Meg Howarth
@howarthm.bsky.social
☀️ Campaigner. 🕊️⚖️ Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point is to change it 🕊️⚖️ In order to do so we must understand and change ourselves ☀️
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Trump has announced that it was mostly all about oil. He is weirdly honest. This is the moment that Donald Trump unleashed anarchy www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
This is the moment that Donald Trump unleashed anarchy
Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and capture of its president mark the end of the West as we know it, warns world affairs editor Sam Kiley
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Trump has announced that it was mostly all about oil. He is weirdly honest. This is the moment that Donald Trump unleashed anarchy www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Unexpectedly honest piece:
- Cutting off oil to China was key in invasion, not drugs
- Trump also wanted to undermine resource sovereignty - a threat to every other country
- Chaos and collapse now likely in Venezuela + long term US presence
www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic...
- Cutting off oil to China was key in invasion, not drugs
- Trump also wanted to undermine resource sovereignty - a threat to every other country
- Chaos and collapse now likely in Venezuela + long term US presence
www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic...
Why China and oil fuel Trump's push to capture Maduro: MARK ALMOND
MARK ALMOND: Trump has long boasted of the eight conflicts around the world he is supposed to have resolved, but his assault on Venezuela is a devastating demonstration of raw American power.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Maduro Capture Operation and the President’s Duty to Faithfully Execute U.N. Charter at www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
Maduro Capture Operation and the President’s Duty to Faithfully Execute U.N. Charter
A decades-old Office of Legal Counsel memorandum claiming the President can disregard the UN Charter does not withstand serious scrutiny.
www.justsecurity.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Maduro Capture Operation and the President’s Duty to Faithfully Execute U.N. Charter at www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
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Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall
The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflict, writes Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This will go down well in Moscow and Beijing. Goodbye, international order.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes
The U.S. has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, who has been taken out of the country, President Donald Trump said on Saturday.
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:28 PM
🗳️ #VotingMatters 🗳️
🚨 The #Labour government [also] has good reason to fear [accountability], bracing for big losses in every direction, whether to #PlaidCymru in #Wales, the #SNP in #Scotland
💥 the #Greens especially in #London💥 or #ReformUK almost everywhere.
🚨 The #Labour government [also] has good reason to fear [accountability], bracing for big losses in every direction, whether to #PlaidCymru in #Wales, the #SNP in #Scotland
💥 the #Greens especially in #London💥 or #ReformUK almost everywhere.
Let 2026 be a year of reckoning - from Trump to Netanyahu, from Tehran to Budapest. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning | Jonathan Freedland
These malign figures will do anything to avoid paying for the harm they have done, but accountability must eventually come to both, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:24 PM
🗳️ #VotingMatters 🗳️
🚨 The #Labour government [also] has good reason to fear [accountability], bracing for big losses in every direction, whether to #PlaidCymru in #Wales, the #SNP in #Scotland
💥 the #Greens especially in #London💥 or #ReformUK almost everywhere.
🚨 The #Labour government [also] has good reason to fear [accountability], bracing for big losses in every direction, whether to #PlaidCymru in #Wales, the #SNP in #Scotland
💥 the #Greens especially in #London💥 or #ReformUK almost everywhere.
🚨 #Venezuela ⬇️
RSVP @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social @emilythornberry.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social cc @labourlewis.bsky.social
RSVP @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social @emilythornberry.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social cc @labourlewis.bsky.social
The US attack on Venezuela is an illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country (with lots of oil). Venezuela has become a more deeply repressive dictatorship & urgently needs democratic solution but this is unjustified & unjustifiable. Look forward to seeing swift UK Government condemnation.
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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Portrait of a girl in profile, c. 1500, by Piero di Cosimo. Today is his day.
January 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM
One thing that the government could do easily and simply is withdraw from X. There’s no downside.
January 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Are you thinking about leaving the UK to avoid inheritance tax? Wealth advisers to the country’s richest people say that it’s all anyone has wanted to talk about — and, for a surprising number, the answer was 'yes'. ft.trib.al/WCevdOP
January 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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🚸The youth justice machine has failed children, their families and communities - never mind the taxpayer. A better future is possible, if only the government admits it🚸
Excellent, informative piece.
Excellent, informative piece.
January 2, 2026 at 11:50 AM
🚸The youth justice machine has failed children, their families and communities - never mind the taxpayer. A better future is possible, if only the government admits it🚸
Excellent, informative piece.
Excellent, informative piece.
#Democracy eh? ⬇️ Funny business
😡 Housebuilders have been #lobbying against the inclusion of batteries, which would entail an upfront cost to the developer, though they would save money for homeowners 😡 RSVP @homebuildersfed.bsky.social
> @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social
😡 Housebuilders have been #lobbying against the inclusion of batteries, which would entail an upfront cost to the developer, though they would save money for homeowners 😡 RSVP @homebuildersfed.bsky.social
> @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social
Failure to include mandatory batteries in the standard for new UK homes would be a massive climb down by Labour govt - caving into pressure from large housebuilders
Again
Climbdown would be to detriment of the homeowners, the electricity grid, & public interest
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Again
Climbdown would be to detriment of the homeowners, the electricity grid, & public interest
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England
Critics say removing battery installation requirement will reduce amount homebuyers save on energy bills
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
#Democracy eh? ⬇️ Funny business
😡 Housebuilders have been #lobbying against the inclusion of batteries, which would entail an upfront cost to the developer, though they would save money for homeowners 😡 RSVP @homebuildersfed.bsky.social
> @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social
😡 Housebuilders have been #lobbying against the inclusion of batteries, which would entail an upfront cost to the developer, though they would save money for homeowners 😡 RSVP @homebuildersfed.bsky.social
> @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social
🚨 #CSA
@cathynewman.bsky.social @axrenton.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @francescrook.bsky.social
@cathynewman.bsky.social @axrenton.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @francescrook.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
Mamdani’s inauguration speech raises expectations for a ‘new era’ in New York ft.trib.al/IHWNTHG
Mamdani’s inauguration speech raises expectations for a ‘new era’ in New York
New mayor pledges to govern ‘expansively and audaciously’ as he refuses to soften progressive positions
ft.trib.al
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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You'd think that someone who is
"the main breadwinner and carer for your family and within the family members have life-limiting conditions"
would do all they could to avoid
"speeding in April 2023, running a red light in February 2025 and driving without due care and attention in April 2025."
"the main breadwinner and carer for your family and within the family members have life-limiting conditions"
would do all they could to avoid
"speeding in April 2023, running a red light in February 2025 and driving without due care and attention in April 2025."
Colin Salmon: EastEnders actor 'grateful' to avoid driving ban for speeding
Colin Salmon: EastEnders actor 'grateful' to avoid driving ban for speeding
Colin Salmon was shown leniency by the court because he cares for his seriously ill wife and daughter.
www.bbc.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
You'd think that someone who is
"the main breadwinner and carer for your family and within the family members have life-limiting conditions"
would do all they could to avoid
"speeding in April 2023, running a red light in February 2025 and driving without due care and attention in April 2025."
"the main breadwinner and carer for your family and within the family members have life-limiting conditions"
would do all they could to avoid
"speeding in April 2023, running a red light in February 2025 and driving without due care and attention in April 2025."
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NEW: The Jack Smith deposition transcript is a devastating, point-by-point rebuttal to claims that the Trump prosecutions were “political,” as Smith details evidence of Trump’s crimes "beyond a reasonable doubt."
Jack Smith Deposition Released Outlining Evidence of Trump's Alleged Crimes 'Beyond a Reasonable Doubt'
The Special Counsel makes clear there was sufficient evidence to pursue the charges
meidasnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW: The Jack Smith deposition transcript is a devastating, point-by-point rebuttal to claims that the Trump prosecutions were “political,” as Smith details evidence of Trump’s crimes "beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Ukraine’s first responders are always there where they are needed most — 24/7, 365 days a year, saving lives.
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As russia continues inflicting terror and pain, Ukrainian rescuers do their best to protect people from it🧵
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As russia continues inflicting terror and pain, Ukrainian rescuers do their best to protect people from it🧵
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Ukraine’s first responders are always there where they are needed most — 24/7, 365 days a year, saving lives.
💙💛
As russia continues inflicting terror and pain, Ukrainian rescuers do their best to protect people from it🧵
💙💛
As russia continues inflicting terror and pain, Ukrainian rescuers do their best to protect people from it🧵
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Trump withdraws National Guard from 3 US cities after Supreme Court ruling.
www.channel4.com/news/trump-w...
www.channel4.com/news/trump-w...
Trump withdraws National Guard from 3 US cities after Supreme Court ruling
President Trump says he is removing the National Guard troops he deployed in three Democrat-led US cities.
www.channel4.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Trump withdraws National Guard from 3 US cities after Supreme Court ruling.
www.channel4.com/news/trump-w...
www.channel4.com/news/trump-w...
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Happy New Year. My resolutions for 2026. I’ll work hard in our community to tackle the housing crisis, poverty & lack of investment in our public services. I’ll campaign for peace & justice for Palestinians & Ukrainians.I send my solidarity to the hunger strikers & their families
January 1, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Happy New Year. My resolutions for 2026. I’ll work hard in our community to tackle the housing crisis, poverty & lack of investment in our public services. I’ll campaign for peace & justice for Palestinians & Ukrainians.I send my solidarity to the hunger strikers & their families
A reminder that the best citizen journalism is a joint project between writers, editors and proofreaders - in the case of the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk they are all volunteers who are passionate about providing an opportunity to never-before-published writers to have their voices heard.
The Monday night volunteers
In praise of Sussex Bylines’ editors
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January 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
☢️The deployment appears pt of choreographed attempt 2 intimidate #Europe & prepare Russians 4 an escalation in war against Ukraine 💥if true, wld symbolically reduce the time it wld take for a #Russian missile 2 hit an #EU capital💥
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
Russia claims to have moved nuclear-capable missile system into Belarus
Assertion comes after the Kremlin accused Ukraine of attacking Vladimir Putin’s palace in Novgorod
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
☢️The deployment appears pt of choreographed attempt 2 intimidate #Europe & prepare Russians 4 an escalation in war against Ukraine 💥if true, wld symbolically reduce the time it wld take for a #Russian missile 2 hit an #EU capital💥
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... @lukeharding1968.bsky.social