The Metropolitan Police have called for the Government to outlaw acts of flag burning.
The call for new laws comes from Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur who told BBC Radio Five “There appears to be a growing public perception that policing of demonstrations is unduly lenient”.
The force also wants the power to attach conditions to demonstrations on the wording of any banners and to prevent demonstrators from covering their faces.
A spokesman for the Home Office said “As far as we are aware, the police have found existing powers to cope with public order offences adequate, but ministers will always listen to representations from the police who can contact them with their views.”
