Political theatre. It’s just the establishment flexing. Nothing to see here.
AdStrange9701 on
“designed to try and portray support for Kneecap as somehow troublesome”
Bit rich coming from the guy trying to get a festival in Leitrim banned
mobrules1 on
When the world eventually comes around on this issue, those in power around the world who supported Israel should be up on terror charges.
No-Negotiation2922 on
The longer this goes on, it’s actually boosting support and expanding the fan base for the Kneecap lads — the exact opposite of what the Brits were hoping to achieve
ScaldyBogBalls on
When they brought in all this “counterterrorism” law with its vague terminology in the 2000s, this was the inevitable outcome. “Counterterrorism” becomes counter-dissent. Oh sorry, you expressed support for a cause this group is involved with, and it just so happens we’ve designated them a terrorist group.
Tough-Promotion-5144 on
Keirs support will continue to drop despite this pathetic civic nationalist “strong and British” LARP
great_whitehope on
One of the lads needs to train in law.
They’ll try to drag it out until they can’t afford to fight it if they can.
It happened an American punk band before that a magazine took them to court for satirical use of the font of the name of the magazine for their album cover and they did it on the other side of the country to increase their cost to fight it.
Luckily one of the band members was qualified to practice law so they only had to cover flights and the magazine dropped the case as it was costing them a fortune
mrbuddymcbuddyface on
Shit like this, coupled with the idiotic policing of protests, and arrests of ordinary people for wearing Palestine Action logos, and now the online shenanigans over ID to access websites means Starmer is going to help put Farage in Downing Street.
DrZaiu5 on
The British government’s hypocrisy with their uneven application of terror laws is not lost on anyone. UVF and UDA flags are allowed to be flown all over the north yet Kneecap are targeted straight away. Clearly a political move to punish Kneecap for their support of Palestine.
Ok_Resolution9737 on
The whole thing is outrageous, I hope the lads are okay
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Political theatre. It’s just the establishment flexing. Nothing to see here.
“designed to try and portray support for Kneecap as somehow troublesome”
Bit rich coming from the guy trying to get a festival in Leitrim banned
When the world eventually comes around on this issue, those in power around the world who supported Israel should be up on terror charges.
The longer this goes on, it’s actually boosting support and expanding the fan base for the Kneecap lads — the exact opposite of what the Brits were hoping to achieve
When they brought in all this “counterterrorism” law with its vague terminology in the 2000s, this was the inevitable outcome. “Counterterrorism” becomes counter-dissent. Oh sorry, you expressed support for a cause this group is involved with, and it just so happens we’ve designated them a terrorist group.
Keirs support will continue to drop despite this pathetic civic nationalist “strong and British” LARP
One of the lads needs to train in law.
They’ll try to drag it out until they can’t afford to fight it if they can.
It happened an American punk band before that a magazine took them to court for satirical use of the font of the name of the magazine for their album cover and they did it on the other side of the country to increase their cost to fight it.
Luckily one of the band members was qualified to practice law so they only had to cover flights and the magazine dropped the case as it was costing them a fortune
Shit like this, coupled with the idiotic policing of protests, and arrests of ordinary people for wearing Palestine Action logos, and now the online shenanigans over ID to access websites means Starmer is going to help put Farage in Downing Street.
The British government’s hypocrisy with their uneven application of terror laws is not lost on anyone. UVF and UDA flags are allowed to be flown all over the north yet Kneecap are targeted straight away. Clearly a political move to punish Kneecap for their support of Palestine.
The whole thing is outrageous, I hope the lads are okay