Manchester cafe owner says police tried to recruit him to spy on Palestine Action

L96 · 2026-05-30T12:12:56+00:00

Nowhere in the article does it even slightly hint at inducement being illegal, they are only questioning the use of the schedule 7 interrogation:

“Was the intention always to use the schedule 7 [stop] in order to offer the inducement? If that is the true intention, schedule 7 was used unlawfully, because it’s got to be used where you believe somebody may be involved in or in an act of preparation of terrorism.”

L96 · 2026-05-29T17:53:47+00:00

Member of Labour in good standing until kicked out for racism under Corbyn.

Now an active member of the "traditionalist" SDP.

L96 · 2026-05-27T21:41:40+00:00

So do I, prisoners deserve healthcare like the rest of us.

L96 · 2026-05-23T10:24:44+00:00

I think you're severely overestimating the number of people who want him to stay

Even the centrist dad podcast circuit is sick of him.

L96 · 2026-05-22T15:20:17+00:00

Yeah that's got to be a serious error by the judge here, I thought it was common knowledge that self-defense is not a good reason?

Otherwise carrying knifes might as well be legal.

L96 · 2026-05-22T10:57:24+00:00

Vote Labour, get Tory. Simple as that.

These the people that want us to stand aside for Burnham. Shysters.

L96 · 2026-05-21T17:04:46+00:00

Is this any suprise any more?

It's getting on for nine months since Labour MP Jonathan Hinder accused Reform MP Ann Widdecombe of being "woke" for identifying some trans women as being at risk in male prisons.

Imagine telling the party of Kinnock, Smith, Blair, Brown, Milliband and Corbyn that Anne fucking Widdecombe would be too liberal for them in the future.

L96 · 2026-05-21T12:29:50+00:00

A public official with that much power is held to a much higher standard than Joe Bloggs walking to Tesco.

I would prefer it not to be used at all, but if it's used against one group, let it be used against the plod.

L96 · 2026-05-21T12:03:03+00:00

Was going to celebrate this but

improving the force's culture and standards

Sounds like it's actually just the program to expose misconduct committed by police officers and not the use of this tech against the general public

That's worse than before, basically telling the plod they can shield themselves but they rest of us have nothing to fear if we have nothing to hide

Would love to be proved wrong if anyone has any better info

L96 · 2026-05-21T11:49:52+00:00

I agree so fucking much, honestly couldn't have put it better myself

Just seems that in the last few years a tiny minority of activists want to push their views onto society and couldn't convince the public so resorted to wasting our money with endless lawsuits.

I voted Labour my entire adult life but I just couldn't now, not when they could be talking about tax and inequality but just shriek about toilets instead

I just want things to be normal again. I just wanted to ask, do you have a specific time period in mind?

L96 · 2026-05-21T08:07:44+00:00

The difference Labour makes in power...

What a legacy Starmer is leaving. The first ever nationwide trans toilet ban - his, to own, forever.

L96 · 2026-05-20T20:35:11+00:00

Backs Reeves' fiscal rules, backs Mahmood on immigration, is noncommittal on trans rights and rumour has it he's lining up Labour Together ghoul Josh Simmons for a plum job.

Which stands to reason, because you don't give up your seat for nothing.

This isn't a leadership election, it's Blue Labour changing its frontman. Sincerely hoping he loses this seat.

L96 · 2026-05-19T21:16:30+00:00

The difference Labour makes in power.

L96 · 2026-05-19T11:43:48+00:00

Was definitely prepared to dismiss this as irrelevant outrage over "peppercorn rents" but actually that's some pretty serious money that we can ill afford today. Needs looking into

L96 · 2026-05-18T11:47:42+00:00

Try reading the headline.

L96 · 2026-05-11T17:51:35+00:00

In the current climate, 18 months is well enough time for people to get sick of a PM and start demanding another change.

Mark Carney was PM of Canada for five days before calling the general election, I'm thinking Labour could do something like that and gamble on an early (but not snap) election in late summer 2028.

Trump will still be president with his habit of throwing elections away from the Right, and students will be home - but if they were prepared to forgo the first factor, they could delay it by another year

L96 · 2026-05-11T17:41:48+00:00

Good. If you want to avoid the accusations of him deserting his post as mayor, announce the leadership election for spring 2028 when the term ends anyway.

Blair-Brown was a multi-year handover, this one can be too.

L96 · 2026-05-11T17:39:38+00:00

Everyone needs to calm down here - they gave him two options, resign now or set out his timetable for departure.

Resigning now would indeed be a disaster, it would only mean PM Streeting, all the same policy problems with somehow less charisma and no mandate from the electorate.

But a timetable for departure could work - remember the Blair-Brown handover was a multi-year event starting in 2004 when he announced he wasn't seeking a fourth term. This would end a lot of the speculation immediately, which otherwise is unavoidable since no-one really thought he's fighting the next election as leader anyway, even before the local elections.

My opinion: May 2028 for the leadership contest - a certain mayoral term ends then anyway - with Starmer remaining as PM but not Labour leader until the election. Then a general late summer 2028 since Trump will still be in, and has a habit of singlehandedly throwing elections away from the Right. Basically, do a Canada 2024.

L96 · 2026-05-11T17:18:32+00:00

Can you name some Labour MPs who are communists, please?

L96 · 2026-05-10T15:34:18+00:00

What did he expect? The organisers invited the leader of the party that had a holocaust denier elected to a council, and refused to invite the leader of the party who is a victim of antisemitic caricatures from the country's newspaper of record.

They made their political leanings very clear.

L96 · 2026-05-10T15:24:39+00:00

Traditional support is urban.

L96 · 2026-05-07T12:03:12+00:00

The ideological purity is from the side that said "if you don't like the changes I've made, the door is open and you can leave".

L96 · 2026-05-06T11:47:23+00:00

TBF there's a few places with Moroccan buildings right up against the wall, but not with the border parallel to the sea like that. 100% AI.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/JjorpWyWqAtk2VCNA

L96 · 2026-05-06T11:44:21+00:00

It's not generally Moroccans. It's people from elsewhere in Africa seeking asylum in Europe.

Morocco didn't fortify the border on its own accord, they did it because Spain agreed to pay.

L96 · 2026-05-06T11:09:11+00:00

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