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Kneecap member charged with terror offence

Liam Ó hAnnaidh, 27, has been charged after allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, the Met Police says.

Seems like a very dangerous precedent to lay down.

Meh, obviously not something I condone bla bla, but where was this reaction at the time and why does it just so happen to come after they (rightfully) called Israel out for genocide at Coachella? They have outright said they condemn Hezbollah and say a lot of things to gain a reaction, Almost like some big suits got a bit panicked and started rustling through this anti-establishment group to see what they could find...

The can of worms it opens in NI is hilarious as we have to put up with towns festooned with UDA/UVF flags each summer for the 12th July as Unionist politicans use this as a stick to hit Kneecap because of the message they send out.

53 minutes ago, Steve201 said:

The can of worms it opens in NI is hilarious as we have to put up with towns festooned with UDA/UVF flags each summer for the 12th July as Unionist politicans use this as a stick to hit Kneecap because of the message they send out.

Yeah I don’t get how we proclaim to have free speech then at the same time criminalise people for stuff like this or artistic expression.

How can there be two or more sides in a messy Middle Eastern conflict and on one hand the Gov supplies weapons to one side indiscriminately carpet combing hospitals but if you have a flag of the other side you are in trouble with the law. It’s just a bit senseless and odd precedents being set when totally unnecessary

We all know who’s on the right side of history anyway!

And as I say the hypocrisy in NI alone is sickening considering people have UDA flags in their towns intimidating people (the UDA are also a terrorist organisation).

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/21/kneecaps-glastonbury-performance-not-appropriate-says-keir-starmer

ahead of Glastonbury next weekend both Starmer and Badenoch have made comments against Kneecap performing

asked questions in an interview, but still

In an interview with The Sun, Sir Keir was asked if he thought the trio should perform at Glastonbury, to which he replied: "No, I don't, and I think we need to come down really clearly on this.

"This is about the threats that shouldn't be made, I won't say too much because there's a court case on, but I don't think that's appropriate."

less than a decade ago, the Labour leader's name was being chanted at Glasto... can pretty safely say that's not happening this year unless accompanied by a four-letter expletive

Just now, Iz 🌟 said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/21/kneecaps-glastonbury-performance-not-appropriate-says-keir-starmer

ahead of Glastonbury next weekend both Starmer and Badenoch have made comments against Kneecap performing

asked questions in an interview, but still

less than a decade ago, the Labour leader's name was being chanted at Glasto... can pretty safely say that's not happening this year unless accompanied by a four-letter expletive

Starmer was put in an awkward position though, I think he handled the question as best he could. No idea why the right wing are so obsessed about Glastonbury. You know if anything is said it will be ct straight away from the BBC feeds. Just absolute bonkers, it's a festival 😂

The British establishment has always been like this and on the wrong side of history. Look at pre 1990 sure Mandela was a terrorist then too 🙃

I'm glad Glastonbury has held strong so far, hopefully they don't keel over at the last minute. Intrigued how the BBC handle showing them, guessing it'll be confined to a heavily censored live feed.

They prob just won’t show them, or will they have to?

The BBC are currently planning to show their set. However, I suspect the live feed will be subject to a short delay.

Tbh I think the support for kneecap will be huge there and they’d be foolish not to cover it. The place they actually held up the flag I know people who work there I’m there often and I didn’t really know anything about them. Now their name is huge. The state prosecuting things like this is draconian nonsense and a waste of everybodies time. Courts and police are stacked and overloaded as it is.