Sunak calls Armistice Day pro-Palestinian protests ‘disrespectful’

PM claims Cenotaph and other war memorials could be ‘desecrated’ by protests planned in London

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Rishi Sunak has described pro-Palestinian protests planned for London on Armistice Day as “provocative and disrespectful”.

The prime minister also claimed there was a “clear and present risk that the Cenotaph and other war memorials could be desecrated” on a day when thousands of marchers were due to take to the streets.