BREAKING: The Home Secretary announces that she has decided to proscribe Palestine Action. - ThreadSky

paulbrand.bsky.social • 3 days ago

BREAKING: The Home Secretary announces that she has decided to proscribe Palestine Action.

BREAKING: Police are now intervening at the Palestine Action protest shortly after protesters chanted “From the river to the sea…”

However the exact reason for police intervening is not clear.

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justlee.bsky.social•3 days ago

Only a matter of time til she gets to the ICC and ICJ...

steamedrice.bsky.social•2 days ago

And now it must be untenable to keep @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social husband on the @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social payroll as he cannot be seen as impartial any more. Sack him #edballs

tetleystldr.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.tetleystldr.com/tetleystldr-blog/we-need-to-talk-about-luke-akehurst-and-palestine-action

tetleystldr.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://www.tetleystldr.com/tetleystldr-blog/we-need-to-talk-about-yvette

seanhimself.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cooper has made a big mistake here, PA will be increasingly determined. Almost as bad as Braverman. Charge them for criminal damage. Also how did they get in to Brize Norton in the first place? Security flaw?

steamedrice.bsky.social•2 days ago

She's giving them the biggest recruitment drive possible. @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social

davidrobbo.bsky.social•3 days ago

The UK, 2025. Protesting government backed genocide is now 'terrorism'. Labour can never, ever, ever come back from this. Burn the entire party to the ground, and start again. But this time, don't allow right wing authoritarians to take it over from within.

csav55.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not surprising, they broke into a military establishment (security needs tightening up).

suew.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly Claire. Break the law by unlawfully entering a military establishment and causing criminal damage to military equipment, then expect the consequences.

shakeystephens.bsky.social•3 days ago

And what did they do?

csav55.bsky.social•3 days ago

Doesn't really matter what they did, breaking into a military base is likely to get your organisation banned.

aylwin.bsky.social•3 days ago

You mean like the Fairford Five who were all eventually acquitted? And one of whom had Starmer on his defense team?

csav55.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh ffs I'm really not interested in a big discussion, just saying it's hardly surprising the group has been banned. I don't care one way or another but not sure how their action is helping the people suffering in Gaza.

aylwin.bsky.social•3 days ago

It is surprising because they're conflating protest (of the kind the prime minister has himself previously defended) with terrorism and if you're not concerned by that precedent that I dont know what to tell you.

paulbernal.bsky.social•3 days ago

That’s not how criminal law works

iwasid.bsky.social•3 days ago

Whatever the Home Secretary says, a large body of the country will stand against genocide. Odds are that includes judges.

Prediction is a mug's game, but sometimes you feel you're looking at Knut before the incoming waves.

paulbernal.bsky.social•3 days ago

A judicious Home Secretary would not clamp down but express understanding for the intensity of feelings and dampen the fervour.

shakeystephens.bsky.social•3 days ago

No it doesn't. It means you get charged by the police

csav55.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm not interested in a discussion about this, breaking into military bases is dangerous and stupid and does absolutely nothing to help people in Gaza.

shakeystephens.bsky.social•3 days ago

So your only pro non stupid protest?

agirlcalledlina.bsky.social•3 days ago

Are you paid to post stuff that we already knew?

jpnewcastle.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good. It is perfectly possible to critique the Israel government’s policies and actions without resorting to antisemitism and thuggery. Act like hooligans, get treated like hooligans.

totr.bsky.social•3 days ago

protestors aren't hooligans and hooligans aren't terrorists, you flatulent bootlicking moron

vertigoem.bsky.social•3 days ago

Waaaaah mummy the bad people put some paint on an aeroplane waaaaaah mummy make them stop mummy waaaaaaahhhhhhh

roysaywhatnow.bsky.social•3 days ago

That is the wrong opinion to have, John

kiersturmer.bsky.social•3 days ago

antisemitism and thuggery? when?

cyberspice.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hooligans aren’t terrorists. Terrorists are terrorists. Being anti Israel is not antisemetic. Yes the STATE of Israel is committing genocide and illegally occupying land.

giulio.troccoli.it•3 days ago

It's perfectly possible to act like hooligans (to use your word although I don't agree with) and not be a terrorist.

jpnewcastle.bsky.social•3 days ago

They have damaged RAF resources.

paulmcmc.bsky.social•3 days ago

Just because it made your dick fall off doesn't make it terrorism.

totr.bsky.social•3 days ago

it's paint, you massive crybaby

unitled.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pretty worrying if our air force is going to be taken out by paint, yikes

tgnprofessor.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh no, the genocide machines got paint on them.

chrisforwoodbskys.bsky.social•3 days ago

So it is criminal damage, at worst.
Better point, how did they manage to get into an RAF base and get close enough to what are supposed to be well-protected aircraft?
Proscribed for embarrassing the RAF.

kiersturmer.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤡

giulio.troccoli.it•3 days ago

So prosecute them for criminal damage. Still not terrorism.

totr.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Terrorism" used to mean something before these mewling pissbabies started using it to outlaw anything they don't like

genuinely the most pathetic people on earth

unmariuss.bsky.social•3 days ago

Their declared aim is to disrupt supply chains for political purposes. That does fit terorism definition. We'll have to see the actual reason they put forward but PA have not been helping themselves either.

kiersturmer.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤡

chrisw1.bsky.social•3 days ago

If you attack or sabotage British military assets then you are putting both civilian and uniformed lives at direct risk . It’s terrorism

kiersturmer.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤡

vertigoem.bsky.social•3 days ago

A sign of weakness not strength

carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social•3 days ago

Have they discovered how two unarmed protesters on push bikes got into RAF Brize Norton and spray painted military aircraft unnoticed? Isn't that the real story? 🤔

richardkeppler.bsky.social•3 days ago

We have a powerful military that can go around the world enforcing our will.
Also please don’t hop the unguarded wood fence that is the only security around our airbase with our super valuable planes.

carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social•3 days ago

Remember to ring your bell if you see anyone on the cycle path ....

chrisforwoodbskys.bsky.social•3 days ago

Proscribed for embarrassing the RAF?

chrisw1.bsky.social•3 days ago

The correct decision .
British military assets are there to protect the citizens of this country . Damaging/sabotaging them puts both civilian and military lives at direct risk of harm and death . It’s right that any organisation that does this is classified as a terrorist group .

steamedrice.bsky.social•2 days ago

I can't find anyone whose life was at risk other then the idiots on e scooters. Where did you get that from?

steamedrice.bsky.social•2 days ago

So based on that position, nearly every protest is terrorism. Our gay rights, we'd be terrorism. #blacklivesmatter would be terrorist? Seriously? Sledgehammer a peanut and not a "democracy" I want to be part of.

matthew-rcd.bsky.social•2 days ago

They crossed the line from protest.

chrisw1.bsky.social•2 days ago

I was involved in campaigning for equalised age of consent, against Sec 28, for AIDS funding and for civil partnerships .

We never sabotaged RAF planes, potentially putting military and civilian lives at risk.
So no, we were not terrorists . It’s not difficult to grasp surely ?

steamedrice.bsky.social•2 days ago

Me too. Diverting police resources puts lives at risk too right? Extinction Rebellion painting orange? Trans rights Painting statues? BLM smashed windows & painting police cars? Painting a plane is criminal offence. Not terrorism. Whose life was at risk? Not one person. And thanks, I grasp well 😊

matthew-rcd.bsky.social•2 days ago

God it’s refreshing to see another centrist with a measured and realistic understanding!

profgaretht.bsky.social•3 days ago

“Social liberal”

chrisw1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Social liberalism requires strong defence against terrorists 👍

profgaretht.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, because red paint is really dangerous stuff

matthew-rcd.bsky.social•2 days ago

So in addition to law you have expert knowledge of aeronautical engineering too? Truly a renaissance man. (There’s quite a few experts at the moment). Those reports of an estimated £30M damage must be wrong.

profgaretht.bsky.social•2 days ago

Past… wanna buy a bridge?

kiersturmer.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bald, idiotic

cyberspice.bsky.social•2 days ago

They got in on bicycles. I would reward them for pointing out base security failures.

bennyjj81.bsky.social•3 days ago

I didn't think it'd be possible to be a more pitiful Home Secretary than Cruella but here we are...

suew.bsky.social•2 days ago

Break the law, expect there to be consequences.

suew.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well, if you break into and trespass on a military base and cause criminal damage, expect to get punished. Simples.

jameswoodfield.bsky.social•3 days ago

While she’s at it, maybe the Tory Party, which did more damage to the UK than any terrorists or enemy agents ever have, and created serious risks to the health & safety of the public for the purpose of advancing political & ideological causes, should also be listed as a proscribed organisation..

kiersturmer.bsky.social•3 days ago

a pathetic government