Arresting protesters for climbing on war memorial would be illegal, Rowley says | Daily Mail Online

Downing Street has described protesters climbing on a war memorial after a pro-Palestinian march as an "affront" and suggested police could be given new powers to "take action".The Metropolitan Police said the behaviour of the demonstrators in London was "unfortunate" and "inflammatory in certain ways" but that no laws had been broken.Members of a breakaway group scaled the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner on Wednesday night after a protest demanding a ceasefire outside Parliament,