Marches in support of a ceasefire in Gaza

Yes as I said his placard was snatched but he wasn’t beaten up.

Compulsory purchase involves purchase and not theft. And trying to say that such compulsory purchase for HS2 is identical to people of one nation stealing the lands of another in defiance of international law is frankly a laughable argument to make. And one I need spend little further time pointing out the ridiculousness of. It does that for itself.

And saying the Israeli land thefts are okay because everyone else is doing it is as I have already stated one of the most childish justifications for a wrong that is imaginable.

And in Israel's case these land thefts have been constant and ongoing and conducive of much newsworthy strife in the area, and such an obstacle to peace, that it is inevitable that it will be a major topic of discussion amongst all people of goodwill. Where other land grabs are equally newsworthy and a threat to peace, ie in the Ukraine, it is a major issue of discussion as well. This is natural.

The reason that the left here is rather more vocal about the Israeli land thefts, than it is about the Ukraine, is that we all mostly tend to be on the same page in opposing Putin's land grabs. There are very few apologists for Russia here. But there are countless apologists for Israel here who need to be challenged. It is the very fact that many here are happy for Israel to do what they would condemn others doing that makes is such a totemic domestic political issue for the left.

Your own risible contributions with their laughable justifications for the indefensible themselves act to prove this point.

If I were to criticise Putin's land grab, you'd agree with me. End of debate.

Your reluctance to criticise Israel's - and feeble attempts to justify it - is what is making it such a live issue between you and I. The same holds true in the nation at large. Understand that, and you might begin to understand why the Israeli land thefts remain such a live issue for the left. And it is essentially because many on the right here tend to seek to justify or excuse it in a way they don't when anybody else does it

This is what will probably happen on Saturday..

No one said he was. You simply misinterpreted a post and cannot do the decent thing.

I did not say that at all - please stop lying.

I am only responsible for what I write - and the guy with the placard was plainly attacked as I said.

I let you post your apology in your own time.

you said, and I quote:  "Both you and Pacifico have vivid imaginations,he wasn’t beaten up."


As I have shown, I never claimed he was beaten up - I said he was attacked which he plainly was.

Of course I dont really expect an apology for lying.