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There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.
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I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib
Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib
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December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As we look fwd to Christmas dinner, remember the migrant workforce who make it all possible on our farms, picking & processing our food🎄
These workers should be protected from exploitation but restrictive visa conditions make them vulnerable-
@focusonlabour.bsky.social looks at solutions:
These workers should be protected from exploitation but restrictive visa conditions make them vulnerable-
@focusonlabour.bsky.social looks at solutions:
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
As we look fwd to Christmas dinner, remember the migrant workforce who make it all possible on our farms, picking & processing our food🎄
These workers should be protected from exploitation but restrictive visa conditions make them vulnerable-
@focusonlabour.bsky.social looks at solutions:
These workers should be protected from exploitation but restrictive visa conditions make them vulnerable-
@focusonlabour.bsky.social looks at solutions:
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According to ONS crime statistics* published last month, domestic violence against women is about 25% more prevalent for those born in the UK vs those not born here ...
*based upon findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.
*based upon findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
According to ONS crime statistics* published last month, domestic violence against women is about 25% more prevalent for those born in the UK vs those not born here ...
*based upon findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.
*based upon findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.
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I invite you to ask yourself why the language of protestors has been a terrifying daily concern, but e.g. successive governments giving the US unlimited use of our airbases to fly a gajillion dollars of weapons of destruction into Israel for use on huge numbers of civilians is not concerning at all.
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I invite you to ask yourself why the language of protestors has been a terrifying daily concern, but e.g. successive governments giving the US unlimited use of our airbases to fly a gajillion dollars of weapons of destruction into Israel for use on huge numbers of civilians is not concerning at all.
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Impunity is an enabler of criminality. And again, I suggest that we spend some time reflecting on the radicalising effect it must have on British politicians to be so deeply and directly complicit in such monstrous, racist crimes. These people have crossed a threshold into a truly dark place.
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Karim Khan makes allegation in court submission while defending move to prosecute Israeli prime minister in 2024
The British government threatened to defund the international criminal court and leave the Rome statute that set it up if it pressed ahead with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, the ICC’s prosecutor, has claimed.
Karim Khan made the allegation in a submission to the court defending his decision to prosecute Israel’s prime minister. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Impunity is an enabler of criminality. And again, I suggest that we spend some time reflecting on the radicalising effect it must have on British politicians to be so deeply and directly complicit in such monstrous, racist crimes. These people have crossed a threshold into a truly dark place.
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Most profound writing I read in 2026 was "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy" by a Nairobi man who dreamed of working in air traffic control but instead winds up sexting & chatting w ppl who think they're talking to AI (while AI trains on him). 16 pages & free - READ IT data-workers.org/michael/
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Most profound writing I read in 2026 was "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy" by a Nairobi man who dreamed of working in air traffic control but instead winds up sexting & chatting w ppl who think they're talking to AI (while AI trains on him). 16 pages & free - READ IT data-workers.org/michael/
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always worth hearing from the people who make your stuff www.equator.org/articles/the...
The Makers of Modern China • EQUATOR
For many years, Zheng Xiaoqiong has collected the stories of the workers whose migration to Guangdong powered China’s manufacturing revolution
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December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
always worth hearing from the people who make your stuff www.equator.org/articles/the...
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Welcome to Britain’s new benefits lie: disabled people are driving BMWs and Mercedes on the taxpayer’s dime.
My column on Motability and the truth behind the headlines and social media myths. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on Motability and the truth behind the headlines and social media myths. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Welcome to Britain’s new benefits lie: disabled people are driving BMWs and Mercedes on the taxpayer’s dime.
My column on Motability and the truth behind the headlines and social media myths. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on Motability and the truth behind the headlines and social media myths. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
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Goodwin's palpable disgust for black and brown people is, of course, a colonial inheritance. But the "national" prosperity that made Britain's welfare state possible is in no small part a colonial inheritance too, plundered from places like Africa and south Asia. He might show a little gratitude.
Reflections on the budget from the head of Students4Reform
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Goodwin's palpable disgust for black and brown people is, of course, a colonial inheritance. But the "national" prosperity that made Britain's welfare state possible is in no small part a colonial inheritance too, plundered from places like Africa and south Asia. He might show a little gratitude.
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In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵
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I spoke to two dozen BBC journalists, from frontline reporters to senior staff, about how the BBC came to symbolise the West's failure to prevent genocide in Gaza - and how the row over its coverage fed directly into its current meltdown.
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
Inside the BBC’s Gaza Fiasco • EQUATOR
How the world’s most trusted media organisation fell apart
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November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I spoke to two dozen BBC journalists, from frontline reporters to senior staff, about how the BBC came to symbolise the West's failure to prevent genocide in Gaza - and how the row over its coverage fed directly into its current meltdown.
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The only Legitimate Concerns about asylum seekers are concerns for their well being and safety. For a rich country like ours to incessantly whine about these people as if we are their victims is perhaps the single most pathetic spectacle in British politics over the past quarter century.
No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The only Legitimate Concerns about asylum seekers are concerns for their well being and safety. For a rich country like ours to incessantly whine about these people as if we are their victims is perhaps the single most pathetic spectacle in British politics over the past quarter century.
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Incredible shit here: the man who provided the template for stomping on the BBC when it displeases malicious actors in politics, complaining that malicious actors in politics are using his template for stomping on the BBC for displeasing them.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Incredible shit here: the man who provided the template for stomping on the BBC when it displeases malicious actors in politics, complaining that malicious actors in politics are using his template for stomping on the BBC for displeasing them.
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the tory proposal to deport 4-7% of the uk population is a fascist one - & we have to call it that
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
my latest with @thebulwark.com
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The Tories’ Dangerous Drift
In the U.K., a shocking proposal from a Conservative MP elicited pushback from her party only belatedly. It signals darker things to come.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
the tory proposal to deport 4-7% of the uk population is a fascist one - & we have to call it that
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
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You don’t raze entire towns and cities street by street with controlled demolitions and bulldozers for any military objective. You do it because the aim is to wipe those places out of existence forever, and it’s not like they’ve been hiding this.
Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war
With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
You don’t raze entire towns and cities street by street with controlled demolitions and bulldozers for any military objective. You do it because the aim is to wipe those places out of existence forever, and it’s not like they’ve been hiding this.
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The masks have not just slipped, they've been smashed to pieces as it's clear they have no interest in ever rowing back
Full commitment to a deeply reactionary project whose logical conclusion is very clear
Full commitment to a deeply reactionary project whose logical conclusion is very clear
Mass deporting millions of people legally living here in order to make the UK "culturally coherent" is "broadly in line" with Conservative party policy, says Kemi Badenoch's spokesman
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The masks have not just slipped, they've been smashed to pieces as it's clear they have no interest in ever rowing back
Full commitment to a deeply reactionary project whose logical conclusion is very clear
Full commitment to a deeply reactionary project whose logical conclusion is very clear
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ICE is the Sturmabteilung of Trumpian fascism, characterised by racial profiling, flagrant lawlessness, and sadistic violence. The fact that Badenoch wants that for us is a shocking illustration of just how extreme and sinister her politics are.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice
Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration
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October 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
ICE is the Sturmabteilung of Trumpian fascism, characterised by racial profiling, flagrant lawlessness, and sadistic violence. The fact that Badenoch wants that for us is a shocking illustration of just how extreme and sinister her politics are.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The anti-genocide protests are not made against the Jewish community. They're not even made against Israel per se. They are primarily against *our own government*, and it's complicity in the genocide being carried out by the Israeli state. The home secretary's remarks should be seen in that context.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked about the Home Secretarys comments that yesterdays protests about Israels actions were dishonourable (she also said they were unBritish).
Zack is spot on.
Zack is spot on.
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The anti-genocide protests are not made against the Jewish community. They're not even made against Israel per se. They are primarily against *our own government*, and it's complicity in the genocide being carried out by the Israeli state. The home secretary's remarks should be seen in that context.
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People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
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October 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Roaring denunciation for anyone stating publicly that the Palestinians are human beings with rights who shouldn’t be slaughtered with total impunity; polite applause for swearing friendship to the fascist government that’s been handing out machine guns to civilians, for use on its subject population
October 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Roaring denunciation for anyone stating publicly that the Palestinians are human beings with rights who shouldn’t be slaughtered with total impunity; polite applause for swearing friendship to the fascist government that’s been handing out machine guns to civilians, for use on its subject population
Floods, wild fires, food shortages and subsequent price rises famously don't affect ordinary workers. What the hell is @unitesharon.bsky.social thinking? Well past time for union climate denial. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary
There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Floods, wild fires, food shortages and subsequent price rises famously don't affect ordinary workers. What the hell is @unitesharon.bsky.social thinking? Well past time for union climate denial. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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2 years of default urban/village 20mph in Wales has resulted in over 1,000 fewer killed or injured. The data shows a 25% reduction in casualties on the 20/30mph roads. Drivers gain with damage risk, crashes and premiums down. Well done Wales. bit.ly/4ppl030
September 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
2 years of default urban/village 20mph in Wales has resulted in over 1,000 fewer killed or injured. The data shows a 25% reduction in casualties on the 20/30mph roads. Drivers gain with damage risk, crashes and premiums down. Well done Wales. bit.ly/4ppl030
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He condemned the criminality in last year's racist riots and then spent the next year pandering to the politics of the rioters. Hence the horrible scenes at the weekend. I hope his centre left critics are smart enough not to be fobbed off by this little performance.
NEW - A punchy Keir Starmer at cabinet condemns the violence at Saturday's march "led by a convicted criminal" saying they had "sent a chill through the spines of people around the country, and particularly many ethnic minority Britons."
September 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
He condemned the criminality in last year's racist riots and then spent the next year pandering to the politics of the rioters. Hence the horrible scenes at the weekend. I hope his centre left critics are smart enough not to be fobbed off by this little performance.