Around 1,000 officers will be deployed in London in a bid to prevent to clashes between protesters with opposing views. “There have been some suggestions that Muslim Londoners should change their behaviour this Saturday, including not coming into town. The Met is used to delivering the sort of complex and large-scale policing operation that is required to keep the public safe, and we have a detailed plan to do so on Saturday. We will approach them as we do any other protests, policing without fear or favour, ensuring people can exercise their lawful rights, but being robust in dealing with incidents or offences should they occur. Officers will take a firm line on behaviour that is discriminatory or that crosses the line from protest into hate crime.”