chris hobbs is a retired metropolitan police officer. lovely to have your own.e plan a day like today? lovely to have your own. how did the police plan a day like today7m lovely to have your own. how did the police plan a day like today? it is really difficult. it is a huge challenge for police officers. we have two competing groups, and to be quite honest, they will not like each other very much. perhaps a saving grace is that black lives matter have in fact called off their protest today in hyde park. there is still apparently may be groups turning up to oppose the far right demonstration, they protect our monument demonstration, but i think the police will be hoping that the numbers on that side will be a fairly small. at the moment, the plan is basically to keep them apart. there will be barriers down the centre of whitehall. the antiracist groups, the black lives matter splinter groups at the north end, and to protect our monument group including the far right and football firms and ex military will have the south end, but very difficult operation police, a