Kmflett's Blog

Guardian/PA

The Met Police are institutionally racist and corrupt and have been for a while. Strangely action to deal with this never quite seems to happen.

The Met are also specialists at wasting police time and public money.

When Home Secretary Yvette Cooper decreed that Palestine Action was a banned organisation. In due course in February 2026 a Court found that it should not have been banned. Many hundreds of people had previously been arrested for holding signs mentioning the forbidden words. In most cases trials are on hold as the latest Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is appealing the decision (on April 28/9th). Originally the Met Police said they would make no further arrests pending the appeal. Then without any reason they decided they would. The Met often claim that they act without fear or favour but that may not be quite the whole truth here.

This has led to the Met arresting another five hundred people in Trafalgar Square on 11th April again for mentioning the forbidden words.

The aim of course is to restrict the right to protest particularly on Palestine. It is not working as pictures of old age pensioners, clearly not terrorists, being carried away by police underline. The police of course are only following orders but the person who gave the orders, one presumes the Met Police Commissioner, deserves to be called to account and dismissed.