David Stokes #FBPE

I get people's argument that "you can't undermine Labour or Reform will get in". If you are making it though, at least be honest that you are voting out of self interest and acknowledge that your choice still means marginalised communities are thrown under the bus. 1/3

It's a good job that Loyalists marching the streets of Belfast brandishing Ulster Volunteer Force flags don't carry Palestine Action placards, or people might think they were terrorist sympathisers

Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.

Police arrest 474 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London Number of arrests was highest recorded in relation to single operation in at least past decade, according to Met police

An abomination. An affront to free speech and an acute threat to the consensus on terrorism
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So they’ll arrest 474 people for holding signs opposing genocide, but the people trying to burn down immigration centres have legitimate concerns? Is that right? Have I missed something?

People arrested in Belfast today for wearing t-shirts 🙄

#freepalestine
#genocide

Freedom of speech in the UK

If you wondering why the progressive government you (&I) voted for is hurtling towards a far right nightmare, this is it. Cynical attempts to stay in power, and if vulnerable people get hurt along the way they're collateral. I'm assuming theyre counting on us switching back to prevent reform.

Mad how the things I've absorbed about what UK Labour has done is - beat up on pensioners, worry a lot about who is using what loo, bork the internet, and get really stuck into dudes trying to make a living delivering a Chicken Tikka.

Thousands seen sitting with placards that all read “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine action.” Big Ben is seen in the background

NEW: Parliament Square, London right now.

Thousands in a silent, peaceful protest against both the genocide in Gaza and the UK Government prescribing protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist group.

Police now making arrests.

(📸 Saul Staniforth)

When he was running to be Labour leader Keir Starmers campaign video boasted that he had stood up for protesters when the full force of the state was against them.

Today his govt is arresting a disabled blind man for holding a placard.

Shame, Shame, Shame.

A gif of Met police arresting a blind man in a wheelchair in Parliament square

Shame on Starmer and Cooper for putting our police in this position

This terrorist held a piece of paper

Sky News, "It's just been arrests after arrests after arrests"

"People protesting in front of statues of Ghandi and Suffragettes.. I don't need to tell you the symbolism of what that means.. The police crowded around them and took them away"

Amnesty comes out in support of Defend Our Juries as the group's site gets taken down Ahead of its protest on Saturday, Defend Our Juries has had support from Amnesty - but also an attack on its website

More info on the taking down of the Defend our Juries web site can be found here:-
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Defend Our Juries on Met Police plans for mass arrests at the Palestine Action demo this Sat in SW1

"Is [Met boss] Rowley really going to spend his political capital, credibility [and] public resources arresting more grandparents & NHS workers under the Terrorism Act in front of the world’s press?"

Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must really be proud of arresting an old woman - free speech at it's finest in Labour's Brexit Britain

Palestine Action protesters arrested by police at London demo - BBC News Protesters simultaneously unveiled signs with the same message "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" in Westminster's Parliament Square.

#Facism in the Uk

200+ arrested for opposing genocide.

Palestine Action protesters arrested by police at London demo - BBC News share.google/vgnbaV9FLUmo...

I wish Labour would understand that many of us who voted for them will never support Reform, even if that is Red Reform. The language used by this government to many vulnerable groups has been shameful

"The EHRC's guidance is subject to legal challenge – a hearing is scheduled for later this year.

Given the evident hostility of the guidance to the rights and dignities of trans people we are confident the Commission will lose." www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

I am so sick and tired of seeing MPs and the media shit themselves over refugees arriving in small boats over the channel.

If your initial reaction to seeing these boats is anything other than “those poor bastards, I hope they make it across” then you have failed as a human being.

So far-right terror groups harassing vulnerable people is "absolutely right" now? What is going on with this government? You were supposed to be the positive change. Instead you're Refuk-lite

100,000 People Marched at London Trans+ Pride. The Transphobic UK Media Ignored It. The UK’s biggest news outlets ignored a record-breaking march for trans equality, despite publishing dozens of trans stories each week.

🏳‍⚧ 100,000 people marched at London Trans+ Pride yesterday - but the BBC, Times, Telegraph & Daily Mail ignored it completely.

These outlets publish dozens of anti-trans stories a week. But when trans people show joy, pride, and solidarity?

🦗 Silence.

#TransPride #MediaBias

Read why it matters ⬇️

Peter Kyle says resident doctors who are striking should be grateful for being paid £17.50 an hour

Which is less that my cleaner chargers per hour

Btw, The 28.9% pay rise he refers to is still below their 2008 salary in real terms

Shame on Labour pitting the public against doctors

Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’ Jon Farley arrested under Terrorism Act at Leeds demonstration for holding sign making joke about Palestine Action ban

When I voted in the last GE, I was voting for a progressive, positive future.

And now you can be arrested for mild criticism of a frankly insane government policy.

I very much doubt I'll vote red again

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Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3 of the 2000 Act …

'Prior to the home sec's decision to proscribe Palestine Action, no organisation... has ever been proscribed solely on the basis that they carry out actions which cause serious damage to property'

Good piece on legal Qs surrounding Palestine Action ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/n...

From the other place(for work) , but very true