Starmer's government has escalated the Kneecap case again after it collapsed embarrassingly once already - cue more shame in which case! Right, so a terrorism charge against Mo Chara of the Irish band Kneecap collapsed because the state failed to meet its own legal requirements. The magistrate said the court had no jurisdiction. That should have been the end of it. Instead, Keir Starmer’s government has now apparently chosen to appeal it. Not because new facts emerged, not because anyone was at risk, but because the state didn’t like being told it couldn’t proceed. That decision is the problem. This isn’t about a rapper, or a flag, or cultural offence. It’s about what happens when a prosecution dies on procedure and power decides that that outcome itself is unacceptable. And this isn’t a one-off. We’ve seen this move before. Expressive conduct ge ...