Immigration minister tells ‘man child’ Owen Jones to ‘get a real job’ in Polanski Palestine Action row

Jonathan Cook: Fealty to Israel

Labour wants the repression of Palestine Action to serve as a blueprint for politics. Why not lock up opposition party leaders and any constituents who protest government policy? By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net Mike Tapp, a minister in the British Home Office, recently posted on X a “got

Labour Minister ‘Tries to Coax Zack Polanski Into Breaking Anti-Terror Law’

A senior Labour MP has been accused of trying to get Green party leader Zack Polanski to commit a criminal offence by asking him if he supports Palestine Action. After the government had won its appeal to maintain the ban on the direct action group on Monday, Polanski posted on X raising concerns about the branding of protest as terrorism. Labour MP and home office minister Mike Tapp replied to Polanski’s post, asking: “Do you support the Palest…

Immigration minister tells ‘man child’ Owen Jones to ‘get a real job’ in Polanski Palestine Action row

Mike Tapp claimed the Guardian columnist was ‘preaching student politics’ after Jones accused him of trying to have the Green leader arrested

A Labour minister is trying to get Zack Polanski arrested

On 15 June, we covered that minister Mike Tapp was gloating about Labour’s latest victory over civil liberties. Specifically, Tapp was celebrating because a court ruled that the decision to brand Palestine Action a terror group can stand. And since then, he’s attempted to goad Zack Polanski into publicly supporting the group: The fact that your government has made it illegal for me to answer yes is a damning testament to your flagrant disregard…

Labour MPs Determined to Show They Represent Israel, Not the British People

The party wants repression of Palestine Action to serve as a blueprint for politics. Why not lock up opposition leaders and any constituents who protest the government policy? MIKE TAPP, a minister in the Home Office, recently posted on X a “gotcha” response to Green Party leader Zack Polanski’s criticism of the Labour government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action. In the wake of the Court of Appeal ruling this week to uphold the proscript…

Jonathan Cook -The Labour MPs determined to show they represent Israel, not the British people

British politicians live in their own corrupt delusional reality, ignoring what their citizens want. That is not democracy. It is fascism. Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His website and blog can be found at www.jonathan-cook.net Cross-posted fromJonathan’s Substack   Mike Tapp, a minister in the Home Office, recently posted on X a…