Prime Minister Andy Burnham has backed the “rigorous and evidence-based process” behind the proscription of protest group Palestine Action after being urged to review the decision.
It comes after Normal People author Sally Rooney said she will no longer be able to sell her books in the UK over her support for the group.
The Palestine Action ban, which began on July 5 2025, made membership of, or support for, the direct-action group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
Ms Rooney previously said she would donate her earnings from her books and BBC adaptations of novels to Palestine Action, which has a state goal of “ending global participation in Israel’s genocidal and apartheid regime”.
As a result, Ms Rooney’s publisher, Faber, has determined it cannot sell her novels in Britain. #politics
Lewis Denison reports.
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