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Britain’s ban on pro-Palestinian author Sally Rooney makes it a laughing stock

Britain’s ban on pro-Palestinian author Sally Rooney makes it a laughing stock
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“Actions have consequences,” British Minister of State for Skills and former home secretary Baroness Jacqui Smith said of Palestine Action, the protest group proscribed as a terrorist organisation across the United Kingdom. She was lecturing the group’s members and supporters, who are legion in Britain, on taking responsibility for their actions. From where everyone else is sitting, she might as well have been talking about her Labour Party colleagues, such as fellow former home secretary...

“Actions have consequences,” British Minister of State for Skills and former home secretary Baroness Jacqui Smith said of Palestine Action, the protest group proscribed as a terrorist organisation across the United Kingdom. She was lecturing the group’s members and supporters, who are legion in Britain, on taking responsibility for their actions. From where everyone else is sitting, she might as well have been talking about her Labour Party colleagues, such as fellow former home secretary Yvette... [Image text:] ISRAEL PALESTINE A classic coming-of-age love storyVOGUE SALLYNORMAL ROONE PEOPLE CONVERSATIO HITM FRIEND SALLY MULTI ROONEY Extraordinar
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