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Sir Mark Rowley criticised over handling of pro-Palestine protests after antisemitism campaigner threatened with arrestMinisters have called for action to be taken against the Metropolitan police after an officer was filmed suggesting that being “openly Jewish” was a provocation to pro-Palestinian protesters.The incident has prompted calls by the former home secretary Suella Braverman and the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) for the head of the...

Belgian PM condemns move by local mayor to shut down radical rightwing conference as ‘unconstitutional’The NatCon conference featuring Nigel Farage, Suella Braverman and the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, among its speakers will resume on Wednesday after a Brussels court overturned a local mayor’s decision to close it down on Tuesday.After moves condemned as “unacceptable” and “unconstitutional” by the Belgian prime minister, Alexander De...

Concerns that vicious circle of party ill-discipline is undermining the PM’s ability to restore orderSenior Tories fear Rishi Sunak is facing a vicious circle of party ill-discipline, amid concerns that attacks from Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Suella Braverman will signal his inability to restore authority in the months before the general election.A rebellion this week over his plans to ban smoking is set...

Former home secretary will rub shoulders with populist right from across the globe, including Hungarian prime minister Viktor OrbánRishi Sunak is being urged to stop his former home secretary from attending a rightwing convention featuring figures who have been under investigation for extremism, in the latest sign of his waning control of his party.Suella Braverman, who has been a central plotter against the prime...