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Brieg Powel
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Personal account. World politics, theory, global history, conflict, football coach (UEFA C), Exeter Uni academic, Stoke Hill AFC, Swansea Jack 🦢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Gone a bit quiet 😔
October 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Report also notes how Iran abused the survivors
August 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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More on the story today as a @hrw.org report finds that the strike was an "apparent war crime" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Israeli airstrikes on Tehran killed inmates in ‘apparent war crime’ – report
Human Rights Watch also finds that Iran abused survivors of June attack, which killed 80 people
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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I think my great grandfathers (from Somme to 1918), 2 great uncles (1 KIA in Arras, 1 so ill mentally after being gassed that he *never* slept a full night after 1916), 2 grandfathers (1 in Burma as infantry Lt, 1 RAF ground in UK), 2 grandmothers in industry & agriculture would agree you
July 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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The proposals are 2% on income *above* a threshold (like £10m). So if you had £11m you would only pay the 2% on the £1m (therefore £20k tax)
July 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Full story here (pay wall): www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/w...
Israel’s Deadly Assault on Iran Prison Incites Fury, Even Among Dissidents
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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😂
July 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Edrych ymlaen at ei weld! Hapus i ddarllen drafft os ti moyn
July 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Thanks!
July 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Diolch!
July 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM