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  • Vigil for GP jailed over Just Stop Oil protest

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    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpq7j5z85z1o

    More than 100 people gathered in Bristol on Saturday

    Scores of people took part in a city centre vigil for a GP jailed over his role in a Just Stop Oil protest.

    Dr Patrick Hart, 38, was sentenced to 12 months in prison in January after causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to 16 fuel pumps at a service station in Essex in August 2022.

    In March, Dr Hart also had his General Medical Council registration suspended for an interim 12-month period, and faces a possible further suspension following his release.

    About 150 people, including former colleagues and patients, gathered at Cascade Steps in Bristol on Saturday to raise awareness of his sentence.

    Dr Romola Pocock, a GP and former colleague of Dr Hart’s at Bridge View Medical Practice, said he had shown “care, integrity and dedication” to his job and was “greatly missed by patients and colleagues”.

    Fellow GP at the practice Dr Emily Pollard said: “Will history remember doctors who stood against the destruction of the health of our planet as criminals?”

    Handout Two elderly men sat at the protest, one of which holds a sign which says "doctor jailed for 12 months".
    Colleagues of Dr Hart said he was “greatly missed” by his patients

    Dr Hart was arrested after hitting petrol pumps with a hammer, spraying them with orange pain and “obstructed or otherwise interfered with the refuelling of vehicles”, and was found guilty of causing criminal damage.

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    Original article continues at https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpq7j5z85z1o

  • Activists blockade two Israeli weapons sites in Bristol

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/activists-blockade-two-israeli-weapons-sites-bristol


    Protesters use a van to block the gates to Elbit at Filton near Bristol Photo: Neil Terry Photography

    ACTIVISTS blockaded two Israeli weapons sites in Bristol as they vowed to redouble their efforts to shut down Elbit Systems today.

    Palestine Action used lock-on devices inside vans to block the gates at the entrances of both sites, preventing anyone from coming in or out.

    One of the sites, a facility at Filton, is the brand new £35 million research and development hub of Israel’s biggest weapons firm.

    The other site is Elbit’s headquarters at Aztec West 600, which the activists said is used by Elbit to oversee their logistical, financial, and operational affairs throughout the country.

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/activists-blockade-two-israeli-weapons-sites-bristol

  • Students’ Gaza protests spread across Britain

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/students-gaza-protests-spread-across-britain

    A student adjusts a sign at an encampment on the grounds of Newcastle University, protesting against the war in Gaza, May 2, 2024

    Wave of campus occupations launched at six unis

    THOUSANDS of pro-Palestine students across Britain are mobilising at their universities to demand an end to “complicity in Israel’s genocide” following violent demonstrations across US campuses.

    Students in Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield and Bristol have joined peers in Warwick by pitching tents outside university buildings in protest against the war in Gaza.

    Bristol students said they were golding the action “in protest of the university’s complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians,” while Apartheid Off Campus Newcastle said its own action was to “highlight the institution’s investment strategy and its complicity in the Israeli military’s war crimes.”

    Student activists elsewhere have also held marches and protests.

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/students-gaza-protests-spread-across-britain

  • Acorn target three arms companies supplying weapons to Israel

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    https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/acorn-target-three-arms-companies-supplying-weapons-israel

    Acorn activists outside the entrance of aerospace and defence manufacturer Meggitt in Birmingham

    THREE British arms firms supplying Israel with weapons were blockaded today when activists, local community members and tenants’ union Acorn went into action in defence of Gaza.

    Acorn is active in towns and cities across Britain fighting on issues such as tenants’ rights, public transport and the cost-of-profits crisis.

    Activists targeted weapons manufacturers in Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds today.

    In Birmingham, the entrances to aerospace and defence manufacturer Meggitt were blocked; in Bristol, protesters turned away workers at defence and security manufacturer Leonardo; and in Leeds, the offices of BAE System were blockaded.

    All three firms manufacture or provide components and systems for military aircraft being used in the bombardment of Gaza.

    Acorn chairwoman Chelsea Phillips said: “Acorn will not stand by while entire communities are obliterated while ordinary people just like us are murdered in their tens of thousands by the Israeli government with the support of our government and using horrific weapons of war built by British companies.

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    https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/acorn-target-three-arms-companies-supplying-weapons-israel

  • Polling experts predict Green Party will win second MP

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    Carla Denyer, Cost of Living Crisis protest, Bristol, 2 April 2022
    Carla Denyer, Cost of Living Crisis protest, Bristol, 2 April 2022

    https://bright-green.org/2023/08/09/polling-experts-predict-green-party-will-win-second-mp/

    A major political forecasting website is currently predicting that the Green Party is on track to win two MPs. Electoral Calculus, which issues regular predictions based on the latest opinion polls, is currently projecting that the party’s co-leader Carla Denyer will be elected as an MP for the new Bristol Central constituency.

    Presently, Electoral Calculus is predicting that the Green Party would take 46.3% of the vote in the seat which is among the top targets for the party. The same projection has Labour’s Thangam Debbonaire trailing behind on 39.4%. Electoral Calculus therefore gives the Greens a 69% chance of winning in the constituency.

    Speaking to Bright Green about the prediction, Denyer said: “We will take nothing for granted, but this prediction that Bristol will have its first Green Party MP after the next general election mirrors what we are sensing on the ground.

    “We know from talking to people on the doorstep that many in Bristol Central are uninspired by Labour and are turning to the Greens because they know we stand for real action on the climate crisis and have the policies to create a fairer, more equal society. They also know Green MPs will hold a future government to account.

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    https://bright-green.org/2023/08/09/polling-experts-predict-green-party-will-win-second-mp/

    dizzy: I hope that the Green Party achieve far more than 2 MPs