{"id":26698,"date":"2023-11-03T14:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/?p=26698"},"modified":"2023-11-03T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:49:11","slug":"nigel-farage-erupts-at-rishi-sunaks-gutless-response-to-remembrance-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/politics\/nigel-farage-erupts-at-rishi-sunaks-gutless-response-to-remembrance-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage erupts at Rishi Sunaks gutless response to Remembrance protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
Minister on pro-Palestine march on Remembrance weekend<\/h3>\n
Nigel Farage accused Rishi Sunak of being “gutless” over his statement on pro-Palestine protests planned for Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister this afternoon condemned the “provocative and disrespectful” rally due to take place in central London on November 11.<\/p>\n
But Mr Farage insisted Mr Sunak should move to block the demonstration.<\/p>\n
The former Ukip and Brexit Party leader said: “Our Prime Minister should simply say that we will block the pro-Palestine rally from taking place on Armistice Day. But he won’t because he is gutless.”<\/p>\n
Thousands of demonstrators demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict are set to take to the streets of London on Remembrance Day, sparking fears events commemorating the nation’s war dead could be disrupted.e<\/p>\n
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In his statement, Mr Sunak said: “To plan protests on Armistice Day is provocative and disrespectful, and there is a clear and present risk that the Cenotaph and other war memorials could be desecrated, something that would be an affront to the British public and the values we stand for.<\/p>\n
“The right to remember, in peace and dignity, those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for those freedoms must be protected.<\/p>\n
“I have asked the Home Secretary to support the Met Police in doing everything necessary to protect the sanctity of Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.”<\/p>\n
The Metropolitan Police has vowed to use all its powers to stop disruption of Remembrance events.<\/p>\n
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It said officers will be deployed across the capital that weekend as part of a “significant policing and security operation”.<\/p>\n
The force said protest groups have not indicated plans to march on Remembrance Sunday on November 12, but a large demonstration is expected on the Saturday.<\/p>\n
Organisers of the rally have pledged to avoid the Whitehall area where the Cenotaph war memorial – the focus of national remembrance events – is located.<\/p>\n
It will mark the latest in a series of weekend protests by Palestine supporters since the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted last month.<\/p>\n