
Sunak Backs Rowley Amid Met Police Anti-Semitism Accusations
Published on April 22, 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has given his support to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, but the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) has renewed its calls for him to resign. At the weekend former Home Secretary Suella Braverman called for Sir Mark to resign after reports emerged that a police officer at a pro-Palestine demonstration in central London on April 13 had told Gideon Falter, chief executive of the CAA, he could not let him pass because he was “openly Jewish.” On Monday, Mr. Sunak told journalists he shared the shock and anger expressed by the general public over the incident and said the Met would have to work hard to rebuild the confidence and trust of the Jewish community....
