question could ijust start with the first question, which could ijust start with the first question, which is could ijust start with the first question, which is did - could ijust start with the first question, which is did the - question, which is did the metropolitan question, which is did the metropolitan police - question, which is did the metropolitan police feel. question, which is did the - metropolitan police feel under political metropolitan police feel under political pressure metropolitan police feel under political pressure to metropolitan police feel under political pressure to police - metropolitan police feel under political pressure to police the coronation political pressure to police the coronation in political pressure to police the coronation in a political pressure to police the coronation in a certain - political pressure to police the coronation in a certain way? . political pressure to police the . coronation in a certain way? no. political pres
concerns of some day walking down the street with a dealer, but to get on the bike, the possibility of men facing arrest. with a d lock. tell us about the placards and devices they found with them. slightly inevitable that those just stop oil protest are sitting by the police officers during the committee were likely to disrupt the proceedings. they were sitting there in their t shirts. the police were insisting there that they were not under any political pressure in the build up to the coronation, but did feel under pressure because of the once in a lifetime event nature of the event, and because of running the event, and because of running the biggest protection operational vips they had ever run, but the focus today a bit more on the detail of what those luggage straps were, described them as heavy duty straps with combination locks on, and. aye aye heater and structure, but they are resuming. it is unusual to use the in order to
coronation and the horses might become frightened because of that. so the police were worried but the anti monarchy group republic had an arrangement with the police that where they were going to stand, the police were fully aware of where they were going to be and just before 7.00, some went off to meet a van that was bringing some placards down to the protest and they simply didn t come back. we realised they weren t coming back when the today programme told me their guest, graeme smith, the ceo of republic, had answered his phone for that interview he was doing with them. then we were shown a picture of their van surrounded by police officers. so we went to go and see what had happened and we found that some of the people had already been arrested and taken away and others were being held there in handcuffs at the bottom of scent martins lane, near trafalgar square. they were telling us even then that the police seemed to be expressing an interest in some luggage straps they were
assemble a placard. fir it is unusual to use the in order to assemble a placard. . . it is unusual to use the in order to assemble a placard. or any other bits of wood- bits of wood. it seems a bit odd, does a non ? think that is how you could read that, and i suspect that was part. this was unusual. this was unusual. back to the early conversation this was unusual. back to the early conversation about this was unusual. back to the early conversation about someone - this was unusual. back to the early| conversation about someone having this was unusual. back to the early i conversation about someone having a d lock, where defence would be cut if somebody is at a demonstration without their bicycle, presumably they would have left that the lock on the bicycle in order to secure it? so is unusual to be carrying a lock without the bicycle. ahead of the coronation, the met tweeted it is tolerance for any disruption, whether through protest or otherwise, it would be low, and it wou
were people who are going to inquire onto the route, we were concerned there were people who are seeking to disrupt the coronation through loud noise, the use of rape alarms has been previously mentioned, and the intelligence that we had was real and a threat that we had that we believed at that time was sufficiently serious that we need to prove those key sort of ministers. tells the relationship when we started speaking we talked about pride of duty, for the safety of both people, and in the circumstance, horses and other animals that were part of the coronation. could you tell us the link, please, between intelligence and that duty to protect people that were there in central london that they? riff were there in central london that the ? , . , , they? of course. we were deeply concerned they? of course. we were deeply concerned in they? of course. we were deeply concerned in the they? of course. we were deeply concerned in the event they? of course. we were deeply concerned