The above quote is from the late US civil rights activist and politician John Lewis. Featured image credit: Markus Spiske on pexels.com The right to dissent by Sue Weaver In July last year I was reading the Unbearable Lightness of Being in a Cardiff police cell. In there I found an answer to my lingering …
Published on 18th February 2026 in The Conversation, by David Mead, Professor of UK Human Rights Law, University of East Anglia. Featured image credit: Guy Joben on pexels.com The High Court has ruled that the UK government’s proscription of the group Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a welcome decision for advocates of free speech and the right …
Published on 10th August 2025, at Bella Caledonia Almost 500 people were arrested in London yesterday for holding placards supporting ‘Palestine Action’ which the UK government has declared a ‘terrorist organisation’ despite it never harming anyone. In theory, anyone holding such a placard could receive up to 14 years in prison. Those arrested at that ‘Defend …
Solidarity with Palestine – Stop the War Meeting Ormidale Pavilion Sunday 1st December 2024, 2-4pm A group on Arran will be holding a public meeting to gauge support to start a Stop the War branch on Arran. The purpose of the meeting is to share information about the current conflict and to discuss setting …
By Sally Campbell The Election is done; we have, we hope a more “grown up” Prime Minister and Cabinet whose horizons are longer than a day, but who cautions us all about the time needed to get the UK back to a less divided society, with realistic goals over periods of time. In a society …