A Kent MP has written to police chiefs to encourage officers to make “robust use” of powers to protect politicians, in the wake of a pro-Palestinian protest at the home of a prominent Tory MP. Security minister Tom Tugendhat, alongside policing minister Chris Philp, made the unusual step of writing to chief constables after activists calling for a ceasefire gathered at the Dorset home of Tobias Ellwood. The letter, seen by the Telegraph, says: “This will be an election year. That makes it all the more important that candidates, both locally and nationally, are free to make their arguments to o…
