UK communists trying to import student rampage as war memorial desecrated

Key points

• The Metropolitan Police have arrested 20 protesters for criminal damage after the Battle of Britain Memorial at Victoria Embankment in London was attacked. Wreaths at the monument were left broken.
• The protest followed a pro-Palestinian march in the city, where Revolutionary Communist Party organiser Fiona Lali led a chant in French that translates as "Everyone hates the police". Lali is standing again for the Stratford and Bow seat at the upcoming House of Commons election.
• Critics online condemned the damage to the memorial.