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[Susan Hall AM @Councillorsuzie]

This ridiculous phrase ‘direct action’ seems to some to mean you can do whatever illegal abhorrent thing you want. - The complete fools using this phrase cannot be taken seriously and should not be allowed anywhere near power.

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[Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2]

1/ Zack and pals are peddling the attack line “no jury convicted them of terrorism” to try to undermine the sentences in this case. Let me explain why this is fundamentally wrong. In a criminal trial the jury is the judge of the facts and the judge is the judge of the law.

[Ben Goldsmith @BenGoldsmith]

The lives of these young Palestine Action activists have been ruined by university. They were radicalised to the point of madness on campus and now they’re facing years in jail. The whole thing is an utter tragedy and a scary indictment of our universities.

[Rebecca BarSef @bar_sef]

How much does a ponytail weigh?

26kg of Iranian hair was reportedly caught being smuggled across the Iran - Armenia border.

Like Delilah cutting Samson’s hair, it evokes the feeling of power being taken away.

The humiliation of captivity.

We will remember the pain and the heroism. And when victory comes, this story will be remembered the way biblical stories are remembered today.

As an Israeli, my experience with Iranians has always been bittersweet.
Every meeting I've had with an Iranian has felt like a hug.
It's hard to explain, but there's an immediate sense of familiarity. We talk, laugh, argue, compare cultures, share family stories, and mourn how much more we could have been.
It's rare, as an Israeli, to meet people who feel so close to you.
And yet, every conversation leaves me with the same feeling:
What a waste.
At least, that's how I used to feel.
Now I know.
It's only a matter of time.
We will win.

Free Iran.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

“When my wife and I got married, we made a deal. We only smoke after sex. I’ve had the same pack since 1975. What worries me is my wife. She’s up to three packs a day.”

Classic Rodney Dangerfield on THE TONIGHT SHOW.

[Sunil Sharma 🇬🇧 @SunilSharmaUK]

"A nation is not obligated to commit suicide in the name of tolerance." Emma Trimble (@Emma_A_Webb) delivers a powerful critique of modern migration arguments that twist religious principles to push open borders.

[Queen Bee @KingBobIIV]

If Reform genuinely intends to stop taxpayers funding accommodation for foreign nationals, then they need to explain exactly how.

One of the most significant cases Starmer was involved in concerned asylum seekers who had been denied support under Section 55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.

The government's position at the time was that if an asylum seeker failed to claim asylum immediately upon arrival, they could be refused accommodation and support.

The claimants argued that this policy left people completely destitute, sleeping rough, starving and unable to survive.

The case eventually reached the House of Lords who ruled that while government could restrict support, it could not simply leave people in conditions so severe that they amounted to inhuman or degrading treatment under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. (Which, ironically, doesn't seem to be upheld when native British are homeless and destitute or are experiencingdegrading or inhuman treatment)

The significance of that judgment cannot be overstated.

Ever since then, successive governments have operated within a legal framework that makes it extraordinarily difficult simply to withdraw all support and leave people with nowhere to go.

The modern immigration debate often pretends that politicians can simply wake up one morning and decide to stop housing people but the reality is that a vast network of legislation, court judgments, human rights obligations, homelessness duties, welfare rules and asylum support provisions sits underneath the entire system.

This is why every government, Conservative, Labour, Coalition and now Labour again, has ultimately ended up paying for accommodation in one form or another.

If people are evicted from social housing, they'll simply claim homelessness, and the council will have to pay their rent on a private rental.

Starmer and the house of Lords created this mess, because, as always, they never follow their ideas to their full logical conclusions.

If Farage, Badenock or Lowe are going to make these claims they need to explain how. The people arent stupid - just talk to us and explain how you plan to do this.

[Revd Canon Fr Phil Harris† 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇸 @PhilHs10]

I am literally weeping, heartbroken for Steven, and very angry.

One day people will have to give an account before the great White Throne, before the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, the one whose name is Faithful and True.

That will be a fearful day.

There is a day of reckoning, and wrongs will be put right.

“It is appointed for man to die once and then the judgment.”

Steven, we are sorry, and you remain in our prayers. God will not be mocked. The least we can do now is help Steven make the most of his life, alleviate his suffering, and as much as possible minimise that which has been so cruelly taken from him.

Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.

[Aɴᴛ @AntSpeaks]

Imagine spending the last few years chanting and crying "Free Palestine!" and believing that Hamas are "freedom fighters!" only for more and more footage like this to emerge of Hamas slaughtering Gazans.

And once again, I will repeat the following. They cry about a "genocide" in Gaza, yet ironically there is not a single piece of footage equivalent to the footage below which clearly shows IDF soldiers treating Gazans in this way.

Why is that? Perhaps it's because the whole "genocide" narrative was pushed by the perpetrators of the October 7th massacre in order to influence the feeble and weak little minds of window lickers in the West to parrot their deranged narrative.

H/T @MorEdge_Insight

[Charlie Moloney @CharlieMoloney]

If these Filton 4 sentences are too high, the Court of Appeal can look at.

But I am just genuinely amazed there are commentators who were not aware that if you cause north of £1million in criminal damage then you will usually be looking at 3-5 years inside minimum regardless

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

One of the most troubling aspects of the Palestine Action/Elbit case is the moral psychology involved.

It is what happens when a political cause becomes a total identity and creates the opportunity for malign actors to exploit it.

Once “Palestine” is transformed from a cause into a sacred symbol of moral standing, ordinary ethical boundaries begin to collapse. Violence is described as “direct action,” criminal damage as “solidarity,” arrest as “repression,” and prison as martyrdom.

The worker in the factory, the police officer with a family, the public frightened by political violence, even the activist discarding their own future, all fade into a heroic narrative about resistance.

It is radicalisation. Outrage narrows the mind; group approval encourages escalation; online applause replaces conscience. The slogan provides moral permission, and the crowd offers emotional insulation. Every consequence is then reinterpreted as proof that the system is evil, making self-correction nearly impossible.

The most tragic aspect is how cheaply lives are destroyed. People with futures sacrifice them for a fantasy of moral purity. Supporters enjoy the warm glow of righteousness. The accused face the sentence, the criminal record, the terrorist notification requirements, and the ruin of adulthood.

You can care about Palestinians without excusing political violence. You can condemn civilian suffering without romanticising criminality or being duped by false propaganda narratives about “genocide”.

Having a just cause does not make a person just. Sometimes the most dangerous lie people tell themselves is that because they have chosen the “right side”, anything they do in its name must be good.

You can read my report on the Psychology of Disinformation, here: https://t.co/6jA4m151gr

[Jackdaw @chucklingspa]

@AnneScottlin It’s amazing how loud they can sing with their tiny little bodies

[Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister) @dshensmith]

1. The judge can indeed impose the terrorist connection, whether it is so charged or not, per s.69 Sentencing Act 2020.

2. Crown Court sentences don't set precedents. This is trite - and as an MP, you really ought to know this.

3. The sentences are neither disproportionate, nor wrong. There was serious damage (£1.2m) to property, and a police officer's spine was fractured with a sledgehammer.

What's "wrong" here is that MPs are outraged that people have been appropriately sentenced for such crimes that include GBH by fracturing a police officer's spine with a sledgehammer.

We should not have MPs who think this way.

[Nick Timothy MP @NJ_Timothy]

The threat from radical Islam is not just terrorism.

Islamists seek to subvert our society and our democracy.

But what we have is worth defending.

We have to fight back.

[Steve Loftus @LoftusSteve]

All these people are hypocrites.

If this was 4 working class white men that broke into a mosque, smashed up precious artifacts worth £1m, and then attacked the police causing GBH they would all absolutely agree with the judges actions.

This is no different.

[Jackdaw @chucklingspa]

@CDP1882 Thank god she’s not too seriously injured

[Shahrar Ali @ShahrarAli]

Zack, I appreciate hardly anybody within the Green Party is prepared to stand up to you when you are clearly wrong.

The Green Party supports the right of peaceful protest and NVDA. You know what "NV" stands for right?

Premeditated destruction of property on a grand scale. Unrepentant assault against an officer of the law, taking a literal sledgehammer to the back of a police officer resulting in spinal injury & ongoing occupational health & psychological trauma, these are not acts that politicians should be condoning but condemning. Instead you are championing their violent conduct.

Please don't kid yourself, even as Leader of the Green Party, that you can act as a law unto yourself. Whether council tax liability or convictions for perpetrators of gratuitous harm, the law does apply to all citizens equally.

Your continued betrayal & transgression of Green Party core values is concerning - as is your advocacy of violent tactics.

[Andrew Doyle @andrewdoyle_com]

So the Green Party’s official position is that fracturing a police officer’s spine with a sledgehammer ought not to be criminal?

Good to know.