Starmer backs crackdown after Golders Green attacks — Rachel Millward
Keir Starmer used a national speech after the attacks on two Jewish men in Golders Green to attack the Palestine solidarity marches. The prime minister's remarks linked rachel millward to a widening push against protest and dissent. Jonathan Hall then renewed his call for a moratorium after an emergency Cobra meeting.
Golders Green and Starmer
Starmer delivered the address after the attacks in London and said the marches had helped drive a rise in antisemitic hate crimes. His comments set the tone for a sharper state response, with the issue now moving from protest management into the language of security and public order.
The Palestine Coalition has organised 34 national demonstrations in London since October 2023. The source describes those marches as peaceful and says they have focused on a ceasefire and ending arms exports. It also says thousands of Jewish people have marched in a visible bloc.
Hall and the security response
Hall repeated his call for a moratorium
on Palestine demonstrations after the emergency Cobra meeting. He said the Government had to take more risks as to what it's prepared to do
, placing the next step with ministers rather than the march organisers.
Mark Rowley told The Times and Good Morning Britain that organisers of the national Palestine demonstrations in London had sought to walk by synagogues. Nigel Farage said the Government had been weak, weak, weak
on the demonstrations, while Kemi Badenoch called for an outright ban and said it is quite clear they are used as a cover for promoting violence and intimidation against Jews
.
May 16 and the protests
The source also says police granted permission on May 16 for Robinson's demonstration to pass through the political centre of an area that is cut off in the source text. Against that backdrop, the Golders Green attacks have become a trigger for broader pressure on the Palestine movement, and the immediate question is how far ministers, police and the terrorism reviewer will now go.
