If someone lobs a brick through your front window, in most parts of the UK the best you will get from the police is a polite response, a crime number so you can claim on insurance, and no action. Hold up a sign calling for an end to genocide, and you’ll get arrested
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/18/man-arrested-in-glasgow-for-holding-sign-allegedly-supportive-of-palestine-action
Ian Betteridge
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