Should I have thought twice before writing this? Do my opinions put me in the crosshairs of a government that’s drawn up a list of those to be silenced?

Clearly the atmosphere that has been fostered in Britain under Keir Starmer is one designed to silence dissent, specifically on the issue of Palestine.

That was made abundantly clear when we were treated to the sight of elderly women being bodily carried away by police, arrested under the Terrorism Act, and taken into custody.

Their crime was to hold placards reading: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”

Among the 29 arrested was 83-year-old Reverend Sue Parfitt, taken away by police while wearing her dog collar.

Palestine Action is now proscribed as a terror organisation. Members broke into RAF Brize Norton and sprayed two military planes red. For that, it is now on an equal footing with the IRA.

The terror label means that even showing support for Palestine Action can lead to 14 years in prison.

Our Government has gone through the looking glass when it comes to Gaza.

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To stand in the street and protest what you believe to be genocide, to offer support to an organisation which has been labelled a terror gang itself for protesting what it believes to be genocide, is now enough to get you carted away by the police in Britain in 2025.

There’s a craziness about this. Rather than discuss what is happening in Gaza, rather than debate how our Government is behaving regarding Gaza,........

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