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Starmer Declared War on Dissent – And He’s Losing
Keir Starmer's use of Section 12 to clamp down on protest and journalism critical of Israel is getting called out.
Keir Starmer once built his reputation as a principled human rights barrister, defending civil liberties and portraying himself as a man of integrity who would stand up for justice even when it was politically inconvenient. Yet today, as we all well know, he seems to have sold out on all of that. Under his leadership, Britain has now become a country where pensioners are arrested for holding Palestinian flags, head teachers are dragged away under terrorism powers for displaying pages torn from Private Eye, and journalists are detained for reporting on Israel’s war crimes in Gaza.
This is not counter-terrorism, but we’re all supposed to believe it is. It is the systematic criminalisation of dissent, a political strategy to silence criticism of Britain’s complicity in Israel’s atrocities. Starmer’s Labour government is at the centre of this assault on democratic freedoms and the real terrorism is actually be perpetrated by those our Zionist Prime Minister seeks to protect.
The abuse of Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000, designed to target genuine terrorism, has been weaponised to suppress political speech, undermine free expression, our right to protest and real journalism, seeking to intimidate entire communities. Keir Starmer, once a champion of human rights cases, now faces criticism for the suppression of dissent, including arrests for holding Palestinian flags, impacting freedom of speech. The use of the first amendment is being questioned as a result and many see this as a breach of democracy.
“German media has been nothing but Israeli talking points” – Martin Gak | The Listening Post
Mass surveillance, a crackdown on protest, and a media unwilling to question power: In Germany, pro-Palestinian voices are being silenced.
Nicholas Muirhead reports from Berlin on the mounting assault on free expression.
