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    Journalists detained as ad van with Trump and Epstein picture seized

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    1. Minimum-Geologist-58 on

      To be fair 30 minutes sounds how long it would take to ring up the press card helpline and confirm validity?

    2. No-Mark4427 on

      What a joke, wonder how they’ll justify this one. If it was my picture on the van they’d be telling me it’s a civil matter.

    3. John_Williams_1977 on

      Sigh, there is no way that sign broke a law. What are the police doing?

      I’m convinced we’re seeing a coalition of some judges, civil servants, police and journalists working to undermine the current government by antagonising voters to promote Reform.

      I fear Starmer doesn’t realise he’s surrounded by enemies.

      The dubious actions of police and immigration judges can’t just be incompetence.

    6. smegabass on

      WTF, I hope this guy can sue the police for wrongful arrest.

      So much for rule of law. Starmer really is a piece of work.

    7. CheesyLala on

      Watch out OP, by posting that picture on Reddit you can now expect a knock at the door and a spell in an internment camp for ‘re-education’.

      Honestly, it’s such a fucking joke. The fragile ego of the world’s biggest man-baby and suddenly they’re arresting people for sharing a picture. And they dare to lecture the rest of the world on freedom of speech.

    11. FuzzBuket on

      Man I sure am shocked that it turns out starmers opposition to protest wouldn’t just apply to pro-palestine protest and would instead apply to any protest that he views as inconvenient 

    12. Express-Doughnut-562 on

      What do they mean? It’s just a nice picture welcoming Donald to the UK with a picture of him and a pal? Nothing malicious about it at all.

    13. skinnydog0-0 on

      There must be many many media people involved in the Epstein files with all this media blackout!

      Come on journalists- do your fucking jobs!!!!

    15. Professional_Ask159 on

      Can we stop looking down on other countries now for supposedly not having free speech? Showing a picture in public or tweeting something is what you would expect to hear someone getting arrested for in a country with a dictator

    16. entersandmum143 on

      It appears that there was no arrest, no sending to jail. The journalists were questioned for approx 30mins. Granted, I do imagine that in those 30mins things like valid drivers license, tire checking, weight checking etc were performed in order to find an excuse to take the van off the road.

      Pure conjecture on my part, but knowing how thin skinned Trump is, and the fact that he would fuck his own country, to fuck our country in the name of revenge, (part of his visit us some sort of tech deal?…there must be some mandate for the police to make sure protests / normal political snark are ‘toned down’ in order to not offend him. Personally, I think ‘fuck Trump’ but I can imagine as a government official I’d be thinking ‘arrive, sign, fuck off’ yet resigning yourself to the fact that Trumps bety nature will require some assistance kissing and being distracted by shiny objects in order for the deal to go ahead.

      Back to the article. I’d assume the van was allowed to proceed. Does anyone know if it was?

    18. TwoThreeZero on

      They should have done some nazi salutes or call for violence against the PM. You won’t get arrested for that here.

      Absolutely dogshit government police state, palling up to their rapist nonce mates. I actually cannot comprehend how this government came in after the fucking Tories and have dropped the ball so unbelievably hard. How in the name of god am I going to figure out who to vote for in the next election?

    19. ChampionshipOk5046 on

      “The driver was at risk of breaching the Road Traffic Regulations Act, and after a brief conversation with officers the motorist left the area.

      “No arrests were made and no vehicles were seized.

    20. shxwcr0ss on

      Ironically, I will now be joining the ‘no freedom of speech’ crowd on the right of this country.

      This hasn’t broken any laws. It’s just the government trying to censor/silence opinions they don’t like.

      Does any form of criticism, from ANYBODY, now count as ‘malicious communications’ ?

      Worrying times.

    21. therealhairykrishna on

      I read the comments and was pissed off. But then, controversially, I read the actual article. Detained is a bit of a reach. It was essentially just a traffic stop, they weren’t arrested, their van wasn’t seized. All of the comments about police overreaching their powers, suing them etc are bollocks.