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Keir Starmer’s Cops Arrest Screenwriter Paul Laverty in Edinburgh for wearing a Pro-Palestine T Shirt – “The most important court in the world is the court of public opinion”

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The screenwriter of many Ken Loach films – including The Wind That Shakes the Barley – Paul Laverty – has been arrested in Edinburgh for wearing a Pro-Palestine T Shirt.

Paul Laverty, Scriptwriter of many Ken Loach films including The Wind That Shakes the Barley arrested in Edinburgh for wearing a Pro-Palestine T Shirt. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-poli…

— John Meehan (@johndmeehan.bsky.social) 2025-08-25T19:26:30.586Z

Link :


The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Wikipedia)

EXCLUSIVE: Watch Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty reads out the names of the 22 members of the UK Government Cabinet 'guilty of collusion with genocide' before he was arrested this morning 👇

— The National (@scotnational.bsky.social) 2025-08-25T13:12:11.430Z

Update : Paul Laverty Released and charged with a terrorism offence

The most important court in the world is the court of public opinion

Paul Laverty : https://bsky.app/profile/dmcguirecfc67.bsky.social/post/3lxap5nwebc2s

“I now have been charged with a terrorism offence… charged with terrorism because you oppose starvation, oppose the execution of the starving. “Another [Palestinian] journalist was murdered this morning, [there was] another attack on a hospital, and I'm being accused of terrorism.”• Paul Laverty

— Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social) 2025-08-25T19:50:28.479Z

Written by tomasoflatharta

Aug 25, 2025 at 9:47 pm

Posted in Apartheid, Britain, British Labour Party, Edinburgh, Genocide, I, Daniel Blake, Israel, Ken Loach, Palestine, Paul Laverty Screenwriter, Scotland, Sir Keir Starmer, The Wind That Shakes the Barley