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Keeping up the good fight 📢
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July 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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July 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Earlier this month, the government blocked an inquiry into its complicity in the Gaza genocide.

We don’t need their permission to uncover the truth.

That’s why, today, we are announcing The Gaza Tribunal.

Sign up at thegazatribunal.uk.
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Three MPs have failed to declare an all-expenses-paid trip funded by Labour Friends of Israel, Declassified can reveal.

They met with Israel's president Isaac Herzog, who said the "entire nation" of Gaza was collectively responsible for 7 October.
www.declassifieduk.org/friends-of-i...
‘Friends of Israel’ trip not declared by Labour politicians
Cat Eccles, Kevin McKenna and Peter Prinsley joined a delegation to Israel in May, where they met the country’s president Isaac Herzog.
www.declassifieduk.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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REVEALED: the UK Govt doesn’t know how many billionaires are paying tax.

At a time when services are crumbling, and we’re being told cuts to social security are necessary, the wealthiest are going uncounted.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
HMRC criticised by watchdog for failing to track billionaires’ tax
Report comes as government faces growing demands for wealth tax to improve health of public finances after welfare U-turn earlier this month
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Next month we have our best chance to tackle plastic pollution as world leaders meet to agree a Global Plastics Treaty.

But companies like INEOS, who profit from turning oil and gas into plastic, are lobbying to weaken it. Sign the petition to ban polluters from the talks: act.gp/4kqAtMM
Kick Big Oil Out of Plastics Talks
Fossil fuel companies want to keep flooding our home with plastic for profit. They’re trying to block action to tackle plastic pollution - we must stop them.
act.gp
July 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Where is the UK’s chief Rabbi now? What are his thoughts on this act of extreme violence against Palestinians? Will he remain silent in the face of daily atrocities, mass starvation and the targeting of aid queues, reserving his contribution to public debate.

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July 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The latest from Double Down News

m.youtube.com/watch?v=RBNW...
The SECRET Israel PLOT to INFILTRATE UK & BAN Palestine Action
YouTube video by Double Down News
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July 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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The BBC fails to report Israel’s nuclear arms “modernisation” programme and only rarely its possession of nuclear arms.

But BBC articles regularly quote Israeli officials alleging that Iran is taking steps to “weaponise” its “enriched uranium stockpile”.

www.declassifieduk.org/the-bbc-isnt...
The BBC isn’t telling the truth about Israel’s nuclear arms
The UK broadcaster is writing hundreds of articles on Iran’s budding nuclear programme while failing to inform the public about Israel’s actual nuclear weapons.
www.declassifieduk.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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In 2003, anti-war activists broke into RAF Fairford to stop US bombers heading to Iraq.

Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.

Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.

The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.
June 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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The BBC has confirmed it won’t air its documentary on Gaza’s medics. I know some of the journalists involved and they’re absolutely excellent. This statement is mealy-mouthed; you can’t “both sides” the facts on the ground of a genocide, and there’s a clear public interest in documenting those facts
June 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Liz Kendall’s partner works in asset management - a type of investing responsible for driving up rents and ruining many aspects of modern life. And it’s a sector that has just benefitted from Rachel Reeves’ reluctance to regulate it appropriately. 💰🥀👇
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/t...
Taking the Mickey: Liz Kendall, her Etonian Merrill Lynch asset manager partner and their £4m Notting Hill home
Despite their wealth, the couple have their heating bills covered by the taxpayer. Also, Kendall’s partner is an asset manager – which is a type of investment responsible for driving up…
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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New parliamentary report on Israel's nuclear weapons.

Israel is likely to possess air-, sea- and ground-launched nuclear arms and "production of plutonium for weapons purposes is thought to be continuing".

By Israel's logic re Iran, could it be bombed in 'self-defence'?
June 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Are u fed up of the 2029 GenElex being framed 4 years out? Are you sick of ONE party being given a platform & others none. Do you get the feeling you’re being manipulated? Tell the broadcast media u the electorate are in charge &want fair coverage now SIGN HERE petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
petition.parliament.uk
June 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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@skynewsrss.bsky.social massively platforming Reform - bigging up their chances in the Welsh Parliamentary elections next May - 11 months away. Pure propaganda. No coverage of @plaidcymru.bsky.social Lab, LD or other parties. Diabolical. Plural rules NOW! Sign! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
petition.parliament.uk
June 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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June 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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There's never been a better or cheaper time to take Thames Water into PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

Our letter to Environment Secretary Steve Reed today 👇

Signed by @weownit.org.uk @compassoffice.bsky.social @windrushwasp.bsky.social @henleymermaids.bsky.social

weownit.org.uk/news/steve-r...
Letter to Steve Reed: Thames Water is back in crisis, its time for public ownership | We Own It
The Thames Water crisis is not going away. We've written an open letter to Steve Reed urging him to bring the failing water company into public ownership to protect customers and the environment.
weownit.org.uk
June 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Deputy leader of @greenparty.org.uk said: “Labour once again showing there’s nothing they won’t learn from Reform. Not only content to sell off nature to the highest bidder, only able to do so as they’ve utterly failed to defend environmental regulations."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour using Brexit to weaken nature laws, MPs say
Clive Lewis says he will vote against planning bill amid concerns it will let developers build over precious habitats
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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While the world celebrates Eid, Israel is bombing, displacing and starving Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime.The global community must act now to lift the blockade and stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
June 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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35 years of privatisation. 35 years of excessive profits. 35 years of rising bills.

There is no market solution. Take water into public ownership now!
June 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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The interim report for the Government's "largest ever" review of water was released yesterday, but public ownership was ruled out from day one.

Without that, it's just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

There's something larger at play here.
June 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM