A Labour peer has warned that the government’s ban on Palestine Action is at risk of becoming an “I am Spartacus” moment, suggesting the decision to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation was disproportionate.
Shami Chakrabarti, a former shadow attorney general and civil liberties campaigner, urged the government to “think again”, warning that the group’s ban may lead to more people, not fewer, taking to the streets to support it.
