By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2026-09-25 20:46:31 | Updated at 2026-09-25 21:44:20
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Palestine Action is plotting to wreak havoc on Andy Burnham's first party conference as Labour leader with a mass protest.
Defend our Juries, a campaign group which organises events for the proscribed terror group, wants to heap more pressure on Mr Burnham to lift the ban on the outlawed organisation and the party's policy on Gaza.
Brazen campaigners have even threatened to break the law to cause the utmost disturbance at the annual congregation of Labour MPs, staffers and lobby hacks.
The pro-Palestinians have been instructed to brandish placards which read "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" almost three years since Hamas's October 7 massacre on Israel.
This week, those due to partake in the controversial event were instructed to don red clothing while brandishing pro-Palestine Action banners and placards.
They were also briefed on tactics to waste police resources including witholding personal details and using burner phones, The Times revealed.
They were even taught how to go "floppy" - essentially becoming a dead weight and much harder to move if arrested.
Back in February, the High Court ruled that the Home Office's decision to ban Palestine Action was unlawful.
Palestine Action was proscribed as a terror group in the UK
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However, the Court of Appeal overturning the ruling in July, much to the campaigners' dismay.
The terror organisation's co-founder, Huda Ammori, is now due to inflict the case on the Supreme Court in November with a fresh appeal.
During this week's briefing on the planned conference chaos, Ammori complained that "Palestine Action faces harsher sanctions than Israel".
She further said Mr Burnham had inherited the issue from his predecessor, demanding the regional conflict in the Middle East "was at the forefront" of a British political party's agenda.
Palestine Action is seeking to cause disruption at Labour Conference this weekend
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If he refused to deproscribe Palestine Action, the terror group vowed to be a "massive thorn in his side until he does".
An action briefing reads: “Burnham will be looking for ways to distance himself from the previous cabinet. We suggest he starts off strong by deproscribing Palestine Action.
"The plan is to communicate this to him by sitting outside his first Labour Party conference en masse with our totally peaceful demeanour and signs.
"Hundreds of ordinary people getting arrested under terrorism legislation right outside the conference centre windows will show Andy early in his term what the people want and what they will do to get it.
"He could do the right thing and, as part of a long list, deproscribe Palestine Action now. Or we can be a massive thorn in his side until he does."
Alex Hearn, Labour Against Antisemitism's co-director, told The Times: "These people are so extreme that nothing the Government does will ever be enough for them.
"[Ed] Miliband and Burnham can deproscribe Palestine Action and introduce more and more sanctions to pander to this niche of potential voters, but these far-left activists will still try and destroy the conference."
Mr Hearn accused the protesters of "believing they are above the law" after being allowed to have "free rein" on Britain's streets.
"And our Government has continued to pander to them," he fumed, hitting out at the "strategy to overwhelm the police and maximise disruption".
