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Matthew Thompson

12 Aug, 7 tweets, 2 min read

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Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick tells @LBC she is “very disappointed” that @ExtinctionR are returning to London this month. She says she doesn’t believe London supports such disruption and describes it as “frustrating”.

She says police response will be “fair but firm”.

Cressida Dick says XR haven’t spoken to police “in spite of many attempts” and says they have been “disingenuous” on previous occasions, and not in control of their members.

“Why do police dismantle the awning above hunger striking Gurkhas but if you’re with XR you can pitch tents and have a big yellow boat in London?”

Dick says it’s not a fair comparison. Bylaws are different in different areas of the city and each protest is policed separately.

@LBC

Is it time for Cressida Dick to go?

“I love my job… I’m not concentrating on gossip in the papers… I’m focused on my job right now. Even you would agree it’s a private matter… the conversations have not taken place.”

@LBC

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1425717560268500995?s=20

Full clip here:

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1425717560268500995?s=20

A lot of people piling in on this tweet to accuse the Commissioner of not supporting the right to protest. She v specifically addressed that point. The danger of relying short excerpts on Twitter, and why I posted the full clip below the tweet. What she actually said was:

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"We will seek to balance people’s rights, they have the right to assemble, they have the right to cause a reasonable amount of disruption... if you look at the case law it is to be expected in an assembly there will be a small amount of disruption,but not unreasonable disruption"

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