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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

Starmer and Trump discussed Palestine Action twice on calls before group’s terror ban, court hears

Sir Keir Starmer and President Donald Trump discussed Palestine Action twice on calls before the protest group was banned under terror laws, the High Court has heard.

Activists from the group painted “Gaza is not for sale” and dug up parts of the green at Mr Trump’s golf course in Scotland in March 2025, with the president writing on social media that the prime minister had assured him that “they caught the terrorists” involved.

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