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Homeless (politically) late-blooming socialist. Reposts may or may not mean approval.
UK ‘an outlier in Europe’ for letting Farage and other politicians present TV shows. GB News, owned by hedge fund manager, is the propaganda arm of Reform/Farage. Politicians must be scrutinized, and not allowed to present news or current affairs programmes.
UK ‘an outlier in Europe’ for letting Farage and other politicians present TV shows
Analysis of countries’ broadcasting rules confirms Ofcom code is highly unusual, amid concerns about impartiality
theguardian.com
Our full exchange today about the climate crisis: youtu.be/g2gu7BjqwvA?...
What action is the Mayor taking in response to El Niño? | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Zack Polanski
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Guess what only gets one passing mention in this Hinsliff article desperately conflating anti-zionism with anti-semitism? Gaza. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s not the old two-party politics – but Labour and the Tories now know they can shun their populist challengers | Gaby Hinsliff
Though Burnham and Badenoch may still need the votes of Green and Reform supporters, both leaders have drawn clear lines in the sand, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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I’ve joined Crisis UK to make homes affordable for all and help end homelessness – will you too? A lack of genuinely affordable homes means that 300,000 of us in England are facing the terrifying reality of homelessness. This is urgent. Home can’t wait. campaigns.crisis.org.uk/page/199108/...
You may have missed it but the Green Party passed a ground breaking new economic policy at conference, proposed by Sheridan Kates of the Economic policy working group. A thread of interviews! First here's mine: youtu.be/7MB_2G5MeNE?...
Ed Poole speaks to Sheridan Kates about Fiscal Referees
YouTube video by Amplify with Ed Poole
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I said in my speech to conference, the RNLI are the best of us. For those lucky enough to have parents volunteering with RNLI, I hope they feel nothing but pride in their parents.
At least five British journalists were arrested under the Terrorism Act while they were reporting on a protest at an Israeli-owned drone factory in Leicester last week. Journalists tell MEE that move has set a 'worrying precedent' and that they no longer ‘feel safe’.
Leicester police ‘blanket arrest’ journalists under Terrorism Act for covering protest at Israeli drone factory
Journalists tell MEE that move has set a 'worrying precedent' and that they no longer ‘feel safe’ after reporting on Elbit protests
middleeasteye.net
Public broadcasters are increasing their online distribution. And they're starting to advocate for a law that would collect "internet usage fees" from citizens under the guise of broadcasting reception fees. This is a true story in Japan.
‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from conservation success www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums
While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success
theguardian.com
You'd be forgiven for having no idea who she is, because, well, see above!🤷♀️ Lola was an Oxford lecturer at Oriel College who was charged with possessing indecent child images and is awaiting trial - set to happen in 2028 2/
OK, there is something very, very weird going on in the press right now. It certainly appears, from the outside, as if certain people are being very much protected in a way that was not afforded to certain other people! Let's start with the facts around Lola Salem... 🧵1/
The British media seem to be going to extraordinary lengths to suppress reporting on alleged child sex abuser Lola Salem A cisgender Oxford lecturer and Telegraph, Critic, and Spectator journalist And ex-girlfriend of Spectator editor, Telegraph journalist, and member of the House of Lords
Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · 2d agoOK, there is something very, very weird going on in the press right now. It certainly appears, from the outside, as if certain people are being very much protected in a way that was not afforded to certain other people! Let's start with the facts around Lola Salem... 🧵1/
If there is anything approaching a non-negotiable consensus in British politics, it's that the worst-off in society must be continually punished for their own misfortune.
😉🤣😂🤣😂🤣 open.substack.com/pub/normalis...
Man arrested under Terrorism Act after being caught with books from banned Irish author
The man was stopped by counter-terrorism police while driving a Ford Transit through Stoke, listening to Macklemore.
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Owen Jones@owenjones.bsky.social · yesterdayJust what will history judge? Was beloved author Sally Rooney really a dangerous supporter of terrorism? Was the banning of her books under anti-terror legislation a sign of sanity? Or will it be those who cheered on the erasure of Gaza judged as monsters? It’s a tough one!
Leicester police ‘blanket arrest’ journalists under Terrorism Act for covering protest at Israeli drone factory - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/police-blanket-arrest-journalists-under-terrorism-act-covering-elbit-protest
Leicester police ‘blanket arrest’ journalists under Terrorism Act for covering protest at Israeli drone factory
Journalists tell MEE that move has set a 'worrying precedent' and that they no longer ‘feel safe’ after reporting on Elbit protests
middleeasteye.net
British Museum faces scrutiny over sponsor’s links to illegal Israel settlement - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-museum-faces-scrutiny-over-sponsors-links-illegal-israel-settlement
British Museum faces scrutiny over sponsor’s links to illegal Israel settlement
Documents seen by MEE appear to show museum’s due diligence process raised ‘no concerns’ over Bayeux Tapestry sponsor Igor Tulchinsky
middleeasteye.net
Abramovich denies evading tax or concealing his fortune while Deloitte Cyprus says it “acts in compliance with applicable laws”. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Abramovich’s team presented sham documents to London high court
Documents faked by Deloitte staff were used to help fend off a lawsuit from rival oligarch
thebureauinvestigates.com
A point not mentioned in this interesting paper is the disproportionate number of British & European politicians that take postgraduate short courses or masters degrees in American Universities Drawn into the system of Atlanticism?
Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸@bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 2d agoHas Europe been hijacked by a transnationalised transatlantic elite that doesn’t care about the interests of its citizens? Is EU beholden to private interests, a narrow oligarchy, corporate & military-industrial structures at Washington’s imperial core? open.substack.com/pub/tfazi/p/...
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There's something disturbingly predictable about politics right now. Reform announces some abhorrent racist policy and a couple of days later Labour follows up with its own hostile anti-asylum measures. Eritrea is not a safe country for returns by any measure. #r4today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK threatens visa bans for Eritrea over migrant return policy
The home secretary said she would not hesitate to impose measures on other countries "refusing to co-operate".
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Baroness Jacqui Smith defends the proscription of PA & says anybody can continue to protest & support Palestine & "many of us do do that" Smith is part of a govt thats been arming Israel while its committed genocide. She has blood on her hands just like the rest of the govt
Their children don't earn anything, and should get the same as anyone else. Unconditionality is inclusion. Squeezing it out at both ends of the income spectrum is and has always been a project to foment division, and ultimately dissolution of all social entitlements.
Rachel Cunliffe@rmcunliffe.bsky.social · yesterdayThis week's New Statesman column, in which I attempt to annoy everyone by making the left-wing case for people earning over £100k to be entitled to free childcare. If you want a high tax, high spend society, you can't exclude the people who contribute the most www.newstatesman.com/politics/fut...
Eritrea has open ended conscription for all citizens aged 18-40. Attempts to evade (like leaving the country) are severely punished. That's why most asylum applications are granted.
Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · yesterdayThere's something disturbingly predictable about politics right now. Reform announces some abhorrent racist policy and a couple of days later Labour follows up with its own hostile anti-asylum measures. Eritrea is not a safe country for returns by any measure. #r4today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
David Robertson was one of the MPs who met Ofcom yesterday to discuss the crisis at Royal Mail. He says fines aren't working & we need to start thinking radically about what to do. How about we nationalise RM & start running it for the benefit of the country, not a foreign billionaires bank balance
Western media condemns the Yemeni missile strike on Riyadh airport, having failed to condemn multiple previous Saudi bombings of Yemen's Sanaa airport. Craig Murray notes 27 such Saudi attacks in the past 12 years. eng.pressbee.net/show4923260....
West condemns Houthis but stays silent on Saudi strikes – former British diplomat (VIDEO) ...News
West condemns Houthis but stays silent on Saudi strikes – former British diplomat (VIDEO)Leaders denouncing attacks on Saudi airports ignored the bombings of...
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Actual Cancel Culture of a significant cultural figure [unlike where far right extremists engage in hate speech & are held accountable]. It’s extremism like this, & the disinterest of the current UK Labour govt in stopping the shift to the far right, that’s deeply worrying.
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2d agoIrish author Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be supplied in the UK by her publisher after UK anti-terror legislation left it unable to pass on earnings from sales of her work 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
