Retired, Trauma, Orthopaedic and Surgical Charge Nurse. Senior Occ Health Advisor. Indy supporter. ex Labour. 60 years a Socialist. Independence Extremist.
Our planet has seen multiple mass extinctions…
None caused by its inhabitants
Until possibly now
All because humanity couldn’t get its shit together to stop the insatiable greed of polluters & their parasites
& just like other mass extinctions, earth will go on
…without us
A barrister quoted twelve words from a plaque at the Old Bailey. Seven months, three courts and four judges later, he faces two years in prison for it.
Rajiv Menon KC told a jury about the Old Bailey plaque that says: "The Right of Juries to give their Verdict according to their Convictions."
That's it. That's the crime.
His client was on trial for activism. The judge blocked evidence about why she did it. So Menon reminded the jury of their historic right to follow their conscience.
Now he's in court on Tuesday facing prison.
Here's the twist: the plaque commemorates a 1670 ruling that said NO judge can punish a jury for its verdict. The man who won that case? William Penn - who later founded Pennsylvania and wrote that right into the US Constitution.
Britain gave the world jury independence. Now it's prosecuting a lawyer for mentioning it.
Barristers are already changing their closing speeches because they're scared.
Three courts. Four judges. Seven months. All to silence a man who read twelve words off a wall.
If juries can't follow their conscience, what's the point of having them at all?
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I guess this question has now been answered:
“Government that wants transformation cannot rely only on people who discovered transformation once it became convenient. The Labour left, including those who argued for public ownership, constitutional reform, and economic democracy when it cost them, must have real power inside the [Burnham] project.”
A large majority of the UK population do not want RAF bases used to bomb Iran.
That large majority are almost unrepresented in parliament and the media.
"Western democracy" is a sham.
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If those who keep claiming loudly that Scots oppose Independence really believe what they are saying,
they would welcome a referendum.
The Unionists are very, very scared.
Please RT until Andy Burnham stops using legislation that is supposed to protect the good people of the UK from terrorists - to arrest those good people AS terrorists - in order to protect Israeli terrorists.
Thank you.
United Kingdom of 'israel' (Andy Burnham's) Cabinet in full:
• John Healey (Chancellor)
Labour Friends of 'israel' (LFI) parliamentary supporter. Opposed recognition of Palestine.
• Louise Haigh (First Secretary of State)
Labeled Gaza a genocide. Accepted up to £50,300 in office and staffing backing from Labour Together (pro-'israel' think tank).
• Ed Miliband (Foreign Secretary)
Personal family ties to 'israel'. Self-described 'friend of "israel"'. Opposed BDS.
• Wes Streeting (Defence Secretary)
20+ year LFI member. Received funding from pro-'israel' lobby (£30k+). Introduced IHRA into NHS. Mentored by Peter Mandelson. LFI funded delegation trip to 'israel'.
• Shabana Mahmood (Home Secretary)
Defended and appealed to protect proscription of Palestine Action. Commended police for enforcement actions (mass arrests) against public.
• Yvette Cooper (Health Secretary)
Instigated the initial proscription of Palestine Action. Accepted over £215,000 from the 'israel' lobby.
• Lucy Powell (Education Secretary)
LFI member. Condemned anti-Zionist campus movements. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Angela Rayner (Housing Secretary)
Accepted a £25,000+ donation from pro-'israel' lobbyist Trevor Chinn. Vocal opponent of BDS.
• Miatta Fahnbulleh (Energy Secretary)
Defended the continuity of UK military component licensing and exports to 'israel'.
• Angela Eagle (Environment Secretary)
Long-term LFI supporter. Voted down parliamentary motions for weapons embargoes.
• Pat McFadden (Work and Pensions Secretary)
Former LFI Vice-Chair. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Jonathan Reynolds (Business and Science Secretary)
Longtime LFI Vice-Chair. Signed off on and maintained existing arms export licences to 'israel' (Trade secretary). Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Alex Norris (Justice Secretary)
Member and parliamentary supporter of LFI.
• Heidi Alexander (Transport Secretary)
Defended the UK's continuing export of F-35 fighter jet components to 'israel'.
• Lisa Nandy (Culture Secretary)
Stated that boycotting 'israel' can be used to whip up hostility. Opposed full bans on arms sales to 'israel'.
• Emma Reynolds (Chief Secretary to the Treasury)
Prominent LFI supporter. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Ellie Reeves (Attorney General)
LFI member. Backs directives limiting public sector procurement boycotts.
• Douglas Alexander (Scotland Secretary)
Deep historical ties to LFI. Addressed official LFI annual receptions alongside 'israeli' ambassadors and supports anti-boycott platforms. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Stephen Kinnock (Wales Secretary)
Voted in favour of proscribing Palestine Action.
• Chris Bryant (Northern Ireland Secretary)
Long-term LFI parliamentary supporter. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Kanishka Narayan (AI Minister)
Declined to support parliamentary calls for asset freezes or direct state sanctions on 'israeli' officials.
• Bridget Phillipson (Women and Equalities Minister)
Longstanding LFI member. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Hamish Falconer (European Relations Minister)
Former Labour Together consultant. Defended continuing F-35 jet parts trade with 'israel'. Campaigned against emergency party motions labeling actions a genocide. Refused to investigate British dual nationals serving in the IOF.
• Matthew Pennycook (Housing Minister)
LFI parliamentary supporter. Voted against independent sanction proposals. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Anneliese Midgley (Chief Whip)
No known links.
• Alan Campbell (Leader of the House of Commons)
Long-term LFI supporter. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Baroness Smith (Leader of the House of Lords)
LFI parliamentary supporter. Reaffirmed total alignment with 'israel' in official House of Lords statements. Funded trip to 'israel'.
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This is what a captured state looks like.
Britain is not independent or sovereign.
Free Palestine. Free Britain.
Twice Jeremy Corbyn massively defeated Burnham, Cooper & others in a leadership challenge voted for democratically by Labour Party members. Then 172 PLP rats choreographed a coup against him. Now those rats are in government with Burnham as PM, without a single vote! Weird eh?