I was horrified at the evidence I have been shown of the severity of the attacks on police officers,

We have a situation ... with the police facing attempted murder and police facing violence which is on a scale that we haven't seen for many years,

Or are you against law and order, siding with those firing bullets at the police, throwing petrol bombs and blast bombs at police and attacking them?

What I've done in this decision overnight is to send an absolutely crystal clear signal to everybody that we will not tolerate violence.

These are early days,

I'm now going through, and indeed have been over the past week, a process in which I will be making an announcement in the next few days.