Parliament has been hit by a major security breach after an intruder jumped a barrier to gain access to Palace of Westminster.
Armed police officers chased down the male suspect and wrestled him to the ground inside New Palace Yard before leading him away.
One officer told The Independent the man accessed the yard by “jumping” a security barrier at the Carriage Gate entrance used by Boris Johnson and other ministers.
Earlier, French media reported that Emmanuel Macron branded Boris Johnson “un clown” in private conversations with advisers. The magazine Le Canard Enchaîné quoted the French president as saying that he was able to have serious conversations with the prime minister in private, only to find him “giving us a hard time” in public later.
The comments come amid an ongoing row between London and Paris over the Channel crisis, with both sides blaming the other for failing to stem the flow of refugees and migrants making the treacherous journey from Britain and France.
