Rachael
@b3tty-be5ns.bsky.social
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MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime
MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime
Forty Labour and independent MPs call on Steve Reed to take ‘important step’ of defining anti-Muslim hatred
More than three dozen Labour and independent MPs have written to the housing secretary calling on the government to adopt a definition of Islamophobia, after recent figures revealed hate crimes against Muslims were up by nearly a fifth.
Forty MPs, including Labour MPs Diane Abbott, Dawn Butler, Kim Johnson and independent Andrew Gwynne, were among the signatories on the letter from Afzal Khan who wrote to Steve Reed on Friday asking him to adopt a definition of anti-Muslim hatred as an “important step” in addressing discrimination, prejudice and hatred the community faces. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime
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Maybe Israel shouldn't be allowed to control the Rafah crossing?
October 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Maybe Israel shouldn't be allowed to control the Rafah crossing?
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Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching
Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching
Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met
www.thetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching
Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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NEW: Clemson University bowed to political pressure and fired an assistant professor over a Facebook post that was critical of Charlie Kirk. We’re asking a federal court to uphold the First Amendment and reinstate the faculty member.
October 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
NEW: Clemson University bowed to political pressure and fired an assistant professor over a Facebook post that was critical of Charlie Kirk. We’re asking a federal court to uphold the First Amendment and reinstate the faculty member.
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UK ignored obligation to prevent genocide, witnesses tell Gaza tribunal
Independent tribunal told government did little to hold Israel to account and aimed to shield itself from scrutiny
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Independent tribunal told government did little to hold Israel to account and aimed to shield itself from scrutiny
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
UK ignored obligation to prevent genocide, witnesses tell Gaza tribunal
Independent tribunal told government did minimum to hold Israel to account and maximum to shield itself from scrutiny
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
UK ignored obligation to prevent genocide, witnesses tell Gaza tribunal
Independent tribunal told government did little to hold Israel to account and aimed to shield itself from scrutiny
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Independent tribunal told government did little to hold Israel to account and aimed to shield itself from scrutiny
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Mad how like over 2.2k people have died in this earthquake in Afghanistan and haven’t seen a single post about it on here except for my own when it happened
September 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Mad how like over 2.2k people have died in this earthquake in Afghanistan and haven’t seen a single post about it on here except for my own when it happened
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@zarahsultana.bsky.social : "I have to ask the foreign secretary, how do you sleep at night?"
August 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
@zarahsultana.bsky.social : "I have to ask the foreign secretary, how do you sleep at night?"
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Three former Michigan State Police cops who founded a marijuana testing lab have been permanently banned from participating in the cannabis industry.
Ex-cops banned from Michigan cannabis industry for inflating THC, downplaying hazards, regulators announce
“This is justice, plain and simple,” says Cannabis Regulatory Agency director
www.metrotimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Three former Michigan State Police cops who founded a marijuana testing lab have been permanently banned from participating in the cannabis industry.
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UK hasn’t seen poverty like this for 60 yrs, says Gordon Brown in call to scrap two-child benefit cap.
Tory govt imposed it. Labour continuing with it. Starmer removed whip from 7 MPs who opposed it.
What is the mentality of Ministers condemning children to poverty, blighting futures?
Tory govt imposed it. Labour continuing with it. Starmer removed whip from 7 MPs who opposed it.
What is the mentality of Ministers condemning children to poverty, blighting futures?
UK hasn’t seen poverty like this for 60 years, says Gordon Brown
The former prime minister backed reforms to gambling taxes in order to generate the £3.2bn needed to scrap the cap
www.independent.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
UK hasn’t seen poverty like this for 60 yrs, says Gordon Brown in call to scrap two-child benefit cap.
Tory govt imposed it. Labour continuing with it. Starmer removed whip from 7 MPs who opposed it.
What is the mentality of Ministers condemning children to poverty, blighting futures?
Tory govt imposed it. Labour continuing with it. Starmer removed whip from 7 MPs who opposed it.
What is the mentality of Ministers condemning children to poverty, blighting futures?
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Researchers say rising food prices are the second biggest way that climate change manifests in our day-to-day lives, topped only by extreme heat.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/b...
Extreme weather caused by climate change is raising food prices worldwide, study says | CNN Business
Extreme weather caused by climate change is driving up the prices of basic food products worldwide and posing wider risks to society, a new study has found.
www.cnn.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Researchers say rising food prices are the second biggest way that climate change manifests in our day-to-day lives, topped only by extreme heat.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/b...
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Courts service in England & Wales 'covered up' IT bug that caused evidence to go missing.
Software had a long history of data loss.
Executives covered up flaws.
Judges made rulings with incomplete evidence.
Another Post Office type of scandal looms.
Software had a long history of data loss.
Executives covered up flaws.
Judges made rulings with incomplete evidence.
Another Post Office type of scandal looms.
Courts service accused of covering up IT bug that caused evidence to go missing
Sources say judges in courts and tribunals will have made rulings when evidence was incomplete.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Courts service in England & Wales 'covered up' IT bug that caused evidence to go missing.
Software had a long history of data loss.
Executives covered up flaws.
Judges made rulings with incomplete evidence.
Another Post Office type of scandal looms.
Software had a long history of data loss.
Executives covered up flaws.
Judges made rulings with incomplete evidence.
Another Post Office type of scandal looms.
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"Keir Starmer has announced today that the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September, unless Israel commits to a sustainable peace, and allows the UN to restart its humanitarian support to Gaza."
Why is it either/or?
Why is it either/or?
UK to recognise Palestinian state
The Prime Minister said that the recognition of a Palestinian state would depend on an assessment made before the UN General Assembly meeting in September
northeastbylines.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Keir Starmer has announced today that the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September, unless Israel commits to a sustainable peace, and allows the UN to restart its humanitarian support to Gaza."
Why is it either/or?
Why is it either/or?
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Banning Palestine Action broke UK’s obligations under international law, says UN Human Rights Commissioner bit.ly/3IKH5II as Minister confirms “Protest in support of Palestinians, waving a Palestine flag or expressing views about horrifying situation in Gaza is lawful”
UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief
Volker Türk says the Home Office proscription restricts right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly
bit.ly
July 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Banning Palestine Action broke UK’s obligations under international law, says UN Human Rights Commissioner bit.ly/3IKH5II as Minister confirms “Protest in support of Palestinians, waving a Palestine flag or expressing views about horrifying situation in Gaza is lawful”
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July 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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David Lammy says the "widespread loss of life" of aid workers in Gaza is a travesty.
Who killed them, David?
And who's supporting, arming & helping them while they murder the aid workers, David?
Who killed them, David?
And who's supporting, arming & helping them while they murder the aid workers, David?
July 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
David Lammy says the "widespread loss of life" of aid workers in Gaza is a travesty.
Who killed them, David?
And who's supporting, arming & helping them while they murder the aid workers, David?
Who killed them, David?
And who's supporting, arming & helping them while they murder the aid workers, David?
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Among yesterday's arrestees is Deborah Hinton, an 81-year old retired magistrate with an OBE.
That's Yvette Cooper's idea of a terrorist.
Language has been turned on its head.
The law has been turned on its head.
Murdering children is righteous.
Trying to stop it is terrorism.
That's Yvette Cooper's idea of a terrorist.
Language has been turned on its head.
The law has been turned on its head.
Murdering children is righteous.
Trying to stop it is terrorism.
July 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Among yesterday's arrestees is Deborah Hinton, an 81-year old retired magistrate with an OBE.
That's Yvette Cooper's idea of a terrorist.
Language has been turned on its head.
The law has been turned on its head.
Murdering children is righteous.
Trying to stop it is terrorism.
That's Yvette Cooper's idea of a terrorist.
Language has been turned on its head.
The law has been turned on its head.
Murdering children is righteous.
Trying to stop it is terrorism.
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Remember all that fulminating in the billionaire press about "free speech" (ie their freedom to abuse Muslims, trans people etc with impunity)? Now that people are being arrested for speaking about an issue of the utmost gravity, the self-appointed guardians of liberty have fallen strangely silent.
It's utterly mad.
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action
Police in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Remember all that fulminating in the billionaire press about "free speech" (ie their freedom to abuse Muslims, trans people etc with impunity)? Now that people are being arrested for speaking about an issue of the utmost gravity, the self-appointed guardians of liberty have fallen strangely silent.
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If you’re not sure who to support, ask yourself who would deliver lifesaving treatment to your Mum at 4am in A and E.
It wouldn’t be Wes Streeting.
Support NHS resident doctors.
It wouldn’t be Wes Streeting.
Support NHS resident doctors.
July 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If you’re not sure who to support, ask yourself who would deliver lifesaving treatment to your Mum at 4am in A and E.
It wouldn’t be Wes Streeting.
Support NHS resident doctors.
It wouldn’t be Wes Streeting.
Support NHS resident doctors.
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🌟A positive step forward!
👉A platform to test efficiently & simultaneously multiple different therapies
🔸Funding is £200K over 18m
🔸Open until 2 December
🔸NIHRIO have already done a rapid horizon scac (report included).
#longcovid #MEcfs
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👉A platform to test efficiently & simultaneously multiple different therapies
🔸Funding is £200K over 18m
🔸Open until 2 December
🔸NIHRIO have already done a rapid horizon scac (report included).
#longcovid #MEcfs
🖇️ tinyurl.com/m2akv6rm.
July 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🌟A positive step forward!
👉A platform to test efficiently & simultaneously multiple different therapies
🔸Funding is £200K over 18m
🔸Open until 2 December
🔸NIHRIO have already done a rapid horizon scac (report included).
#longcovid #MEcfs
🖇️ tinyurl.com/m2akv6rm.
👉A platform to test efficiently & simultaneously multiple different therapies
🔸Funding is £200K over 18m
🔸Open until 2 December
🔸NIHRIO have already done a rapid horizon scac (report included).
#longcovid #MEcfs
🖇️ tinyurl.com/m2akv6rm.
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Israel murdered 95 Palestinians yesterday, including several children queuing up for drinking water.
July 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Israel murdered 95 Palestinians yesterday, including several children queuing up for drinking water.