The march on Saturday was apparently the largest in London since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully through central London on Saturday, even as right-wing counter-protesters clashed with police, after a week of angry debate over whether to permit the event on a day when Britain honored its war dead.
"The far-right has been emboldened by the Home Secretary," Yousaf said on X, formerly known as Twitter."She has spent her week fanning the flames of division. They are now attacking the Police on Armistice Day. The Home Secretary's position is untenable." More than 2,000 officers, some called in from surrounding forces, are on the streets of the capital this weekend to make to ensure marchers obey the law and to prevent potential confrontations with counter-protesters, the Metropolitan Police Service said.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Braverman have also expressed concern that the protests could spill over into Sunday, when King Charles III and the prime ministers of Commonwealth nations will lay wreaths at the national war memorial, known as the Cenotaph. Of most concern were Braverman's comments suggesting that London police had been more lenient toward pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Black Lives Matter supporters than right-wing protesters or soccer hooligans. Braverman said the Metropolitan Police force was ignoring lawbreaking by"pro-Palestinian mobs."On Saturday, fights broke out near the Cenotaph between police and right-wing protesters chanting"England till I die.
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