Suella Braverman has demanded pro-Palestinian protesters who damage the Cenotaph during a controversial Armistice Day march next week 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.
It comes amid growing clamour for a march planned for central London on November 11 to be banned, though police and politicians including Ms Braverman and London mayor Sadiq Khan are arguing over who has the power to do so. It comes amid growing clamour for a march planned for central London on November 11 to be banned, though police and politicians including Ms Braverman and London mayor Sadiq Khan are arguing over who has the power to do so.
'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.
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