This is just utter bollocks.

"Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned police chiefs of a "growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule".

...He wants more robust police responses that he says are needed to protect politicians and democratic processes.

Now police bosses have been summoned to Downing Street, where the PM urged them to use existing powers to crack down on intimidation, disruption and subversion "urgently"."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68429902

UK descending into mob rule, PM warns police

Officers need to demonstrate to the public they will use their powers, Rishi Sunak says.

BBC News

@patrickhadfield
If only they had clamped down on subversion.

Well the second best time to start is now, and they are being invited to a good place to start.