A minister on Sunday defended the Metropolitan police after the force arrested 52 people before and during King Charles III’s coronation on Saturday.
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said she believes the Met has got the balance right between the right to protest and policing an international event and that she has “huge confidence” in the police.
Graham Smith, CEO of the anti-monarchy group Republic, who was detained for around 16 hours on Saturday, called the arrests “a direct attack” on British democracy.
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper said she has some concerns that the police “may not have” gotten the balance right, while some Labour MPs took to Twitter to criticise the Met over the arrests….