Stanley Keen
@stanleykeen.bsky.social
Ground Crew, ready for a peace mission
A man, of no fixed abode, has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, criminal damage with intent to endanger life, and conduct endangering ships, structures or individuals under Section 58 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. He remains in custody. www.hampshire.police.uk/news/hampshi...
Man arrested after boat damaged in English Channel
A man has been arrested after a boat that had an emergency responder on board was damaged in the English Channel.
hampshire.police.uk
“These hotels are a symbol of a system that is not working, and they remain in use because of slow and often poor-quality decision-making on asylum applications” The bleak reality for families in asylum hotels 🔽 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
‘I saw boy jump out of 6th floor’: life for migrants crammed in hotels
Asylum-seeker families tell of living in tiny rooms, with one bed between five, and being forced to endure violence, vermin and racist abuse
thetimes.com
Around 40% of the world's dirty money, proceeds of corruption and crime, is laundered through the UK, its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories. Successive govts promise new laws and enforcement but they make little impact. Why do govts continue to fail? Watch the Minister's reply.
‘Family annihilation’, where a spouse kills their partner and offspring, is an overwhelmingly male phenomenon. But masculine violence is too common to be big news, writes @theguiltyfeminist.bsky.social’s @dfdubz.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/deborah-fr...
Expanding Horizons: The Black Diaspora Story and the Media Backlash Against Equity. @NesrineMalik, Guardian columnist, is our guest speaker at the '26 Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture, in honour of the trailblazing journalist. 20 Oct, 7pm. Register now: buff.ly/upxjU1b
Even the Telegraph describes "Tommo" as a "far-right activist." Not so the BBC - which has a track record of sending its own reporters to harass people trying to cross the channel.
Martin Wheatley@martinhwheatley.bsky.social · 1h ago"Anti-migrant activist" is an extremely lengthy mis-spelling of "thug". BBC news here, doing its best to sane-wash fascist hoodlums www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"The disabled community is living in entrenched poverty" - @danwhite1972.bsky.social, Food Ambassador & disability activist 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝟱 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 We're calling on @andyburnham.bsky.social to 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹
The insidious nature of PFAS pollution - people who've only ever tried to do the best for their family's health realising something harmful has crept in. ITV News covered the tests we ran on PFAS levels in people's blood in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire: www.itv.com/news/2026-09...
Nick Clegg stands to make as much as $40m (£30m) from the Wall Street flotation of an AI company he joined six months ago. #R4Today
Sir Nick Clegg in line for up to £30m from AI deal
Sir Nick Clegg stands to make as much as $40m (£30m) from the Wall Street flotation of an AI company he joined six months ago.
finance.yahoo.com
It's difficult to square the content of this excellent speech at the UN by Miliband, with what Burnham's Govt (and the anti-nature rhetoric of Starmer's Government before that) is actually doing here, to address, let alone tackle, the climate/nature crises. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
theguardian.com
Stanford can reject all she wants but that doesn't make HER version true. I was a nobody and absolutely was told multiple times by my manager and higher up from visiting officials to avoid noting down things so that discussions/ideas/decisions couldn't be OIAble. I was new so was shocked
The Press@thepress.co.nz · 14h agoMore staff have alleged the Ministry of Education encouraged verbal communication to avoid creating OIA‑accessible records, prompting urgent intervention from the Chief Ombudsman.
On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and 11 other states dropped their lawsuit to block Paramount from acquiring Warner Bros. A real settlement would have included an agreement from Paramount to divest important assets. But the deal did not require any divestiture.
Democrats capitulate to MAGA media mogul
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and 11 other states drop their lawsuit to block David Ellison’s Paramount from acquiring Warner Bros. — and get little in return.
popular.info
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Ed Sheeran does provide a ‘safe space’ – for the billionaires who own him
Sheeran’s ‘political neutrality’ is a cover story – one hiding an implicit deal. He’s allowed to grow rich but only so long as he denies a platform to anyone trying to hold the super-rich to account
jonathancook.substack.com
This shit will continue to happen as long as publishers don’t fact check books - which they don’t (as admitted with Jason Arday) I paid someone - out of my own pocket - to fact check my book. But you can pretty much put anything in a book if you want. It’s mad www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
Piers Morgan says he will sue Earl Spencer over ‘fabricated inaccuracies’
Broadcaster refutes memoir claim that he was behind publication of gym photos of Diana, Princess of Wales
theguardian.com
Last month, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission approved a quota allowing up to 300 wolves to be killed during the 2026–27 hunting and trapping season, despite 92% of comments speaking out against this decision. Read more: dailyinterlake.com/news/2026/se...
Guest Opinion: Fish and Wildlife Commission silences Montana voices
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission’s decision to allow the killing of 300 wolves — 50 more than Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recommended quota of 250 — does not represent the 74% of Montanan...
dailyinterlake.com
'We will never bow our head': Iran's president strikes defiant tone in UN speech - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/we-will-never-bow-our-head-irans-president-strikes-defiant-tone-un-speech
'We will never bow our head': Iran's president strikes defiant tone in UN speech
Pezeshkian said Iran would not 'bend the knee' to US threats a day after Trump said he could 'annihilate' the Islamic Republic
middleeasteye.net
We’re maybe days away from Kemi Badenoch hiring “Danny Tommo” as an advisor.
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 20h agoEvan Davis on PM asked if ‘Danny Tommo’ “had any kind of point” by puncturing a dinghy with a knife because “the [authorities] should be doing that themselves”. He went on to describe it as “vigilante action”.
Politicians make excuses like "there is no money for the poor" because they do not want to admit how they have been bought. Applies to the UK, to the USA and many more nations.
NHS trusts spent nearly £1bn on private insourcing in 3 years and private equity is reaping the rewards. We need direct investment in healthcare workers and facilities, not corporate profit margins. Demand your MP steps in to protect public healthcare: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/stop-private...
"This isn't how government is supposed to run. It's just disappointing. And we're not even allowing folks to speak who clearly came out to share their voices tonight."
This is so wholesome. It’s like real like Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers Neighborhood
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2d agoChild: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
The late great ROD STEIGER talks about the iconic taxi-cab scene from ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) Kazan’s classic received 12 Oscar nom’s winning 8, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress & Best Director.
Datacentre are being foisted on people living in low/medium income areas, not in wealthy areas. Resulting in excessive use of water, energy; pollution and environmental damage. Very few long-term jobs are generated. Watch the Minister's reply.
Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent
Usually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025.
bbc.co.uk
A metaphorical slap on the wrist for an actual violent assault. www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/2657192...
Man given conditional caution after assaults at Reform UK conference in Birmingham
West Midlands Police investigate assaults at Reform UK conference at Birmingham NEC.
dudleynews.co.uk
