Claire Hegarty
@clairehegarty.bsky.social
Derry girl living in Islington North.
Le Corbusier’s social housing was meant to be the dream. In a summer of extreme heat, it is a nightmare | Anna Richards www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Le Corbusier’s social housing was meant to be the dream. In a summer of extreme heat, it is a nightmare | Anna Richards
When temperatures get to 40C inside, and French building regulations won’t even allow shutters, these tenants’ listed homes are simply unlivable, says Anna Richards, a journalist based in Lyon
theguardian.com
If Andy Burnham is serious about changing UK policy on Israel-Palestine, he should start by asking for a health update on Marwan Barghouti and other Palestinian prisoners, writes Jo-Ann Mort
What Andy Burnham can do about Palestine
The new PM has made it clear UK policy on Israel-Palestine must change. He could start by asking for a health update on Marwan Barghouti and other Pal...
prospectmagazine.co.uk
Palestinian Commission of Detainees urges Red Cross & humanitarian bodies to publicly denounce Israel’s abuses against Palestinian prisoners, expose obstruction of international monitors & issue formal report documenting the full magnitude of violations in jails. english.palinfo.com/news/2026/08...
Red Cross urged to voice position against Israeli ban on prisoner visits
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has called on the Red Cross to take a clear and firm position against Israeli security minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s decision to renew t...
english.palinfo.com
Today is the 81st anniversary of the nuclear bombing of #Hiroshima. Yet despite the gut wrenching horror, the 9 nuclear states have *already* amassed the equivalent firepower of 145.000 Hiroshima bombs & still want more. This is madness. #NoMoreHiroshimas @cnduk.bsky.social
Israeli lawyer Daniel Seidemann warns on X: “The silence of the international community (re collapse of the Al Aqsa Status Quo) is baffling & reckless. Left unattended, there will be blood, and the effects will be felt on the streets of London, Paris & Berlin.” www.democracynow.org/2026/8/5/hea...
Jordan to Convene Emergency Meeting on “Imminent” Israeli Takeover of Al-Aqsa Compound in Jerusalem
Jordan is convening an emergency meeting today of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers over what it calls an “imminent” threat of an Israeli takeover of the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem. The warning fo...
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There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
As the Refugee Convention turns 75, Britain owes Palestine an answer. Op-ed by Victor Kattan in Middle East Eye. @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/refu...
As the Refugee Convention turns 75, Britain owes Palestine an answer
Ten months after a 400-page legal petition demanded an apology for the Balfour Declaration and its aftermath, Downing Street has said nothing
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Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite £247m revenue, £25.3m profit. Doesn't pay much anywhere, effective global tax rate is 1.4% Shifts profits through intragroup transactions, enjoys tax breaks. UK Govt rewarding it with public contracts, enriching execs & shareholders.
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss
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Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
theguardian.com
Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...
Inside Britain's university crisis
As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter
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“These extreme views are crucial to understanding the conflict playing out across the West Bank, as Israel's settlements and outposts expand, and violence against Palestinians grows.” BBC report from #WestBank #Palestine www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge
Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.
bbc.co.uk
Excellent call for government clarification and action on #WestBank #Palestine @libdems.org.uk recognising the urgency.
Vikki Slade MP@vikkislademp.bsky.social · last wk.The severity of violence against civilians in the West Bank is escalating dangerously, and our Government must take action. I have written to the new Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to call for him to take more decisive action to hold Israel to account, and to support Palestinians in the West Bank.
The industry demands retrofit-first policies. The new government shouldn’t waste a second
The industry demands retrofit-first policies. The new government shouldn’t waste a second
architectsjournal.co.uk
What lovely news: Who Wants Normal? Life Lessons from Disabled Women has been long-listed for best Non-Fiction at the Diverse Book awards. Hugely touched to be included in such a meaningful prize.
We cannot allow private profiteers to squeeze the life and soul out of our communities, especially when their endeavours are a dangerous mix of odious social cleansing and environmental damage.
The government has overruled a Tower Hamlets Council decision and disregarded enormous local opposition to a proposed AI data centre on Brick Lane. This is a scandalous intervention from the government that should be reversed immediately.
'Disappointing': Brick Lane data centre will be built despite local outcry
Three sites around Brick Lane, including the Truman Brewery, will be redeveloped after locally controversial plans were approved on behalf of the housing secretary, Angela Rayner
mylondon.news
The Gaza Tribunal is a landmark inquiry into Britain’s complicity in the Gaza genocide
I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.
Andy Burnham's incoming chief of staff, James Purnell, ran a lobbying firm that organised a meeting between a Labour minister and its own corporate clients – without declaring any lobbying. Yet another story about Labour and the lobbying industry... 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/burnhams-c...
Burnham's chief of staff hosted minister for confidential clients
James Purnell’s firm Flint arranged a meeting between Labour minister Douglas Alexander and several of its clients – while declaring no lobbying at all
democracyforsale.substack.com
Cat: “I cannot convey to you just how much I genuinely despise this food.” Me: “Here, have this instead.” Cat: “OMG I LOVE IT.” Me: “It’s exactly the same bowl of food. I just took it away for six seconds then put it back in the same place.” Cat: “I am fire and the wind. Do not attempt to know me.”
"There is a country in the Middle East, whose name begins with an 'I' that has not just nuclear power, but nuclear weapons... Israel. It doesn't allow inspectors in." Nice to be back on @msnownews.bsky.social, with @velshi.com, discussing Israel's actual nukes vs Iran's imaginary ones.
Ex-Southern Water boss among four charged over alleged plan to manipulate water tests and avoid paying penalties. Southern Water separately been charged with dozens of offences. No water company is pristine. All have violated their licence conditions. They all need to be scrutinized.
Ex-Southern Water boss charged over alleged plan to manipulate water tests
Matthew Wright is accused alongside three others of trying to save the firm millions in penalties.
bbc.co.uk
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has announced funding of almost €10 million for 154 peacebuilding and reconciliation projects across Northern Ireland
€10m in funding announced for NI reconciliation projects
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has announced funding of almost €10 million for 154 peacebuilding and reconciliation projects across Northern Ireland.
rte.ie
This is what happens when editorial standards drop into the toilet.
Pete Apps@peteapps.bsky.social · 3w agoIn November, a lobbying firm approached me and asked to pay me to write articles critical of the Building Safety Regulator for newspapers. Filmed undercover, their staff admitted secretly paying reporters for copy in British newspapers friendly to their clients: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Thames Water increased its bonus payouts to £4.1m for senior managers. It has £19.7bn debt, fleeces customers, dumps sewage in rivers, loses billions of litres of water to leaky pipes. Numerous criminal convictions, licence not revoked. But bosses rewarded .. for what? Govt/Ofwat do nothing.
Thames Water increases bonus payments to £4m despite uncertainty over future
Annual results show struggling firm’s net debt has risen to £19.7bn, up from £17.7bn a year earlier
theguardian.com