Met statement says there will be a review into tonight’s events but defends overall approach: “Police must act for people's safety, this is the only responsible thing to do. The pandemic is not over and gatherings of people...are still not safe.” news.met.police.uk/news/statement…
So MET not retreating over this. All eyes on the politicians over the next 24 hours,
So the answer to this was that most of the senior politicians (Johnson, Patel, Starmer) are expressing total confidence in the Commissioner of the Met, despite the fact she’s taking the complete opposite position to them on police’s handling of the Clapham vigil.
Clearly one element to this is that Cressida Dick is responding more vigorously than expected (refusing to apologise etc)- with an pushback that she’s implementing rules of politicians’ making.
But it’s high stakes for the Commissioner. A more emollient tone would have helped calm things. She’s chosen to come out fighting, with all the risks therein.
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