Anthony Gale
@anthony-gale.bsky.social
Former archaeologist, former parliamentary bag carrier, now doing comms for Human Rights Watch. Not a spox. Views personal, likes and retweets aren't endorsements. #COYG
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American Jewish activist and former director of Human Rights Watch @kennethroth.bsky.social explains why Gaza IS a genocide
March 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
American Jewish activist and former director of Human Rights Watch @kennethroth.bsky.social explains why Gaza IS a genocide
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Live by the meme. Die by the meme. Use social media to pump your stock price. Watch while social media dumps it
#Swasticar
#Swasticar
March 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Live by the meme. Die by the meme. Use social media to pump your stock price. Watch while social media dumps it
#Swasticar
#Swasticar
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Israeli police have targeted a Palestinian bookstore in East Jerusalem for the second time in a month
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel Police raid East Jerusalem bookshop for second time in a month, detain owner
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www.haaretz.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Israeli police have targeted a Palestinian bookstore in East Jerusalem for the second time in a month
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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THIS is the scandal of the UK social security system with regard to disability benefits, not the tired tropes being trotted out by politicians spinning workshopped soundbites about Labour, clues, and names. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Scandal of the sick: Ill and disabled benefit claimants die waiting for payments
Exclusive: One man has been waiting for almost three years to receive the benefit and finally won a battle to be reassessed – but he’s still waiting
www.independent.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
THIS is the scandal of the UK social security system with regard to disability benefits, not the tired tropes being trotted out by politicians spinning workshopped soundbites about Labour, clues, and names. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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"Congo is absolutely central to modern life. It's the engine behind the most pivotal moment in the 20th century."
New episode of our Rights & Wrongs podcast discusses the story of the Democratic Republic of Congo ⤵️
Spotify: spoti.fi/3UmP1BQ
Apple: apple.co/4bghhgA
New episode of our Rights & Wrongs podcast discusses the story of the Democratic Republic of Congo ⤵️
Spotify: spoti.fi/3UmP1BQ
Apple: apple.co/4bghhgA
March 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"Congo is absolutely central to modern life. It's the engine behind the most pivotal moment in the 20th century."
New episode of our Rights & Wrongs podcast discusses the story of the Democratic Republic of Congo ⤵️
Spotify: spoti.fi/3UmP1BQ
Apple: apple.co/4bghhgA
New episode of our Rights & Wrongs podcast discusses the story of the Democratic Republic of Congo ⤵️
Spotify: spoti.fi/3UmP1BQ
Apple: apple.co/4bghhgA
I have always felt an affinity with Canadians. They get British humour, share our dislike of the gauche and gaudy, and we even share a monarch. That's why I will be avoiding buying American products wherever possible. Trump's tariffs are completely unjustified.
March 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I have always felt an affinity with Canadians. They get British humour, share our dislike of the gauche and gaudy, and we even share a monarch. That's why I will be avoiding buying American products wherever possible. Trump's tariffs are completely unjustified.
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Earlier this week, a UN Committee of rights experts sent a clear message to the UK government on social security: Reverse cuts and limits, cut wait times and assess cumulative impact of austerity. Don't look at social security purely through a back-to-work lens.
And today... this news.
And today... this news.
March 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Earlier this week, a UN Committee of rights experts sent a clear message to the UK government on social security: Reverse cuts and limits, cut wait times and assess cumulative impact of austerity. Don't look at social security purely through a back-to-work lens.
And today... this news.
And today... this news.
Crazy thought, rather than slamming the poorest and most vulnerable with welfare cuts, maybe try taxing the rich? According to Oxfam, the wealth of Britain's billionaires grew by approximately by 182bn in 2024. That is obscene.
2024https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lpjqg2mp5o
2024https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lpjqg2mp5o
Chancellor set to cut welfare spending by billions
Cuts to areas including welfare will be put to the official forecaster ahead of the Spring Statement.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Crazy thought, rather than slamming the poorest and most vulnerable with welfare cuts, maybe try taxing the rich? According to Oxfam, the wealth of Britain's billionaires grew by approximately by 182bn in 2024. That is obscene.
2024https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lpjqg2mp5o
2024https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lpjqg2mp5o
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Social security is a human right.
The UK government should follow the CESCR's calls to:
- reverse the two-child limit
- end the benefit cap
- cut waits for Universal Credit
- assess cumulative impact of austerity-based welfare policy
Every day of inaction pushes more people into poverty
@hrw.org
The UK government should follow the CESCR's calls to:
- reverse the two-child limit
- end the benefit cap
- cut waits for Universal Credit
- assess cumulative impact of austerity-based welfare policy
Every day of inaction pushes more people into poverty
@hrw.org
March 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Social security is a human right.
The UK government should follow the CESCR's calls to:
- reverse the two-child limit
- end the benefit cap
- cut waits for Universal Credit
- assess cumulative impact of austerity-based welfare policy
Every day of inaction pushes more people into poverty
@hrw.org
The UK government should follow the CESCR's calls to:
- reverse the two-child limit
- end the benefit cap
- cut waits for Universal Credit
- assess cumulative impact of austerity-based welfare policy
Every day of inaction pushes more people into poverty
@hrw.org
privatisation of the NHS and cheap, antibiotic laced meat? no thanks
President Trump has offered Sir Keir Starmer a trade deal that could exempt the UK from being hit with American tariffs as he hailed the “wonderful” relationship between the two nations ⬇️
Trump: We’ll end Ukraine war and strike ‘quick’ trade deal with the UK
www.thetimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
privatisation of the NHS and cheap, antibiotic laced meat? no thanks
Plastering your superficial, inane, doltish mutterings across your employees office space is next level arrogance. And it is terrible copy.
February 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Plastering your superficial, inane, doltish mutterings across your employees office space is next level arrogance. And it is terrible copy.
"High death risk" for mother of detained British-Egyptian activist. Laila refuses to break her hunger trike until the UK government acts to have her son released. Very real fears she may die in the coming days. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'High death risk' for UK-Egyptian mother on hunger strike over jailed son
The warning comes from a London hospital treating Laila Soueif, mother of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"High death risk" for mother of detained British-Egyptian activist. Laila refuses to break her hunger trike until the UK government acts to have her son released. Very real fears she may die in the coming days. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
Strong men "get things done" in the same manner muggers "get things done". We don't celebrate muggers' cruelty and criminality, so it is baffling as to why some choose to celebrate those same selfish, narcissistic traits in our politicians.
February 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Strong men "get things done" in the same manner muggers "get things done". We don't celebrate muggers' cruelty and criminality, so it is baffling as to why some choose to celebrate those same selfish, narcissistic traits in our politicians.
collapsing birth rates across the developed world probably has more to do with how much children cost than how much time we invest in them. appalling episode of the news agents. magazine journalism better suited to morning tv. i am done
February 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
collapsing birth rates across the developed world probably has more to do with how much children cost than how much time we invest in them. appalling episode of the news agents. magazine journalism better suited to morning tv. i am done
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Weird, eh? His master’s call?
Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
Dozens of employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in US elections have been reassigned or forced out, according to current and former officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
Dozens of employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in US elections have been reassigned or forced out, according to current and former officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
Dozens of employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in U.S. elections have been reassigned or forced out, according to current and former officials.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Weird, eh? His master’s call?
Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
Dozens of employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in US elections have been reassigned or forced out, according to current and former officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
Dozens of employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in US elections have been reassigned or forced out, according to current and former officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
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Israeli tanks have entered the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades as Israel intensifies its operation there.
States should act to prevent atrocities and allow Palestinians to return to their homes.
States should act to prevent atrocities and allow Palestinians to return to their homes.
February 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Israeli tanks have entered the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades as Israel intensifies its operation there.
States should act to prevent atrocities and allow Palestinians to return to their homes.
States should act to prevent atrocities and allow Palestinians to return to their homes.
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February 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In uncertain times more of us need to become accomplices to the incredible team @occrp.org.
Right now, that’s worth it for this one briefing alone:
Right now, that’s worth it for this one briefing alone:
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Call for ban on lords being paid to offer political advice
Call for ban on lords being paid to offer political advice
Head of lobbying firm Blakeney says industry concerned about perceived lack of transparency and trust
* One in 10 peers paid for political advice
The leader of the House of Lords has been urged to back calls for tighter restrictions on peers being…
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Call for ban on lords being paid to offer political advice
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Record number of children died crossing Channel last year, says UN
Record number of children died crossing Channel last year, says UN
Data from UN agency’s Missing Migrants Project should serve as ‘wake-up call’, say officials
A record number of children died in the Channel last year according to UN data shared with the Guardian that officials have said should serve as a “wake-up…
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Record number of children died crossing Channel last year, says UN
According to the NAO 23/24 review, only two, out of fifty-two, major projects didn't have "serious issues" and five were deemed "unachievable".
www.nao.org.uk/overviews/mi...
www.nao.org.uk/overviews/mi...
Ministry of Defence 2023-24 - NAO overview
The Ministry of Defence spent £49 billion in 2023-24 in support of its priorities to protect the UK and promote national interests globally.
www.nao.org.uk
February 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
According to the NAO 23/24 review, only two, out of fifty-two, major projects didn't have "serious issues" and five were deemed "unachievable".
www.nao.org.uk/overviews/mi...
www.nao.org.uk/overviews/mi...