Police do not have the powers to arrest protesters for climbing on war memorials, the Met Commissioner has said, despite Rishi Sunak saying it was “an affront to our Armed Forces”.
Organisers have predicted half a million people will gather in the capital in the "biggest demonstration" over the Israel-Hamas conflict, with the police bracing for huge numbers.
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The prime minister met with the chief of the Metropolitan Police for a crisis meeting this afternoon - and had vowed to hold him "accountable" for the commissioner s decision to greenlight the demonstration on 11 November.