The Metropolitan Police has vowed to use all its powers to stop disruption of Remembrance weekend commemorations amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel's attacks on Gaza are planning to take to the streets of London on Armistice Day on Saturday November 11.There are fears the march could disrupt the two-minute silence commemorating the war dead, and the daytime and evening Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, with the latter performance usually attended by members of the royal family.
We understand the sensitivity of the date."Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he is "deeply concerned" about the effects of protests on day-to-day local policing and admitted he may have to look to other forces to help deal with the ongoing action."We are starting to look at what point we need to look for mutual aid from other forces and change our approach to resourcing this to make it sustainable," he told the London Assembly.
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