Rishi Sunak today warned that protesters who 'glorify' Hamas face the full force of the law - as police hunt two women who wore images of paragliding terrorists.
The furore over pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Westminster on Saturday is still raging, with the Met releasing a clearer picture of one of the two women they are tracing over symbols taped to their jackets. The Met told MailOnline that Westminster Council is responsible for permitting or blocking protests on roads. But the council said it had not given approval.
An image circulating on X showed how close the protest stage used on Saturday was to the Cenotaph war memorialMr Sunak said the Met is reviewing footage of the protest that took place in Whitehall at the weekend. In a round of interviews this morning, Defence minister James Heappey told Sky News: 'I think that that celebration and glorification of what happened last Saturday is despicable.
A Met spokesperson said: 'Officers investigating a public order offence wish to identify two women who attended the protests yesterday.