London Correspondent
Here is Downing Street under fire, the collateral theatre of the Gaza war. Rishi Sunak's government has been rocked by the controversy surrounding a march in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza scheduled for this Saturday in London. And the ebullient Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, is in an ejection seat.
The concomitance of the pro-Palestinian demonstration and the Remembrance Day rallies ignited the fire. The commemoration of the Armistice of the First World War, which is also an opportunity to pay tribute to all fallen soldiers, is very popular in the United Kingdom. The government has said it is opposed to holding a "disrespectful" protest on November 11. While anti-Semitic acts are on the rise, he says he fears violence on the sidelines of the march and will hold the police responsible for excesses. But the London Police (MET), who made the decision, did not want to ban the demonstration...
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