The activist who infiltrated a Commons select committee to throw a shaving-foam pie at 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch today bragged about how easy it was to dodge shambolic security at Westminster.
In a self-justifying article, Jonnie Marbles, 26, claimed he had carried out his 'circus crusade' for all those who couldn't.
'Parliamentary security, with its machine-gun toting cops and scatter X-rays is apparently no match for a man with some shaving-foam covered plates in his bag,' he wrote.
The incident, one of the most extraordinary seen in Westminster for years, came as the select committee wrapped up questioning the Murdochs.
Rant: Jonnie Marbles justified his attack on Rupert Murdoch, claiming he was acting on behalf of all those who could not
Mr Marbles - whose real name is Jonathan May-Bowles - launched himself across the room brandishing the plate of shaving foam.
He was stopped by Mr Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng who launched herself into his path to protect her husband.
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'I had intended to unleash a wave of polemic as I made my move,' he wrote on the Guardian website today.
'As it turned out, the whole thing was far too weird for me to string two thoughts together, particularly as Murdoch's wife rose from the chair to prevent and avenge her husband's humiliation.'
Mr Marbles, who is one of the founding members of a left-wing protest group, was arrested by police and spent the night in the cells.
Shock: Mr Marbles rushes towards Mr Murdoch brandishing a plate of shaving foam during the select committee hearing
Wendi to the rescue: Mrs Murdoch (in the pink jacket) hurls herself at the activist as he rushes towards her husband
He has been charged with a behaviour causing harassment, alarm or distress in a public place and will appear before Westminster Magistrates on July 29.
Today, he remained unrepentent about his actions, claiming Mr Murdoch would never face any real justice over the phone hacking affair.
'Yesterday's select committee hearing was a farce before the foam ever left my fingers: a toothless panel confronting men too slippery to be caught between their gums,' he added.
Mr Marbles claims he had nothing didn't 'have a vendetta against anyone over 80' and that he was even worried about Mr Murdoch's feelings.
'You see, I really don't hate 80-year-olds and, at the end of the day, Rupert Murdoch is just an old man.
'Maybe what I was trying to do was remind everyone of that – that he is not all powerful, he's not Sauron or Beelzebub, just a human being, like the rest of us, but one who has got far too big for his boots,' he wrote.
Arrest: Mr Marbles is taken away in handcuffs after the incident at Portcullis House
Mr Marbles, who was not paid for the article, described Mr Murdoch as having 'one of the insiduous and toxic forces in global politics.'
He said News International was 'a media empire built on deceit and bile, that trades vitriol for debate and thinks nothing of greasing the wheels of power until they turn in its favour.
The comedian, who is from Croydon, south London, was last night suspended as a member of the Labour party.
He had been tweeting live updates from inside the hearing on an iPhone.
Moments before he carried out the attack he wrote on Twitter: ‘It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat’.
Mr Marbles is allegedly involved with UK Uncut – a protest group who have targeted Barclays, Topshop and Vodafone for alleged tax avoidance with a series of sit-ins.
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