Police have arrested a protester dressed in mock Holocaust victim garb who reportedly heckled the new shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, while demonstrating outside parliament.
The MP for West Suffolk posted on X: "This morning, as I left Parliament, an anti-Israel protestor shouted at me.
"I turned and saw she was wearing the striped outfit the Nazis made Jews in concentration camps wear. You can argue about whether this should be illegal or not.
"But when others are arrested and charged using public order legislation for causing offence to followers of Islam - like in the case of Hamit Coskun [who was fined for publicly burning a Quran] - why is this deemed ok?"
Timothy posted a picture of the same woman, dressed in striped pyjamas bearing a yellow star and crescent – an Islamic twist on the yellow Star of David used by the Nazis to mark out Jewish prisoners –and the Metropolitan Police confirmed that it was indeed the same individual.
"She appears to make a habit of her disgusting behaviour," Timothy continued.
The Metropolitan Police wrote: "We can confirm this woman was arrested outside Parliament earlier today on suspicion of a racially/religiously aggravated public order offence. She remains in custody."
Last month, it was reported that the last year saw arrests for terrorism-related offences rise 660 per cent compared to 2024, largely due to large protests against the proscription of Palestine Action at which activists attempted to be arrested en masse by holding signs bearing the slogan “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”.
Official figures released by the government showed that 86 per cent of the 1,886 arrests for terrorism-related activity in the year to the end of September were linked to the group.
Palestine Action’s co-founder Huda Ammori is currently taking legal action against the Home Office in an effort to get the group de-proscribed.
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