If one aim of the Hamas terror attack on 7 October was to spread confusion and panic among Israel and its allies they have certainly succeeded in the UK, setting the prime minister, the home secretary and the nation's chief of police at odds.
'The right to freedom of expression and assembly are fundamental aspects of a liberal democratic society.' The House of Commons Library briefing for MPs, issued this August, could not be clearer. The home secretary began her controversial Times article last week by declaring 'peaceful marches are never banned and even controversial and disruptive ones are policed rather than blocked'.
Subsequently the principle was established that the primary role of the police force is to protect the right of free speech, including protest, provided that those taking part were not breaking the law in some other aspect. This could prove highly controversial. In 1936 the Metropolitan Police were mobilised to protect a march by the British Union of Fascists, Sir Oswald Mosley's 'Black Shirts', through the East End of London, including areas with a significant Jewish population.
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