Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
There is a very sad and sorry story running in the national media about a 82 year old female former magistrate who was arrested and slung in the back of a police van. Left shaking and bruised, and she now faces the possibility of going to jail for holding up a copy of the Private Eye magazine which depicted an article about the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

I'm not taking taking the pi$$ mein freund, because I respect you too much for that, but exactly how do you communicate with friends who were killed by terrorists during the 1970s and early 1980s?

Call me a spineless coward if you want Supersub6 but I was almost arrested in London for wearing a Free Palestine badge on my way whilst walking towards the start of a march supporting the people of Gaza. I was told in no uncertain terms by five Metropolitan Police Officers to turn round and go back to whichever Northern $hithole I came from. Starmer and Tommy Cooper are repressing the democratic right of peaceful protest.

Incidentally, I am on record for saying attacking RAF aircraft at Brize Norton was 100% wrong and I have never once condoned any attack on a civilian population by evildoers claiming to be acting on behalf of a political or religious belief or cause. Israel included.
When you have friends who were shot outside a pub in Holland, blown up by car bombs, also in Holland and then things like this:-

Nivruti Islania was just six months old when she was shot in the head by the IRA while in her father's car in West Germany in 1989.
She died instantly alongside her father, 34-year-old RAF communications operative Corporal Maheshkumar 'Mick' Islania in the October 26 attack.

I am still trying to make sense of these and many other instances which is why I mentioned friends ---if you can make sense of it please advise me because nobody I know can reoncile what happened in these and many other instances both abroad and in London and Deal. I have tried to make sense of this for over 40 years, meanwhile convicted killers were released by Tony Blair and the current government are intent on prosecuting Veterans for doing their job some 50+ years ago using Laws which did not even exist in those days.

You do your bit supporting the terrorists and old people who are breaking the Law and be thankful that the Met told you to bugger off back to where you came from ----for your own safety.
former magistrate For the record, nowhere have I called you anything ---I just asked what YOU are doing about the world's problems or are you just fixated on Gaza. Ukraine is not a happy place, Sudan is not a happy place, Dmocratic Republic of Congo is not a happy place. Myanmar, Syria, Ethiopia and many more places are in turmoil and people are killing their own people, however, all the animosity is aimed at Israel, however, they are getting used to it by now.

If the former magistrate, who must know the Law, was foolish enough to go and support an unlawful terrorist organisation she deserves whatever they throw at her. Don't break the Law and there is no problem at all.
Having siad that, the police are on a hiding to nothing in trying to keep order in what has definitely become a disrespectful, entitled and lawless society.