Did Cooper Prejudice A Jury? | Contempt Filed

Yvette Cooper’s Observer column is now the evidence in a contempt complaint - but will the law apply to a minister? Right, so look at this. Yvette Cooper, former Home Secretary, now Foreign Secretary, wrote in a national newspaper piece about Palestine Action while criminal proceedings linked to them are still live, and she’s done it in the one way that creates the maximum legal friction, because she’s not just arguing policy, she’s branding them with “violence, intimidation… weapons, and serious injuries”, and then she admits in the same breath that “important details cannot yet be publicly reported because of criminal proceedings”. So she’s telling you she knows the cases are active, she’s telling you she can’t publish the specifics, and she’s still pushing the most loaded framing she can get on the record anyway. Now Defend Our Juries say they’ve lodged a contempt of court complaint to the Attorney General, Richard Hermer, over that exact kind of ministerial commentary, because contempt exists for one reason: so powerful people don’t get to salt the ground around a trial and then act surprised when “fair jury” becomes a fantasy. So stay with me, because I’m going to put the line on screen, I’m going to show you why it’s not a harmless turn of phrase, I’m going to connect it to what Parliament has already voted through, and I’m going to spell out what this forces onto the table now: either ministers are bound by the rules they preach, or “rule of law” is just something they shout at everyone else. Right, so Yvette Cooper has chosen to write a newspaper column about a group that the state has just shoved under terrorism powers, while criminal cases linked to that group are still live, and she has done it in the one way that creates the most legal friction: not by arguing policy, not by talking in generalities, but by stitching together a picture of “violence, intimidation… In this segment, we examine Yvette Cooper's controversial newspaper article about Palestine Action, a topic currently making waves in the "uk politics" landscape. Her statements, made while criminal proceedings were ongoing, have sparked considerable debate across the "united kingdom" and are a significant part of "news today". This "breaking news" highlights the legal friction created by her framing of the group, which has been widely discussed on platforms like "gb news". ►SOURCES: GOV.UK: Contempt of court; The Law Officers’ approach to contempt of court referrals; CPS: Contempt of Court JUDICIARY OF ENGLAND AND WALES: R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: OPEN Judgment (final) UK PARLIAMENT: Division 2078 — Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 HANSARD: Palestine Action: Proscription — 23 June 2025; Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism — 2 July 2025 THE OBSERVER: Yvette Cooper: Palestine Action’s violent criminality is not lawful protest THE CANARY/SKWAWKBOX: Defend Our Juries lodge contempt complaint against Yvette Cooper over Observer article DECLASSIFIED UK: Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned ***Subscribe to the channel here*** https://www.youtube.com/KernowDamo?sub_confirmation=1 ►ABOUT ME: Hi, I'm Damien Willey. I'm a former welder, but now I'm a writer, blogger, vlogger and presenter and interviewer with Socialist Telly (Please do go and visit what we all get up to on https://www.youtube.com/c/SocialistTelly) I'm an unpaid carer for my disabled wife and daughter and as such we know all too well the difficulties that are associated with that living in Tory Britain - both blue Tories and red ones - and I personally believe the answer lies in socialism. This channel, along with my other social media act as outlets to push back against that, to demand better of our politicians and leaders, to pull apart the media spin that supports them and the way the UK is run and to give a voice, loud as mine is, to the voiceless. ►CONTACT: Email: [email protected] ►SUPPORT: If you appreciate the importance of alternative media in the UK and enjoy my work please consider financially supporting it. Various options to suit all budgets, please visit linktr.ee/KernowDamo to find out more. Please support Independent Media. ►SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Alternatively please share this video on your favourite social media & if you'd like to see what I get up to elsewhere, you can also find links to my presence elsewhere at linktr.ee/KernowDamo Damo Rants Kernow Damo News,Justice,Politics,Case,Ethics,Court,Contempt,Misconduct,Legal,Jury,Judicial,Prejudice,Attorney,yvette cooper,palestine action,yvette cooper contempt,defend our juries,richard hermer,attorney general,starmer,keir starmer,the oberver,declassified uk,john mcevoy,crown prosecution service,contempt of court,contempt of court order,judge,what is contempt of court,report contempt of court,contempt of court judgement,law,kernow damo,kernowdamo,damo rants,damo