The Prime Minister held a crisis meeting in Downing Street with the head of the Metropolitan Police
But he warned Scotland Yard that the Government would monitor whether police are doing enough to stop some marchers spreading pro-terrorist messages and
Organisers have promised that the march will avoid the Cenotaph and the area around Parliament where some veterans may gather to mark Armistice Day, and it will not start until after the two minutes’ silence held at 11am. But he added: “Part of that freedom is the right to peacefully protest. And the test of that freedom is whether our commitment to it can survive the discomfort and frustration of those who seek to use it, even if we disagree with them. We will meet that test and remain true to our principles.”
Emergency powers could in future be considered to lower the threshold for the police to stop a march, with the current rules stopping action unless there is a risk of “serious” disorder.Neil Basu, the Met’s former Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations, said that Government pressure on Sir Mark signalled “the end of operational independence in policing”.
Every chief knows that they will be held to account for their decisions… you don’t need to play out that conversation in public, with a rather disingenuous ‘it’s your decision but my view is this should happen’.
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