Keir Starmer suggests banning some pro-Palestine protests
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said chants such as 'globalise the Intifada' should be 'completely off limits' and suggested the government could ban some pro-Palestine marches. He said those slogans cross into incitement and argued authorities may need to stop protests that threaten public safety or stoke antisemitism. The comments come as pro-Palestine demonstrations have spread across UK cities during the Israel-Hamas war, prompting government concern about rising antisemitic incidents. A move to ban marches would limit public protest and force courts and police to draw new lines between political expression and preventing violence.
"In response to Sir Keir's interview with Today, Green Party leader Zack Polanski said the prime minister was "using the pain and fear of Jewish people to threaten further authoritarian restrictions on peaceful protest". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
pmf54Wonder if he’ll be banning Tiny Tommy’s neofascist march? bsky.app/profile/irla...
Alchemy Honey44So a guy with mental health issues attacks his friend and 2 strangers and therefore peace marches have to be stopped - clutching at straws Starmer.
BethU26Perhaps if Labour had offered better mental health services the 3 people attacked could have been prevented. Perhaps if the Met Police had reacted quicker to the first attack, on a Muslim man, the 2 following attacks would have been prevented. Perhaps Labour and Met have a different agenda.
FabuAL25Nice to see that starmer fully embracing the black shirt look on life not just in policy.
Sol-less23Well Keir. The most effective way to reduce protesting is a swift response to crises, maintaining an overall effective government and generally not being an unpleasant swine. But I guess being an authoritarian blowfish bite is more your style.
Tony22Did you know, Keir Starmer expelled more Jewish Labour Party members than all of Labour's previous leaders combined?!
Dance Music 🎧 🌍21Weird how nobody has mentioned the third man who was stabbed by this monster. Maybe it’s because he’s Muslim? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Bun of Babylon 🐇17Someone please ask Starmer why if Labour believes that the Jewish community shouldn't be intrinsically tied to the actions of the Israeli government then why does he feel that protesting the Israeli government puts the Jewish community at risk....?
evo1963.bsky.social12Absolutely spot on. It’s vile how Starmer is using this horrible attack to score points and further his agenda.
Pollik10Starmer is a slimy toad.
knilloc.bsky.social10Labour backhandedly encourages antisemitic attacks, then cynically use it to protect terrorists overseas. meanwhile, reform exists, but they don't have any problem with them.
Kevin (Des)8Incoming: 🥾 Labour standing on the wrong side of history, yet again. 🚨 Arrests on the streets of Jewish protestors (e.g. @naamoduk.bsky.social) and those who stand shoulder to shoulder with both the Palestinian and Jewish communities in unity: for an equitable and just peace for all. 🇵🇸🕊️🇮🇱
b1gslick.bsky.social7Starmer is playing the antisemitism card to advance his Zionist, neoliberal, authoritarian agenda again. Just like Zionists have always done.
Working Mans Economics7Theyre rolling out the smear campaign because they fear you and what you represent; a meaningful challenge to the power and privilege of the ruling class coupled with an embracing of the green revolution that they hate. Wear it as a badge of honour mate.
Shane Phillips 🏳️⚧️6At heart, that's all Starmer is. No empathy, just a sadistic authoritarian clutching at every excuse to silence the voices of those who inconvenience his donors.
mactakeshi.bsky.social6And the Orange Order marching season is upon us.
JuneSim63 💚6They're terrified of us and the only thing they've got is what worked the last time a leftwing party threatened the status quo. But people are wise to it now, and it won't work. Keep on speaking out for all of us. #VoteGreen on Thursday.
nicola5The narrative of this week’s tragedy is being twisted to push through more punitive measures under pressure from the current Israel administration and hard line Zionists Where’s mention of the third, Muslim, victim ?
Purple Electric5Yep. Keep talking about the policies they don’t want people thinking about.
PhilT6024Dear Mr Starmer, you saw how effective your Proscription of Palestine Action has been?! Do you really think that banning protests is going to make those angry about what is happening in Gaza & Lebanon go home & put their feet up?! You will just accelerate protests!!
ChayBristol3Starmer has just been waiting for something he can twist to 'justify' smashing protest. Specifically, protest against the genocide he is complicit in. That the stabbing of two Jewish and one Muslim man by someone with mental illness has nothing to do with those protests doesn't bother him.
Ian Burton3They are scared and are getting the establishment to smear the Greens. You are the only ones that are stopping a right wing/corporate takeover of the country.
Quantum ~ Ben2Feels less like leadership and more like checking the weather before every sentence
DamonTheDemon2I hate that youve been dragged raising a genuine concern many of us have. I despise the small eyed, empty Debenhams briefcase that is Starmer. Your actions during this woeful smearing effort have been exemplary. #VoteGreen 💚💚💚💚
Horribly familiar, #auspol. Total irony bypass when he faux complains about "the cumulative effect" of pro-Palestine protests. There would not be the need for so many protests if govts like Starmer's and Albanese's stood up to the genocidal rogue state of Israel. Instead of enabling Netanyahu.
AI Threat Reporter3Anyone supporting King Bibi is complicit of genocide
shelly0z.bsky.social3Exactly right . It is the intense frustration of continued denial by governments and media of what so many people can plainly see for themselves. If these leaders acknowledged the truth there wouldn't need to be protests. But they cowardly obfuscate, deny or just lie
Robynne2Blaming people who find genocide abhorrent instead of the perpetrators reminds us that the west is now captured by the most depraved, despicable country this planet has ever seen.
Joe Hislop2Leaders in the UK will eventually start to realise that pandering to Israel results in their downfall. But Starmer hasn’t quite got there.
Starmer here is clearly conflating opposing genocide with mental illness That is the only way you can link the Golders Green stabbing with pro-Palestine marches The man is so clearly controlled by Israel it actually makes me terrified to live in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peter Wilkie 🏳️🌈4We have had State Premiers in Australia pull the same bullshit.. "We need to limit protests to improve social cohesion" is one of the garbage lines that has been used There is no link to Pro Palestine movement, that's simply what Starmer has been told to intimate By Israel Tell him to get fucked
thecoamsouls.bsky.social3The Israeli ambassador to the UK Keir Starmer wants to stop anti genocide protests because they might upset his wife.
J.3Absolute bullshit here from #telavivkieth Starmer.. Unequivocally proving his zionism now goes far enough to dehumanising Muslims so much, he never even mentioned him being stabbed, before the two Jewish people in Golders 🤮🤮. Not fit to run a political party. Two tier Kier.
tanwyn.bsky.social2Starmer is only interested in what keeps him in power. Israel support & funding is a big part of that, both for him and his party. Not for long though. The writing is on the wall. #votegreen
John2Me too. I really really want out of this union. #ScottishIndependence
Britain desperately needs a PM that will take a very hard line with Israel right now. That clearly isn't Keir Starmer; a man who married into a Zionist family. He has to go. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tade Thompson4I can't believe we have a purportedly Labour PM who is saying some protests may have to be stopped.
Chris Weston4He's taking us down such a dark path. I've ground my teeth over so many of his actions, but this is a bridge too fucking far. Fuck him.
Eric Orchard2As a Canadian I’m on the periphery of UK politics but holy shit This is bad stuff.
Wishtea Dalek ☕️✨️2Whenever I see him I just kind of wonder out loud "...what are you FOR, exactly?" He's the "we have a Prime Minister at home" of Prime Ministers.
