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Easterncedar

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2. Britain has brutally punished climate activists lately

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 10:09 AM

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The veneer of fairness and civilization is very thin. Labour has been a sad disappointment so far.

(I struggle to understand why Starmer has always looked really untrustworthy to me, from when he first appeared.)

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Quakers say London police arrested six people at meeting on climate change, Gaza [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Saturday OP

Wow! Will be interesting to see on what grounds this was predicated on. Lawsuit! dutch777 Saturday #1

"suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance" - which is a bullshit move muriel_volestrangler Saturday #5

Britain has brutally punished climate activists lately Easterncedar Saturday #2

The UK is a democracy & the Just Stop Oil protesters have made themselves VERY unpopular EX500rider Saturday #3

Thankfully, "unpopularity" is not a criminal offence muriel_volestrangler Saturday #4

Because to get reelected politicians have to pay some attention to what the voters want... EX500rider Saturday #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Rob H. Saturday #6

Oh....them. Not exactly winning "hearts and minds" with those tatics. 🙄 😑 electric_blue68 Saturday #8