Guardian charmer Zoe Williams has told the Daily Politics “I really don’t have a problem” with protesters spitting on her journalist colleagues:

“The fact that some people spit and throw eggs… actually I think there is a kind of persistent exclusion from some voices in the debate and you cannot blame people for ultimately becoming quite angry. I really don’t have a problem with it.”

So much for solidarity among hacks, eh.

Reporter Owen Bennett, who along with Michael Crick and LBC’s Theo Usherwood was gobbed on in Manchester, unsurprisingly took exception. Fair to say Zoe did not cover herself in further glory.

WOW. Did @zoesqwilliams really just say she had no problem with people spitting during protests on @daily_politics?

— Owen Bennett (@owenjbennett) October 9, 2015

@owenjbennett @daily_politics I'm sure you'll get over it

— (((Zoe Williams))) (@zoesqwilliams) October 9, 2015

@owenjbennett you have to look beyond your own horizon at the interplay between exclusion and anger

— (((Zoe Williams))) (@zoesqwilliams) October 9, 2015

Owen has offered to take Zoe for a coffee to discuss why gobbing on journalists is actually not okay. Careful she doesn’t spit on you…