Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance
@bethhk.bsky.social
Progressive, pro-European, reader, traveller, grandmother. Support Palestine and Ukraine. Believe in peace and compromise - not an absolutist. DownSyndromeAwareness and AutismAwareness. Green gardening/food forest
I’m finally writing a book 🫣
I’m finally writing a book 🫣
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Who's still buzzing from our incredible conference in Bournemouth one week on? 🤚 💚
October 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Who's still buzzing from our incredible conference in Bournemouth one week on? 🤚 💚
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In what kind of country do political journalists withhold very consequential key facts that they all know about politicians, without having to be told they should keep them quiet, only occasionally alluding to things everyone has always known? A very transparent, democratic one, I’m sure.
October 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
In what kind of country do political journalists withhold very consequential key facts that they all know about politicians, without having to be told they should keep them quiet, only occasionally alluding to things everyone has always known? A very transparent, democratic one, I’m sure.
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Unbelievable that no troops have been deployed to assist by any country. WTF is wrong with this world? What is so bad about Palestinians?
October 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Unbelievable that no troops have been deployed to assist by any country. WTF is wrong with this world? What is so bad about Palestinians?
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NEW: Palestinians moving back towards Gaza City are being fired upon.
Israeli forces say the ceasefire does not exist until the government votes for it.
At least 8 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn.
(🎥 Al Jazeera)
Israeli forces say the ceasefire does not exist until the government votes for it.
At least 8 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn.
(🎥 Al Jazeera)
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
NEW: Palestinians moving back towards Gaza City are being fired upon.
Israeli forces say the ceasefire does not exist until the government votes for it.
At least 8 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn.
(🎥 Al Jazeera)
Israeli forces say the ceasefire does not exist until the government votes for it.
At least 8 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn.
(🎥 Al Jazeera)
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Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.
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Israel marks two years of Gaza genocide with fresh bombings - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-marks-two-years-gaza-genocide-fresh-bombings
Israel marks two years of Gaza genocide with fresh bombings
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Heavy <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> shelling was reported across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, as the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">genocide</a> passed its two-year mark, with more than 67,000 <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> killed and the besieged enclave left largely in ruins.</p>
<p>Air strikes and artillery shelling targeted residential neighbourhoods in Gaza City, while displaced people and aid seekers were struck in Khan Younis.</p>
<p>As of 3pm local time, at least eight people had been killed, including three in the so-called "humanitarian zone" of al-Mawasi in southern Gaza, an area where tens of thousands of Palestinians from northern Gaza have been forced to flee.</p>
<p>Local news outlets also reported that military vehicles and drones opened fire on Palestinian homes in the Tal al-Hawa and al-Nasr neighbourhoods of Gaza City.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, explosive-laden, remotely controlled Israeli vehicles were detonated in the Sabra area, west of the city, as residential buildings in the neighbourhood were also targeted.</p>
<p>The latest attacks came as the genocide in Gaza entered its third year.</p>
<p>According to the Palestinian health ministry, Israeli forces have killed at least 67,173 Palestinians, including 20,179 children. A further 9,500 are missing and more than 160,000 injured.</p>
<h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/two-years-israels-genocide-leaves-90-percent-gaza-destroyed">Read more: <span class="field field-title">Israel marks two years of Gaza genocide with fresh bombings</span></a></h3>
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October 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Israel marks two years of Gaza genocide with fresh bombings - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-marks-two-years-gaza-genocide-fresh-bombings
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Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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When the Tories were last in office - according to international Human Rights Watch - UK was on course to make list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights. Is it any wonder they want us to join Russia & Belarus as only European countries outside the ECHR
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🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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October 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When the Tories were last in office - according to international Human Rights Watch - UK was on course to make list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights. Is it any wonder they want us to join Russia & Belarus as only European countries outside the ECHR
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"alijadallah66
Palestinians injured in the Israeli attacks are brought to al-Shifa Hospital for treatment in Gaza City, Gaza , 2025. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)"
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Palestinians injured in the Israeli attacks are brought to al-Shifa Hospital for treatment in Gaza City, Gaza , 2025. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)"
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October 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Palestinians injured in the Israeli attacks are brought to al-Shifa Hospital for treatment in Gaza City, Gaza , 2025. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)"
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Palestinians injured in the Israeli attacks are brought to al-Shifa Hospital for treatment in Gaza City, Gaza , 2025. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)"
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The ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation. In an age of upheaval and division, we must not let it be torn up for political convenience
Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to change how judges interpret the European Convention on Human Rights – a move that risks weakening everyone’s protections.
The ECHR has become a convenient scapegoat for challenges around migration and sovereignty.
WE MUST PROTECT IT
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The ECHR has become a convenient scapegoat for challenges around migration and sovereignty.
WE MUST PROTECT IT
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🚨THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTS US ALL. WE MUST PROTECT IT
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October 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation. In an age of upheaval and division, we must not let it be torn up for political convenience
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1) Either the ECHR significantly constraints government action. Then "it has to go because of that" means "we plan to, want to and will do things that are currently considered to violate human rights" or
2) Human rights protection remains the same. Then... why leave the ECHR?
2) Human rights protection remains the same. Then... why leave the ECHR?
October 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
1) Either the ECHR significantly constraints government action. Then "it has to go because of that" means "we plan to, want to and will do things that are currently considered to violate human rights" or
2) Human rights protection remains the same. Then... why leave the ECHR?
2) Human rights protection remains the same. Then... why leave the ECHR?
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I would add one thing: we are bombarded with two claims: 1) the UK can leave the ECHR without lowering human rights protection and 2) the ECHR significantly limits what the government can do and hence the UK has to leave it.
These cannot both be true. /1
These cannot both be true. /1
There are lots of reasons not to leave ECHR. But apart from anything else, it just doesn't solve the problem the Tories/Reform think it does.
E.g. the Supreme Court judgment re Rwanda being unsafe explicitly said it was not based on ECHR.
E.g. the Supreme Court judgment re Rwanda being unsafe explicitly said it was not based on ECHR.
October 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I would add one thing: we are bombarded with two claims: 1) the UK can leave the ECHR without lowering human rights protection and 2) the ECHR significantly limits what the government can do and hence the UK has to leave it.
These cannot both be true. /1
These cannot both be true. /1
Whilst I agree that the government ministers involved should also be brought to account I do not agree that the companies involved did something inevitable - they also took advantage of a terrible situation and the idea that this is ok is quite shocking
💰 NEW 💰
PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE
But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE
But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
October 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Whilst I agree that the government ministers involved should also be brought to account I do not agree that the companies involved did something inevitable - they also took advantage of a terrible situation and the idea that this is ok is quite shocking
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#famine #starvation #gaza #blockade #siege #israel #palestine #ethnic-cleansing #malnutrition
Food, medicine & infant formula are in effect weapons of war in Gaza. Children are not dying from bombs alone, but from empty stomachs, untreated illnesses & the deliberate denial of aid by Israel.
Food, medicine & infant formula are in effect weapons of war in Gaza. Children are not dying from bombs alone, but from empty stomachs, untreated illnesses & the deliberate denial of aid by Israel.
Israel’s imposed famine hits hard
Hungry and emaciated, children are the first and most severely affected.
electronicintifada.net
October 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
#famine #starvation #gaza #blockade #siege #israel #palestine #ethnic-cleansing #malnutrition
Food, medicine & infant formula are in effect weapons of war in Gaza. Children are not dying from bombs alone, but from empty stomachs, untreated illnesses & the deliberate denial of aid by Israel.
Food, medicine & infant formula are in effect weapons of war in Gaza. Children are not dying from bombs alone, but from empty stomachs, untreated illnesses & the deliberate denial of aid by Israel.
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‘I don’t call on anyone to stop protesting’: Polanski on pro-Palestine marches
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‘I don’t call on anyone to stop protesting’: Polanski on pro-Palestine marches
We spoke to the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Zack Polanski, who has been addressing his party's annual conference in Bournemouth.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
‘I don’t call on anyone to stop protesting’: Polanski on pro-Palestine marches
www.channel4.com/news/i-dont-...
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Day 2 and the energy at @greenparty.org.uk conference is amazing!
Join today - and we could even overtake the Lib Dems in membership by the end tomorrow. Let's do this!!!! 🚀
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join today - and we could even overtake the Lib Dems in membership by the end tomorrow. Let's do this!!!! 🚀
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Day 2 and the energy at @greenparty.org.uk conference is amazing!
Join today - and we could even overtake the Lib Dems in membership by the end tomorrow. Let's do this!!!! 🚀
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join today - and we could even overtake the Lib Dems in membership by the end tomorrow. Let's do this!!!! 🚀
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza.
Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military.
They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.
Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military.
They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.
October 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza.
Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military.
They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.
Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military.
They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.
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UNRWA warns the world that Israel has labeled thousands of people besieged in Gaza City and northern Gaza as “terrorists or terror supporters.”
Israel is in preparations for large-scale massacres.
Israel is in preparations for large-scale massacres.
“Labeling the nearly 250,000 people currently trapped in #Gaza City & the north as “terrorists or terror supporters” by the Government of #Israel is a statement suggesting planned large-scale massacres”
— UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
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— UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
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October 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
UNRWA warns the world that Israel has labeled thousands of people besieged in Gaza City and northern Gaza as “terrorists or terror supporters.”
Israel is in preparations for large-scale massacres.
Israel is in preparations for large-scale massacres.
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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’
www.theguardian.com
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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Will try to have something more constructive to say eventually but this is unbelievably spiteful and stupid.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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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’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Will try to have something more constructive to say eventually but this is unbelievably spiteful and stupid.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Same same
I may have to register a honey badger as an emotional support animal, because increasingly the emotion with which I need support is epic savage boundless violent wrath.
Mondays, huh?
Mondays, huh?
September 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Same same
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Palestinian factions express concern over Donald Trump's Gaza 'peace plan' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-factions-express-concern-over-donald-trumps-gaza-peace-plan
Palestinian factions express concern over Donald Trump's Gaza 'peace plan'
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian </a>factions have expressed concern about Donald Trump's proposed plan to end the war in Gaza, warning that it is heavily biased in favour of Israel and may be intentionally unworkable.</p>
<p>Hamas has yet to offer an official reaction, while the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA), which administers part of the occupied West Bank, has welcomed it.</p>
<p>The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), which has fought in the war alongside Hamas, voiced opposition to the plan.</p>
<p>And the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command, a hardline leftist group, said it will "impose a formula of surrender on the resistance and our people".</p>
<p>A Palestinian source close to Hamas told AFP on Tuesday that the group was reviewing the proposals.</p>
<h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-factions-concern-donald-trumps-gaza-peace-plan">Palestinian factions express concern over Donald Trump's Gaza 'peace plan'</a></h3>
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September 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Palestinian factions express concern over Donald Trump's Gaza 'peace plan' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-factions-express-concern-over-donald-trumps-gaza-peace-plan
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Dear Labour, people aren’t leaning towards the Greens because they don’t know what the Greens are, but because they see what you, Labour, are doing.
The best way to stop them going to the Greens, is to have more left wing, less xenophobic, less stupid policies.
Attacking the Greens doesn’t help.
The best way to stop them going to the Greens, is to have more left wing, less xenophobic, less stupid policies.
Attacking the Greens doesn’t help.
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Dear Labour, people aren’t leaning towards the Greens because they don’t know what the Greens are, but because they see what you, Labour, are doing.
The best way to stop them going to the Greens, is to have more left wing, less xenophobic, less stupid policies.
Attacking the Greens doesn’t help.
The best way to stop them going to the Greens, is to have more left wing, less xenophobic, less stupid policies.
Attacking the Greens doesn’t help.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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When members of the Murdoch family lived and worked in the UK, did they come on a boat like this?
September 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
When members of the Murdoch family lived and worked in the UK, did they come on a boat like this?