Anthony Slack
@anthonyslack.bsky.social
Extraordinarily ordinary
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To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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October 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Since when did the #bbc start deciding when politicians were “hard” or “radical”? The, frankly, sickening decline of the #bbc under Davies continues! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Macron should call early presidential vote, says his first PM Édouard Philippe
Édouard Philippe's intervention comes a day after the French president's latest PM resigned just days into the role.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Since when did the #bbc start deciding when politicians were “hard” or “radical”? The, frankly, sickening decline of the #bbc under Davies continues! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice co-owns a second home purchased for £4 million in 2013, Byline Times can reveal – despite attacking Angela Rayner for supposedly owning a “property mountain”
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September 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice co-owns a second home purchased for £4 million in 2013, Byline Times can reveal – despite attacking Angela Rayner for supposedly owning a “property mountain”
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As peaceful protestors are arrested for holding placards, starving Palestinians are being shot in the street.
This will go down as one of the most shameful moments in British legal history.
No amount of suppression can hide the truth: our government is complicit in genocide.
This will go down as one of the most shameful moments in British legal history.
No amount of suppression can hide the truth: our government is complicit in genocide.
August 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
As peaceful protestors are arrested for holding placards, starving Palestinians are being shot in the street.
This will go down as one of the most shameful moments in British legal history.
No amount of suppression can hide the truth: our government is complicit in genocide.
This will go down as one of the most shameful moments in British legal history.
No amount of suppression can hide the truth: our government is complicit in genocide.
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‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday
At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect. In the quiet town in south-west England where she lives, much of her retirement is spent walking along the cliffs, raising funds for the nearby cathedral choir, and supporting local charities.
But last month she was detained in a police cell for seven hours, fingerprinted and had a DNA swab taken from her mouth. It was the first time she had ever been arrested, and the experience left her “in a state of trauma” and “shaking uncontrollably”. She could face a jail sentence of six months under UK terrorism legislation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
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Starmer: UK will recognise Palestine
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Starmer: UK will recognise Palestine
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
July 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
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Ghislaine Maxwell is not a victim. And if she is pardoned, it won’t be for the sake of justice | Arwa Mahdawi
Ghislaine Maxwell is not a victim. And if she is pardoned, it won’t be for the sake of justice | Arwa Mahdawi
The Epstein files may never be released, but it’s increasingly likely that Epstein’s right-hand woman could be. The groundwork is already being done, says Arwa Mahdawi
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July 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell is not a victim. And if she is pardoned, it won’t be for the sake of justice | Arwa Mahdawi
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Nigel Farage says he is “very pleased” to be joined by Ann Coulter, who has previously described immigration as “white genocide” and said European settlers to America “should have killed more Indians”, saying she “has written and said many interesting things” which have "come true".
July 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Nigel Farage says he is “very pleased” to be joined by Ann Coulter, who has previously described immigration as “white genocide” and said European settlers to America “should have killed more Indians”, saying she “has written and said many interesting things” which have "come true".
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They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.
July 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Note also the factory chimneys emoji. "Never again" is now becoming "well, maybe".
July 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Note also the factory chimneys emoji. "Never again" is now becoming "well, maybe".
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Are Private Eye jokes now... criminal?
PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!
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PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!
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July 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Are Private Eye jokes now... criminal?
PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!
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PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!
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The problem isn't just that Water is privatised in England, it's that the politicians are too. #ScottishIndependence 🎙️
Doubling of Southern Water boss pay 'outrageous', says Minister.
Fake rage PR. Govts have done nothing to check rewards for failure.
SW has 119 criminal convictions, dumps sewage, leaks unplugged, customers fleeced, bosses rewarded.
Fake rage is no substitute for action.
Fake rage PR. Govts have done nothing to check rewards for failure.
SW has 119 criminal convictions, dumps sewage, leaks unplugged, customers fleeced, bosses rewarded.
Fake rage is no substitute for action.
Southern Water boss pay rise 'outrageous', says environment secretary
Southern Water's Lawrence Gosden was awarded an extra £691,000 as part of a long-term incentive plan.
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July 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The problem isn't just that Water is privatised in England, it's that the politicians are too. #ScottishIndependence 🎙️
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Watch as an activist is arrested in Glasgow for displaying a sign reading 'genocide in Palestine, time to take action'
'We're not terrorists', he said as he was taken away by police
'We're not terrorists', he said as he was taken away by police
July 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Watch as an activist is arrested in Glasgow for displaying a sign reading 'genocide in Palestine, time to take action'
'We're not terrorists', he said as he was taken away by police
'We're not terrorists', he said as he was taken away by police
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Kneecap to face no further action over Glastonbury performance
Kneecap to face no further action over Glastonbury performance
Avon and Somerset police say they are ending investigation into rap group on grounds of insufficient evidence
Kneecap will face no further action over their Glastonbury performance last month, Avon and Somerset police have said.
In a statement, the force said: “An investigation has been carried out into comments about a forthcoming court case made during Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury festival on Saturday 28 June. Continue reading...
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July 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Kneecap to face no further action over Glastonbury performance
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Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation
Armed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestinian flag and having signs saying “Free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide”, accusing her of supporting a proscribed organisation.
Officers told Laura Murton, 42, that her demonstration in Canterbury, Kent, on Monday evening expressed views supportive of Palestine Action, which was banned under terrorism legislation earlier this month. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
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The police (wrongly) inform a peaceful protestor that holding a Palestinian flag and signs deploring genocide is an offence under the Terrorism Act. This is the deranged policing environment the government has created.
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The police (wrongly) inform a peaceful protestor that holding a Palestinian flag and signs deploring genocide is an offence under the Terrorism Act. This is the deranged policing environment the government has created.
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It is now 18 months since the European boss of Fujitsu, which supplied the crap Horizon system and whose officials lied to sub-postmasters and to courts about it, accepted moral responsibility and said the company would cough up. Yet it still hasn’t handed over a bean.
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July 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It is now 18 months since the European boss of Fujitsu, which supplied the crap Horizon system and whose officials lied to sub-postmasters and to courts about it, accepted moral responsibility and said the company would cough up. Yet it still hasn’t handed over a bean.
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Ever more surreal, ever more oppressive. Elderly people in Cardiff holding cardboard signs supporting Palestine Action get their doors stoved in, homes raided and food apparently tested for radioactive materials.
Cardboard: the new weapon of mass destruction. 🧵
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Cardboard: the new weapon of mass destruction. 🧵
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PR, DoJ, Police divided
For immediate release, 14 July 2025 POLICE DIVIDED OVER PALESTINE ACTION PROTESTS Cardiff, 12 July, extended detention and raids Derry, 12 July, no arrests The spectrum of responses on Saturday r...
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July 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Ever more surreal, ever more oppressive. Elderly people in Cardiff holding cardboard signs supporting Palestine Action get their doors stoved in, homes raided and food apparently tested for radioactive materials.
Cardboard: the new weapon of mass destruction. 🧵
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Cardboard: the new weapon of mass destruction. 🧵
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich
Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents
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June 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich
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Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
YouTube video by Double Down News
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June 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
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On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
June 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
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My statement on the government's absurd and authoritarian proposal to proscribe Palestine Action.
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My statement on the government's absurd and authoritarian proposal to proscribe Palestine Action.