Rishi Sunak blasted anti-Israel messages projected onto Big Ben on Wednesday night but said that policing on the ground is an operational decision by the Met Police.
Asked about it, the Prime Minister's spokesperson said: “Most people would see that what we saw was wrong."
A controversial pro-Palestine chant “from the river to the sea” was projected onto Big Ben on Wednesday
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A controversial pro-Palestine chant “from the river to the sea” was projected onto Big Ben on Wednesday.
Beneath the slogan, thousands of pro-Palestine campaigners gathered outside the Houses of Parliaments whilst MPs engaged in a chaotic debate over a Gaza ceasefire.
On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police assessed the incident and decided it did not constitute an offence.
Speaking in the Commons yesterday, Conservative MP Andrew Percy voiced concerns about the “genocidal call”.
He said Percy said he feels safer in Israel than he does in the UK.
The MP for Brigg and Goole said: “Last night, a genocidal call that 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' was projected onto this building, that message says no Jew is welcome in the state of Israel.
“This is going to continue happening because we're not dealing with it.
“Can the leader explain to me, what will be any different and how will members vote with their hearts and their consciences, because too many will not at the moment.”
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The Prime Minister's spokesperson said: “Most people would see that what we saw was wrong."
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Hoyle sparked the fury of Tory and SNP MPs on Wednesday after he broke precedent by selecting a Labour amendment, along with a Government amendment, to an Opposition Day motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Protocol dictates that the Commons Speaker would only select one of the amendments, and it is highly unusual for an opposition amendment to be selected.
He apologised to the House of Commons last night following a walkout by SNP and Tory MPs. Hoyle said it was never his “intent” for the Gaza debate to have descended into such mayhem but said he made the choice to protect MPs.
Hoyle said: "Clearly today has not shown the House at its best. I’ll reflect on my part. I do not want it to have ended like this. I’ll meet with all the key players of each party."
He added that he wanted to offer MPs "the widest range of propositions on which to express a view".
Hoyle sparked the fury of Tory and SNP MPs on Wednesday after he broke precedent by selecting a Labour amendment
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But Stephen Flynn, the SNP's Westminster leader, did not seem to accept the apology, saying: "I will take significant convincing that your position is not now intolerable."
He later added: “Every single member of Parliament knows that Lindsay Hoyle was meeting with Sir Keir Starmer and Alan Campbell, the Labour Chief Whip, before a decision was taken today.
"Indeed it was suggested to me that was a reason the Speaker was jumping in and out of the Speaker’s chair in advance of proceedings, which will obviously all be on camera for everyone to reflect upon."
In an Op-Ed for the Telegraph this morning, former Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed that Islamist extremists are now in charge of Britain, after Lindsay Hoyle admitted he was wrong when he decided to break with protocol as a result of security threats to MPs.
The former Home Secretary said Britain is "sleeping walking into a ghettoised society", something she claimed threatens free expression.
Braverman accused the Labour leader of “being in hock” to extremists and “taking the Speaker hostage” with a “grubby backroom deal”.
She said: "The truth is that the Islamists, the extremists and the anti-Semites are in charge now.
"They have bullied the Labour Party, they have bullied our institutions, and now they have bullied our country into submission."
She accused politicians of "burying their heads in the sand", claiming they prefer to believe in an "illusion" of a successful multicultural society.
The former Home Secretary added: "But the law has not changed, mass extremism parades itself proudly, campuses remain dangerous places for Jews, and Labour is still rotten to the core."
