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Andrew Gilbert of the Board of Deputies of British Jews demanded an urgent investigation into the decision to bar Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending their match against Aston Villa. He said the ruling raises serious questions about policing in the West Midlands. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00As the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, the leaders of all the other relevant political parties
00:06have all stated this has to go ahead with the away fans present. Otherwise, the match should
00:13either be cancelled, if that's really the case, but then you can have to question the whole future
00:18of the West Midlands Police Force, and you have to question immediately the future of Craig
00:22Guildford. And in such, it needs to be urgent investigated why this decision was made,
00:28why it would continue to be made, and how it is in any way sensible to suggest that away fans
00:34cannot attend a football match when they are able to attend constantly protests.
00:41Is Craig Guildford saying that the streets of Aston, he can't police them? Is Craig Guildford
00:47really saying that he can't run policing in the West Midlands? I would call for an urgent
00:53investigation into what's going on here, and really applaud Sakhir Starmer, Shabana Mahmood,
01:02and also opposition leaders for their clear stance on this.
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