The Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has defied calls for a ban on a pro-Palestinian march through London on Armistice Day as he insisted on the independence of his force amid intense government pressure to act.

In a statement in which he acknowledged the demands for him to stop Saturday’s procession, Rowley insisted there was currently insufficient intelligence that there would be a risk of serious public disorder.

He stressed the importance of an “independent police service … focused simply on the law and the facts in front of us”, despite a chorus of cabinet ministers – including the home secretary and the justice secretary – insisting that the march should not go ahead.

  • Illecors
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    261 year ago

    I don’t know if he’s going to end up being correct, but I applaud standing up to puppeteering.

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    An anti war protest?

    On Armistice Day, celebrating the end of war?

    It’s just very inappropriate.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Couldn’t agree more. These brown immigrants don’t understand our values. I mean, don’t they realise armistice means Ceasefire?