@chil-blanez.bsky.social
Stand up to the far right rather than appease it.
More of that please!
More of that please!
I'm just over 100 days as the leader of the Green Party.
We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour.
And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership.
Then we're coming for Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour.
And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership.
Then we're coming for Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Avi Shlaim - a British historian of Iraqi Jewish descent
“This Genocide is unusual because countries that commit genocide usually try to conceal it, while Israeli leaders keep announcing that they want to wipe Gaza off the earth”
“This Genocide is unusual because countries that commit genocide usually try to conceal it, while Israeli leaders keep announcing that they want to wipe Gaza off the earth”
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Avi Shlaim - a British historian of Iraqi Jewish descent
“This Genocide is unusual because countries that commit genocide usually try to conceal it, while Israeli leaders keep announcing that they want to wipe Gaza off the earth”
“This Genocide is unusual because countries that commit genocide usually try to conceal it, while Israeli leaders keep announcing that they want to wipe Gaza off the earth”
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For the weekend long read crowd, a small thread..
This week's newsletter...👇 1/3
This week's newsletter...👇 1/3
Oxford’s most eclectic and entertaining newsletter. Featuring:
🏔️ Rubbish mountain to be cleared
💥 Magdalen building demolished
🧱 Lego store to open
📆 Carol concerts, Beer Bash and a “sub/dom romcom”
🐑 Sheep of the Week
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🏔️ Rubbish mountain to be cleared
💥 Magdalen building demolished
🧱 Lego store to open
📆 Carol concerts, Beer Bash and a “sub/dom romcom”
🐑 Sheep of the Week
Read online or subscribe by email – it’s free! oxfordclarion.uk/clarion-week...
Clarion Weekend, 12 December 2025
Happy Friday to all our readers. Take a break from your week and your festive preparations with the weekend Clarion. We have the latest on the congestion charge and Kidlington dump (of course) but als...
oxfordclarion.uk
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
For the weekend long read crowd, a small thread..
This week's newsletter...👇 1/3
This week's newsletter...👇 1/3
Streetingis a c**t.Trimmimg back excess in NHSE, DHSC, ICB, CSU is needed- fine. 18,000 redundancies from existing NHS budgets with no strategy as to how importantgaps will be filled is atrocious. I expect to be redundant within year 😢
He’s a ham fisted, PR greedy, dodgily funded, posturing arsehole
He’s a ham fisted, PR greedy, dodgily funded, posturing arsehole
Streeting says he can't rule out harm or death over Christmas caused by the resident doctors strike.
In fact, he is the one responsible since he ignored resident doctors' requests for meetings in October and November to resolve the issues.
His f***ing job is to keep us safe
He is playing politics
In fact, he is the one responsible since he ignored resident doctors' requests for meetings in October and November to resolve the issues.
His f***ing job is to keep us safe
He is playing politics
@fletchjack.bsky.social from the BMA explains they've been trying to get round the table with Wes Streeting for several months but Streeting didn't even bother replying to their letter
Now we're in Dec with a Flu epidemic & Streeting is accusing resident doctors of endangering patients
Now we're in Dec with a Flu epidemic & Streeting is accusing resident doctors of endangering patients
December 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Streetingis a c**t.Trimmimg back excess in NHSE, DHSC, ICB, CSU is needed- fine. 18,000 redundancies from existing NHS budgets with no strategy as to how importantgaps will be filled is atrocious. I expect to be redundant within year 😢
He’s a ham fisted, PR greedy, dodgily funded, posturing arsehole
He’s a ham fisted, PR greedy, dodgily funded, posturing arsehole
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🎅 Tomorrow: Reverse Santa Day! Father Christmas is back at St Albans Museum + Gallery (Assembly Room) 11am - 3pm. Bring a small gift for local refugees & asylum seekers: toiletries, notebooks, chocolates, socks, hats, scarves, gloves. No wrapping needed (label if you do).
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🎅 Tomorrow: Reverse Santa Day! Father Christmas is back at St Albans Museum + Gallery (Assembly Room) 11am - 3pm. Bring a small gift for local refugees & asylum seekers: toiletries, notebooks, chocolates, socks, hats, scarves, gloves. No wrapping needed (label if you do).
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I think fans should boycott the World Cup next year.
At least the games in the USA.
Not hand-wringing.
Not “mixed feelings”.
A boycott.
🧵 1/10
At least the games in the USA.
Not hand-wringing.
Not “mixed feelings”.
A boycott.
🧵 1/10
"Going to the World Cup" used to be something ordinary people did. But not with these ticket prices, writes @sebsb.bsky.social.
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I think fans should boycott the World Cup next year.
At least the games in the USA.
Not hand-wringing.
Not “mixed feelings”.
A boycott.
🧵 1/10
At least the games in the USA.
Not hand-wringing.
Not “mixed feelings”.
A boycott.
🧵 1/10
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All right, crafty folks.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
All right, crafty folks.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
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2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
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Most probably don’t realise that before Thatcher 42% of people lived in council housing - now it’s only 6%. There is a housing crisis and over 300,000 are homeless as a result of her policies. The damage she did to this country is immense and irreversible yet she is viewed by so many as an icon.
I’ve never understood the adulation people have for Thatcher. She was a heartless monster who asset-stripped an entire country and squandered the money to buy votes. The idea that she was some sort of economic genius is farcical and the terrible state of the country today is her legacy.
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Most probably don’t realise that before Thatcher 42% of people lived in council housing - now it’s only 6%. There is a housing crisis and over 300,000 are homeless as a result of her policies. The damage she did to this country is immense and irreversible yet she is viewed by so many as an icon.
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‘No Nazis in Bradford’ 1972 by Don McCullin.
August 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
‘No Nazis in Bradford’ 1972 by Don McCullin.
352 Palestinians killed since the ‘ceasefire’.
You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
Two brothers killed in Israeli drone strike on Gaza
Fadi Abu Assi, 11, and Goma Abu Assi, eight, were gathering firewood at the time, their uncle said.
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
352 Palestinians killed since the ‘ceasefire’.
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Here's something childish to start your week.
If you'd like one of these to hand in the loo, I can draw one for you.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
If you'd like one of these to hand in the loo, I can draw one for you.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Here's something childish to start your week.
If you'd like one of these to hand in the loo, I can draw one for you.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
If you'd like one of these to hand in the loo, I can draw one for you.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
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As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this.
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this.
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
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Born Czech as Tomáš Sträussler in Zlin in 1937, Stoppard's family escaped to Singapore on the day the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, then to British India.
Few truly doubt that the refugee boy became English: the themes of identity & language, unfreedom and liberty resonate throughout his work.
Few truly doubt that the refugee boy became English: the themes of identity & language, unfreedom and liberty resonate throughout his work.
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Born Czech as Tomáš Sträussler in Zlin in 1937, Stoppard's family escaped to Singapore on the day the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, then to British India.
Few truly doubt that the refugee boy became English: the themes of identity & language, unfreedom and liberty resonate throughout his work.
Few truly doubt that the refugee boy became English: the themes of identity & language, unfreedom and liberty resonate throughout his work.
@oxfordshirecc.bsky.social how about tackling the shameful flag orgy at the Headington Roundabout? Surely there are cameras aplenty there - you can’t find anything to identify the culprits and fine/ charge them?
Disgraceful! A patriotic flag shagger who dedicated his time to illegally putting up 64 flags is being charged £2,300 for the cost of taking them down. If it wasn't so funny I'd be furious.
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@oxfordshirecc.bsky.social how about tackling the shameful flag orgy at the Headington Roundabout? Surely there are cameras aplenty there - you can’t find anything to identify the culprits and fine/ charge them?
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Disgraceful! A patriotic flag shagger who dedicated his time to illegally putting up 64 flags is being charged £2,300 for the cost of taking them down. If it wasn't so funny I'd be furious.
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Disgraceful! A patriotic flag shagger who dedicated his time to illegally putting up 64 flags is being charged £2,300 for the cost of taking them down. If it wasn't so funny I'd be furious.
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Now do we have any mainstream British news outlet stating the numbers like this?
See? That’s the problem!
See? That’s the problem!
"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Now do we have any mainstream British news outlet stating the numbers like this?
See? That’s the problem!
See? That’s the problem!
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I remember several occasions I've talked about this and people straight up thought I was making it up or even accusing me of "misremembering".
Now one of the last know survivors of that terrorist attack has passed away and the story fades along with her.
Now one of the last know survivors of that terrorist attack has passed away and the story fades along with her.
The first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn’t on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor. It was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists flew a dozen planes to drop turpentine or nitroglycerin bombs on Black Americans.
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher, Among Last Known Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
Mother Fletcher's legacy will live on as the epitome of honor, courage, strength, and resilience in the face of violent terrorism, white supremacy, and cowardice
www.qasimrashid.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I remember several occasions I've talked about this and people straight up thought I was making it up or even accusing me of "misremembering".
Now one of the last know survivors of that terrorist attack has passed away and the story fades along with her.
Now one of the last know survivors of that terrorist attack has passed away and the story fades along with her.
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What book would you recommend to someone learning about neurodiversity for the first time?
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
What book would you recommend to someone learning about neurodiversity for the first time?
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
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The UK is about to give the US an extra £3bn a year.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The UK is about to give the US an extra £3bn a year.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
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Now available EXCLUSIVELY from www.martinrowson.com/shop, all your Xmas needs from mugs to cards to T-shirts to 2026 Rowson calendar! PLUS 10% DISCOUNT on all merch and prints FOREVER if you subscribe for exclusive content & much more www.martinrowson.com/memberswelcome
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Now available EXCLUSIVELY from www.martinrowson.com/shop, all your Xmas needs from mugs to cards to T-shirts to 2026 Rowson calendar! PLUS 10% DISCOUNT on all merch and prints FOREVER if you subscribe for exclusive content & much more www.martinrowson.com/memberswelcome
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social nails it again. A much more measured and articulate exploration than I could ever muster of what Mahmood is about and why it‘s so pleasing to some.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social nails it again. A much more measured and articulate exploration than I could ever muster of what Mahmood is about and why it‘s so pleasing to some.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
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Arresting people for holding such signs is not the obvious reason we have a special and distinct system of terrorism law.
BREAKING: Protestors in Derry, North of Ireland, are also holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This week, ahead of the judicial review of the ban, protests defying the unjust law have taken place in Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales.
This week, ahead of the judicial review of the ban, protests defying the unjust law have taken place in Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales.
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Arresting people for holding such signs is not the obvious reason we have a special and distinct system of terrorism law.