Tom Southerden

“The sight of musicians, politicians and celebrities being arrested for peacefully holding placards is a grim one. That they were arrested for using the same language that Sarah Helm didn’t face arrest for, shows how dangerously vague our terrorism laws are.”

Tom Southerden · said 2026-11-04 · reported 2026-11-04

Southerden criticised the arrests of placard-holding demonstrators outside the Supreme Court hearing on Palestine Action's proscription.

“Today was another demonstration of the chaos wrought by the Government’s grave misuse of terrorism powers to proscribe Palestine Action,”

Tom Southerden · said 2026-11-04 · reported 2026-11-04

Southerden issued a statement after about 25 protesters were arrested outside the Supreme Court during the appeal hearing.

“Whatever the Supreme Court ultimately decides, it’s long past time for the Government to admit they got this badly wrong, end the proscription of Palestine Action and put a stop to these appalling arrests,”

Tom Southerden · said 2026-11-04 · reported 2026-11-04

Southerden called on the UK government to end the proscription of Palestine Action and stop the arrests.