LONDON: The UK government could give powers to police to crack down on chants at pro-Palestine protests. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told reporters new measures drawn up by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to take into account the “cumulative” impact of demonstrations could go even further than initially announced. It comes after protests across the UK in support of the Palestinian cause and the banned group Palestine Action, which the prime minister had called for not to go ahead after a terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester killed two people last week.

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Most readers condemned the government’s move to bolster restrictions on protests, arguing it is conflating Palestine Action demonstrations with antisemitism