Posted on 11/10/2023 2:24:54 PM PST by RandFan
The Metropolitan Police is preparing for an unprecedented security operation ahead of a pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday.
The force expects the march - which coincides with Armistice Day - to be the largest yet, and has warned there is a risk of clashes.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathering near the Cenotaph can be arrested under sweeping measures announced by the Met.
Rishi Sunak has repeated his view the timing of the march is "disrespectful".
He urged protesters to be "mindful of the fear and distress in Jewish and Muslim communities" when they gather on Saturday, and said he had been given assurances police had taken all steps to ensure Remembrance services would be "safeguarded".
The Met has said it will deploy 1,850 public order officers on duty on Saturday, and another 1,375 on Sunday, as part of a "huge" security operation in order to reassure local communities.
It expects Saturday's demonstration to be the largest since weekly pro-Palestinian marches began in early October, and warned the situation in the capital could be "challenging" and "tense".
An exclusion zone will be in place around the Cenotaph and a large swathe of Whitehall, which the Met says will "in effect" ban pro-Palestinian protesters from these locations and goes further than the security measures usually deployed around the key Remembrance site.
A dedicated 24-hour police presence is already in place around the Cenotaph, which will remain until after Sunday's ceremony.
The Met expects a larger number of counter-protesters - including members from far-right groups and football hooligans - to be in London compared to previous weekends, and there are concerns about the potential for clashes.
Unlike pro-Palestinian protesters, they will be allowed into Whitehall, with the plan centred on keeping the two groups apart.
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It’d be great to see every single ‘soccer hooligan’ in the country show up and beat the utter living shit of every supporter of those murderous sand maggots.
Seriously.
When the Mayor of London is a Pakistani Muslims, what do you expect?
“Might be a good idea the have security around the Churchill Statue”
...and every Christian tombstone...
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Remember now! The big eared, half white muslim got us to this point.....
I would love to see that.
Why not start a thread tomorrow with some live links? We can all post what we find.
They are Palis, a made up group who respect absolutely nothing.
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