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In a statement, London’s police forced cited concerns over “violence and disorder” from “breakaway groups”. But the Monday night plea appeared to have been rejected by one of the main organisers of the march.More than 70,000 people are expected to attend the demonstration in central London on Saturday on Armistice Day, when veterans plan to gather at the Cenotaph to commemorate Britain’s war dead.
In a statement signed by five other campaign groups, it added: “The idea that it is acceptable for Israel to keep bombing and killing Palestinians in Gaza, including over 4,000 children, but not for people to protest peacefully against these crimes is grotesque.” Home secretary Suella Braverman welcomed the Met’s statement. “The hate marchers need to understand that decent British people have had enough of these displays of thuggish intimidation and extremism,” she said.
Attention will now turn to Section 13 of the Public Order Act 1986, which allows the banning of a procession when there is a risk of serious disorder. The Met must prove the threshold for a Section 13 order has been met before seeking approval from the home secretary to sign off on a ban.
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