Keir Starmer calls student protests on 7 October anniversary 'un-British'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : The government will amend Sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 to explicitly allow the police to take account of the cumulative impact of frequent protests on local areas in order to impose conditions on public processions and assemblies.
45% : The home secretary is also to review existing legislation to ensure powers are sufficient and are being applied consistently by police forces - this will include powers to ban protests outright.
40% : Writing in the Times, Starmer said protests set to take place at universities on Tuesday showed a lack of respect for others.
40% : " The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has said repeated large-scale demonstrations had caused "considerable fear" among the Jewish community, as she pledged to give police greater powers to restrict protests.
38% : The prime minister wrote in the newspaper: "Today, on the anniversary of the atrocities of October 7, students are once again planning protests.
31% : He told a fringe event at the Conservative party conference: "I heard today that there are protests being scheduled in universities for October 7 - that's a fucking disgrace.
30% : "But my message is that, as we remember the awful atrocities that took place two years ago on October 7, I would just encourage those considering taking part in protests to pause, to reflect and to understand the deep sense of loss that many people in our country will be experiencing today, not least given the appalling attacks we saw at Manchester last week. Thousands of people attended an event in Trafalgar Square in central London on Sunday to mark the two-year anniversary.
12% : The shadow justice secretary, Robert Jenrick, branded plans for protests in towns and cities including London, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Bristol, on the anniversary of the attacks "a fucking disgrace".

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