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Utopian Fool's avatar

Thinking back, a lot of this nonsense started with that ludicrous Richard Reid "shoe bomber" story, the poor scapegoated Moroccan flight instructor, the two "terrorist" Islamist brothers who woke up surrounded by 200 armed police only to be subsequently innocented, the scandalous Brazilian electrician shot seven times in the head on his way to work for nothing and that wonderful Blair "imminent threat" scenario where he had Heathrow surrounded by tanks. How anyone can still lend any credence to those nefarious bastards is beyond me. As for submissively continuing to finance them by paying taxes, well, what can you say? 😳

Boudicca's avatar

I would say it’s time to stop paying our taxes 🤷🏻‍♀️

Adrian Bergeron's avatar

The US: So, we keep hearing about something called Authoritarianism and we thought we'd give it a try, see how much of that we want to have.

The UK: Hold my pint

Weldybren's avatar

This further confirms both the 2023 and 2025 reports that declared the Met was “institutionally racist”

KRedbeard's avatar

It’s colluding with genocidal zionist jews in golders green and many other places.

of course it’s a bigoted institution.

Baz's avatar

This isn’t to be taken lightly-the fanatical sign makers are developing signs that can lay dormant for months and suddenly be read without warning.

Rebel Nun's avatar

The worst thing is, they are never obsolete! The signs lying dormant in my back room - I can take them out and use them at protests again, over and over, as I have for forty years, because nothing has changed!! Free Palestine, for fuck’s sake!

Baz's avatar

Unfortunately yes RN. I can’t post a pic of my favourite sign here - I was with approximately 1 million other terrorists in London against the British joining Bush’s Gulf war. It was a life sized picture of the war monger Bush with the slogan “WORLD’S NO. 1 TERRORIST. Ah, those were the days - we had proper signs!

I BTW support Palestine Action✊🏼🇵🇸

Rebel Nun's avatar

Just change the POTUS’ face…

Marg's avatar

And like Tony Blair’s “weapons of mass destruction”, be seen from thousands of miles away.

Iain's avatar

And some of the writing is hard to read. Scandalous.

Feral Finster's avatar

Of course, the cops are just itching to have a go.

Forget the kindly bobby. These guys are the sort who would be waving their hands "pick me!" if the Gestapo were to have a booth on Career Day.

Vin LoPresti's avatar

LMAO: a gestapo booth on career day. Great image. Who'd man it? Colonel Klink and Sergeant Schultz?

Feral Finster's avatar

Same jerks as in the Met right now.

The Revolution Continues's avatar

The "kinder, gentler" (and funnier) white racists, right?

Mara Bryan's avatar

Just don’t put me in custody in Plumstead again. The cells are really cold - even in summer, and the fingerprint machine doesn’t work properly.

David Kauders's avatar

I cannot mark this essay as my union prohibits marking anonymous submissions, but if I could I would give it 100/100

Rebel Nun's avatar

You are brilliant, Laura! Stay safe. ❤️

Jason Woodrow's avatar

Are the UK politicians receiving as much money from a certain country as the American politicians? I'm not familiar with how that country influences the UK, if it is openly through "donations" or more backstage wink-wink-nudge-nudge.

Harry Carson's avatar

They don't really need Israeli money with Kier Zionist at the helm.

Described the false flag burning of Jewish ambulances as ‘disgraceful ‘ but said NOTHING about the slaughter of the 169 little girls blown apart in an Iranian school.

He's a piece of shit.

RakB's avatar

The only foreign country that has a direct access to the UK Parliament. These 2 lobby groups directly influence many MPs: Labour Friends of Israel and Conservative Friends of Israel. They finance regularly trips to Israel and hold many meetings with MPs and finance their campaigns. They are actually based in Parliament. You can't make it up!!

Jtoole's avatar

Donations, dude. As well as personal associations.

Rebel Nun's avatar

And maybe some blackmail.

Feral Finster's avatar

Probably not. UK politicians have no priority other than The War On Russia, specifically, getting Americans to fight that war for them. Again.

For their part, the Americans sure are touchy about Israel.

David Law's avatar

LFI is not Forrin, apparently ...

Robin Sheppard's avatar

Will we have to pay for all the brave policemen who afterwards claim to have PTSD and other mental health issues for arresting people who have killed zero people? I fear we probably will……

Baz's avatar

Some of them may be forced into early retirement. It can be very stressful handling unread cardboard signs before they are safely deactivated.

Rebel Nun's avatar

It’s what they do in Israel, our model here in the West.

Pietro Wislon's avatar

In Canada our Chiefs of Police go on trips to Israel to learn "policing techniques"!

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7135683

Geoffrey Deihl's avatar

Well in the US I feel so much safer now that ICE agents will be checking my phone and ushering me to my seat at the airport.

Rebel Nun's avatar

Hey, we might otherwise end up sitting next to an undocumented six-year-old. Is there anything scarier?

Martin C. Fredricks IV's avatar

I'll tell you what's brilliant - you! Keep it up. Some days the absurdity is almost too much to bear, but then your work pointing it out is the only thing that makes me smile.

Liz Thompson's avatar

Yippee! Arresting news again!

Klaus Hubbertz's avatar

{...Police officers were working overtime to fulfil their PUBLIC duty...}

I'm pretty sure you mean:

execute their true masters orders ...

McrRed's avatar

Thoughts going to the guy arrested for holding the Plasticine Action sign. It's too, too bizarre.

Wd52's avatar

It will be shown eventually that Epstein ran a massive blackmail operation on behalf of ISRAEL. And that is too hot to admit, EVER.!!! ?PROOF? What would both Biden and Trump want to cover up?? ... and the answer is: Israel-Epstein running a Honeytrap Blackmail operation on American soil !