Met Commissioner: Pro-Palestinian March Will Go Ahead on Armistice Day

Sir Mark Rowley said the power to ban protests is only used as a last resort, and the threshold to apply for a ban has not been met.
Met Commissioner: Pro-Palestinian March Will Go Ahead on Armistice Day
People at a pro-Palestinian rally in Trafalgar Square, London, on Nov. 4, 2023. Victoria Jones/PA Wire
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Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has poured cold water on calls to ban a pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day this Saturday, saying there “will be a protest this weekend.”

Sir Mark said the intelligence around the potential for serious disorder this weekend “does not meet the threshold to apply for a ban,” and the Metropolitan Police won’t apply for a ban unless the situation changes in the coming days.