the time has come. a little earlier our reporter angus crawford outlined the pressure now lying upon the met police commissioner. well, it's been very interesting. here in london, since the 7th of october attacks and israel's response, if you like, the politics of the middle east has been played out on the street every weekend with demonstration and counterdemonstration. the met police has come under huge pressure to get the balance right. what balance? the balance between allowing peaceful process and cracking down on anti—semitism, hate speech and intimidation. the response we have had from downing street today is very interesting. it is very measured. although downing street said it is appalled by the incident itself, it is not calling for the head of the metropolitan police sir mark rowley to step down. it simply saying that there are