A couple of months ago, I boarded a train to London to witness court proceedings in the trial of my friend Sebastian Lock. If the case went against him, Seb was facing a three-month custodial sentence and a hefty fine. The outcome could affect a pending court case in which he will face charges of conspiracy to commit criminal damage. The latter charges carry a maximum of ten years in prison. His actions against Universal Defence Security and Solutions in Cannon Street, London, ‘military adviser’ to the IDF, enables Israeli genocide to be carried out more effectively.

Many questions are left hanging. For example, how come an active spy operation that is, by its very nature, assisting heinous war crimes, allowed to operate in the heart of London’s financial district, violating the human, national and civil rights of Palestinians with impunity? The British government has cynically ignored such questions and is trying to suppress freedom of speech, rights of assembly and protest, that have been hard won over centuries.

My piece for Whitstable Views, a platform described by editor, Christopher Stone, as ‘for Whitstable, and the World,’ examines some of the issues in detail. Why have the courts dropped certain cases and proceeded with others? I also provide links and comment about cruel and unusual punishment, media bias, lawfare, and culture wars Israeli style. The article describes how local and national campaigning works in action by bringing Palestinian voices and culture into our communities.

To read, please go to https://whitstableviews.com/2026/05/28/from-sittingbourne-to-sandwich-via-whitstable-for-palestine/