A senior intelligence official confirmed the threshold required to ban the demonstration has not yet been reached
'I broke my back in a quad-bike accident but DWP says I'm not disabled enough for benefits'A senior intelligence official currently assessing the threat posed by the event said any decision would be intelligence led, and not influenced by the row between Government and police over the march.
Suella Braverman has repeatedly called for the protest to be banned, clashing with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley who has insisted he can only do this when there is intelligence to suggest it could cause significant public disorder. Rishi SunakOn Tuesday, ministers held an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss the impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Britain, amid fears of clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and far-right groups heading to London over the weekend.
“Mark is a seasoned cop that faced politicians during some of our darkest days so this is a comfortable environment where he’s dealing with with the politicians,” they said. “He’s not been a pushover.” police identified far-right groups and football hooligans organising counter-protests to pro-Palestinian demonstrations in London as the main risk of public disorderrevealed the groups had called on members to descend on London on Armistice Day and “fight back” against pro-Palestinian protesters. Messages shared in a Whatsapp group, which has 1,000 members,
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