Right, so Britain has just spent almost three years and a mountain of public money trying to transform three tweets from Tony Greenstein, a 72-year-old Jewish anti-Zionist from Brighton, into the Philosopher's Stone of terrorism convictions and all they produced for themselves was an even bigger mountain of embarrassment.

Greenstein's supposed crime? He was accused of inviting support for Hamas, because of a few posts he made on 7 October 2023.

His defence? He supported Palestinian resistance, not Hamas itself, though it is hard to expect the CPS to see the difference after three years spent poring over his blog.

Apparently, national security in 2026 involves chasing after bloggers in their seventies while anyone truly dangerous is left to enjoy their scones and jam in peace. Especially those ones who don’t put the jam on first. ...