it is very unusual for a home secretary to criticise the police in public and it has emerged that the article was not cleared by no 10. suella braverman said that what she calls pro palestinian mobs are being largely ignored while right wing protesters are met with a stern response. she questioned whether the metropolitan police are playing favourites in the way they deal with protests. here s our political editor chris mason. those in charge here at the home office command one of the great offices of state home secretary. the latest tenant here, suella braverman, approaches thejob with a bluntness unlike any of her predecessors. writing in the times about the pro palestinian marches, she says. is suella braverman onto something when she claims the police might be biased? this former senior policeman who now works for a right leaning think tank says possibly yes. i think it s a really, really tough one for the police. i think the key question here is, who are they liste
good afternoon. downing street says it did not clear a controversial newspaper article in which the home secretary suella braverman has claimed police are biased in the way they treat pro palestinian demonstrations. the home secretary said scotland yard treat left wing protests more favourably than other groups, and she accused officers of double standards. she said they largely ignore what she calls pro palestinian mobs even when they break the law. labour say suella braverman is inflaming tensions. our political correspondent peter saull reports. another pro palestinian march like this in london is planned this weekend, on armistice day. but not at the same time as the commemoration and away from the cenotaph. the police believe the risk of major unrest is not high enough to warrant calling it. there is an almighty row about in westminster, though, with the home secretary at its heart. take a look at the language suella braverman uses here in an article for the times. she
with the prime minister s statement on wednesday. while he opposes a pro palestinian rally being held on armistice day, he has ultimately backed the right to peaceful protest . and while ms braverman does have the tools and authority to remove the police commissioner, she doesn t have free reign to involve herself in daily policing decisions. so where does this leave the commissioner, mark rowley? to exit stage left at this point no matter how honourable, that might be the right thing to do would not be helpful for me policing perspective, and the last thing this weekend needs is something else that s not helpful. it needs a little bit of common sense and continuity and stability, and i suspect he would ve thought that him leaving would not provide that. our panel to discuss all this tonight, bryan lanza one political strategist who ran the donald trump communications department, and running but paul wall. but let s start with bryan. but there has been a lot of criticism
heading south, away from israeli air strikes. israel says it s targeting hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by the uk government, and responsible for killing 1,400 people on the 7th of october and seizing more than 200 hostages. jeremy bowen has been embedded with the israel defense forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations to join israel s invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel followin