Despite concession from PM, Suella Braverman criticises police for being harder on rightwing groups than ‘pro-Palestinian mobs’t
Rishi Sunak has been accused of “silly puffed-up posturing” by senior Tories after being forced to concede at the 11th hour that a pro-Palestine march planned for Armistice Day will go ahead.should not proceed out of respect for commemorations being held on 11 November.
In a statement issued after a hastily arranged meeting with the police chief on Wednesday afternoon, Sunak sought to portray his acceptance of the Met chief’s decision as a principled one. The former Conservative minister Nicholas Soames said the prime minister should never have interfered, and accused Sunak of “playing politics” with hard-won freedoms.
Another senior Tory said the government’s climbdown was a “complete mess”. “It demonstrates what happens when the government attempts to tell the police what do based on political posturing and ignorance. They need to stop undermining the professionalism of our police.” “That is what I discussed with the Metropolitan police commissioner in our meeting. The commissioner has committed to keep the Met police’s posture under constant review based on the latest intelligence about the nature of the protests.”Federation, said politicians should keep out of operational matters.
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