14 people killed, 27 wounded as result of Russian missile strikes in Kyiv region No doubt so called western 'leaders' & the ever useless NATO will have more meetings, spout more platitudes while the terrorist state of Russia commits genocide just a few hundred km away from them. Cowards all!

#Morocco orchestrated the influx of desperate people across it’s territory and into #Cueta to embarrass Spain and please #USA & #Israel Too bad the King of Morocco didn’t think about the loss of life involved. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/why-ceuta-...

Why Ceuta Was Not Actually the 'Migrant Invasion' Widely Reported

Professor Stephen Zunes tells the Byline Times podcast what was really going on when more than 50,000 people descended on Spain's North African enclave

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Many people with spent criminal records will feel the secondary effects of a public pile-on. Many go on to make successful and constructive contributions to society. So, can we please stop before posting to ask: has the Tory party been consistent in its approach to offenders? Do they really care?

Mary Corcoran@marycorcoran.bsky.social · 13h ago

The Conservative Party hasn’t even been a party for first chances in my lifetime. 2 questions: what actual work has Mr Bonehill-Paine done with communities and to what actual effect? What has he done publicly to redress and retract his previous harmful behaviour? Those are reasonable concerns.

The Conservative Party hasn’t even been a party for first chances in my lifetime. 2 questions: what actual work has Mr Bonehill-Paine done with communities and to what actual effect? What has he done publicly to redress and retract his previous harmful behaviour? Those are reasonable concerns.

So, Prez F*ckwit order use of so many missiles on Middle East/Iran that he’s now unwilling to share the tech with Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump backtracks from promise to let Ukraine build Patriot missiles

US president tells reporters during Camp David cabinet meeting technology ‘a hard thing to give away’

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Private equity firms made up 50% of the largest US corporate bankruptcies with $1bn+ in liabilities Jobs, communities destroyed for short term profit PE has devoured UK high street; controls vets, supermarkets, care homes, pubs, housing, restaurants. Shadow banking wreaks havoc, govts do nothing.

Private equity continues disproportionate role in 2026 bankruptcies

Since 2024, PESP has tracked and analyzed corporate bankruptcies, identifying the disproportionate role that private equity-owned firms have played in bankruptcy filings. This trend continued in the…

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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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A beacon of generative justice is targeted by the vindictive authoritarian Right in Rome. Even the Vatican disagrees with the performative cruelty as politicians block efforts to resolve the situation. Viable self-help communities need a supportive environment. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Hundreds camp in Rome heatwave as Meloni government cracks down on squats

Spin Time provides homes, food banks and after-school clubs but the authorities have locked out residents

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There are legal consequences for unlawful use of trackers, as intimidation is clearly the motivation in this instance: nationalprivateinvestigators.co.uk/vehicle-trac...

Understanding Vehicle GPS Tracking Laws in the UK: A Comprehensive Legal Guide

Discover key facts about vehicle tracking laws in the UK. Learn what’s legal for businesses and individuals to avoid fines and protect privacy rights.

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The High Court also heard RTC leader Ben Cullen had threatened physical violence to a resident removing flags, boasting that he was a “violent criminal” who had served 15 years in prison. Full report in today’s Clarion: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...

The Clarion, 4 August 2026

We're doing a rain dance. You? While we wait for some sorely needed water, here is some news, not all of it cheerful. Including less than savoury details about Raise the Colours; celebrating Oxford Ci...

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Could we also get billionaires who pay little or no tax, to also send out a personal weekly letter, explaining to the world why they should pay no taxes? Clarkson of course, is a affable shit stirrer, but when we see what conservative fascists are getting away with, the joke is no longer funny.

it's rare to find a brexit commentator in britain who is not aligned with Daniel Hannans idea of SM access sans membership or who don't gloss over how shambolic the original brexit referendum was. 10 years later, here we are 👇good points well made by @seand5.bsky.social 1/3

Sean Danaher@seand5.bsky.social · 6d ago

Culmination of my seven-part series on Brexit for the 10th anniversary of the disastrous referendum. Please circulate widely. @chrisgrey.bsky.social @ottocr.at @fascinatorfun.bsky.social @guitarmoog.bsky.social @nialloconghaile.bsky.social northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

This is part of an ongoing crackdown on our right to protest, one of the most effective tools we have to hold our leaders to account for risking complicity in the genocide in Gaza, the climate crisis and other vital human rights issues.

The arrests are yet another attack on freedom of speech. Those arrested today could face very long prison sentences simply for peacefully opposing the government, over their abuse of counterterrorism powers to punish direct action protests.

🚨BREAKING: More than 100 peaceful protestors have been arrested today under terror laws. Amnesty legal observers attended to document the arrests and any human rights violations.

What wouldn’t he sell off? And to the Trumps? FFS 🤦‍♀️ At least he couldn’t bribe #UEFA www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Fifa’s sales pitch revealed: more tournaments, more debt … but no mention of women’s game

Fifa’s pitch to persuade members to approve sale of World Cup’s commercial rights includes more tournaments, higher ticket prices and debt financing

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All the furore over the Nigel t-shirt, where was the right wing condemnation when this 👇 happened? British soldiers filmed shooting Jeremy Corbyn target prompts army investigation www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

British soldiers filmed shooting Jeremy Corbyn target prompts army investigation

Army says behaviour is ‘totally unacceptable’ amid outrage following plots to kill Labour MPs

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Whiny bitch Nigel ("I will pick up a rifle if they reverse Brexit") Farage is a thoroughly corrupt , so is Reform (special mention to that nasty tax dodger Richard Tice). #FiveHomesFarage #FarageRiots

Ed Poole@edpoole1975.bsky.social · last wk.

Nigel Farage responding by painting a target for nazi scum on the back of a female Green Party councillor. The man is cowardly scum.

Whiny bitch Nigel ("I will pick up a rifle if they reverse Brexit") Farage is a thoroughly corrupt , so is Reform (special mention to that nasty tax dodger Richard Tice). #FiveHomesFarage #FarageRiots

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · last wk.

Totally normal thing to do, nothing to see here www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Possibly smart optics for all three to do this just as Farage and Polanski are shouting at each other about an Instagram post.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.

Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care

This is a very troubling case. Shocking to think the U.K. government might send Wu back to HK where he was a political prisoner. Will be following closely and glad to see support from the Lib Dems.

Luke Taylor MP@luketaylorld.bsky.social · last wk.

Returning Wu Chi-wai to the jurisdiction of the regime that previously imprisoned him flies in the face of the historic commitment we made to the people of Hong Kong and the principles of the BN(O) scheme. My colleagues and I have written to the Home Sec. to ask her to step in.

I cannot believe that any UK government (but especially a Labour one) would go through with not funding @jodrellbank.bsky.social. All for the sake of saving a (relatively) paltry £2.8M. It's like a 20th century Stonehenge in terms of its status and recognisability of what make England great.

Horrible to see how much Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer have poisoned and corrupted our justice system. When do they get arrested for their support of mass murder in Gaza?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.

Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists over bank damage

The stranglehold the rightwing and far right have on our politics is absurd. Not a single policy or idea that benefits the country. A wild aversion to tax, immigration, NetZero, the EU.. trapping us in a dismal dead-end, unable to make progress for fear of the DailyMail demographic losing its shit.

The industry that works with and values the raw data that was stolen wholesale to build the Brave New Bullshit Machine doesn’t seem to trust the burglars. Strange.

So, on the one hand, Iran must not, on the other hand, Saudi Arabia can … www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Saudis and US strike deal for kingdom to enrich uranium, reports say

Donald Trump said to have approved agreement to help kingdom make fuel for civilian reactors, which observers fear could pave the way to a nuclear weapon

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So now it’s tariffs on pollution. Is the Orange Turd going #Green! #MAGA

The BBC thematic review on migration is vg + incisive on the challenge of providing context (identifying the risk of not doing so enough as often driven by skew of chasing what is politically contested, rather than big trends which are not being argued over politically) bsky.app/profile/sund...

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If BBC editorial staff were acting on their migration review conclusions, they would be trying to find ways to report a 33% fall, even though it is not as contested + controversial as a 33% rise, because meant to report social trends, not just chase the politics of the issue bsky.app/profile/sund...