Brilliant commitment to historical accuracy there. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

In 2004 a human rights barrister & part of the appeal defence for the "Fairford Five", made a defence similar to that of the Palestine Action activists who broke into RAF Brize Norton last year. His name? Keir Starmer - who now even labels people who support these conscientious acts as terrorists.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you say “I support Palestine Action”, they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on TV.

At the very least Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr is ignorant as to what the Suffragettes did and how they operated.

These are the 30 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland, all by white men 21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82 21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant Nobody rioted over their murders www.bbc.com/news/article...

A picture of violence: The 30 women killed in more than four years

In at least 21 of the 30 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.

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I think both Sadiq Khan and Yvette Cooper should get substantially more letters... Just saying.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

An event is planned to be hosted in London proudly promoting the sale of land on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. This is obscene. I've called on @london.gov.uk and @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social to stop the event and for this govt to take real action on illegal settlements.

If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?

It's OK everyone - no need to feel pure cold rage at this one. www.itv.com/news/anglia/...

This isn't just a fuck off you daft sod. It's a M&S fuck off you daft sod.👏

www.researchgate.net/publication/... For folks interested in the schlerochronology of mollusc shells, this good solid paper comparing techniques is well worth a read. From @amylprendergast.bsky.social et al.

(PDF) Comparing non‐staining methods with Mutvei's solution to visualize growth increments in short‐lived intertidal marine gastropod shells

PDF | Mutvei's solution is a widely utilized standard staining method for revealing growth increments in biogenic carbonates; however, it is a slightly... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Disingenuous statements from Wes Streeting that he will introduce a wealth tax when all he means is slightly upping capital gains which is a tax on the growth of wealth not wealth itself. Only a real wealth tax that steadily erodes wealth would reduce inequality.

And this is why the @greenparty.org.uk are correct not to stand aside for Burnham (who BTW is married to an immigrant)

Pippa Crerar@pippacrerar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

EXCL: Andy Burnham is backing Shabana Mahmood’s controversial changes to immigration system, allies have said, in blow to those in Labour who would soften them. GM mayor is understood to be keen to reframe changes - but is supportive of home sec’s attempts to limit legal & illegal migration.

Cardiff Uni taking another step in the wrong direction here. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Stop Cardiff University from scrapping the ASSL's second floor!

7km of books and crucial study spaces are at risk. Cardiff Uni wants to repurpose the busiest library on campus into classrooms. Help protect our library and sign the petition today.

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OPD Group are a private healthcare company, in case you were wondering. I'm sure that they don't want anything in return for the huge wodges of cash they've been throwing at the bloke who is effectively in charge of the NHS. Why would they?

Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · 3mo ago

Our breakdown of Wes Streeting’s donors has been doing the rounds online for the last year. Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.

Xi not bothering with translator buff.ly/2wVUV9z

Star Trek: The Original Series 🙃

A very merry fuck Orbán into oblivion to all those who celebrate. #Hungary

Only a real stable genius would blockade a blockade /s I thought he was an idiot before. This only tells me his stupidity is beyond comprehension

Today at Dam Square in Amsterdam, thousands of children’s shoes were placed in front of the Royal Palace to honour the ~20,000 children killed in Gaza. Each name was read aloud, remembering every young life lost. Picture: @kadirvanlohuizen.bsky.social / Noor images

Six years ago, his principles were entirely different.

The folks who use kids as target practice have something to say about those classic evil guys: The Green Party

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For years we've seen an ongoing genocide. It's been backed by right wing papers, the US President and by this Labour Government.

they are not in it.

Agree that this is troubling. So what is to be done about this accelerating loss of our shared heritage? The clue may be in this chap's name.

Leonie V. Hicks@lvhicks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Much that is troubling here. We lose precious context, the hoard is split up and passes into private hands. 1/ BBC News - Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Things a Labour government is willing to bail out - Banks. Things a Labour government is not willing to bail our - Universities. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

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• Your friendly reminder that Lord Mandelson is still a member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and retains the Labour Whip. • Worth reflecting on all the MPs who lost the Labour Whip are were suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party for voting against the 2 Child Cap.

"Our study revealing university degrees are a net drain on the rest of society turns out to contain an error. PPEs from Oxford are an outlier and should not have been included."

Trump's mind works like this: In Wales, they speak Welsh. In Belgium, they speak Belch.

A joke for the history buffs.