Lesley Thomson
@scunneredscot.bsky.social
Woke Scottish wumin.
Likes books, most music but especially Acid Jazz, football, films, fashion and cats.
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Likes books, most music but especially Acid Jazz, football, films, fashion and cats.
Indy supporter 🏴
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
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Israel tells Gaza aid flotilla to change course as activists say navy is intercepting boats – Middle East crisis live
Israel tells Gaza aid flotilla to change course as activists say navy is intercepting boats – Middle East crisis live
Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying about 500 activists including Greta Thunberg, says Israeli navy boats approaching; foreign ministry says it asked flotilla to change course
A number of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla have posted on social media videos saying they have been captured by Israeli forces.
“If you’re watching this video, it means that I have been violently intercepted by Israeli authorities against my will,” said the American activist David Adler, co-general coordinator of Progressive International, in a pre-recorded video posted by the group’s X account. Adler then called on political parties, labor unions and social movements within the group’s network to mobilize against Israel’s war on Gaza. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Israel tells Gaza aid flotilla to change course as activists say navy is intercepting boats – Middle East crisis live
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Scotland is literally a powerhouse, producing nearly half the UK's renewable energy and sending £billions of our power to the south of England. Yet we pay the highest energy bills in Europe. It could have been different. It still could be. #IndependenceIsNormal
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Scotland is literally a powerhouse, producing nearly half the UK's renewable energy and sending £billions of our power to the south of England. Yet we pay the highest energy bills in Europe. It could have been different. It still could be. #IndependenceIsNormal
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Breaking News: The organizers of a flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza say Israel has intercepted some of their boats.
Activists Say Israel Has Intercepted Boats Headed to Gaza With Aid
The vessels are part of a flotilla carrying activists, including Greta Thunberg, who are trying to deliver humanitarian goods and protest Israel’s war.
nyti.ms
October 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Breaking News: The organizers of a flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza say Israel has intercepted some of their boats.
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Israeli forces are minutes away from illegally intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla.
One of the ships - the Ohwayla - sails under a UK flag. Onboard are humanitarians with vital aid, demanding a humanitarian corridor.
The Labour government must act NOW to protect UK citizens.
One of the ships - the Ohwayla - sails under a UK flag. Onboard are humanitarians with vital aid, demanding a humanitarian corridor.
The Labour government must act NOW to protect UK citizens.
October 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Israeli forces are minutes away from illegally intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla.
One of the ships - the Ohwayla - sails under a UK flag. Onboard are humanitarians with vital aid, demanding a humanitarian corridor.
The Labour government must act NOW to protect UK citizens.
One of the ships - the Ohwayla - sails under a UK flag. Onboard are humanitarians with vital aid, demanding a humanitarian corridor.
The Labour government must act NOW to protect UK citizens.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/le...
Let Gazan Students Study Safely — Waive Visa Biometrics
Right now, UK visa rules are blocking students in Gaza from taking up their places at British universities.
The government insists they travel to an in-person biometric appointment — even though war h...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/le...
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Children's education should be free from war🕊️
Our open letter, signed by hundreds of people on Saturday, calls on @wethecurious.bsky.social to cut ties with the arms trade: just last month they hosted arms manufactures for a graduate careers event😡
Add your name now: acornuk.good.do/southwest/WT...
Our open letter, signed by hundreds of people on Saturday, calls on @wethecurious.bsky.social to cut ties with the arms trade: just last month they hosted arms manufactures for a graduate careers event😡
Add your name now: acornuk.good.do/southwest/WT...
July 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Children's education should be free from war🕊️
Our open letter, signed by hundreds of people on Saturday, calls on @wethecurious.bsky.social to cut ties with the arms trade: just last month they hosted arms manufactures for a graduate careers event😡
Add your name now: acornuk.good.do/southwest/WT...
Our open letter, signed by hundreds of people on Saturday, calls on @wethecurious.bsky.social to cut ties with the arms trade: just last month they hosted arms manufactures for a graduate careers event😡
Add your name now: acornuk.good.do/southwest/WT...
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As Keir Starmer hires former Sun editor David Dinsmore as his new communications chief, a quick reminder of the sorts of communications Dinsmore helped to put out in his former job
July 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
As Keir Starmer hires former Sun editor David Dinsmore as his new communications chief, a quick reminder of the sorts of communications Dinsmore helped to put out in his former job
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Letters from the rubble of Gaza: Part Three
"Open the crossings immediately, bring in food and medicine. Stop this slow massacre. Save our children from starving to death! History will not forgive you for your failure!"
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...
"Open the crossings immediately, bring in food and medicine. Stop this slow massacre. Save our children from starving to death! History will not forgive you for your failure!"
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...
Letters from the rubble of Gaza: Part Three
"Open the crossings immediately, bring in food and medicine. Stop this slow massacre. Save our children from starving to death! History will not forgive you for your failure.!"
northeastbylines.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Letters from the rubble of Gaza: Part Three
"Open the crossings immediately, bring in food and medicine. Stop this slow massacre. Save our children from starving to death! History will not forgive you for your failure!"
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...
"Open the crossings immediately, bring in food and medicine. Stop this slow massacre. Save our children from starving to death! History will not forgive you for your failure!"
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...
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What’s happening in Gaza is unimaginable and unsustainable. Desperately needed aid must be surged now. And it’s long past time for a deal to release the hostages and end the hostilities. This cannot continue.
July 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What’s happening in Gaza is unimaginable and unsustainable. Desperately needed aid must be surged now. And it’s long past time for a deal to release the hostages and end the hostilities. This cannot continue.
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July 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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“Israeli Settlers Kill American Citizen in Occupied West Bank, Family Says”
Israelis continues to kill US citizens with impunity. Whatever happened to ‘America First’ (Trump) or ‘If you harm an American we will respond (Biden)?
Israelis continues to kill US citizens with impunity. Whatever happened to ‘America First’ (Trump) or ‘If you harm an American we will respond (Biden)?
BREAKING: Israeli Settlers Kill American Citizen in Occupied West Bank, Family Says
Sayfollah Musallet was visiting his family in the village of Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya when settlers allegedly beat him unconscious and blocked an ambulance from reaching him for hours.
zeteo.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“Israeli Settlers Kill American Citizen in Occupied West Bank, Family Says”
Israelis continues to kill US citizens with impunity. Whatever happened to ‘America First’ (Trump) or ‘If you harm an American we will respond (Biden)?
Israelis continues to kill US citizens with impunity. Whatever happened to ‘America First’ (Trump) or ‘If you harm an American we will respond (Biden)?
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Israeli settlers beat and killed a 20-year-old Palestinian-American man during a confrontation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and a second Palestinian was fatally shot, according to Palestinian authorities and the families of both men.
Two Palestinians Killed in West Bank Clash With Israeli Settlers
Palestinian authorities and family members said Israeli settlers beat and killed a Palestinian-American man. Israel said the violence began when Palestinians threw stones at Israeli civilians.
trib.al
July 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Israeli settlers beat and killed a 20-year-old Palestinian-American man during a confrontation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and a second Palestinian was fatally shot, according to Palestinian authorities and the families of both men.
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Watering down the definition of terrorism will have lasting consequences for law enforcement, counterterrorism, and national security, writes @ozkaterji.bsky.social.
Britain’s Palestine Action Ban Is a Dangerous Overreach
Draconian steps used against activists risk weakening real anti-terrorism measures.
foreignpolicy.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Watering down the definition of terrorism will have lasting consequences for law enforcement, counterterrorism, and national security, writes @ozkaterji.bsky.social.
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Israel has announced it's building a concentration camp in Gaza.
Imagine seeing this news and deciding you should aim your fire at the few politicians speaking out, rather than condemning the crime.
On Israel and Nazi comparisons 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/on-israel-...
Imagine seeing this news and deciding you should aim your fire at the few politicians speaking out, rather than condemning the crime.
On Israel and Nazi comparisons 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/on-israel-...
On Israel and comparisons with the Nazis
After Israel announces it's building a concentration camp, condemning the few politicians speaking out is morally twisted
www.owenjones.news
July 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Israel has announced it's building a concentration camp in Gaza.
Imagine seeing this news and deciding you should aim your fire at the few politicians speaking out, rather than condemning the crime.
On Israel and Nazi comparisons 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/on-israel-...
Imagine seeing this news and deciding you should aim your fire at the few politicians speaking out, rather than condemning the crime.
On Israel and Nazi comparisons 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/on-israel-...
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If we have a functioning legal system, if, those arrests for supporting Palestine Action really oughtn't to stick. Protesting the absurdity of proscribing Palestine Action isn't the same as encouraging support for Palestine Action.
July 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If we have a functioning legal system, if, those arrests for supporting Palestine Action really oughtn't to stick. Protesting the absurdity of proscribing Palestine Action isn't the same as encouraging support for Palestine Action.
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Stop selling arms to Israel then.
July 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Stop selling arms to Israel then.
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Everything in this report is just so profoundly damning of Benjamin Netanyahu, one of the worst and cruelest world leaders of our age: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Everything in this report is just so profoundly damning of Benjamin Netanyahu, one of the worst and cruelest world leaders of our age: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
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Remember the outrage when Israel first targeted hospitals in Gaza?
Now, the last hospital in northern Gaza is destroyed, babies are freezing to death & the WHO Director-General narrowly survived an attack in Yemen.
This genocide is fuelled by UK arms sales & Western support.
Now, the last hospital in northern Gaza is destroyed, babies are freezing to death & the WHO Director-General narrowly survived an attack in Yemen.
This genocide is fuelled by UK arms sales & Western support.
December 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Remember the outrage when Israel first targeted hospitals in Gaza?
Now, the last hospital in northern Gaza is destroyed, babies are freezing to death & the WHO Director-General narrowly survived an attack in Yemen.
This genocide is fuelled by UK arms sales & Western support.
Now, the last hospital in northern Gaza is destroyed, babies are freezing to death & the WHO Director-General narrowly survived an attack in Yemen.
This genocide is fuelled by UK arms sales & Western support.
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The Smalltown Club is back in the hustle and bustle of downtown Dun’deagh …. Putting Dundee back on the map and filling a huge hole in Dundee’s clubbing itinerary
From February next year residing at 3 Session St (old lucifers mill )
Cya there
From February next year residing at 3 Session St (old lucifers mill )
Cya there
December 2, 2024 at 12:54 PM
The Smalltown Club is back in the hustle and bustle of downtown Dun’deagh …. Putting Dundee back on the map and filling a huge hole in Dundee’s clubbing itinerary
From February next year residing at 3 Session St (old lucifers mill )
Cya there
From February next year residing at 3 Session St (old lucifers mill )
Cya there
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Was Dostoevsky a time traveler?
December 1, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Was Dostoevsky a time traveler?
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Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
youtu.be
November 28, 2024 at 7:44 AM
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Do not become numb to this genocide.
Israeli airstrikes have killed nearly 100 Palestinian civilians in the past 24 hours. This, immediately after Biden sent another $650M in arms to Netanyahu, and after Netanyahu was charged with war crimes by the ICC. Horrific.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israeli airstrikes have killed nearly 100 Palestinian civilians in the past 24 hours. This, immediately after Biden sent another $650M in arms to Netanyahu, and after Netanyahu was charged with war crimes by the ICC. Horrific.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israeli attacks kill nearly 100 as ‘catastrophic’ hunger grips Gaza
UN official warns of ‘dreadful struggle for survival’ in Gaza as strikes by Israeli jets, tanks and drones kill dozens.
www.aljazeera.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Do not become numb to this genocide.
Israeli airstrikes have killed nearly 100 Palestinian civilians in the past 24 hours. This, immediately after Biden sent another $650M in arms to Netanyahu, and after Netanyahu was charged with war crimes by the ICC. Horrific.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israeli airstrikes have killed nearly 100 Palestinian civilians in the past 24 hours. This, immediately after Biden sent another $650M in arms to Netanyahu, and after Netanyahu was charged with war crimes by the ICC. Horrific.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant for war crimes & crimes against humanity.
The UK government must comply with the ICC, end all arms sales, impose economic sanctions & suspend its trade deal with Israel.
Nothing less will do.
The UK government must comply with the ICC, end all arms sales, impose economic sanctions & suspend its trade deal with Israel.
Nothing less will do.
November 21, 2024 at 12:38 PM
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant for war crimes & crimes against humanity.
The UK government must comply with the ICC, end all arms sales, impose economic sanctions & suspend its trade deal with Israel.
Nothing less will do.
The UK government must comply with the ICC, end all arms sales, impose economic sanctions & suspend its trade deal with Israel.
Nothing less will do.
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Children accounted for the biggest rise of any social group falling into poverty a shocking new report has found - a record 36%, or 5.2 million children are now in deprivation
Child poverty should be the national conversation right now
Child poverty should be the national conversation right now
🚨Millions of people in this country are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks. It’s barely getting a mention.
I’m joining forces with @bigissue.bsky.social in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW - a statutory duty for every gov’t to set POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS
youtu.be/uAr58YqXW7I?...
I’m joining forces with @bigissue.bsky.social in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW - a statutory duty for every gov’t to set POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS
youtu.be/uAr58YqXW7I?...
🚨Millions of people are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks - It’s barely mentioned
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Children accounted for the biggest rise of any social group falling into poverty a shocking new report has found - a record 36%, or 5.2 million children are now in deprivation
Child poverty should be the national conversation right now
Child poverty should be the national conversation right now