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Protesters shoved and jeered at Douglas Carswell , as police escorted him into a van to escape anti-austerity protests in London today.

A wall of officers surrounded Ukip's only MP, as he made his way across Broadway, near St James' Park in Westminster - as an angry demonstration increased in intensity.

Protesters shouted "racist, racist" and called Carswell a "fascist" as he was led across the street into a waiting police van.

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Carswell was talking to Guido Fawkes journalist Harry Cole at the tube station when the protest surrounded them.

Cole tweeted: "Wow. Chatting with Douglas Carswell at St James. And some friends turned up...I have no doubt that the crowd would have turned violent had the police not stepped in."

He later added: "Just spoken to Douglas Carswell on the phone. He is fine but shaken. Was having a amiable chat at the tube when the mob turned violent."

Carswell himself broadcast a live video of the protest through streaming website Persicope.

On the stream, he said: "Gosh I've just been attacked by a mob walking home.

"You can see I've just been surrounded by several hundred people. By hard lefties. Just unbelievable. They were really really nasty.

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"I'm an elected MP trying to get home at the end of the day and I run into a mob who were insane. Quite extraordinary.

"I think as an MP I should be free to use public transport to get home at the end of the day and I've just been attacked by a mob. It's extraordinary. A really sad day."

He later tweeted experience was "very frightening" and that the mob was "very very nasty".

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Thousands of anti-Tory protesters are marching through Westminster to fight the 'oppressive, draconian' Queen's Speech .

While MPs debate austerity and strike bans, demonstrators are right outside.

The string of anti-cuts groups attending include The People's Assembly, Class War and the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCFC).

Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and union leaders have been due to address the protest.

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Measures introduced in Queen's Speech include a reduction in the benefit cap, a measure to make it harder for public service workers to go on strike and an anti-extremism strategy critics say is a threat to freedom of speech.

Some of the most controversial policies expected to be in the speech - such as the repeal of the Human Rights Act and the legalisation of fox hunting - didn't make the final list.

But some fear David Cameron will still press ahead with them, leaving them out of the high profile event to delay a political arguments.

You can follow updates from the protest as it happens with our full live coverage.