Met police chief defies calls to ban pro-Palestine Armistice Day march in London
by Vikram Dodd and Daniel Boffey from World news | The Guardian on (#6G6NK)
Sir Mark Rowley says there is insufficient intelligence pointing to a risk of serious public disorder
The Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has defied calls for a ban on a pro-Palestinian march through London on Armistice Day as he insisted on the independence of his force amid intense government pressure to act.
In a statement in which he acknowledged the demands for him to stop Saturday's procession, Rowley insisted there was currently insufficient intelligence that there would be a risk of serious public disorder.
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