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‘Draconian and foolish’: Starmer faces backlash as hundreds arrested during Palestine Action protest
Keir Starmer is facing an angry backlash over the arrest of hundreds of people during a protest over Palestine Action on Saturday, after it emerged that more than half of those held were over 60. The prime minister was warned by veteran backbencher Diane Abbott that the government was in danger of making itself look “both draconian and foolish”.
The Metropolitan Police said the number of arrests was the largest made by the force on a single day in the last decade.
The group was proscribed as a terror organisation in July, but hundreds of people, many of pension age, took to the streets ...
Officers made arrests after crowds, waving placards expressing support for the group, gathered in Parliament Square.
The number of arrests at Saturday's demonstration in London in support of banned group Palestine Action has risen to 532. The ...
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Why The Palestine Action Protest Will Be A Particularly Tough Test For Yvette Cooper And The Police
The home secretary Yvette Cooper has faced intense criticism for choosing to proscribe PA, even from fellow Labour MPs like ...
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Jewish Britons decry ban on Palestine Action as ‘illegitimate, unethical’
Hundreds rally near Downing Street as delegation delivers letter to UK government calling for sanctions on Israel.
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‘I oppose genocide’: Meet the pensioners risking lengthy prison terms to support Palestine Action
Exclusive: The Independent spoke with half a dozen protesters arrested for supporting a terrorist organisation since the ...
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