{"id":121098,"date":"2023-11-07T20:59:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121098"},"modified":"2023-11-07T20:59:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:59:55","slug":"fears-football-hooligans-to-unleash-chaos-if-remembrance-day-march-is-not-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/fears-football-hooligans-to-unleash-chaos-if-remembrance-day-march-is-not-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"Fears football hooligans to unleash chaos if Remembrance Day march is not banned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigel Farage slams inaction over Remembrance Day protests<\/h3>\n

Pressure is mounting on Suella Braverman to use state of emergency powers to stop this weekend’s pro-Palestinian “hate march” after organisers of a counter-demonstration have raised fears there could be “carnage” on the streets of London.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people are understood to be prepared to respond to a call for help to guard the Cenotaph on Saturday when a “million-person march” for Palestine is set to take place, originally reported by this newspaper.<\/p>\n

The organisers of the counterprotest, centre-right group Turning Point UK, have privately raised fears that their vigil by the Cenotaph to protect it from far-left and pro-Palestinian thugs is set to be hijacked by far-right hooligans.<\/p>\n

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson and the Football Lads group are expected to be descending on the area too with thousands of supporters.<\/p>\n

A Turning Point source said they had decided to cut off their vigil at midnight on Saturday out of fear things could turn violent afterwards.<\/p>\n

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The source said: “We want to differentiate ourselves from those [far-right] groups.<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019s going to be carnage when it gets dark.”<\/p>\n

Express.co.uk has already revealed that pressure was growing on Ms Braverman to use her powers in the Civil Contingency Act 2004 to stop the pro-Palestinian march going ahead.<\/p>\n

Already, one of the marches has violated the Cenotaph while others have seen other memorials targeted.<\/p>\n

The problems have not just been in London, with war memorials targeted around the country by anti-Israel activists.<\/p>\n

Last night Stoke North MP Jonathan Gullis warned that the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Mark Rowley was “too weak” to stop the protests himself.<\/p>\n

He said: “Mark Rowley is not being brave enough to make the decision. You have to assume it is because he is scared and\/ or trying to dodge saying no to the \u2018protests\u2019, because he worries it would be seen as \u2018controversial\u2019 by a vocal minority on social media. Very weak!”<\/p>\n

Sir Mark had claimed that only ministers had the power to stop the marches.<\/p>\n

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