The Glasgow shipyard, currently building Type 26 Frigates for the Royal Navy, was targeted by protestors calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas taking place in Gaza.

I went along to take a look.

I asked one of the protestors about what they were doing and was told:

“Our voices have been drowned out by their indifference. It’s the higher-ups, the ones pulling the strings and lining their pockets, who are fueling the oppression of the Palestinian people. I’m here because action speaks louder than words. We demand accountability. They must know we won’t stand by while injustices are committed in our names. We’re not backing down.”

A BAE Systems spokesperson said:

“Weā€™re horrified by the situation in Israel and Gaza and the devastating impact itā€™s having on civilians in the region and we hope it can be resolved as soon as possible. We respect everyoneā€™s right to protest peacefully. We operate under the tightest regulation and comply fully with all applicable defence export controls, which are subject to ongoing assessment.”

A PoliceĀ Scotland spokesperson said:

“We are aware of a number of protesters at BAE in Govan Road, Glasgow. Officers are in attendance.”

George Allison
George Allison
George has a degree in Cyber Security from Glasgow Caledonian University and has a keen interest in naval and cyber security matters and has appeared on national radio and television to discuss current events. George is on Twitter at @geoallison
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  1. They pick a site that has absolutely nothing to do with the conflict.

    Not quite sure what the message from that is?

    • No publicity is bad publicity. The content of the message is almost irrelevant. All that’s relevant is the number of column inmches. If you can get the words Israel civilians and oppression somewhere in the first paragraph, that’s just icing on the cake.

      • What’s WRS, please?

        WRP is the Galloway vehicle, but I don’t think you mean that.

        I’d put a C in somewhere for conspiraloon, as is clear from the quote.

  2. One of these days, a protest group will actually do some quality research before screaming that they demand to be heard and causing issues for people not involved in whatever thing they’re protesting.

    I’m reminded of the loons from Just Stop Oil who blocked a tanker lorry hauling vegetable oil…

  6. The sometimes annoying thing about living in a reasonable, civilised society is folks have the right to peaceful protest.

    And as long as they donā€™t do anything stupid then thatā€™s fine and itā€™s something actually worth defending (even if they are eejits, who never did a proper days work in their lives).

    After all unlike a certain other country being a protester in UK doesnā€™t result in a sharp increase in the numbers of accidental deaths due to falling off Balconyā€™s.šŸ„“

    However I actually think that there should be one condition, if you are exercising a legitimate right to protest you have to do so openly and not from behind a mask, thatā€™s for cowards.

    Or maybe half of them have thrown a sickie or have some other reason to not want to be recognised.

    My ex place of work used to get CND outside every now and then. The Derbyshire Police would make sure they were behaving themselves and MOD Plod would look all hard and dangerous with their HKā€™s.

    The protesters were never around at shift start or end time (risk assess). We found a lovely way to annoy them was to just keep sending out trays of Tea (free vending machines).
    Good fun when they realised that there are no loos anywhere nearby and with plod and press cameras, taking a P in public wasnā€™t a good idea.

    • Protests are ok so long as everyone sticks to the law.
      Not sure why they have to block entrances etc. perhaps protests should have to be organised next to the entrance not blocking access.
      This will have no effect on the conflict tho. Take the protest to Israel.

      • Donā€™t be silly, they are all mouth and trousers, Iā€™ve been on the receiving side of Peace / CND / End War protestors ā€œblocking a siteā€,
        They turn up in a bunch of mini buses, after everyone is at work and stand proudly in front of the gates for the benefit of the press.
        Funnily enough they disappear very quickly at shift start / knocking off time / lunch time.
        It was quite comical to watch and for some reason they didnā€™t seem to want to engage their fellow ā€œworkersā€ face to face.
        God help them if they forgot that Friday is POETS day and 3pm is a mass of charging cars, bikes and folks and not very communicative.
        .
        As for blocking anything needing to access the site just did and they just got moved aside.
        Bit of a nuisance but no threat to anyone.

        Shouldnā€™t be allowed to wear masks though, thatā€™s a recent development.

  8. These are the same people if we we’re at war would protest that we’re firing missiles that could hurt someone, bloody idiots.

  9. Village idiots too lazy or dimwitted to have a trade or profession: a product of the welfare state, which discourages financial independence and independence of thought.

  10. The entire purpose of this and similar protests is to change the way the West (In this case the UK) looks and treats Israel with the aim of isolating Israel politically. Thus ensuring that Israel  will die on the vine  and allowing those who have funded and organised all these protests (Iran, Hamas and Islamists to enforce their will without having to fire a shot by playing ā€œOh think of the women and children card, whilst no mention is ever made of how many Hamas gunmen have been taken out) This is nothing new and we saw similar acts of Antisemitism at the UN, where for years instead of debating the human rights abuses across the world be it in: Somalia, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, China, Cuba, South Africa, Libya, Lebanon, Syria, North Korea, Russia, the UN Human rights council only had one country in their cross hairs, yup Israel. But then I am talking about the UN which had Iran chair the Human rights council regards womenā€™s rights in Nov 23. (couldnā€™t make that up if you tried)  
    The other day 3 women were found guilty in London of supporting Terrorism (Hamas which is proscribed in the Uk) and were then allowed to walk free, but it gets better one of the women turns out to be a Asylum seeker from Gaza who claimed her life was at risk in Gaza fromā€¦Hamas, and then it came out in the wash that the Paksitani Judge who sat on the case, had a social media time line of supportingā€¦Hamas.
    Currently politically the Islamists across the Uk are demanding that if no party does as they demand then they will withhold their votes, so it will be very interesting what political concessions will be made to a imported (and very intolerant of the British way of life, other than receiving benefits) polarised group of religious people known for voting on mass as told to by their religious leaders.
    We have seen a huge rise in intimidation of MPs (Including one who has resigned in fear of his life) by Islamists outside their homes. And yet instead of speaking out, the so-called liberals in the Uk actually support these actions
    Now before the usual suspects come out and accuse me of being far right  We now have arrived at the place  in the UK where you are more likely to have a word in your ear by the Old Bill for flying a Union jack than a Hamas, ISIS one, You can hold up traffic for hours by openly praying on mass on the streets, but hey trying singing a gospel song ,  To sum all of this up, 6% of the British population are enforcing their view of the world and their way of life onto the other 94%, not by the vote, but rather by deceit, and intimidation . The irony here been that a lot of the people behind these protests came here as asylum seekers claiming that intolerant behaviour towards them inside their home countries forced them to seek shelter here. Now imagine how they would change Britian if they got into power you know like we are seeing in Scotland, Ireland, London and many councils across the Uk (Such as Kirklees)   

    • That is what I do not understand, refugees flee to the UK because they are being “religiously persecuted” and then they spend most of their time establishing Islamic communities opening Mosques, and, following the very same culture that supposedly oppressed them.

      If you look at “Stop the War Coalition” they are affiliated with many Islamist groups in the UK, and they rely on them to swell the numbers at protests.

      • Parts that can be alternatively sourced from the US, a judicial punishment on Dutch industry which does SFA for the situation in the ME.

      • Bloody hell Andy you have actually posted something I 50% agree with.
        They are protesters but harmless, gormless and useless. They donā€™t even have the sense to protest outside U.K. defence companies owned by Israel. Which would at least make some weird of sense.

        Trump is however dangerous, politically savvy and completely without any moral ballance.

        Donā€™t know about oxygen but heā€™s 340$ million lighter.

        • $364,000,000 in the NYC fraud case disgorgement. Plus 9% interest..
          $88,500,000 in the E.Jean Carroll rape and defamation case.

          Looser…
          and he hasn’t even started the 91 indictments going to trial.

          He belongs in Fulton County Jail where he will be accountable for his actions and not above the law šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡²

  11. “Officers are in attendance.ā€
    Yup, thumbs hooked menacingly in his utility belt, exuding authority and control. Probably waiting for George to leave so he could avail himself of the refreshments available on the table to the left of the picture.

  15. I love it how they all try to cover their faces.
    Useful idiots of, I can confidently guess, no benefit to society or their nation.

  16. How about these people protest outside the Iranian embassy “Stop Arming Hamas/Houthis/Hezbollah” Israel did not start this conflict, but they do not want to hear that.

  17. Spot on, it would be interesting to interview some of the protesters specifically the white British one’s with no connection to either Israel or gaza and ask the question why only protest this with so many things going on in the world nowadays?.

    • Because for a Marxist, Israel is the icon of Western world , it is the proxy to make any western country unable to defend itself.

      • The Israel-Palestinian conflict is actually a conflict mostly inside Western civilisation(includes Russia).
        Palestinians would not even have existed without Israel. They would have been Jordanians and Egyptians and no one cared.

  19. I think masked protests should be banned…. people should be held responsible for their actions. If they are doing something wrong or illegal we should see who they are.

    • I find it threatening and clearly has potential to intimidate. Trouble is the Islamists mask up their women so what do you do?

    • Setting yourself up against Gardeners Question Time? The Radio 4 audience will have a series of stiffly worded letters for you, mate!

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