The University and College Union (UCU) branch at the Grand Parade campus of the University of Brighton passed the following resolution, which has been endorsed by the CLS executive:

This branch expresses its dismay that the Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Rebecca Long-Bailey, has been sacked for retweeting an article from The Independent, by the actor Maxine Peake, which linked Israeli training to the ‘knee on the neck’ tactic of restraint. The branch notes that this is not an egregious link: the tactic is widespread in its use by Israeli forces against Palestinian protesters, and that the training of US law-enforcement officers by Israeli agencies has been in existence for many years. In the circumstances, Peake’s inference is more … Read on ...