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[โ€“] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 70 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well the UK also outlawed protests, while selling weapons to Israel for use in genocide. So let's not pretend they are the good guys. Labor is slightly less bad than the tories, but that's not the same thing as being good.

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-oxfam/gaza-israel-crisis-sign-petition-call-for-ceasefire-now/does-the-uk-sell-arms-to-israel/

[โ€“] redsand@infosec.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The UK is a vasal state of Israel like the US. Andrew and the diplomat were only in trouble for giving out state secrets. Pretending they are where it stops is as silly as pretending Jimmy Saville was one of a kind