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Emily Apple, the media coordinator for Campaign Against the Arms Trade, called Chamberlain’s removal from the Palestine Action case “deeply alarming” and urged the court to explain the reasoning behind it.
“This raises serious questions around the lack of impartiality and transparency in our judicial system, and whether this is now a pattern in significant legal cases concerning Palestine,” she said.
At some point in the challenge to the ban on Palestine Action beginning on Wednesday, the co-founder of the direct action group will be asked to leave courtroom five at the Royal Courts of Justice, as will her legal team and most others present. Then the case will continue without them.
When Huda Ammori returns to the room, the special advocate – a security-cleared barrister – who represented her interests in her absence will not be allowed to tell her or her legal team what evidence was presented against Palestine Action. If Ammori asks what allegations were made directly against her, the special advocate must not tell her, even though that means she will have no chance to rebut them.
Such is the nature of the secret courts system, known as the closed material procedure (CMP), within which the legal challenge to the ban will be partly heard.
Critics of the system, which can be triggered on an application by a secretary of state, include those who have worked within its strictures.
Lord Steyn, whose daughter is one of three judges in the Ammori case, said: “Taken as a whole, the procedure completely lacks the essential characteristics of a fair hearing … [and] involves a phantom hearing only.”
Lord Kerr said: “Evidence which has been insulated from challenge may positively mislead … the right to know the case that one’s opponent makes and to have the opportunity to challenge it occupies … a central place in the concept of a fair trial.”
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Guardian link of the day. What's your favourite one. A rolling series. on 07:54 - Nov 26 with 1137 views
'Dasha did not expect to serve. She spent the first months of the invasion helping as a volunteer, then moved into drone work as more men from her region were killed or mobilised. “It wasn’t about whether I was ready,” she says. “It was about the fact that there were fewer people left.”
Her motivation, she insists, is simple. Her two children now live in Europe, and she wants them to return to a safe Ukraine. Her father, 89, survived the second world war. The weight of that history stays with her. “I don’t want my children to become the next generation of war children. That’s all the motivation I need.”
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Obviously it's just a basic game but I ended up with a 13bn surplus with both public opinion and markets being ok.
Added 1p to higher rate of income tax, scrapped freezing tax thresholds, imposed a gambling tax, scrapped 2 child cap, closed capital gains loopholes, reformed council tax and taxed bank profits.
Easy innit. Could even cut income tax to 19p and have a 6bn surplus but probably not a good idea right now.
Assuming £10bn of that is a true surplus, start a sovereign wealth fund. Also give notice that next budget they will reverse half of the 2p NI cut to add funds to the sovereign fund. Long term investment.
Obviously it's just a basic game but I ended up with a 13bn surplus with both public opinion and markets being ok.
Added 1p to higher rate of income tax, scrapped freezing tax thresholds, imposed a gambling tax, scrapped 2 child cap, closed capital gains loopholes, reformed council tax and taxed bank profits.
Easy innit. Could even cut income tax to 19p and have a 6bn surplus but probably not a good idea right now.
Assuming £10bn of that is a true surplus, start a sovereign wealth fund. Also give notice that next budget they will reverse half of the 2p NI cut to add funds to the sovereign fund. Long term investment.
You've got the job.
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Guardian link of the day. What's your favourite one. A rolling series. on 21:38 - Nov 26 with 1009 views
Obviously it's just a basic game but I ended up with a 13bn surplus with both public opinion and markets being ok.
Added 1p to higher rate of income tax, scrapped freezing tax thresholds, imposed a gambling tax, scrapped 2 child cap, closed capital gains loopholes, reformed council tax and taxed bank profits.
Easy innit. Could even cut income tax to 19p and have a 6bn surplus but probably not a good idea right now.
Assuming £10bn of that is a true surplus, start a sovereign wealth fund. Also give notice that next budget they will reverse half of the 2p NI cut to add funds to the sovereign fund. Long term investment.
Senior climate scientists giving some MP's and the media an overview of the current state of play on climate and ecological breakdown. Still no release of the joint intelligence committee report which is odd as most of the risks are well known and accessible in peer review journals.
Is this the country we've become, where the vital and non-monetary contribution that a carer makes to society is disregarded and they are forced into poverty in order to claim indefinite leave to remain?
"Perhaps this speculation sounds unfair. The devastation in Gaza is real and lots of people involved in pro-Palestinian activism do not support antisemitic violence against Jews, whether in Britain or Australia. But like it or not, it seems this movement has generated and sustained a political culture in which violence is both conceivable and enacted."
Personally I can think of things somewhat more likely to have created this political culture than protesting against the genocide in Gaza but well done on using the designated thread.
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Guardian link of the day. What's your favourite one. A rolling series. on 10:45 - Dec 16 by BanksterDebtSlave
"Perhaps this speculation sounds unfair. The devastation in Gaza is real and lots of people involved in pro-Palestinian activism do not support antisemitic violence against Jews, whether in Britain or Australia. But like it or not, it seems this movement has generated and sustained a political culture in which violence is both conceivable and enacted."
Personally I can think of things somewhat more likely to have created this political culture than protesting against the genocide in Gaza but well done on using the designated thread.
"This is now a global emergency of antisemitism, and it is the consequence of two years of turning a blind eye, taking the easy path and ignoring the warnings."
Well worth a watch but the issue doesn't get the publicity it deserves. I might add that my daughter's best friend, who has chosen to wear a hijab, is these days fearful when out on the streets even in a place as diverse as London. Her father was also badly beaten up a year or so ago by a racist gang at a restaurant he runs.
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Guardian link of the day. What's your favourite one. A rolling series. on 15:45 - Dec 22 with 99 views
I think businesses only went all in because they were expected to do so. Now there is more choice and less threat of a backlash they are stepping back. There are lots of emboldened idiots who will boycott any company which expresses support for Pride etc. While it would be nice if they said oh well, that's your choice, they do have shareholders to answer to who don't care where profit comes from.
Guardian link of the day. What's your favourite one. A rolling series. on 16:03 - Dec 22 by J2BLUE
I think businesses only went all in because they were expected to do so. Now there is more choice and less threat of a backlash they are stepping back. There are lots of emboldened idiots who will boycott any company which expresses support for Pride etc. While it would be nice if they said oh well, that's your choice, they do have shareholders to answer to who don't care where profit comes from.
I suppose the backlash these day if they went all in would be from Trump who is a clear driver in this area. And where corporate America goes, so do we.
And of course it extends beyond what companies do.
“FIFA’s decision to cancel anti-racism and anti-discrimination messaging at the Club World Cup sent a chilling signal to communities of color and all who have fought for equality in sport,” said Jamal Watkins, senior vice president of strategy and advancement, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). “At a time when hate crimes are rising and DEI programs are under attack, FIFA should not be retreating.”
Athletes’ Rights and LGBTQ+ Safety
“As an out athlete, I know what it means to compete in environments where you’re not sure you’ll be safe,” said Matthew Pacifici, former men’s professional player in the US and Athlete Ally ambassador. “LGBTQ+ players and fans need more than symbolic gestures—we need enforceable protections. The homophobic chants at the Club World Cup in Atlanta show exactly why FIFA’s retreat from anti-discrimination messaging is so dangerous. Players and fans must know that FIFA will protect them, not abandon them.”
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