I went for a walk on Hastings prom today. I went because I’ve always believed in supporting citizens’ right to protest and, living as I do in the town of the Hammerblow women, I believed, for most of my life, that our country supports a citizen’s right to stand up against violent crime.

…but it’s not like that any more. Now, it seems to me, the police are forced to step in to protect the government from their crimes.

Was the British government also complicit in last week’s massacre in Lebanon?

The people who gathered to protest, or to witness the protest, were very upset to see it come to this. The organisers, protesters and witnesses were calm and peaceful throughout — but I did notice quite a few passers by were vocally angry — angry at the police, and at the government, that our country has sunk to such a level. Most people though, were calmly supportive, drivers tooting in salute, dog-walkers smiling silent approval, and a few people slipping money to the protesters – I’m told this has become a custom with these protests, because some police forces dump the people they’ve arrested quite far from home, and often late at night. The supporters are making sure they have their fare home.

A very sad day, but a proud one. It’s a consolation in troubled times to know that so many people of this country seriously will not tolerate genocide, and in particular, object to our government’s apparent complicity in such terrible war crimes.

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