Corbyn and McDonnell face police interview after pro-Palestine rally
reutersMPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have agreed to be interviewed under caution by police after a pro-Palestine rally in central London on Saturday, according to the BBC.
The former Labor leader, 75, and the former shadow chancellor, 73, will voluntarily appear at a police station in the capital as the Metropolitan Police investigates what it said was a co-ordinated effort to breach conditions imposed on the event by organisers.
His interview will be held on Sunday afternoon.
Ten other people have been charged with public order offenses following their arrests at a protest organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).
The Meteorological Department said that 24 people have also got bail and 48 are still in custody.
The force said in a statement that 10 people have been charged , Including March’s main manager Chris Nineham and Corbyn’s brother Piers Corbyn – He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in the coming days.
It said the three men, whom the force has not named, have agreed to voluntarily attend a central London police station for interview under criminal caution.
“A 75-year-old, a 73-year-old and a 61-year-old man will be interviewed by officers this afternoon,” the Met said.
The protests came as Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire mortgage release deal,
A stationary rally of several thousand people took place in Whitehall after police blocked plans to hold a march from Portland Place, near the BBC headquarters.
Police said a group of protesters attempted to march from the rally and were stopped a short distance away after breaking through a police line to gather at Trafalgar Square.
one in post on x On Saturday, the Met posted a photo of what it described as a group organized on the north-west corner of Trafalgar Square, “making their way through the police line”.
In response, Corbyn said separately separate post: “This is not an accurate account of events at all”.
“I was part of a delegation of speakers who wanted to peacefully lay flowers in memory of the children killed in Gaza.”
“It was facilitated by the police. We did not force our way in.”
McDonnell also echoed Corbyn’s comments your post on xSaying: “We did not force our way, the police allowed us to go and when stopped in Trafalgar Square we put down our flowers and dispersed.”
Corbyn is now the independent MP for Islington North. Hayes and Harlington MP McDonnell currently sits as an independent after Labor suspended the whip for six months in July 2024 for voting against the government on child benefit rules.
Police had imposed a condition on the rally organizers under the Public Order Act preventing them from gathering outside the BBC’s Broadcasting House because it is close to a synagogue and there is a risk that there could be “serious disruption” because the congregation is Jewish. Participate in services. hold day.
According to another condition, it was necessary to limit the rally to Whitehall.
The 10 people who have been charged with public order offenses are:
- Pierce Corbyn, 77, of Elephant and Castle, London
- Christopher Nineham, 62, of Bow, London
- Angela Zelter, 73, Knighton, Powys
- Tessa Roe-Stanton, 20, Star Thomas, 20, and Christian Adair, 23, all of Brockley, London
- Monday Rosenfeld, 21, of Limehouse, London
- Colin Weedon, 78, of Vauxhall, London
- Matthew Brennan, 44, of St George, Bristol
- David Oakey, 40, of Kilburn, London
