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Award-winning Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty arrested under terror laws (www.thenational.scot)

submitted 1 week ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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Laverty, who has won the Palme d’Or for his collaborations with director Ken Loach, was detained by officers in Edinburgh on Monday.

It is understood that Laverty faces a terrorism charge for wearing a T-shirt stating: “Genocide in Palestine time to take action”.

In other cases, the garment has been alleged to be in support of Palestine Action, a protest group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the Labour Government in July.

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

THIS IS THE FUCKING LEFT WING PARTY TOO.

Fucking incredible. I'm amazed at how reasonable the country I left the UK for is every time I read the news. It's not perfect but fucking hell, there's respect, decorum and going from the left wing government to the center right and back again hasn't had massive impacts on my human rights and civil liberties.

Meanwhile in the fucking UK...

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (9 children)

They are not left wing. They are a neoliberal manufactured opposition.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (8 children)

tHeY ArE NoT LeFt wInG

Yeah, out of the big 4 (Labour, Conservatives, Lib Dems, Reform) tell me which one has the most unions working within the party, and has the history of being made up of union representatives, or you know, representing the LABOURers .

Oh wait, is it the Labour party? And my comment is about how much of a fucking shithole the UK has become and why I fucking left that shithole because there's no fucking hope, when THE LEFT WING PARTY behaves like this.

Go walk into your own edge, you fucking edgelord.

[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They are not left wing as in anti capitalist or in favour of greater social or economic equality.

They are left wing historically, and in their branding.

So your point about this being what’s supposed to be the leftwing party totally stands.

But the other commenters point stands as well.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

Sure, but they are a reactionary edgelord

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