This is not a war. In a war both sides have an army, an airforce, and a navy. The Palestinians have none. This is an IDF killing spree in a prison yard overseen by the US, the U.K., and their allies.
John Rees
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John Rees
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Moonraker. Leveller. Socialist. Revolutionary.
- The police are losing the plot. Now they’ve banned pots and pans on a demo…on the day that an official famine is declared in Gaza.There is a Palestine Coalition demonstration taking place this evening outside the Israeli Embassy. Public Order Act conditions have been put in place to prevent serious disruption to the local community. The full conditions are below.
- The UK is going to war with Houthis. Without parliamentary approval. Everyone ready for the consequences? The dead. The terrorism. The warfare not welfare spending. The Islamophobia. After all, worked well in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya…Britain’s military is preparing to launch a wave of air strikes against the Iranian-backed Houthis creating chaos in the Red Sea, The Times reports. Under the plans the UK would join with the US and possibly another European country to unleash a salvo of missiles against
- From my BBC R5 interview this morning it’s clear what the govt./right wing response to the demo is. 1. Pretend it was only 300k, the police figure, not the 800k figure of the organisers. The Met stopped giving figures for many years cos it….🧵
- It is time those responsible for this kind of criminal damage are forced to pay for the repairs. Each and every penny. What a disgrace.
00:30It is time those responsible for this kind of criminal damage are forced to pay for the repairs. Each and every penny. What a disgrace. - As one of the organisers of the Palestine demos let me be absolutely clear: this is not going to happen. The right to free assembly is not a commodity available only to those who can pay. Act on this dopey suggestion and you’ll be defied and then defeated politically.There is a huge resource cost to the police of the repeated pro-Palestine marches, which are due to start again next weekend. My forthcoming review will ask the govt to consider making organisers pay towards policing costs. Piece by @whazell here: telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/0…
- The prime minister wants to make sure we don’t call for an armistice on armistice day.
- In 2003 when we were organising the Iraq War demo that became the largest in U.K. history the government refused us permission to use Hyde Park. We said we’d march anyway, and Michael Foot threatened to chain himself to the railings. The government gave in. Then they deployed 🧵
- Starmer was more popular in his own constituency when Jeremy Corbyn was leader of the Labour Party.
- Maybe Gideon Falter could take a walk up Whitehall now…just to see what a real hate march looks like….Replying to @metpoliceukThe event is not due to start for an hour and regrettably officers are already dealing with disorder. There is an area allocated for this event in Richmond Terrace. This group went past it and continued up Whitehall. When officers formed a cordon and asked the group to turn
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