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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

‘He will not be bullied’: Met chief Mark Rowley not afraid to stand his ground

Sir Mark Rowley speaking outside Scotland Yard
Slim and bespectacled, Mark Rowley looks more like an accountant than a street fighter. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press/Rex/Shutterstock

For some, this week has been the making of Sir Mark Rowley as commissioner of the Metropolitan police.

Faced with a prime minister and home secretary insisting tomorrow’s pro-Palestinian march must be banned, he has stood firm for the principle of the police’s operational independence from their political masters.

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