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Vigilantism or attention seeking? Tory tackles fare dodgers

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said he hopes his video confronting fare evaders on the London Underground will "shame people into action".

In the video, which has had around 10 million views on the social media platform X, Jenrick is seen at Stratford station challenging a number of people squeezing through barriers in an apparent effort to avoid paying the fare.

So what does Robert Jenrick really hope to achieve? And is this just a publicity stunt?

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ London Political Editor Karl Mercer has been pondering the answers with Victoria Hollins.

(Image credit: Robert Jenrick)

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