It was only after Miles Pickering arrived at Scotland Yard following his arrest that the police realised they had got things embarrassingly wrong.

The T-shirt worn by the Brighton engineer did not express support for a proscribed terrorist group, instead the words on it read “Plasticine Action” and inside the letter “o” was an image of the stop-motion character Morph giving two thumbs up.

Speaking to the Guardian, Pickering admitted it was designed to be an easy mistake to make, appearing to look like the logo of Palestine Action, the protest group banned under terrorism legislation last month, but text underneath the logo reads: “We oppose AI-generated animation.”

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    Someone should start selling t shirts that look similar to reach other but of different subjects so then cops there have a hard time telling the difference. My proposals are:

    Palepstein Action: Release the Epstein Files

    Palworld Action: Screw Nintendo

    Plasticine AcTiON₂: Stop Petroleum Pollution

    Palladian Action: Preserve Classical Architecture

    Paladin Act20n: The Best DnD Class

    Pallial ACTON: Wear Helmets, Ride Safely

    Ballantine Attraction: Visit Yellowstone

    Palestine Paction: 1947 British Mandate Period

    Pastime Abstraction: Netflix and Chill

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      Someone should start selling t shirts that look similar to reach other but of different subjects so then cops there have a hard time telling the difference.

      After the bill banning their organization was signed, Palestine Action changed its name to “Yvette Cooper”, the Homeland Secretary who authored the bill.

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      I think it would be great if at the next protests the crowds were filled with these nonsense t-shirts and signs to waste the police’s time. It is completely legal to protest a proscription order so I don’t think they have any legitimate grounds to arrest anyone. And if they do, they look very silly.

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      Palladium Action: Require catalytic converters for every car made after 1993!

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      It’ll be a good litmus test. Will they start banning anybody wearing shorts remotely close to the Palestine action? They either have to lean into fascist or dip back out of it.

      Anybody taking odds?