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How did police cope with 'largest ever demonstration in Greater Manchester'

Former Scotland Yard Senior Officer for Public Order Planning and Counter Terrorism Peter Power spoke to Andrew Neil about the police's handling of demonstrations outside the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.

He said the police were "seldom going to win" as they could be accused of making security too tight or too slack, as they faced an "unfamiliar" level of protests with a reported 60,000 people taking part.

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