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Starmer might have to avoid Brighton hotels for the next few years.

Palestine Action hunger strikers ‘set to die unless minister acts’

David Lammy, the justice secretary, has refused to meet lawyers for eight protesters refusing food while they await trials scheduled for months away

Palestine Action activists on hunger strike are likely to die in prison if the justice secretary does not intervene, lawyers for the eight protesters have claimed.

On Wednesday two of the group reached day 46 of their protest — the point at which Martin Hurson, 24, became the sixth of ten IRA hunger strikers to die in 1981. A third is on day 45.

In a letter sent to David Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, on Tuesday the activists’ lawyers said that without intervention their deaths were “increasingly more than a mere possibility. It is a likelihood.”

Qesser Zuhrah, 20, who is on remand in HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, has been refusing food since November 2. She collapsed “a few nights ago” with her legs shaking uncontrollably, her lawyers said.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-set-to-die-unless-minister-acts-qcjttqg8t

The callous comments some have made under this disgust me, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Why?

Why should we care about the self harm of a bunch of lunatics who want to support a terrorist organisation and change policies which we have no control or influence over?

No man is an island etc, fair enough, but these people are frankly ludicrous as are their beliefs, and I say that as someone who holds the recent actions of the IDF and Netanyahu in complete contempt. They really seem to believe what we say or do in relation to this conflict matters a damn. They are wrong.

Starmer might have to avoid Brighton hotels for the next few years.

Palestine Action hunger strikers ‘set to die unless minister acts’

David Lammy, the justice secretary, has refused to meet lawyers for eight protesters refusing food while they await trials scheduled for months away

Palestine Action activists on hunger strike are likely to die in prison if the justice secretary does not intervene, lawyers for the eight protesters have claimed.

On Wednesday two of the group reached day 46 of their protest — the point at which Martin Hurson, 24, became the sixth of ten IRA hunger strikers to die in 1981. A third is on day 45.

In a letter sent to David Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, on Tuesday the activists’ lawyers said that without intervention their deaths were “increasingly more than a mere possibility. It is a likelihood.”

Qesser Zuhrah, 20, who is on remand in HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, has been refusing food since November 2. She collapsed “a few nights ago” with her legs shaking uncontrollably, her lawyers said.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-set-to-die-unless-minister-acts-qcjttqg8t

Short of force feeding them Suffragette style what exactly is Lammy supposed to do? Starmer's government has already recognised Palestine as a state

Regarding the hunger strike, are the people asking for intervention calling for them to be force fed?

No, it's more they are on remand, and likely to be on remand for another two years, the other issue is that they were arrested before Palestine Action were proscribed.

The hunger strikers’ demands include immediate bail, the lifting of the proscription of Palestine Action and an end to restrictions on their communications in prison.

The letter from Imran Khan & Partners to Lammy, which has been seen by The Times, concludes: “You are uniquely placed in that as a senior government minister with oversight of His Majesty’s prison service, you can bring about a resolution of the situation, such that the increasing deterioration of our clients’ health does not lead to their death.

The resolution is they start eating again.

They’re suspected criminals on remand. They are not on remand for singing too loudly in church.

They’re not in a position to make demands.

Starmer might have to avoid Brighton hotels for the next few years.

Palestine Action hunger strikers ‘set to die unless minister acts’

David Lammy, the justice secretary, has refused to meet lawyers for eight protesters refusing food while they await trials scheduled for months away

Palestine Action activists on hunger strike are likely to die in prison if the justice secretary does not intervene, lawyers for the eight protesters have claimed.

On Wednesday two of the group reached day 46 of their protest — the point at which Martin Hurson, 24, became the sixth of ten IRA hunger strikers to die in 1981. A third is on day 45.

In a letter sent to David Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, on Tuesday the activists’ lawyers said that without intervention their deaths were “increasingly more than a mere possibility. It is a likelihood.”

Qesser Zuhrah, 20, who is on remand in HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, has been refusing food since November 2. She collapsed “a few nights ago” with her legs shaking uncontrollably, her lawyers said.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-set-to-die-unless-minister-acts-qcjttqg8t

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

When I hear some people going on about these bellends, who can simply end this by eating some food, I’m here.

Starmer might have to avoid Brighton hotels for the next few years.

Palestine Action hunger strikers ‘set to die unless minister acts’

David Lammy, the justice secretary, has refused to meet lawyers for eight protesters refusing food while they await trials scheduled for months away

Palestine Action activists on hunger strike are likely to die in prison if the justice secretary does not intervene, lawyers for the eight protesters have claimed.

On Wednesday two of the group reached day 46 of their protest — the point at which Martin Hurson, 24, became the sixth of ten IRA hunger strikers to die in 1981. A third is on day 45.

In a letter sent to David Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, on Tuesday the activists’ lawyers said that without intervention their deaths were “increasingly more than a mere possibility. It is a likelihood.”

Qesser Zuhrah, 20, who is on remand in HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, has been refusing food since November 2. She collapsed “a few nights ago” with her legs shaking uncontrollably, her lawyers said.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-set-to-die-unless-minister-acts-qcjttqg8t

The callous comments some have made under this disgust me, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Nope.

Fuck them. If they die it’s down to them and no one else

I’m more concerned about the WPC twatted with a hammer.

Stadiums replace beef burgers with venison to cut carbon emissions

Brentford FC and Twickenham among those to have changed menus in move claimed to reduce harmful greenhouse gases by 85 per cent

For decades, the simple beef burger has been a staple part of the match-day diet of the United Kingdom’s sport-loving population. But now its presence at sporting events is under serious threat, as venues across the country are making the switch to wild venison in an attempt to reduce their carbon emissions.

The sustainability push is taking place at venues including Brentford’s Gtech Stadium, Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, the Oval cricket ground and the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham. Catering company Levy UK, which has implemented this initiative at more than 20 venues in the UK and Ireland, says it will have a dramatic impact on emissions.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/12/10/sport-stadiums-replace-beef-with-venison-to-cut-emissions/

Oh dear…

Stadiums replace beef burgers with venison to cut carbon emissions

Brentford FC and Twickenham among those to have changed menus in move claimed to reduce harmful greenhouse gases by 85 per cent

For decades, the simple beef burger has been a staple part of the match-day diet of the United Kingdom’s sport-loving population. But now its presence at sporting events is under serious threat, as venues across the country are making the switch to wild venison in an attempt to reduce their carbon emissions.

The sustainability push is taking place at venues including Brentford’s Gtech Stadium, Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, the Oval cricket ground and the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham. Catering company Levy UK, which has implemented this initiative at more than 20 venues in the UK and Ireland, says it will have a dramatic impact on emissions.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/12/10/sport-stadiums-replace-beef-with-venison-to-cut-emissions/

Oh dear…

Its stag gering.

Starmer might have to avoid Brighton hotels for the next few years.

Palestine Action hunger strikers ‘set to die unless minister acts’

David Lammy, the justice secretary, has refused to meet lawyers for eight protesters refusing food while they await trials scheduled for months away

Palestine Action activists on hunger strike are likely to die in prison if the justice secretary does not intervene, lawyers for the eight protesters have claimed.

On Wednesday two of the group reached day 46 of their protest — the point at which Martin Hurson, 24, became the sixth of ten IRA hunger strikers to die in 1981. A third is on day 45.

In a letter sent to David Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, on Tuesday the activists’ lawyers said that without intervention their deaths were “increasingly more than a mere possibility. It is a likelihood.”

Qesser Zuhrah, 20, who is on remand in HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, has been refusing food since November 2. She collapsed “a few nights ago” with her legs shaking uncontrollably, her lawyers said.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-set-to-die-unless-minister-acts-qcjttqg8t

The callous comments some have made under this disgust me, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Starmer might have to avoid Brighton hotels for the next few years.

Palestine Action hunger strikers ‘set to die unless minister acts’

David Lammy, the justice secretary, has refused to meet lawyers for eight protesters refusing food while they await trials scheduled for months away

Palestine Action activists on hunger strike are likely to die in prison if the justice secretary does not intervene, lawyers for the eight protesters have claimed.

On Wednesday two of the group reached day 46 of their protest — the point at which Martin Hurson, 24, became the sixth of ten IRA hunger strikers to die in 1981. A third is on day 45.

In a letter sent to David Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, on Tuesday the activists’ lawyers said that without intervention their deaths were “increasingly more than a mere possibility. It is a likelihood.”

Qesser Zuhrah, 20, who is on remand in HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, has been refusing food since November 2. She collapsed “a few nights ago” with her legs shaking uncontrollably, her lawyers said.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-set-to-die-unless-minister-acts-qcjttqg8t

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