Fr Stephen
@frstevieb.bsky.social
Parish priest of St Anselm, Hayes. Passionate about what we're doing to the climate, and the trashing of biodiversity. Trying to maintain some semblance of hope.
If anyone reading this feels better to dismiss me as antisemitic, I really don't care. I know I'm not, and I know that Netanyahu is a war criminal presiding over genocide in Gaza. One day he will be forced to face that fact, either in a human court or before YHWH
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‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year
Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’
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August 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If anyone reading this feels better to dismiss me as antisemitic, I really don't care. I know I'm not, and I know that Netanyahu is a war criminal presiding over genocide in Gaza. One day he will be forced to face that fact, either in a human court or before YHWH
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Netanyahu is a war criminal. Not more, not less. He must face justice. Preferably in this world, but undoubtedly in the next.
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As Gaza starves, Netanyahu jokes about McDonald’s with ‘manosphere’ podcasters Nelk Boys | Arwa Mahdawi
The Israeli PM went on Full Send Podcast ‘to reach young people’. After his appearance, its YouTube channel lost more than 100,000 subscribers in less than a day
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July 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Netanyahu is a war criminal. Not more, not less. He must face justice. Preferably in this world, but undoubtedly in the next.
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🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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When you begin to wonder whether KemiKasi's Tories might even have presided over a less destructive rampage across the natural world than Labour, you know it's time to abandon hope...
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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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April 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
When you begin to wonder whether KemiKasi's Tories might even have presided over a less destructive rampage across the natural world than Labour, you know it's time to abandon hope...
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Outrageous. Trump has told the UK that if we want tariff relief we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/chicken-bsk
Keir Starmer: Stand firm in protecting British food and animal welfare standards in trade deals
I just signed the campaign calling Keir Starmer to stand firm in protecting British food and animal welfare standards in trade deals
38d.gs
April 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Outrageous. Trump has told the UK that if we want tariff relief we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/chicken-bsk
“This is not serious trade policy or grand strategy,” said Tooze. “The boss hates trade deficits and his team of willing sycophants came up with a formula, however idiotic, that ticked the box.”
And there you have it. Arrogance balancing precariously on stupidity.
And there you have it. Arrogance balancing precariously on stupidity.
April 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“This is not serious trade policy or grand strategy,” said Tooze. “The boss hates trade deficits and his team of willing sycophants came up with a formula, however idiotic, that ticked the box.”
And there you have it. Arrogance balancing precariously on stupidity.
And there you have it. Arrogance balancing precariously on stupidity.
However distasteful it may be to suggest that human lives can be reduced to mere arithmetic, what kind of justification can there be for the idea that 1,200 Jewish lives are somehow vindicated by the loss of 50,000 Palestinian lives?
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More than 50,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run ministry says
More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's military campaign in Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
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March 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
However distasteful it may be to suggest that human lives can be reduced to mere arithmetic, what kind of justification can there be for the idea that 1,200 Jewish lives are somehow vindicated by the loss of 50,000 Palestinian lives?
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Thousands of Temu sellers are setting up UK companies then ‘stealing’ the VAT numbers of other, real UK companies to evade tax.
The UK must clamp down on fake companies
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The UK must clamp down on fake companies
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The UK must clamp down on fake companies
The UK is failing to catch international tax evaders selling products on online marketplaces like Temu – that was the finding of a Sunday Times investigation last weekend.
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February 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Thousands of Temu sellers are setting up UK companies then ‘stealing’ the VAT numbers of other, real UK companies to evade tax.
The UK must clamp down on fake companies
taxjustice.uk/blog/the-uk-...
The UK must clamp down on fake companies
taxjustice.uk/blog/the-uk-...
Austerity got us into this mess. More austerity won't get us out...
The government may be planning to cut public services. But there is an alternative
Our latest blog:
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Our latest blog:
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The government may be planning to cut public services. But there is an alternative
The government is looking at cutting public spending and potentially raising taxes in March.
taxjustice.uk
February 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Austerity got us into this mess. More austerity won't get us out...
Sir Keir Starmer should leave the slagging off of judges to his newfound seeming buddy, the Orange Maniac...
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Judge 'deeply troubled' by PMQs exchange on Gazans settling in UK
Lady Chief Justice Baroness Sue Carr says a question asked by Kemi Badenoch and the answer given by Sir Keir Starmer were both "unacceptable".
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February 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sir Keir Starmer should leave the slagging off of judges to his newfound seeming buddy, the Orange Maniac...
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In answer to George's final rhetorical question - no, I bloody well didn't... Did you?
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Look at Labour’s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this? | George Monbiot
Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP – and mocking our objections, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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January 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In answer to George's final rhetorical question - no, I bloody well didn't... Did you?
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