Open Letter to J.K. Rowling

Abandon Your Support for Israel’s Death Eaters @jk_rowling J.K. Rowling, c/o Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP Israeli artists with mouths sealed to represent the decision of the Israeli Government to cut the funding of artists who oppose the Occupation of the West Bank and the settlements J K Rowling – a Betrayal…

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A ‘Democratic’ Coup in Tower Hamlets by an Unelected Judge

Elected Leader of Tower Hamlet’s Council Lutfur Rahman is Overthrown as Electoral Judge Substitutes Himself for the Electorate I have a letter in today’s Guardian condemning the removal of the leader.  In the same issue there is a typical Guardian handwringing leader which fails to grasp the serious constitutional and democratic issues involved. Letter in Guardian…

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Southampton University – Legal Action Expected Next Week

After the decision of Southampton University’s Administration to ban a conference on Israel and International Law, admittedly a subject which Israel’s leaders are particularly sensitive to, legal action in the form of a judicial review is expected next week.  However, as someone who has mounted a (successful) judicial review in the past, people have to…

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