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Will Durrant

Labour MP warns proscribing Palestine Action would be ‘kneejerk reaction’

Protesters in London’s Trafalgar Square hold up a ‘We are all Palestine Action’ banner after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper unveiled plans to proscribe the organisation (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

Labelling Palestine Action a terrorist group would be a risky, “kneejerk” decision, MPs have warned, after a break-in at RAF Brize Norton last week.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has unveiled plans to proscribe the organisation, which armed forces minister Luke Pollard described as “not a protest group”.

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