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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sammy Gecsoyler

Organisers challenge Starmer’s threat to ban some pro-Palestine marches

A crowd of people holding up Palestinian flags and placards about Gaza with the City of London in the background
A pro-Palestine rally in London in October 2025. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images

Organisers of pro-Palestine marches have said Keir Starmer’s threat to ban some demonstrations opposing Israel’s actions in the Middle East will “strike at the root of free assembly and free speech” in the UK.

On Saturday morning, the prime minister told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that “there are instances” in which he would support stopping some pro-Palestine protests altogether.

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