Labour peer Lord Glasman has praised volunteers from Shomrim who helped apprehend two men who attempted to steal his bag.
The academic was set upon by two youths on bikes,near his home in Stoke Newington.
The attempted mugging was witnessed by local members of Shomrim, who pursued and caught the suspects. The volunteers held the two youths until police arrived and arrested them.
Praising the volunteers,Lord Glasman, the founder of the thinktank, Blue Labour,said: “Thank you for your exemplary work, that you do every day and for what you did yesterday.
