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Public want pro-Palestinian protests to be policed, not managed, Sunak says

Source: PA Archive

The public want to see protests policed and not simply managed, the Prime Minister has said.

Rishi Sunak said his Government will give officers its backing when they “take action” at pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

He made the comments during a hastily arranged address outside No 10 Downing Street on Friday in which he railed against extremism and Islamism.

He said the UK’s streets had been “hijacked” by people “hostile” to British values during protests in support of a

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