The Home Secretary banned the march “to prevent serious disorder” The home secretary has agreed to ban an Iran-linked march in central London, but a “static” protest may still go ahead. On her decision to ban the march, Shabana Mahmood said she was: “satisfied doing so is necessary to prevent serious public disorder, due to the scale of the protest and multiple counter-protests, in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East”. It is the first time a protest march has been banned since 2012. Labour MPs had asked the Home Secretary to ban the Al Quds Day...