke about it? Have you seen the video of this guy? have we fallen so low as a society that you even joke about it and disregard it
This woman she just wants to be a celebrity not an MP
It’s not a joke! You should know better to call it a joke! You have become so low, nothing should surprise me!
Loving all the men on here defending that UKIP clown and reassuring the police with their character references that rape is something we all joke about and it’s perfectly fine.
He said he wouldn’t rape her...
And quite right too. This language and comment is never acceptable and certainly not satire. The far left trolling in this however is as bad as the far right. Both equally disgusting.
He shouldn't make rape jokes. Because whilst he himself sees it that way, some radical loner is likely to take it seriously and happily do the honours with his incitement.
Phillips playing the victim, same Phillips who made light of the sex attacks in Cologne a few New Years ago.
You know what I mean...
PC brigade out in force
'Man investigated for not finding woman attractive.'
If no action taken hope you will be as prolific at supporting Ukip
You've said it in the headline 'joke'
We live under a psychological 1984 regime.
It was, stupid thing to say that's it end of. Ffs this world we live in
UK officials ignored muslim grooming rape gangs for fear of being branded racist bigots
How about all the rape gags by the BBCs Frankie Boyle? Do an article on him too.
Joke police indeed👮♀️
Carl Benjamin is a twit, but plausibly intelligent. However, I watched that video and said he *would not* rape Phillips, not that he *would*. What's Phillips's beef with that? That Benjamin didn't fancy her? She's going to come out of this with egg on her face.
/ Rape ! Should NEVER be treated as a Joke ?
The fact that he's a candidate and not in prison for actively threatening to rape someone is an absolute disgrace. He should be on trial
She once claimed an average night in Birmingham was like Cologne on NYE. Stop massaging her ego and move on
What a waste. You know it's not a real threat.
I'm starting to see double standards with the police. The left seems to get away with saying whatever they want but other can't? David Lammy being one of them
Everytime u do this BBC you lose a bit more trust. Once you've sacrificed that for yr cause you will have nothing.
this makes it sound like Jess Phillips is in UKIP.
Workshop banter...
About time
Telling someone that you wouldn't rape them is a criminal offence now is it?
Instead of wasting time on a joke from 4 years ago, how about they focus on the very real threats faced by a member of the public who is standing in the European Elections? Selective policing is a trait of dictatorships.
Just banter
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