Sir Mark Rowley is facing calls to quit over his force's handling of pro-Palestinian protests after an officer described a campaigner as 'openly Jewish'.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is said to be "appalled" by an exchange at a pro-Palestinian protest in which a Metropolitan Police officer threatened a man with arrest and told him he was “openly Jewish”.
Both Mr Falter and former home secretary Suella Braverman called for Sir Mark to go, accusing him of “emboldening” antisemites by failing to curtail the now regular marches through the capital. “He expects the Met Commissioner to account for how it happened and what he will do to ensure officers do more to make Jewish communities in London feel safe – and Sadiq Khan to do his job in holding the Met to account.”
However, Government sources have played down the possibility that Sir Mark could be sacked and he is understood to retain the confidence of the mayor. The spokesman added: “The Met have an extremely difficult job – particularly so when it comes to operational decisions taken while policing marches. “We absolutely understand how vulnerable Jewish and Muslim Londoners feel since the terrorist attacks on Israel.
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