Comparisons between Palestine Action and the suffragettes by Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr
The rejection by Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr of comparisons between Palestine Action and militant suffragettes are historical nonsense. No one faced with the evidence could have said what Carr said that comparisons with groups such as the Suffragettes were 'seriously flawed'.
For
example take a look at the following information from Rebel Road on Emmeline
Pankhurst https://markwrite.co.uk/2018/12/31/pankhurst-emmeline-and-her-daughters-christabel-and-sylvia-manchester/
The
first WSPU meeting was held and the motto ‘Deeds not words’ was adopted. Those
involved became known as The SUFFRAGETTES and they increasingly used militant
tactics to raise awareness of their demands. Emmeline was arrested on many
occasions. There were attacks on Churches after the Church of England had
voiced its opposition to the concept of suffrage. MPs’ windows were
smashed and politicians were harassed and their meetings disrupted. Winston
Churchill and Sir Edward Grey were assaulted when speaking in
Manchester.
Emmeline Pankhurst statue in Manchester - copyright Mark Harvey
Or
Oldham’s Annie Kenney
https://markwrite.co.uk/2018/06/15/annie-kenney-oldham-2/
Kenney became involved in
trade union activities but she is best known for her involvement in the Women’s
Social and Political Union (WSPU). In October 1905, Kenney and Christabel
Pankhurst interrupted a politician meeting to ask Winston Churchill and Sir
Edward Grey about their views on whether women should be allowed to vote.
When neither man replied and the
women then got out a banner declaring ‘Votes for Women’ they were thrown out
and arrested for obstruction. Kenney went to prison for 3 days. She was later
involved in many other similar acts and suffered imprisonment on many
occasions and during which time she was often force fed after participating in
hunger strikes.
Or Mary Gawthorpe of Leeds
https://markwrite.co.uk/2018/07/12/mary-gawthorpe-leeds/
Convicted
for conspiracy to murder the Prime Minister and his cabinet minister
There was
also the fitting up of women fighting for the vote and, of which the best known
is possibly Alice Wheeldon and her daughter and son-in-law. Following the decision
by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2022 to reject an appeal for their
convictions to be overturned all three remain convicted for conspiracy to
murder Prime Minister Lloyd George and his cabinet minister Arthur Henderson in
1917.
In 2013
Derby City Council and Derby Civic Society erected a Blue Plaque as a memorial
to Alice Wheeldon at her home on 29 Pear Tree Road, Derby. This was
public recognition for the campaign, instigated by the Derby People’s History
Group, to clear Wheeldon and her daughter and son-in-law, Winnie and Alf
Mason, of their convictions for conspiracy to murder Prime Minister Lloyd
George and his cabinet minister Arthur Henderson in 1917. Sentences of ten,
five and seven years were imposed after a swift trial that gripped the nation.
An application for review to clear the name of the three
people convicted of conspiring to kill the prime minister was rejected by the
Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2022. Descendants continue to campaign for
these convictions to be overturned.
Bradford’s Julia Varley too was sent to prison.
Read her story. https://markwrite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/6328-julia-varley-booklet.pdf
In 2003 I published a book titled RADICAL AND REVOLTING –
THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS
One article by Carol Farmer was titled SUFFRAGE….A STRUGGLE
FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. Read more below and the book can be read at:- https://markwrite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/radicalandrevolting.pdf
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