The television and radio presenter Jeremy Vine has said he was unnerved after anti-vaccine protesters targeted his home.
Vine tweeted that the group tried to serve what it called an “anti-vaxx writ” while he was out, instead giving it to his wife.
The BBC and Channel 5 broadcaster said the group was angry at the BBC’s reporting on the issue of coronavirus vaccines, adding: “They were polite, for which I’m grateful, but coming to my home on a Sunday? And I’m a little unnerved by the heavy breathing too.”
I'm not at home at the moment, so these guys just served an “anti-vaxx writ” on my wife instead. They are angry at the BBC’s #CovidVaccine reporting. They were polite, for which I'm grateful, but coming to my home on a Sunday? And I'm a little unnerved by the heavy breathing too pic.twitter.com/xVtbZV8ifY
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) October 10, 2021
Vine later shared a video showing a larger group of assembled protesters.
“I have only just seen this: if my wife hadn’t accepted the ‘anti-vaxx writ’ on my behalf, this group waiting near my house would then have ‘taken the whole street’,” he said. “The original video shows street name and house number really clearly. Always happy to engage but not like this.”
Vine has previously said he contracted coronavirus and has also spoken publicly about being given the vaccine.