I spent all day in Woolwich Crown Court yesterday for the Filton activists' sentencing hearing with my colleague @daniaakkad. The court heard that the Terrorism Act was never intended to cover direct action protest. It heard that all of the defendants had been cleared of violent intent and sentencing them as terrorists would mark a historic first for charges of criminal damage. It heard that the Suffragettes, who did "a bit of smashing themselves", would have been labelled as terrorists but have now been vindicated by history. It heard the activists' goal was to stop the supply chain of drones and weaponry to Israel as it commits genocide in Gaza. It heard that attaching a terrorism connection to a case without it ever being heard by a jury was unconstitutional and posed a threat to the criminal justice system itself. It heard that the "terrorism connection" has been disproportionately used against minority groups and those advocating for them while not being used for neo-Nazis and white supremacists, including the man who killed Jo Cox MP. It heard that the law has been reinterpreted since the action took place, meaning the activists could have had no idea that what they did could have been caught up in terrorism laws at the time of the protest. It heard that the prosecution submitted key evidence just eight days before the hearing, giving the defence no time to review it or even discuss it with their clients. Despite all of this, Judge Jeremy Johnson, who has already tried to refer the defence's lead barrister for contempt of court and been forced to apologise for it, sentenced the defendants as terrorists. The judgment was handed down within minutes, indicating Judge Johnson had already made his mind up before the hearing had begun. Being in court yesterday felt akin to witnessing a colonial crime: punishing activists with terrorism offences in order to set a precedent that taking direct action to stop a UK-backed genocide will not be tolerated.

Having refused to recuse himself because of bias, because he held he wasn't biased, Injustice Johnson then handed out savage prison sentences. He manipulated and rigged the trial, keeping the jury in the dark about the 'terrorist' connection of the offences, based on the fictitious claim that they were trying to influence the British government. Johnson is a legal savage in a long line of judges whose only instinct is the protection of the British state and its support for the genocidal state of Israel. We have to right to get these sentences overturned and the trial declared unfair. This is British 'justice', red in tooth and claw

No, you must have got muddled

Tf is a Somalian? It’s Somali you pricks

Henry Nowak's father outside court yesterday: "We do not want Henry's murder to be used to create further hatred, division or tension."

"it's a humid heat" why do British people just shit out of their mouths about the weather tho? genuinely fascinated

That educated people won't vote for the far-right? Not quite the slam dunk you were hoping for, Dan.

Huge reforms needed for Eurovision 2027.

I'm reluctantly posting on X again because the world needs to read this. My daughter Zoe Rogers gave her own closing speech at the Filton trial, as did 4 other defendants, while their barristers looked on. This is what she said 🧵 1/

i think anti-homeless architecture is a crime against society and can only be created by someone who lacks a soul and any capacity to relate to others

It’s very telling how many of Rupert Lowe’s bot army this has triggered. 🤪

Remember the rule: nothing justifies October 7th but October 7th justifies everything. 🤷🏽‍♂️

NEW: It’s a journocide. Israel admits to targeting & killing three more journalists & making up false evidence. Journalists in the west have a moral responsibility to speak up. The blowback from this impunity is coming next for us all. 1/

terf shares obvious AI slop

Tomorrow we leave for Cuba, via Panama, bringing hundred of kilos of vital medicines to the island. An island being cruelly strangled by the USA for over 60 years, despite total international calls to stop. An embargo that's now killing Cubans. Support Cuba - the USA is evil.

BREAKING: Mojtaba Khamenei s/o slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei & the newly appointed Supreme Leader, was critically injured in an airstrike by the U.S. and Israeli air forces this afternoon and later succumbed to his injuries. Official confirmation is awaited.

US bombers flying from the West of England to blast Iran with 2000-lb bombs. The British government is insulting our intelligence - and making a mockery of its claims to abide by international law - by claiming that this is ‘defensive’.