Rishi Sunak in row with officers as he rebuffs Scotland Yard chief's call for tougher powers to tackle extremism.
was facing a backlash from senior politicians, police and legal figures after questioning Scotland Yard’s lack of action against protesters who chanted “jihad” during a Palestine rally.
The Prime Minister told the Commons: “Calls for jihad on our streets are not only a threat to the Jewish community but to our democratic values and we expect the police to take all necessary action to tackle extremism head on”. He said hate crime and terror laws have not “taken full account of the ability of some extremist groups to see around those laws and propagate some pretty toxic messages over social media”.
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