Susan Grey
@susanjgrey.bsky.social
Socialist and retired clinical psychologist.
Northerner turned Southerner. Art, opera, trains.
Northerner turned Southerner. Art, opera, trains.
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Susan Grey
@susanjgrey.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Hello.
I'm told things are better over here. Looking forward to finding some old favourites.
I'm told things are better over here. Looking forward to finding some old favourites.
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The WSJ confirms that in the leadup to Pete Hegseth's serial war crimes in the Caribbean, he made clear to commanders that our military code *was not to be followed*—no questions were to be asked of any orders. It led to the resignation of the top commander in the Caribbean.
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The WSJ confirms that in the leadup to Pete Hegseth's serial war crimes in the Caribbean, he made clear to commanders that our military code *was not to be followed*—no questions were to be asked of any orders. It led to the resignation of the top commander in the Caribbean.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Netherlands, Spain, Ireland & Slovenia will boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete.
Well done. Fuck Eurovision.
Of course there's a "huge rift"
#bbcnews
Netherlands, Spain, Ireland & Slovenia will boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete.
Well done. Fuck Eurovision.
Of course there's a "huge rift"
#bbcnews
Netherlands, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
They, and other members of the European Broadcasting Union, had called for Israel to be excluded over the humanitarian toll of the war in Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Netherlands, Spain, Ireland & Slovenia will boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete.
Well done. Fuck Eurovision.
Of course there's a "huge rift"
#bbcnews
Netherlands, Spain, Ireland & Slovenia will boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete.
Well done. Fuck Eurovision.
Of course there's a "huge rift"
#bbcnews
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MP’s must resist any attempt by the government to undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy. Write to your MP now!
🚨The governments controversial plan to scrap jury trials for crimes with sentences of less than 3 years is a huge mistake, will make little or no difference to the backlog and will undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy
WE MUST STOP IT
youtu.be/DvdUHAHf_4o?...
WE MUST STOP IT
youtu.be/DvdUHAHf_4o?...
MP’s must resist this attempt to undermine & restrict a fundamental cornerstone of our democracy
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
MP’s must resist any attempt by the government to undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy. Write to your MP now!
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"Israeli forces have killed at least 5 Palestinians, including 2 children in southern Gaza, in the latest violation of the ceasefire. The military carried out drone strikes on tents housing displaced families in Al Mawasi"
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Israeli forces have killed at least 5 Palestinians, including 2 children in southern Gaza, in the latest violation of the ceasefire. The military carried out drone strikes on tents housing displaced families in Al Mawasi"
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This is the guy who gave Boris Johnson £1 million and then won a big MoD contract....
Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is the guy who gave Boris Johnson £1 million and then won a big MoD contract....
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Has there ever been a Question Time that wasn’t an Immigration Special?
Update: Apologies I was due to be on Have I got News for You this week. We've now postponed until 2026.
To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.
To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Has there ever been a Question Time that wasn’t an Immigration Special?
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Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
Gaza mourns latest victims of Israeli genocide that ‘never really ended’
Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
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The ‘Labour’ government is throwing higher education under the bus to appease a few racists.
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The ‘Labour’ government is throwing higher education under the bus to appease a few racists.
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It’s not hard to identify those who have rooted extremism in our society: Jenrick, Braverman, Farage, Anderson etc, abetted by right wing media. Taken their lead from the man who poured out his racist loathing of every single US citizen of Somali descent yesterday.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
UK ‘flying blind’ on soaring extremism
Radicalisation is rising at the fastest rate in decades. MPs are calling for a coherent plan to tackle it
www.thetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It’s not hard to identify those who have rooted extremism in our society: Jenrick, Braverman, Farage, Anderson etc, abetted by right wing media. Taken their lead from the man who poured out his racist loathing of every single US citizen of Somali descent yesterday.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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MP’s must resist any attempt by the government to undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy. Write to your MP now
🚨The governments controversial plan to scrap jury trials for crimes with sentences of less than 3 years is a huge mistake, will make little or no difference to the backlog and will undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy
WE MUST STOP IT
youtu.be/DvdUHAHf_4o?...
WE MUST STOP IT
youtu.be/DvdUHAHf_4o?...
MP’s must resist this attempt to undermine & restrict a fundamental cornerstone of our democracy
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
MP’s must resist any attempt by the government to undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy. Write to your MP now
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Sister of Palestine Action-linked prison hunger striker says she fears for his life
Shahmina Alam urges ministers to engage with demands after Kamran Ahmed, who is awaiting trial, taken to hospital www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shahmina Alam urges ministers to engage with demands after Kamran Ahmed, who is awaiting trial, taken to hospital www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Sister of Palestine Action-linked prison hunger striker says she fears for his life
Shahmina Alam urges ministers to engage with demands after Kamran Ahmed, who is awaiting trial, taken to hospital
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Sister of Palestine Action-linked prison hunger striker says she fears for his life
Shahmina Alam urges ministers to engage with demands after Kamran Ahmed, who is awaiting trial, taken to hospital www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shahmina Alam urges ministers to engage with demands after Kamran Ahmed, who is awaiting trial, taken to hospital www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
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By eroding trial by jury, the government is cementing its legacy as a bulldozer of our human rights.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
By eroding trial by jury, the government is cementing its legacy as a bulldozer of our human rights.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
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After threatening the International Criminal Court and doing nothing to uphold arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, Attorney General Lord Hermer says:
"The United Kingdom is a resolute supporter of international law, accountability and the International Criminal Court."
"The United Kingdom is a resolute supporter of international law, accountability and the International Criminal Court."
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
After threatening the International Criminal Court and doing nothing to uphold arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, Attorney General Lord Hermer says:
"The United Kingdom is a resolute supporter of international law, accountability and the International Criminal Court."
"The United Kingdom is a resolute supporter of international law, accountability and the International Criminal Court."
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“I believe fundamentally in the jury system…juries remain the cornerstone of our system”
Justice Secretary David Lammy
Justice Secretary David Lammy
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“I believe fundamentally in the jury system…juries remain the cornerstone of our system”
Justice Secretary David Lammy
Justice Secretary David Lammy
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The genocide in Gaza is continuing under cover of the “ceasefire”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik
Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The genocide in Gaza is continuing under cover of the “ceasefire”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Lovely birthday present to start the day!
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Lovely birthday present to start the day!
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Hi. We’re Reform. We’ve got all the worst Tories you can imagine, and a bunch of our own candidates who are even worse.
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Hi. We’re Reform. We’ve got all the worst Tories you can imagine, and a bunch of our own candidates who are even worse.
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The Israeli prime minister is facing corruption charges that could see him sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
What does Netanyahu want to be pardoned for and is it possible?
The Israeli prime minister is facing corruption charges that could see him sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Israeli prime minister is facing corruption charges that could see him sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
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A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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Jenny Manson, JVL Co-chair, made a witness statement on our behalf in the judicial review of the Starmer regime’s arbitrary decision to ban anti-genocide protest group #PalestineAction
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/oppo...
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www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/oppo...
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Opposing the proscription of Palestine Action
Jenny Manson, JVL’s Co-chair, made a witness statement on behalf of JVL in the judicial review of the Starmer regime’s…
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Jenny Manson, JVL Co-chair, made a witness statement on our behalf in the judicial review of the Starmer regime’s arbitrary decision to ban anti-genocide protest group #PalestineAction
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/oppo...
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www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/oppo...
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Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
Conservatives Promote JCB's 'Revolutionary' Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
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Ceasefire - in your dreams
Nesrine Malik on Israeli war crimes in Gaza, war crimes in the West Bank, war crimes in Syria, war crimes in Lebanon
#EndTheSlaughter
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nesrine Malik on Israeli war crimes in Gaza, war crimes in the West Bank, war crimes in Syria, war crimes in Lebanon
#EndTheSlaughter
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik
Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ceasefire - in your dreams
Nesrine Malik on Israeli war crimes in Gaza, war crimes in the West Bank, war crimes in Syria, war crimes in Lebanon
#EndTheSlaughter
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nesrine Malik on Israeli war crimes in Gaza, war crimes in the West Bank, war crimes in Syria, war crimes in Lebanon
#EndTheSlaughter
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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RMT members who clean the DLR and who are employed by Bidvest Noonan are back on the picket lines today - fighting for sick pay.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
RMT members who clean the DLR and who are employed by Bidvest Noonan are back on the picket lines today - fighting for sick pay.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.