British MP Ian Byrne calls for lifting ban on Palestine Action after Rooney

British MP Ian Byrne calls for lifting ban on Palestine Action after Rooney British Member of Parliament Ian Byrne has called on the government to de-proscribe Palestine Action, after Irish novelist Sally Rooney said she can no longer sell her books in the UK due to support for the pro-Palestine group. Byrne wrote on X that when he voted against the proscription of Palestine Action, he and many others "warned of the draconian consequences it would bring". He said that since then, thousands have been arrested and cr