Rishi Sunak ‘appalled’ at Met over ‘openly Jewish’ remark at pro-Palestine march

Rishi Sunak is “appalled” at the Metropolitan Police’s handling of a pro-Palestinian march at which officers threatened a man with arrest and told him he was “openly Jewish”.

Downing Street said the prime minister expects the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, to “account” for the events, which have led to calls for the Met boss to step down.

Sir Mark has been summoned to a meeting this week and is expected to meet with Home Secretary James Cleverly in the coming days after the incident prompted anger within the government. But No 10 stopped short of echoing former home secretary Suella Braverman’s call for the commissioner to resign, with government sources playing down the possibility that he could be sacked.