Reform councillor blasts educator for using Zimbabwe flag as prop

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In the UK, councillors are supposed to support local people. However, Reform councillor Joe Standen seems to think his job is to attack and make fun of residents who are doing what they can to educate the city’s youth. The X post below reads: Reform UK’s Joe Standen has taken to his Facebook to call a series of local story telling events in Portsmouth “mental”. Bravo to the “woman with yellow hair” who replied to his rant to give the context he was missing. Reform UK’s @JoeMStanden has taken to his Facebook to call a series of local story telling events…

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Cardiff Uni student assaulted by security staff for holding Palestine flag

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Security staff have twice assaulted a Cardiff University student — for holding a Palestine flag and then for trying to take a photo of them. The Caerdydd Students for Palestine (CS4P) group described what happened: As a student was on the way OUT of graduation she was physically assaulted and had the Palestinian flag ripped out of her hands with such violence it ripped her acrylic nails off. She was simply carrying the flag in her hands on her way out of the building. She was then assaulted AGAIN when trying to get photos of the staff after they refused to…

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Cops in unmarked car stop jogger with Palestine flag for ‘facial recognition’

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Two Essex police officers in an unmarked car have stopped a jogger in or near Southend on Sea for carrying a Palestine flag. The stop is just the latest in a string of incidents of police harassing or even arresting people protesting peacefully against genocide. Journalist and editor at the Grayzone, Wyatt Reed, published to X the video capturing these moments, first shared by Palestine Pulse. The jogger keeps his cool, records the incident and uses the opportunity to explain that he is upset about Britain’s collusion in Israel’s murder of Palestinian children. The police captured in the recording avoid saying…

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