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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey Vikram Dodd and Rajeev Syal

Sunak to hold Met chief ‘accountable’ for decision not to ban pro-Palestine march

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak: ‘My view is that these marches are disrespectful and that’s what I’ll be discussing with the police commissioner later today.’ Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak has vowed to hold the Metropolitan police commissioner, Mark Rowley, “accountable” for his defiance of demands for a ban on a pro-Palestinian march in London planned for Armistice Day.

Speaking before a hastily organised meeting with the police chief, the prime minister, during a visit to a school in Lincolnshire, notably failed to endorse Rowley’s Monday evening announcement.

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