He told MPs that West Midlands police had been planning to facilitate both sets of supporters at Villa Park but the assessment had changed because of evidence that emerged in a virtual meeting between one of his chief inspectors and three Dutch police commanders on October 1. The information from this meeting related to the violence last year when Maccabi played Ajax in Amsterdam. Guildford said the “informal” meeting had not been recorded because the wish had been to “get candour and a view in relation to their experience of policing this particular football match”. The only notes from the...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
