46 h. ago Green Party peer says she will vote against proscribing Palestine Action

Baroness Jenny Jones was speaking at the Glastonbury Festival.

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3 d. ago Corbynista MP Zarah Sultana says 'we are all Palestine Action'

Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, posted on social media 'we are all Palestine Action' after the Home Office said it would proscribe the organisation behind the attack on RAF jets at Brize Norton.

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3 d. ago 128 Democrats cross the aisle and help Republicans block AOC

Lacking support from party leaders, Rep. Al Green and progressives’ bid to launch punitive inquiry over ‘Midnight Hammer’ bombardment fails

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4 d. ago AIMEE WALSH: 'Palestine activists aren't terrorists, as Labour seek to ban group lobbying for Gaza freedom'

Protest is a civil right, so why are the British Government planning to proscribe Palestine Action? Critic Aimee Walsh argues that the Labour government is weak on what matters: the genocide in Gaza

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4 d. ago ROBERT HARDMAN: I was in the midst of a mob of deluded conspiracy theorists united by a loathing of Israel, Trump and UK foreign policy

At one end of Whitehall, the Government was solemnly announcing plans to add the direct action group Palestine Action to the UK's current list of 81 proscribed terrorist organisations.

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4 d. ago Labour MP warns proscribing Palestine Action would be ‘kneejerk reaction’

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has unveiled plans to proscribe Palestine Action after a break-in at RAF Brize Norton.

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on Palestine Action: if red paint is terrorism, what isn’t? | Editorial

Labelling direct action as an act of terror criminalises dissent, chills speech and redefines nuisance as extremism under the banner of national securityThe UK government’s intention to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 marks a significant escalation in the treatment of civil disobedience. It elevates a group known for throwing red paint at buildings and military aircraft into the same legal category as al-Qaida and Islamic State. If there’s a serious threat from these activists, we’ve yet to see it – just a ministerial statement discussing civil disobedience in the language of counterinsurgency.If this is all that Palestine Action can be accused of, then the government is wrong. Ministers are setting a dangerous precedent by using terror laws to outlaw protest – and penalising protesters not for violence but for making a nuisance and vandalism. The cost will be felt in press freedom, political accountability and the right to resist. The home secretary’s statem...

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5 d. ago Home Secretary decides to proscribe Palestine Action after ‘disgraceful attack’

Yvette Cooper confirmed the move after Palestine Action’s vandalism of two planes inside RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

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5 d. ago Palestine Action proscribed as terror group by Yvette Cooper amid angry clashes

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has declared Palestine Action, whose activists damaged two RAF planes at Brize Norton air base last week, is a proscribed terror organisation

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5 d. ago Who are Palestine Action and why is the UK government banning them?

The UK-based group has been targeting arms manufacturers in the UK since 2020

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5 d. ago Palestine Action protesters descend on London ahead of being proscribed terror group

Palestine Action protesters descend on London ahead of being proscribed terror group  GB News

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5 d. ago Proscribing Palestine Action a terrorist group may be ‘escalation too far’

Baroness Shami Chakrabarti: It’s ‘one thing’ to be a threat to property, but it is ‘another thing altogether’ for a whole group to be proscribed as terrorists

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1 week ago DWP explains work options for PIP claimants who lose benefits in major reforms

The Department for Work and Pension has published its response to the Labour Party's Pathways to Work Green Paper - which sets out plans to reform disability and incapacity benefits

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2 w. ago Woman convicted of murdering mother at child's birthday party in Stepney Green

Hope Rowe, 33, stabbed Charlotte Rowe outside a block of flats in East London after accusing the victim of hiding her keys

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3 w. ago Family SUVs face road tax hikes under new proposals pushed by Labour politicians

The call for higher levies on large SUVs, often chosen by families for their space, came from Labour and Green party members of the London Assembly.

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3 w. ago Tories must reject climate change ‘luddites’ on left and right, warns Cleverly

The former home secretary will urge his party to ‘set the pace’ internationally on green technology.

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3 w. ago Inside Russell Martin's colourful life from Rangers history to Buddhism, Green Party and Lucy Pinder

Rangers target Martin has one of the most interesting back-stories in football

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4 w. ago Voices: I want the Greens to be a populist party – here’s how we can do it

More voters than ever support our eco ideals, says leadership contender Zack Polanski – and I know how to take our message beyond the grassroots to the masses

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