Pro-Palestine protester ‘Big Ben Dan’ found guilty
‘Big Ben Dan’ Day has been found guilty of ‘public nuisance’ at Southwark Crown Court after climbing the parliamentary tower in March 2025. Day’s 17-hour protest was against Israel’s Gaza genocide and against state-sanctioned police violence against peaceful protest.
Big Ben Dan — “Serious disruption”
The state claims Day caused a £67,000 public bill, some lost bus fares and “serious disruption”. Not as big as Israel’s genocide has caused to millions of innocent Palestinians and surely that’s the point of protest. But that’s the UK state’s priority as Keir Starmer wages war on anti-genocide speech and protest.
Supporters chanted “Free Palestine” outside the court throughout the hearing. Day will be sentenced on 27 July. So far no indication has been given that he will be sentenced as a terrorist, as the state is likely to do to other anti-genocide protesters tomorrow, 12 June 2026. However, nothing should be ruled out as Starmer continues to protect Israel from scrutiny and resistance.
Public bleeding
The court was told that Day had bled on the tower’s stone because he had taken his shoes off for the climb. ‘Bleeding on a public building’ is not listed as a criminal offence, at least yet. Just as well, given the unprovoked police violence Day was highlighting.
Jurors also heard that Day said:
We’re being violently attacked by police for peaceful protest. That’s why I’m taking action at the so-called hub of democracy today.
It’s unclear how this was meant to be incriminating.
Spare a thought
The CPS’s Claire Campbell said afterward that the “fundamental right” to protest isn’t allowed to cause “serious public disruption”. Assuming she votes, perhaps she’ll spare a thought for the Suffragettes and their campaign next time she’s at the ballot box. That included very serious disruption, including widespread window-smashing and even the planting of bombs, as well as the death of a protester under the hoofs of the king’s racehorse.
Featured image via Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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A Voltaire quote sums up the current Lab Govt and all the opposition parties who are equally complicit in the Genocide of 680,000
Palestinians in Gaza including 380,000 children. (Polya & Hil, The Lancet 14/9/25).
Whilst these lumpen seem currently blissfully unaware of their barbarism HISTORY WILL CONDEMN THEM, FOR EVER!
“It is forbidden to kill: therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
Free🇵🇸♥️☮️⚖️Solidarity!
Never Forget. Never Forgive.
Every western politician and institution entirely complicit in mass murder of innocents. The United Nations proved nothing but a decorative veneer for the MIC.
Meanwhile all the “alt”-journalists wank over Albanese, even as the organisation she works for takes $20 million more from Israel for doing NOTHING to stop the killing (over $60 million since the genocide began) and approving a colonial landgrab.
“The CPS’s Claire Campbell said afterward that the “fundamental right” to protest isn’t allowed to cause “serious public disruption””
Au Contrare Claire, only the modernist, tyrannical definition says protests cannot cause ‘serious public disruption’. Of course, the tyrant’s brutal oppression which does seriously disrupt the public – well, apparently that can continue unabated. How many pedophiles from the UK government have you prosecuted yet Claire? How many war criminals who have destroyed people’s lives have you let walk free? Do you honestly, honestly, believe your own diatribe Claire, regurgitated as the mindless, thoughtless process in defence of tyranny?
‘We can disrupt you, but you cannot disrupt us’
How many members of the public live on the outside of the Parliamentary Tower, Claire? Is it zero? Were zero members of the public disrupted? I could not think of a more thoughtful, less disruptive protest if I tried. Perhaps you’d prefer it if we all started waving ‘star of david’ flags and violently beating people up ala Tel Aviv football thugs?
Shove off with your pro-cop cop-out love.
“How many pedophiles from the UK government have you prosecuted yet Claire?” If you have a list of such men who despite good evidence have not been prosecuted, reply with it. I’m sure we, and the police, would be interested.