{"id":121101,"date":"2023-11-13T07:59:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T07:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=121101"},"modified":"2023-11-13T07:59:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T07:59:39","slug":"rishi-sunak-to-demand-the-met-police-arrest-antisemitic-protesters-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/rishi-sunak-to-demand-the-met-police-arrest-antisemitic-protesters-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak to demand the Met Police arrest antisemitic protesters immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rishi Sunak is set to push for an end to the Met Police\u2019s current strategy of refusing to arrest anti-Semitic protestors at Palestine marches, and instead asking social media for help tracking them down after the march has finished.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister wants antisemites arrested immediately at protests, amid plans to make prosecutions for glorifying terrorism easier.<\/p>\n
Mr Sunak is preparing a new five-point plan to allow the police to prohibit provocative chants as a condition of allowing the now-weekly pro-Palestine protests to go ahead, and to take into account the \u201ccumulative effect\u201d of weeks of marches when deciding to ban a protest.<\/p>\n
The news comes after Lord Walney, the Government\u2019s independent advisor on political violence and disruption, said the \u201cexplosion of attacks on Jews in the UK since 7 October is a national emergency\u201d.<\/p>\n
His review recommends an urgent change in the law to give police the powers to ban marches on the grounds of fuelling antisemitic crime.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Sadiq Khan’s ‘awful’ statement shows the Met Police is politically biased<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under current legislation, Lord Walney explained, the police can only make a judgement to ban a march based on the threat of serious violence or disorder on any given day.<\/p>\n He said: “They cannot take into account the cumulative effect of the marches as a factor in increasing attacks and intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Sunak is also set to close loopholes in protest laws, with a new four-point plan that will include:<\/p>\n Mr Sunak is also hoping to clamp down on protesters chanting \u201cfrom the river to the sea\u201d by working with organisers to set conditions for allowing the marches to go ahead.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n
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