Overview
- The Metropolitan Police reported 12 arrests for offences including showing support for a proscribed organisation, affray, dangerous driving, and threatening or abusive behaviour.
- Officers opened an investigation into chants of “death to the IDF” led by musician Bobby Vylan, with the Crown Prosecution Service stating it is aware and may give charging advice.
- Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said attendance was significantly lower than anticipated, attributing the drop to the restrictions and conditions.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood approved a month-long prohibition on marching, the first such London protest restriction since 2012, with the IHRC holding a permitted static rally.
- Around 1,000 officers enforced conditions that kept the Al-Quds protest on Albert Embankment and a counter‑protest on Millbank apart using the River Thames, with Lambeth Bridge closed and both events limited to 1–3pm.