Critics assail Starmer’s support of Israel’s genocide on Gaza, his government’s terrorist proscription of Palestine Action and his neglect of the working class, Brad Reed reports.
Starmer’s Dreadful Legacy
Tag: U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer
UK Appeals Court Restores Terrorist Ban on Palestine Action
The court on Monday upheld the Labour government’s terrorism proscription of Palestine Action, overriding a High Court ruling in February and setting off another round of mass arrests of protesters in London.
Jonathan Cook: Western Democracy?
Western societies are not led by individuals. Rather, they are shaped by structural forces that reward the super rich and operate like laws of nature — though there is nothing natural about them.
Can a New Grassroots Left Take Shape in Britain?
As Labour’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer fights for survival, Paul Rogers says Jeremy Corbyn’s decade-long grassroots strategy may yet have the last word.
Caitlin Johnstone: Dissecting an ‘Anti-Semitism’ Psyop
There is no evidence that pro-Palestine marches that Keir Starmer wants to ban have anything to do with anti-Semitic attacks in London. But watch how a Sky News propagandist marries the two nonetheless.
Year 4: UK Still Helping Ukraine Join NATO
As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year Tuesday, Britain is running an aid project helping Kiev prepare to join NATO and opening up the country to U.K. businesses, writes Mark Curtis.
Jonathan Cook: A UK Jury’s Right to Defy a Judge
Keir Starmer needs convictions to justify Palestine Action’s proscription as a terrorist group. In the Filton trial, the direct-action group’s barrister explained how jurors pose a vital defence against government tyranny.
Jonathan Cook: Britain Has Officially Criminalized Journalism
Reporting facts in Keir Starmer’s Britain can now land you in jail for 14 years as a terrorist. This is what authoritarian governments do.
‘Release Gaza Footage,’ British Victim Demands
In a spy flight documentary released Thursday by Declassified UK, the father of a former Royal Marine killed in Gaza says footage captured by an opaque U.K. surveillance program could clarify what happened to his son.
Jonathan Cook: The Filton Show Trial Against Palestine Action
With this prosecution, the British government hopes to legitimize its proscription of Palestine Action and deflect attention from its own sustained support for Israel’s genocide.