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  1. "This is the first time in legal history that a barrister was facing such a prosecution over a closing speech in a criminal trial, and the procedure being used was without precedent.
    Today’s judgment rules that Mr Justice Johnson was wrong to refer the alleged contempt to the High Court, and the Divisional Court would have had no jurisdiction over the case after such a referral."
    #UKPolitics #DefendOurJuries
    realmedia.press/barrister-wins

  2. In April 24, ​Trudi Warner, a retired social worker, stood outside Inner London Crown Court holding a sign that read:
    ​"Jurors, you have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to your conscience"

    She was arrested for "intimidation of a jury" but at trial ​Mr. Justice Saini ruled in her favour, saying she was only stating the law outside a courthouse, and that can not be illegal

    She was arrested again last week for doing exactly the same thing as were many others

    #defendourjuries

  3. Trudi Warner was arrested under section 14 of the 1986 Public Order Act which allows for restriction on assembly in a particular area, based on a belief that because of noise levels or otherwise it will, “result in serious public disorder, serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community”.

    "Noise levels"

    #defendourjuries

  4. RE: mastodon.online/@Geri/11646583

    It's only shown us how pathetic and desperate our Government really is.

    Locking up Grandmas for protesting a Genocide, no matter how many PR people you employ you aren't fooling us.

    #UKPol #UKpolitics #PalestineAction #Genocide #DefendOurJuries

  5. #DefendOurJuries insta page showing size and volume of April 11th Everyone Day in Trafalgar Square an event where 532 were arrested

    #PalestineAction

    instagram.com/reel/DW_jldcDb2o

  6. @TheBeastOfBaglan they have done great! And they been extraordinarily disciplined: all the #DefendOurJuries protests have been done precisely by the book.
    (DOJ has a precise manual on how to behave, and conducts extensive training).

  7. Huge relief in #London as #terrorists arrested in #TrafalgarSquare.

    Elizabeth Morley, aged 80, was one of hundreds of terrorists arrested by #MetPol #MetropolitanPolice under the #TerrorismAct2000 for holding a small, hand-written, paper sign in support of #PalestineAction.

    The dangerous Morley said the mass arrests are a “very stupid thing to do”.

    The ban of Palestine Action was ruled unlawful by the #HighCourt in February 2026.

    EveryoneDay.uk

    #DefendOurJuries #ukpol #Palestine

  8. Huge relief in #London as #terrorists arrested in #TrafalgarSquare.

    Elizabeth Morley, aged 80, was one of hundreds of terrorists arrested by #MetPol #MetropolitanPolice under the #TerrorismAct2000 for holding a small, hand-written, paper sign in support of #PalestineAction.

    The dangerous Morley said the mass arrests are a “very stupid thing to do”.

    The ban of Palestine Action was ruled unlawful by the #HighCourt in February 2026.

    EveryoneDay.uk

    #DefendOurJuries #ukpol #Palestine

  9. Huge relief in #London as #terrorists arrested in #TrafalgarSquare.

    Elizabeth Morley, aged 80, was one of hundreds of terrorists arrested by #MetPol #MetropolitanPolice under the #TerrorismAct2000 for holding a small, hand-written, paper sign in support of #PalestineAction.

    The dangerous Morley said the mass arrests are a “very stupid thing to do”.

    The ban of Palestine Action was ruled unlawful by the #HighCourt in February 2026.

    EveryoneDay.uk

    #DefendOurJuries #ukpol #Palestine

  10. Huge relief in #London as #terrorists arrested in #TrafalgarSquare.

    Elizabeth Morley, aged 80, was one of hundreds of terrorists arrested by #MetPol #MetropolitanPolice under the #TerrorismAct2000 for holding a small, hand-written, paper sign in support of #PalestineAction.

    The dangerous Morley said the mass arrests are a “very stupid thing to do”.

    The ban of Palestine Action was ruled unlawful by the #HighCourt in February 2026.

    EveryoneDay.uk

    #DefendOurJuries #ukpol #Palestine

  11. Huge relief in #London as #terrorists arrested in #TrafalgarSquare.

    Elizabeth Morley, aged 80, was one of hundreds of terrorists arrested by #MetPol #MetropolitanPolice under the #TerrorismAct2000 for holding a small, hand-written, paper sign in support of #PalestineAction.

    The dangerous Morley said the mass arrests are a “very stupid thing to do”.

    The ban of Palestine Action was ruled unlawful by the #HighCourt in February 2026.

    EveryoneDay.uk

    #DefendOurJuries #ukpol #Palestine

  12. Resumed #terrorism in London, as hundreds of #terrorists gather on Saturday in #TrafalgarSquare.

    Senile subversives are yet again wreaking mayhem, with hand-written paper signs saying "I oppose #genocide. I support #PalestineAction".

    Arrests had been suspended after a #HighCourt ruling that the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful, but the #MetPol ##MetropolitanPolice have heroically promised to resume detention of the ageing activists.

    Hundreds of arrests expected.

    #ukpol #DefendOurJuries

  13. Resumed #terrorism in London, as hundreds of #terrorists gather on Saturday in #TrafalgarSquare.

    Senile subversives are yet again wreaking mayhem, with hand-written paper signs saying "I oppose #genocide. I support #PalestineAction".

    Arrests had been suspended after a #HighCourt ruling that the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful, but the #MetPol ##MetropolitanPolice have heroically promised to resume detention of the ageing activists.

    Hundreds of arrests expected.

    #ukpol #DefendOurJuries

  14. Resumed #terrorism in London, as hundreds of #terrorists gather on Saturday in #TrafalgarSquare.

    Senile subversives are yet again wreaking mayhem, with hand-written paper signs saying "I oppose #genocide. I support #PalestineAction".

    Arrests had been suspended after a #HighCourt ruling that the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful, but the #MetPol ##MetropolitanPolice have heroically promised to resume detention of the ageing activists.

    Hundreds of arrests expected.

    #ukpol #DefendOurJuries

  15. Resumed #terrorism in London, as hundreds of #terrorists gather on Saturday in #TrafalgarSquare.

    Senile subversives are yet again wreaking mayhem, with hand-written paper signs saying "I oppose #genocide. I support #PalestineAction".

    Arrests had been suspended after a #HighCourt ruling that the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful, but the #MetPol ##MetropolitanPolice have heroically promised to resume detention of the ageing activists.

    Hundreds of arrests expected.

    #ukpol #DefendOurJuries

  16. Resumed #terrorism in London, as hundreds of #terrorists gather on Saturday in #TrafalgarSquare.

    Senile subversives are yet again wreaking mayhem, with hand-written paper signs saying "I oppose #genocide. I support #PalestineAction".

    Arrests had been suspended after a #HighCourt ruling that the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful, but the #MetPol ##MetropolitanPolice have heroically promised to resume detention of the ageing activists.

    Hundreds of arrests expected.

    #ukpol #DefendOurJuries

  17. @Quasit @therightarticle if they weren’t then they’ll be out pretty quick and legal action against the police force should follow.
    #DefendOurJuries

  18. Karl Turner, a Labour MP who was the biggest critic of Lammy’s plan to diminish trial by Jury, has just been suspended

    Gosh!

    Last year, he said if "[Starmer] doesn't want me in the party anymore, fine. I don't mind walking and causing a by-election."

    #defendourjuries

  19. Judges are paid by the state

    Juries are not paid by the state

    Who would you sooner be tried by?

    #defendourjuries

  20. @Geri If there's such a backlog of cases as we're being told, surely the answer is to reopen/re-establish the court buildings shut by the Tories and increase the number of sitting days.

    Abolishing trial by jury is akin to having brain surgery for a broken ankle.

    #DefendOurJuries

  21. Micheal Mansfield KC, speaking with some authority on SKY, says the backlog in cases being heard is down to lack of investment in the whole system, not whether cases are being heard by jury or magistrate and of the latter he is concerned because, "that is only one man's mind over seeing a case"

    #defendourjuries

  22. In 2017 #Lammy published the Lammy Review as to how BAME ppl were treated by the CPS. One of its major concerns was the lack of black & brown people in the judiciary and, how that number has not changed over time, that, & the time in 2023 when he backed calls for compulsory anti-racist training are primary indicators that the reduction in jury trials WILL disproportionately affect minorities, badly

    The nonsense he says today he condemned yesterday 🙄

    #defendourjuries

    assets.publishing.service.gov.

  23. In 2017 #Lammy published the Lammy Review as to how BAME ppl were treated by the CPS. One of its major concerns was the lack of black & brown people in the judiciary and, how that number has not changed over time, that, & the time in 2023 when he backed calls for compulsory anti-racist training are primary indicators that the reduction in jury trials WILL disproportionately affect minorities, badly

    The nonsense he says today he condemned yesterday 🙄

    #defendourjuries

    assets.publishing.service.gov.

  24. In 2017 #Lammy published the Lammy Review as to how BAME ppl were treated by the CPS. One of its major concerns was the lack of black & brown people in the judiciary and, how that number has not changed over time, that, & the time in 2023 when he backed calls for compulsory anti-racist training are primary indicators that the reduction in jury trials WILL disproportionately affect minorities, badly

    The nonsense he says today he condemned yesterday 🙄

    #defendourjuries

    assets.publishing.service.gov.

  25. In 2017 #Lammy published the Lammy Review as to how BAME ppl were treated by the CPS. One of its major concerns was the lack of black & brown people in the judiciary and, how that number has not changed over time, that, & the time in 2023 when he backed calls for compulsory anti-racist training are primary indicators that the reduction in jury trials WILL disproportionately affect minorities, badly

    The nonsense he says today he condemned yesterday 🙄

    #defendourjuries

    assets.publishing.service.gov.

  26. In 2017 #Lammy published the Lammy Review as to how BAME ppl were treated by the CPS. One of its major concerns was the lack of black & brown people in the judiciary and, how that number has not changed over time, that, & the time in 2023 when he backed calls for compulsory anti-racist training are primary indicators that the reduction in jury trials WILL disproportionately affect minorities, badly

    The nonsense he says today he condemned yesterday 🙄

    #defendourjuries

    assets.publishing.service.gov.

  27. As #ForeignSecretary, #DavidLamny was a dissembling supporter of Israel while it conducted a #genocide.

    Now he is #LordChancellor & Secretary of State for Injustice. He is gutting the right to #jurytrial, claiming implausibly that it will speed justice. In reality, it's an attempt to eliminate #JuryNullification in trials of #protesters like the #Filton24 and the #Colston4.

    This leaves a great mystery.

    Lammy's politics are horrendous. Why is #Lammy not more hated?

    #ukpol #defendourjuries

  28. As #ForeignSecretary, #DavidLamny was a dissembling supporter of Israel while it conducted a #genocide.

    Now he is #LordChancellor & Secretary of State for Injustice. He is gutting the right to #jurytrial, claiming implausibly that it will speed justice. In reality, it's an attempt to eliminate #JuryNullification in trials of #protesters like the #Filton24 and the #Colston4.

    This leaves a great mystery.

    Lammy's politics are horrendous. Why is #Lammy not more hated?

    #ukpol #defendourjuries

  29. As #ForeignSecretary, #DavidLamny was a dissembling supporter of Israel while it conducted a #genocide.

    Now he is #LordChancellor & Secretary of State for Injustice. He is gutting the right to #jurytrial, claiming implausibly that it will speed justice. In reality, it's an attempt to eliminate #JuryNullification in trials of #protesters like the #Filton24 and the #Colston4.

    This leaves a great mystery.

    Lammy's politics are horrendous. Why is #Lammy not more hated?

    #ukpol #defendourjuries

  30. As #ForeignSecretary, #DavidLamny was a dissembling supporter of Israel while it conducted a #genocide.

    Now he is #LordChancellor & Secretary of State for Injustice. He is gutting the right to #jurytrial, claiming implausibly that it will speed justice. In reality, it's an attempt to eliminate #JuryNullification in trials of #protesters like the #Filton24 and the #Colston4.

    This leaves a great mystery.

    Lammy's politics are horrendous. Why is #Lammy not more hated?

    #ukpol #defendourjuries

  31. As #ForeignSecretary, #DavidLamny was a dissembling supporter of Israel while it conducted a #genocide.

    Now he is #LordChancellor & Secretary of State for Injustice. He is gutting the right to #jurytrial, claiming implausibly that it will speed justice. In reality, it's an attempt to eliminate #JuryNullification in trials of #protesters like the #Filton24 and the #Colston4.

    This leaves a great mystery.

    Lammy's politics are horrendous. Why is #Lammy not more hated?

    #ukpol #defendourjuries

  32. Ayes 203 Nos 311. Maj 108

    Lammy’s bill passes

    By virtue of the fact that the House rejected the Conservative amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill

    #defendourjuries

  33. Should you be interested to know, they have just divided for the Courts and Tribunals Bill
    #defendourjuries

  34. "I have heard victims saying that waiting three years for a case to come to court is worse than rape itself."

    What a thing to say!!!!

    The grossly offensive and nauseating language of Warinder Juss Labour MP for Wolverhampton West 10 March 2026

    #defendourjuries

  35. Rachel Maskell speaks of the useless IT systems in the Judiciary

    #defendourjuries

  36. 3/4 of Magistrates attended Oxbridge

    How useful is this?

    #defendourjuries

  37. Karl Turner brings up statistics about magistrates

    "In 2025 ethnic minority judges 67,
    Unknown 42, white 637.
    The overwhelming majority of all magistrates were men"

    #defendourjuries

  38. Why the backlog !

    Between 2010 & 2024, the Tory government closed 244 courts and tribunals in England and Wales: 43% of the entire court estate!

    ​Breakdown of Closures (2010–2019)
    ​The majority of these closures occurred during major reform programs aimed at digitizing the justice system and reducing costs.
    ​Magistrates' Courts: 162 closed (over 50% of the total).
    ​County Courts: 90 closed.
    ​Tribunal Buildings: 18 closed.
    ​Family Courts: 17 closed.
    ​Crown Courts: 8 closed
    #defendourjuries

  39. I quickly ran up to the police van's window 🏃‍♀️

    "Heavily overthinking my terrorist crime, of holding an anti-genocide sign." :blobcatmeowsign:

    Josephine is one of the nearly 3000 people arrested for protesting genocide in the UK 🇬🇧

    #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #police #london #arrest #palestine #palestineaction #terrorism #extinctionrebellion #filton24 #protest #activism #humanrights #freedomofspeech #freepalestine #europe #defendourjuries #doj #photography #england #reflection

  40. #DefendOurJuries organises protests against the UK's ban on #PalestineAction. DOJ says that 2,787 people had been arrested under the ban.

    The ban remains in force pending an appeal. So up to 2,787 people still face onerous bail restrictions

    BUT if the Appeal Court upholds the ban's overturning, then that's 2,787 wrongful arrest cases. The compensation bill will be huge.

    And there will be many other cases, esp the #Filton24 who have been treated as terrorists in prison.

    #uklegal #Palestine

  41. #DefendOurJuries organises protests against the UK's ban on #PalestineAction. DOJ says that 2,787 people had been arrested under the ban.

    The ban remains in force pending an appeal. So up to 2,787 people still face onerous bail restrictions

    BUT if the Appeal Court upholds the ban's overturning, then that's 2,787 wrongful arrest cases. The compensation bill will be huge.

    And there will be many other cases, esp the #Filton24 who have been treated as terrorists in prison.

    #uklegal #Palestine

  42. #DefendOurJuries organises protests against the UK's ban on #PalestineAction. DOJ says that 2,787 people had been arrested under the ban.

    The ban remains in force pending an appeal. So up to 2,787 people still face onerous bail restrictions

    BUT if the Appeal Court upholds the ban's overturning, then that's 2,787 wrongful arrest cases. The compensation bill will be huge.

    And there will be many other cases, esp the #Filton24 who have been treated as terrorists in prison.

    #uklegal #Palestine