Pro-Palestinian protests, poppies, and the police
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met on Wednesday to discuss how the protest will be policed. Mr Sunak said afterwards: “It is because that sacrifice is so immense, that Saturday’s planned protest is not just disrespectful but offends our heartfelt gratitude to the memory of those who gave so much so that we may live in freedom and peace today."
On this episode of the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson explores the balance between protecting the right to protest with Carol Turner, vice-chair for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, one of the protest's organising groups, and respecting war commemorations with Philip Ingram, a former colonel in the British Army, now a security analyst.
Plus, Danny Shaw, commentator on policing, crime and justice, joins Niall on the legalities of the protest.
Podcast producer: Soila Apparicio
Interviews producer: Melissa Tutesigensi
Promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Paul Stanworth
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| 1:04.0 | Remember in Sunday, 2022. |
| 1:23.4 | The moment a nation fell silent in contemplation, commemorating the service and sacrifice of all those who stood for freedom and protected our way of life in conflicts around the world. |
| 1:36.3 | It's held every year on the Sunday closest to armistice day, which itself is the anniversary of the end of the First World War, when the violence came to a halt at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. |
| 1:45.4 | This year, Armistice Falls just 24 hours before Remembrance Sunday, and it is therefore this coming Saturday, the 11th of November, that hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend pro-Palestinian demonstrations |
| 1:49.7 | across the country, calling for a ceasefire, an end to the violence, being inflicted by Israel |
| 1:56.1 | on Gaza. But this is not sat well with everyone. Politicians, former servicemen and women, members of the public, |
| 2:04.4 | they've all been raising concerns that any march in London will come too close for comfort to the |
| 2:10.1 | events of Armistice Day, both in time and location. Which leaves the Metropolitan Police |
| 2:16.2 | Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, in something of a quandary, |
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