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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn

‘A duty to intervene’: the former UK government lawyer at centre of pro-Palestine protests

Tim Crosland speaks to media outside the Royal Courts of Justice
Tim Crosland outside the Royal Courts of Justice: ‘Over time, I came to the conclusion that no, you do not make substantial change from the inside.’ Photograph: Sam Tobin/PA

Handcuffed and being hauled into the back of a police van, Tim Crosland still managed to crack a smile after being arrested under the Terrorism Act last month.

“The mother of all democracies, people,” the former government lawyer can be seen saying in now viral footage after he was one of 27 people arrested at the Gandhi statue in Parliament Square for allegedly showing support for a proscribed organisation, Palestine Action.

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