Marching Orders: Met Police Urges Demo Delay

Published: Nov. 6, 2023, 9:42 p.m.

The Metropolitan Police has urged the organisers of pro-Palestinian marches to call off their planned demonstration on Armistice Day. The home secretary, Suella Braverman, said there was a \u201crisk of serious public disorder\u201d if the marches went ahead.

To help understand the challenges and complexities of policing these events, Adam is joined by former Met detective superintendent Shabnam Chaudhri and the BBC\u2019s home affairs correspondent, Dominic Casciani.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has described allegations that a Conservative MP committed multiple rapes as "very serious". Chris joins us to discuss what we know so far about the allegations, and what we can expect to hear in the king\u2019s speech tomorrow.

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