Politicians including Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson criticised the group, accusing activists of gluing themselves to the memorial.
Just Stop Oil has hit out at “lies” accusing them of targeting the Cenotaph after dozens of protesters were arrested after bringing traffic near Downing Street to a halt.
One officer added to PA that the protesters had been moved to the site “to get them off the road”, adding: “It was for their own safety, obviously it’s quite a busy road.” “Targeting the Cenotaph is completely unacceptable and deeply disrespectful towards those who gave their lives for our country,” he wrote.Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper added: “Targeting the Cenotaph is totally unacceptable. Full support for the police in taking necessary enforcement action.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police remove a Just Stop Oil protester who was detained whilst blocking Whitehall during a protest in central London But Ms Braverman, who has called pro-Palestinian demonstrations “hate marches”, pro-actively warned that any protesters who vandalise the Cenotaph should be “put into a jail cell faster than their feet can touch the ground”.
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