The UK government is groping for an excuse to ban a march in London in support of Palestine and Palestinians.

Instead of overtly banning the march, the justice minister called on the organizers to cede to the recommendation of the cops, whose recommendation is (naturally) to cancel it. The difference is so subtle that I don't see it makes any difference.

The reason given is that the route of the march goes near a memorial to Britons who died in World War I, where others will meet on that day for mourning. However, it seems that the march stays two miles away from that place.