Paul Latcham

Don't follow me, I'm going nowhere slowly, and I have a tendency to run into walls.

[Hon. PolProf of Agile Ceremonies @CeilNoyle]

You’ll get a longer prison sentence for replying “yes” to Mike Twat’s tweet than you would if you go and help the IDF commit genocide in Gaza (the British police won’t even arrest you😎) 👍

[Paul Latcham @PaulLatcham]

@JoStevensLabour @UKLabour @WelshLabour @WelshLabPress You come across as a bitter loser, it's very off-putting. I'm done with Welsh Labour MPs. I hope our new @Plaid_Cymru Government goes from strength to strength.

[Thanos Angelopoulos @Th_Angelopoulos]

.@MikeTappTweets, nine questions. Each yes or no.

1) Did the International Criminal Court issue arrest warrants on 21 November 2024 against Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, including the use of starvation as a method of warfare? Yes or no.

2) Is the United Kingdom a state party to the Rome Statute, legally obligated to arrest Netanyahu if he enters British territory? Yes or no.

3) Has the UK government continued to license arms exports to the State of Israel since those warrants were issued? Yes or no.

4) Has the UK government continued diplomatic and political cooperation with the government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu since those warrants were issued? Yes or no.

5) Does the United Kingdom's existing criminal legislation, including the International Criminal Court Act 2001, contain offences applicable to those who provide assistance to persons under ICC arrest warrant for war crimes? Yes or no.

6) Could a UK government minister who has personally and publicly endorsed the continuation of arms exports and political cooperation with a government headed by an ICC indictee face individual legal exposure under those same provisions? Yes or no.

7) Is it the case, as documented by the Campaign Against Arms Trade and Transparency International UK, that the United Kingdom maintains an extensive and ongoing revolving door between government and the arms industry, including the movement of former ministers and senior Ministry of Defence officials into companies that profit from continued UK arms exports to the State of Israel? Yes or no.

8) Does Section 53 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 require the consent of the Attorney General, a political officer of the government, before any prosecution under that Act can be brought? Yes or no.

9) Does the availability of procedural or constitutional defences to government ministers acting in their official capacity alter the underlying factual conduct of those ministers? Yes or no.

If the answer to each of the above is yes, the following should be happening under the United Kingdom's own legal and policy framework.

The Strategic Export Licensing Criteria requires the government not to issue or maintain licences where there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law. The government has already made that assessment for around thirty licences.

The ICC arrest warrants, and the charges they contain, materially strengthen the case that this risk applies more broadly. Full suspension of the remaining relevant licences is the only position consistent with the UK's own published rules.

Continued authorisation of exports in these circumstances also raises serious questions about potential ancillary liability under the International Criminal Court Act 2001. An investigation by the Attorney General into ministerial decision-making, with knowledge of the ICC warrants, would be the appropriate next step.

Parliament has a duty to hold individual ministers to account for these decisions.

None of this is happening.

Tell us, Tapp, why none of this is happening?

[John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) @Harryslaststand]

Never trust a government to have society's best interest at heart if it is actively involved in a genocide.

[Paul Latcham @PaulLatcham]

@BonniedaWestie @CarlBovisNature Haha, this is exactly what I witnessed.

[Josie Long @JosieLong]

Everybody was told in 2010-15 that austerity was painful but necessary to improve living standards. And then no improvements came, ever.

[Mustafa Barghouti @Mustafa_Barghouti @MustafaBarghou1]

“The fascist Israeli minister Smotrich drops a bombshell: ‘We have canceled the Hebron Agreements.’”

[Paul Latcham @PaulLatcham]

@NationCymru You say this like it's a good thing.

[Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb]

Most people would have a better quality of life under communism and that is no longer even a controversial statement

[Harry Haslam-Jones (guillotine procurement) @TheHarryHaz]

Yeah, because Russia hire’s Ukrainian rent boys for its undercover ops and not Mossad using them as a warning shot to Keep Starmer under their blackmail control!!
Why do you think they overturned the proscription directive today!!

[Paul Latcham @PaulLatcham]

@AaronBastani @JonHaidt I don't own a television, and I don't have a smart phone for digital verification. My only source of entertainment is youtube on an old PC. I don't know how many other people are in this position, but are you concerned about your viewing figures in the near future? #NovaraLive

[Darren Dutton @Darren_Dutton]

About time #SockPuppets

[Peter Tatchell @PeterTatchell]

After Palestine protest at Appeal Court, I went for a coffee in Pret, far up the road in The Strand

As I got my coffee, I turned to find myself surrounded by police. They demanded I show my placard & filmed it

My placard is not unlawful. This was intimidation. POLICE STATE!

[Paul Latcham @PaulLatcham]

Look at this little maggot goading the Green Party's Jewish Leader.
I can't wait to see the death of the Labour Party. Disgusting, horrible people.

[Mike Tapp MP @MikeTappTweets]

@ZackPolanski Do you support the Palestine Action group?

[Hon. PolProf of Agile Ceremonies @CeilNoyle]

POV: You’re 15 years old and have just searched for Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter on YouTube:

[Paul Latcham @PaulLatcham]

@RhonddaBryant You seem to be applauding an illegal act of piracy. Copying Trump now, are we?

[Paul Latcham @PaulLatcham]

I wish this was treated with the seriousness it deserves. I'm at the end of my tether.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

@AlanRoffey3 Everything has a cost. Lots of senior people are unable to work and are forced to claim benefits or go without. They could be given some dignity and younger people some hope.

[Paul Latcham @PaulLatcham]

@RhonddaBryant I became tired of the theatrics long ago.
https://t.co/2XySG7qAmf

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

The Friends of Israel include:

Prime Minister
Deputy PM
Foreign Secretary
Chief Secretary to PM
Health Secretary
Education Secretary
Northern Ireland Secretary
Cabinet Minister
Foreign Minister
2 Home Office Ministers
Justice Minister
Trade Minister
Energy Minister