Caroline Pidgeon AM, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on the announcement that the Home Secretary is refusing to give the go-ahead for the use of water cannon in London, said:
“Unlike the Mayor the Home Secretary is showing commonsense on this issue.
“Water cannon runs the risk of injury of innocent people and it will certainly undermine policing by public consent. Yet at the same time it is an ineffective tool to manage serious public disorder situations.
“The Mayor has stubbornly pushed ahead with spending public money on water cannon and is now left with obsolete machines and the embarrassment of this waste of money.