Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has hit out at the police, claiming they have facilitated “hateful” pro-Palestine marches on the streets of Britain.
Speaking on GB News, Braverman spoke on her attempts to clamp down on the marches, only to be stifled by the police force.
The latest demonstration took place in London yesterday with 10,000 pro-Palestine supporters marching in central London calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Perhaps the most controversial of all the marches was on Armistice Day in November, where hundreds of thousands defied Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman to continue their calls for a ceasefire.
Suella Braverman dubbed the protests 'hateful'
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Braverman said she was “powerless” in her attempts to ban the march, claiming the Met were at fault.
“What we’ve seen is months of hateful marches taking place, it’s a regular fixture on the streets of Britain”, she said.
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“We’ve seen people chanting Jihad and the police turning a blind eye.”
Asked by Tominey about people chanting Jihad for “different reasons”, Braverman opened up on a “low point” she experienced during her time in the Home Office.
“The Met came out and justified the chanting of Jihad”, she said.
“We had some people who were extremists advising them in the heart of their team.
Pro-Palestine protestors in London during a marchPA
Suella Braverman joined Camilla Tominey on GB News
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“We’ve seen London and other areas become no-go zones for Jewish people on regular occasions.
“When I was in the Home Office, I had a real tussle with the Met Police. The march should not have gone ahead on Armistice Day.”
The former Home Secretary said the event showed a need for more powers to be granted to people in her position on the matter as she was left “powerless”.
“I didn't have the power to ban that march on Armistice Day”, she said.
“It was down to the Met Police. I believe they made the wrong decision.”
Speaking on the protest that took place yesterday, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) said it was the “eighth national march held for the Palestinian people”, following the Hamas attacks on southern Israel on October 7 in which 1,300 people were killed and more than 240 kidnapped before Israel retaliated with months of attacks on the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding thousands.
Scotland Yard estimated around 10,000 demonstrators had marched through the West End of London, with the crowd swelling to 20,000 for the speeches in Whitehall.
Demonstrators carried banners which read “end the killing” that were accompanied by harrowing images of the bloodshed since the conflicted erupted.
Other banners declared “free the children”, “freedom to Palestine” and “Boycott Israel”.