The Guardian, on UK Politics, 5 November 2026
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Read the original article on theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)The Guardian reports that the Metropolitan police settled a claim by Tej Singh Bhandal, a 68-year-old pro-Palestinian activist arrested under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act at St Pancras, and apologised to him. It attributes each claim to the person who made it, quotes the force's own admission that the stop and arrest did not meet the legal requirements, and gives Bhandal and his lawyer room to describe what happened. Nothing in it misleads the reader.
“did not meet the requirements of the legislation”
The Guardian prints the counter-terrorism commander's own admission that the examination and arrest were unlawful. The reader learns from the police themselves that the force got it wrong, not only from the activist's side.
“but was released with no further action taken”
Having mentioned his earlier arrest in the Elbit investigation, the Guardian states plainly that it ended with no further action. This stops the reader from tying Bhandal to the Palestine Action incident through the investigation alone.
“I was handcuffed and led through the station in full view of the public.”
The Guardian gives the person who was wrongly arrested space to describe in his own words what it did to him, so the human cost of the misuse of terrorism powers is concrete.
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