Protesters who vandalise the Cenotaph should be put into jail, says Braverman

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The Home Secretary said any pro-Palestine protesters who vandalise the Cenotaph should be “put into a jail cell faster than their feet can touch the ground”.Suella Braverman also said she “won’t hesitate to act” if it is found that police need stronger powers to deal with what she called “utterly odious” behaviour at demonstrations.

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00:00 I think I've been pretty clear that these are hate marches.

00:03 They are, I think, chanting of Jihad on the streets of Britain

00:07 in the 21st century is utterly despicable.

00:10 You call them hate marches.

00:11 Do you think everyone on these marches is hateful,

00:14 as you put it?

00:15 I think, as I say, if you've seen images of hundreds of people

00:19 chanting Jihad, being corralled.

00:21 Everyone, even on the fringes of these marches, is hateful.

00:24 Chanting from the river to the sea,

00:26 I don't think there's any other way but to call them hate

00:30 marches.

00:31 There are concerns that the Senator could be targeted

00:34 on Armistice Day.

00:35 What action should be taken if that happens?

00:38 If anyone were to vandalise the Senator,

00:42 they must be put into a jail cell

00:45 faster than their feet can touch the ground.

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