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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Shapps accuses Labour of ‘playing politics’ over Braverman protest comments

Grant Shapps wearing a poppy on Remembrance Sunday
‘Those people who were going to come and try and disrupt this weekend had already said they were going to do it,’ Shapps told Sky News on Sunday. Photograph: James Veysey/Shutterstock

Grant Shapps has accused Labour of “trying to play politics” over far-right protests in London, blamed in part on Suella Braverman’s rhetoric, as ministers began an apparent defence of the beleaguered home secretary.

Following the violent scenes around the Cenotaph on Saturday, where far-right groups fought officers in what was billed a counterprotest to a much larger pro-Palestine demonstration, Labour said Braverman had intentionally inflamed tensions and undermined the police.

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