What this reflects is the growing power of the ultra-rich over every aspect of life. Protest is an affront to the power of wealth. So is any politics to the left of an ever-shifting "centrism". So is independent journalism. So are independent universities. One by one, they must all be shut down.
My new tourism poster for Northern Ireland, focusing on the toxic Lough Neagh seems to be doing quite well on Instagram :) www.instagram.com/leoboydprint...
Leo Boyd on Instagram: "I have been working on a new tourism campaign for NI. Let me know what you think. It goes a little like this. Come to Northern Ireland where the largest freshwater lake in the...
141 likes, 5 comments - leoboydprints on August 24, 2026: "I have been working on a new tourism campaign for NI. Let me know what you think. It goes a little like this. Come to Northern Ireland where...
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No, Elon: it was because the conquest of Egypt (in particular) suddenly made a few Romans so unprecedentedly rich and powerful that they destroyed the Roman Republic.
I'd welcome a public inquiry into the circumstances and coverage that lead to Jason Arday's death. If you would too, add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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“A fire chief took his own life because he "couldn't take it any more" after months of alleged harassment and questions over his qualifications, an inquest has heard.” - this incident happened in 2024, the article is from last year. Do you see the pattern? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inquest opens into death of West Midlands fire chief Wayne Brown
Wayne Brown was being investigated over claims he had lied on his CV when he died last year, aged 54.
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Remembering the Ballymurphy massacre, on this day in 1971. 💔✊️ youtu.be/jIKPiwI9fO4?...
THE BALLYMURPHY PRECEDENT by Callum Macrae | Trailer | GeoMovies
YouTube video by Geomovies
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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Make this absolute shitehawk famous. He's an utter scumbag racist.
Ireland against Fascism@irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · last mo.The bigoted thug who assaulted the security guard at the Muslim prayer centre in Dublin yesterday, goes by the name of Hearns Derekmark. Be an awful pity if he became famous for being a bigoted thug.
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Trump officials regularly trash us for reporting on the president and holding him to account. We’re not going to stop – but we need your help to keep going and standing up for truth and facts.
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In Northern Ireland, lawyers, community workers, & advocates who support migrants are being targeted by far-right groups. Our new report out today, “Locals Only,” details these threats. @cdsherrard.bsky.social @amanda.ie @finucanecentre.bsky.social www.humanrightsfirst.org/library/new-...
New Report from Northern Ireland Details Far-Right Targeting Migrants and Their Supporters
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As Cuba’s fuel crisis deepens under the U.S. oil blockade, elderly Cubans are being forced to cook with charcoal and sit in the dark as they wait for the lights to return. Watch below to see how Cubans are surviving endless blackouts www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3e8... 👇
How Cubans Are Surviving Endless Blackouts
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Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
The highest taxpayers are not the same as the richest people.
A list of Hastings Hotels to boycott. www.hastingshotels.com/our-hotels/
The Hastings Hotels Collection | 4 & 5 Star Hotels Northern Ireland
The Hastings Collection comprises of six luxury 4 and 5 star hotels in Northern Ireland, in key locations across Belfast, Derry, Down and the Antrim Coast.
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Godzilla & Ulster is now in the archives of the Linen Hall Library. This seems fitting as when I first came to Belfast I saw the For God & Ulster poster on the wall here and it was that very poster that went on to inspire my Kaiju based interpretation. www.leoboyd.com/product/godz... #art #library
The future of this country is extreme poverty, unless we tax the super rich more.
@olamajekodunmi.bsky.social Phil Ramsey and I will be talking about the potential for a democratic public media in a new Ireland at Féile an Phobail on the 3rd August in St Mary's University College.
Make hate cost more. Support our new Crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fight-the-... Show that there is a real cost to pushing hateful rhetoric.
I would beg you to read the whole thread, as I think very few people have seen how fast the foundations of democracy are being torn out in the UK, and how far down the road towards authoritarianism we have already travelled. Sorry to pester you, but this could not be more important. Thanks.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2mo agoFew people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
100% accurate and passed by in a flash because after all we are talking about an adult woman, and this place only cares enough to say or do anything when we die.
Brenda Gough@brendagough.bsky.social · 2mo agoDid anyone else catch Ian Paisley Jnr on BBC Spotlight, recall an incident of sexual assault of a woman MLA in a bar by Donaldson, and state it wasn't "criminal behaviour"? Physically forcing yourself on someone and trying to kiss them is sexual assault. He wasn't corrected, at least on camera.
And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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An Update from Belfast
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The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.
The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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Our thoughts are with the victims in this case, who have been incredibly brave to bring this forward, to give evidence and to face down their abuser in court. We wish them the very best in their recovery and with their future. Read the full statement here www.wrda.net/blog/stateme...
