Oliver Dowden piled more pressure on police to block a pro-Palestinian march through London on Armistice Day, warning that it could trigger a wave of violence in the capital.
Oliver Dowden today piled more pressure on police to block a pro-Palestinian march through London on Armistice Day, warning that it could trigger a wave of violence in the capital.
Last night Home secretary Suella Braverman suggested anyone who damaged the military memorial should be jailed 'faster than their feet can hit the ground'. The Home Secretary lashed out as London was rocked by another day of angry demonstrations which saw fireworks thrown at police in Trafalgar Square, injuring four.
'But I do have very grave concerns about that march, both in terms of how it sits with acts of solemn remembrance and the kind of intimidation that is being sent out by the chants and everything else that goes on at those marches. And families leaving a McDonald's in the capital were hounded amid a row over Israeli franchised restaurants giving free and discounted food to IDF soldiers.
In an interview with Sky News filmed earlier on Saturday, Ms Braverman declined to say the march would be banned, but added: 'If anyone were to vandalise the Cenotaph, they must be put into a jail cell faster than their feet can touch the ground. 'And I have to say to you that I am a bit disappointed that if you look at the moral indignation and the clarity that we saw after the murder of George Floyd in the United States with the Black Lives Matter movement, we haven't seen, across civic society, the same kind of moral clarity showing that Jewish lives matter.
The Metropolitan Police says it has arrested 29 people in connection with crimes ranging from terrorism offences to breaching a dispersal order that was enacted by the force after fireworks were hurled at officers, injuring four. A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated offence after footage was posted on social media which appeared to show a man praising Hamas, the Met said.
But demonstration organisers in London have pledged to avoid the Whitehall area where the Cenotaph war memorial - the focus of national remembrance events - is located.
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