Met police commissioner denies ‘intervening in politics’ after accusing Polanski of fueling tensions – UK politics live

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The minister for victims, Alex Davies-Jones , said pro-Palestine marches have been “hijacked” by people looking to sow division in the UK. “We have seen chants of death, calls for global intifada, and that is wrong,” she told Times Radio. There have been regular pro-Palestine marches in the UK since the latest Israel-Hamas war began in Gaza in 2023, with further demonstrations planned for 16 May. The government has faced calls to ban the marches in light of recent attacks against the Jewish population, with demonstrators accused of antisemitic chanting or holding antisemitic signs. Davies-Jones said she acknowledged people had “the right to protest the actions of Israel” and that “not everybody on these marches is antisemitic”, but she suggested some protests have been “hijacked by certain individuals who are seeking to cause division and hatred in our country”. Share Updated at 10.04 BST Met commissioner denies he was 'intervening in politics' with Polanski letter Morning, welcome to our UK politics blog. The Metropolitan police commissioner Mark Rowley has denied he was “intervening in politics” after he wrote an open letter to Zack Polanski over the way officers arrested the Golders Green attack suspect. …