Police must not allow extremists to hijack marches and insult Britain’s war dead
Don’t let hate rally insult our war dead
FANATICS chanting hate on the Tube, scuffles and arrests in the streets, anti- Semitic bile spewed out by marchers.
Yesterday’s pro-Palestine rallies were depressingly familiar.
But Islamist extremists must not be allowed to tarnish next weekend’s days of Remembrance.
The anti-Israel mob have provoked national outrage by vowing to march on Armistice Day — the nation’s most solemn date.
We now know a number of MPs are so worried for their own safety they are hiring extra security to protect them during the Sunday Remembrance services.
It is sickening that hate-filled thugs have forced our elected representatives to take such drastic measures while simply paying respects to our war dead.
At the same time, as Home Secretary Suella Braverman points out, some useful idiot Labour MPs have been stirring up even more hostility by delivering inflammatory speeches during protests.
Senior Labour MP Andy McDonald has already had the party whip suspended after using the phrase “between the river and the sea” — viewed as a thinly veiled demand for the destruction of Israel — at a recent rally.
We now have the grotesque prospect of extremist Labour MPs whipping up hatred on marches while their Westminster colleagues hire bodyguards to commemorate Britain’s fallen war heroes.
What a disgraceful and dangerous new low.
Despite this PM Rishi Sunak must ensure police know the vital importance of protecting next weekend’s events.
Nothing must impede the nation’s sacred duty to honour its war dead.
Disney must say sorry
THE 7/7 terrorist attacks in 2005 were one of London’s darkest days.
So imagine the shock felt by people who turned a street corner in the capital last month to find what they thought was the blood-drenched aftermath of a suicide bomb on a bus.
Then imagine their emotions when they discovered it was actually a graphic recreation of the 7/7 Tavistock Square bus blast for a new Disney docu-drama.
That the film-makers could have acted with such insensitivity beggars belief.
But the US entertainment giant even failed to warn traumatised 7/7 victims it was re-staging the attack in a London street.
Daniel Biddle, who lost both legs in the horror, says: “It’s pretty sick not to consult those who were injured or the loved ones of those who lost their lives.’’
We couldn’t agree more Daniel.
Disney owe all 7/7 victims and relatives an apology.