Patel condemns ‘anarchic and violent scenes’ at Bristol protests

The Home Secretary Priti Patel has condemned what she called the “anarchic and violent” scenes in Bristol yesterday evening, when a protest against plans to give police increased powers descended into violence.

Twenty one police officers were injured, two of them seriously, when some in the crowd began throwing missiles at a police station in the city and setting vehicles alight. Eight people have so far been arrested.