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Tom Slater says Sally Rooney pulled her books from UK sale after backing Palestine Action
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""Palestine action gets prescribed as a terrorist organization in July of last year. So, under British terror law, to fund this organization is a extremely serious offense. To even express support for this organization is an extremely serious offense.""
Panellist Tom Slater says Irish novelist Sally Rooney has pulled her books from sale in the UK in agreement with her publisher, following what he describes as her public support for Palestine Action and her intention to donate royalties to the group. Slater adds that, after the group’s proscription under UK terrorism law (as he describes it), funding or expressing support for it could amount to serious offences, and says the episode has fuelled a free-speech row.
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- Tom Slater · panellist
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- Trump's Fake Energy Ceasefire + Shane Gillis Gym Wh*res Joke Sparks Outrage - Off the Fence
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