Suella Braverman escalated the standoff with Met commissioner Mark Rowley by suggesting that he would be tougher if the protests were in a different cause.
Suella Braverman stoked an extraordinary clash with Scotland Yard today as she accused police of 'playing favourites' by refusing to block a pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day.
Downing Street pointedly refused to say whether the intervention had been signed off by Rishi Sunak, who yesterday took a more measured tone insisting that he would hold Sir Mark 'accountable' if the protest cannot be controlled at the weekend. The Yard has said the plans do not meet the legal threshold for a ban.
'Are we really saying that politicians... should be telling the police what protests to allow and disallow.' Suella Braverman escalated the standoff with Met commissioner Mark Rowley by suggesting that he would be tougher if the protests were in a different cause.Speculation has been growing in Westminster that Ms Braverman is engineering a confrontation with Mr Sunak that could see her resign, and position for a potential Tory leadership contest after the election.
Writing in The Times, the Home Secretary said: 'I do not believe that these marches are merely a cry for help for Gaza. 'During Covid, why was it that lockdown objectors were given no quarter by public order police yet Black Lives Matters demonstrators were enabled, allowed to break rules and even greeted with officers taking the knee?
Downing Street pointedly refused to say whether Ms Braverman's latest intervention had been signed off by Rishi Sunak, who yesterday took a more measured tone insisting that he would hold Sir Mark 'accountable' if the protest cannot be controlled at the weekend
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