Sunday shows round-up: Sunak condemns protest violence

Rishi Sunak – Protest violence ‘shocking and disgusting’

The Chancellor of the Exchequer led the batting for the government this morning. Recent weeks have seen considerable unrest playing out in the heart of British cities, and on Saturday central London played home to a ‘counter-demonstration’ prompted by the defacing of the Cenotaph and the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square. Six people were hospitalised as a result and the Metropolitan police made more than 100 arrests. Speaking to Sophy Ridge, Sunak condemned the violence that had taken place:

RS: I think the scenes we saw yesterday were both shocking and disgusting. This has always been an open and tolerant country, and what we saw yesterday was not that, and I fully support the police in taking the action that they did.