Who dares wins: Tory ex-SAS reservist David Davis stops two thugs attacking homeless man near Parliament after seeing louts kick victim’s head

Former minister and former SAS reservist David Davis has been hailed as a hero after he intervened to stop two men attacking a homeless man outside Parliament.

The 74-year-old Conservative MP had just left a dramatic vote on Rwanda in the Commons on Tuesday night when he intervened after seeing “blood spattering” and attackers “beating the seven bells” out of a man.

As thugs kicked a man in the head in Great Peter Street, Westminster, the former Brexit minister stood between the victim and the pair before fighting with one of them.

Guto Harry, former No 10 communications chief, said he also helped stop the attack at around 11pm on Tuesday, saying the intervention “prevented a man from being killed”.

Mr Davies then allowed the sleeping man, named Gareth, to sleep on a sofa in a nearby flat and took him to hospital on Wednesday morning after seeing he was still bleeding.

David Davis has been hailed as a hero after he intervened to stop two men attacking a homeless man outside Parliament.

The Haltempris and Howden MP said of the fight: “I had to get between them, be very aggressive, one of them threw a couple of punches at me and I had to deal with it, beat him up a bit.

“I didn’t hit them, if you hit them you have to hit them really hard and you could kill them, so I tried not to go into detail, otherwise I would have been talking from a prison cell.

“Basically, I was being very aggressive, one of them started to back away and the other, more aggressive one, was a little shocked, and that gave me time to get the victim to his feet and walk away.”

“In the end it was ok, I guess the aggressive one decided he didn’t want a direct confrontation with me.”

He added that the argument ended “within a minute” and that his main concern was not his own safety, but to save the man “from risk.”

A 74-year-old Conservative MP intervened after seeing “blood spatter” as the attackers kicked the man in the head.

Mr Davis said Evening standard, who first reported the story: “It was messy, but he was okay. He’s still alive, and that’s the main thing.”

The veteran politician successfully completed the grueling SAS selection process 40 years ago.

When asked by the newspaper if he used any of his skills in dealing with the boors, he replied: “Really just to keep them from hitting me.”

Although he admitted he had broken his “nose and some teeth in the past” when involved in previous attacks, he said “I was fine this time.”