"They're going to be treated with dignity and respect.

"I doubt that they really wanted someone to go out and kill a Tory MP, but if you say those words… then the risk of someone acting on those words is there."Mr Cox said the band needed to "deeply reflect" on whether they want to be associated with calls for violence.

"I think a more fulsome reflection on the mistake that they've made, if it indeed is a mistake, I think is necessary."Mr Cox added that "in order to be confident" that the band is "genuinely remorseful" and not "just trying to save their bookings or their tour, I think they need to grapple more fundamentally with it".Mr Cox said "using the plight of people in Gaza in the way that they have done and to say that this is an attempt to shut them up on those issues is not acceptable".

"Whatever your democratic politics, whether you're a Tory, Labour, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionist, whatever, there is no excuse for incitement of violence against members of parliament or against civilians, and that should be something that we can all agree on," he added.In their statement, Kneecap said: "They want you to believe words are more harmful than genocide."

They condemned "all attacks on civilians, always" and added that the band "do not, and have never, supported Hamas or Hezbollah".

Daniel Lambert told RTÉ's Prime Time that "we're in the space now of moral hysteria and moral outrage and you've a band being held to a higher moral account than politicians who are ignoring international law".I don’t think I’ll be switching – I can’t help but like that real coffee is grown by people somewhere – but beanless coffee certainly left me thinking I should investigate the sustainability and ethics of my conventional brew.

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So, using less wood fibre, and shipping lighter loads, are important ways to reduce the emissions of print books (as well as the costs of producing them).One simple method is reducing the thickness of the paper. Some publishers are turning to subtly thinner paper. There are limits to this: the most lightweight paper may be less durable. And for certain types of books, including art books, there’s a preference for heavier paper.