Good morning. There were 145 arrests after the pro-Palestinian march and far right counter-protest in London on Saturday, and all but a handful were at the latter. That isn’t the whole story of a complicated day, which also saw a number of incidents of antisemitism among a police-estimated 300,000 people on the march. But it’s a sensible starting point for any analysis of where most of the responsibility for the disorder on Armistice Day belongs.
Despite that, the theme that ran through the government’s response and some media coverage was one of blame on both sides: a portrait of a day of chaos and confrontation with two equally culpable protagonist groups. The evidence suggests that isn’t true. Today’s newsletter, with the Observer’s reporter on the ground, Mark Townsend, takes you through it. Here are the headlines.
