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Well done Margaret. And shame on those who stay silent or actively subdue free speech on this issue. #Palestine #Protest
One of those arrested today is 94 year old human rights lawyer Margaret Owen OBE, who was also arrested last month outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Stand against the Trumpian ban: wedonotcomply.org
We must go further @KimJohnsonMP and call it out for what it is. Genocide #Palestine
Proud to be one of the 75 Parliamentarians to sign this letter to the Foreign Secretary calling for further sanctions on Israel for blocking aid to Palestinians in Gaza 👇
caabu.org/news/news/75-uk-pa…
2026 Britain. Appeasing the ever-growing fascist threat on our shores.
URGENT 🇬🇧 : +4000 arrêts pour terrorisme au Royaume-Uni. Margaret Owen, reine de 94 ans, est encore arrêtée devant l'ambassade US à Londres pour avoir bravé l'interdiction Palestine. Les arrestations totalisent un record sous la loi antiterroriste. #London
Those who turn a blind eye to what is happening in Gaza are appeasing people like this terribly misguided and terrifying young woman.
Keith Findlay retweeted
UN Commission of Inquiry:
"Israel has committed war crimes & the crimes against humanity of extermination, persecution, torture, rape & other forms of sexual violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, intentionally targeting Palestinian civilians."
ohchr.org/sites/default/file…
Anyone who turns a blind eye to the genocide taking place in Gaza and is NOT supporting protests against it is quite simply an apologist for Israel and its allies. They are not the terrorists and the scandalous outlawing of certain protest groups is shameful @metpoliceuk @BBCNews
Anyone planning to attend a demonstration in support of Palestine Action in the vicinity of the US Embassy on Saturday, 31 October will face arrest as part of a robust policing operation.
Expressing support for the group is an offence under the Terrorism Act following its proscription in June 2025, a decision upheld by the Court of Appeal in June 2026.
Read more: news.met.police.uk/news/met-…
Suella Braverman @SuellaBraverman pedalling nonsense on Good Morning Britain #@GMB. Says country has far too mich immigration. Have you ever been to Scotland Suella? Are you at all aware of the acute employment issues caused by Brexit? We need more migrants here, not less. #gmb
Utter nonsense. Have the grace to congratulate the better team #ArgentinaNationalTeam
Be proud of England - they carried themselves better in defeat than Argentina did in victory thesun.co.uk/sport/39775207/…
Congratulations Messi et al. Tough luck England. Best team won, get over it. Vamos Argentina. @BBCSport @talkSPORT @Argentina @WorldCupEra @TartanArmyGroup @cuba_granma #ArgentinaNationalTeam @EdwardJDavey @England @WorldCup26HQ @TeleFootball
Can @FIFAcom and it's president, @FIFANTINO please explain why on earth anyone thought it appropriate to make this award to Trump who at the time was already laying claim to Greenland and Canada. Just a few months later he launched a war against Iran. #Fifacorruption
Oh what a surprise - NOT.
RAF responding to suspected drone strike at UK base in Cyprus, MoD says bbc.in/4u0xf8A
Our prime minister says the govt has learned lessons from one illegal war (Iraq) and yet at the same time offers UK military bases to the US so it can carry out another (Iran). Or is this just a Putin-like "military operation"?? @Keir_Starmer don't be another @RBX_TonyBlair
I cannot vote for ANY party, whether in Scottish or UK elections, which does not denounce in the strongest possible terms the warmonger Trump, US attacks on Venezuela and Iran, and Israel's appalling genocide in Gaza. Those who don't speak up are complicit. @Keir_Starmer
Easy peasy for Newcastle but @Uefa @fifa please please sort out these farcical handball decisions. They are killing the game. First penalty awarded was a joke. Short of having their arms amputated, what should defenders do in these situations? @BBCSport #NewcastleUnited
A ruthless first half from Newcastle 😳
They lead 5-0 at the break, with Anthony Gordon scoring four 🔥
But @PatNevin is not impressed with what he's seen from Qarabag...
#BBCFootball #UCL #QARNEW
Junk mail from @reformparty_uk through my letterbox. Got to fifth paragraph before they started on asylum seekers/migrants. Hopefully, Scottish voters will see this xenophobic, inflammatory claptrap for what it is. Immigration is not the root of UK woes @Nigel_Farage #racism
Say no to intervention in Cuba and Latin America. Sign the urgent call for Peace and Sovereignty today! cuba-solidarity.org.uk/peace…
Can someone please explain the difference between Iceland and Greenland to the dumbest, most dangerous US president ever.
Donald Trump about to speak at World Economic Forum as row rages over his Greenland plans - follow live: bbc.in/4b9xI1p
