Someone was arrested by police at a demonstration the other day for holding a sign which only stated facts about what was or wasn't illegal. It actually was a joke from Private Eye.
466 people were arrested today for holding signs, this government has shown multiple times that it just escalates in such scenarios, people really need to be writing to their Labour MPs and asking them politely how the situation is to be resolved. The numbers protesting are probably going to increase, so what does AN Local MP see as the end point? Thousands imprisoned? Escalation to force?
Yesterday a man was arrested for holding a cardboard sign supporting a prescribed terrorist organisation. This morning he was on the BBC national radio repeating the phrase and explaining again his support of it.
So my question now is whether somehow the BBC will be in trouble.
There's a piece in the Statesman about the takeover of the wider party by the Labour Right and the impact this is having on - especially - younger cohorts of membership:
There's a piece in the Statesman about the takeover of the wider party by the Labour Right and the impact this is having on - especially - younger cohorts of membership:
It's particularly telling that it's Labour Students objecting - they've traditionally been heavily tied to Labour Friends of Israel and the (overwhelmingly Zionist) Union of Jewish Students, and to the right of the party more generally.
The wording of that article is poor. I assume that when it talks about "Warwick Labour Club" and "Warwick Labour Movement" it is talking about the University rather than the county or district.
The councillor mentioned is in Coventry city, which isn't in the Warwickshire county or Warwick district. I believe that Grace Lewis was formally a student at Warwick University.
Does this matter? Maybe not, but given that the article is specifically talking about youth affiliates of Labour, it might have been more helpful to clarify exactly what they are talking about.
Also Corbyn's co-lead in the party-with-no-name Zarah Sultana is MP for Coventry South. Which contains many of the places where students at Warwick University live (Westwood, Earlsdon, Canley). So not a great surprise that they are supportive.
There's a piece in the Statesman about the takeover of the wider party by the Labour Right and the impact this is having on - especially - younger cohorts of membership:
It's particularly telling that it's Labour Students objecting - they've traditionally been heavily tied to Labour Friends of Israel and the (overwhelmingly Zionist) Union of Jewish Students, and to the right of the party more generally.
Yes, and I note in that context the anecdote about the volunteer's employer being contacted by an MP and told to 'not trust them'.
The wording of that article is poor. I assume that when it talks about "Warwick Labour Club" and "Warwick Labour Movement" it is talking about the University rather than the county or district.
The CLP is the "Warwick and Leamington Labour Party"
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466 people were arrested today for holding signs, this government has shown multiple times that it just escalates in such scenarios, people really need to be writing to their Labour MPs and asking them politely how the situation is to be resolved. The numbers protesting are probably going to increase, so what does AN Local MP see as the end point? Thousands imprisoned? Escalation to force?
So my question now is whether somehow the BBC will be in trouble.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/08/inside-labour-students-revolt-over-gaza
It's particularly telling that it's Labour Students objecting - they've traditionally been heavily tied to Labour Friends of Israel and the (overwhelmingly Zionist) Union of Jewish Students, and to the right of the party more generally.
The councillor mentioned is in Coventry city, which isn't in the Warwickshire county or Warwick district. I believe that Grace Lewis was formally a student at Warwick University.
Does this matter? Maybe not, but given that the article is specifically talking about youth affiliates of Labour, it might have been more helpful to clarify exactly what they are talking about.
Yes, and I note in that context the anecdote about the volunteer's employer being contacted by an MP and told to 'not trust them'.
The CLP is the "Warwick and Leamington Labour Party"