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    More than 70 arrested at Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest
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    More than 70 arrested at Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest

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    1. No_Plate_3164 on

      Hopefully they can arrest Corbyn & co. Sadly him and mc Donald likely slithered away before any law breaking.

    2. FeTemp on

      Public order act needs to be repealed. The police should not have the power to unilaterally ban protest for arbitrary reasons.

    3. After-Dentist-2480 on

      Surely not?

      Surely two-tier policing means that these marches can do what they want, while patriots like Tommy Robinson are arrested just for hurty words?

      This is sarcastic.

    4. inspired_corn on

      I know it’s probably 99% astroturfing/bots, but im still surprised at all the libertarian right on here who complain about authoritarianism in Britain but then get all giddy when shit like this happens. The public order bill is facist stuff and it was clapped through by people who claim to care about freedom or whatever. It’s almost like they’re hypocrites

    5. bananablegh on

      As a more moderately pro-Palestine person, I attended this protest because it was taking aim at the BBC’s pro-Israel coverage, whereas I’ve felt uncomfortable about attending some of the other marches.

      The march was intended to head to the BBC HQ, but this was disallowed because there’s a synagogue nearby (marches have headed to this location before, and this was not raised as an issue then). Nonetheless, the demo was quite large and seemed very peaceful: the crankiest thing I saw was a single Russian flag. Speakers included a Holocaust survivor comparing his genocide to that in Gaza.

      The ‘breakthrough’ of the police barrier was rather passive, it sounds. People simply walked by. The police then arrested key figures.

      My view on this restriction to the march is similar to how I’d feel about a queer rights march being cancelled because it passes a mosque. It’s not right that protest in this country is now so tightly restricted. This protest was aimed at the BBC, and it’s the at BBC where it should have been able to voice itself. Outside downing street, the protest will do little.

      Anyone who cares about liberalism in the UK ought to be concerned.