Glen Buck
@glenbuck.bsky.social
"If I must die, you must live to tell my story"
Refaat Alareer.
Refaat Alareer.
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My latest blog piece contrasting the Labour govt's efforts to save the Scunthorpe steel mill with its inaction when it came to saving the Grangemouth refinery.
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Grangemouth and Scunthorpe a travail of two cities
The steel works in Scunthorpe were in the news this week as the plant is threatened with closure and the Labour government is in talks with Jingye, the Chinese owners of British Steel in an attempt…
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April 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
My latest blog piece contrasting the Labour govt's efforts to save the Scunthorpe steel mill with its inaction when it came to saving the Grangemouth refinery.
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And @labouruk.bsky.social will continue to defend this genocide
Israel strikes that shattered ceasefire ‘just the beginning’, Netanyahu says, after deadliest 24 hours in Gaza since 2023.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Israel strikes that shattered ceasefire ‘just the beginning’, Netanyahu says, after deadliest 24 hours in Gaza since 2023 – live
Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli military will continue to fight until Hamas ‘no longer posed a threat’
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
And @labouruk.bsky.social will continue to defend this genocide
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1. Reading some of the comments beneath this week's column, I'm struck once again by how fiercely resistant many people are to understanding how our food is produced, how it reaches us and how the system works. This willed ignorance is lethal. Short🧵
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Britain’s food supply is precarious – and Trump’s chaos is spreading. I have a plan. Do you? | George Monbiot
I’ve started a stockpile, but that isn’t the answer. If crisis strikes, the government needs a strategy to protect us all, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
1. Reading some of the comments beneath this week's column, I'm struck once again by how fiercely resistant many people are to understanding how our food is produced, how it reaches us and how the system works. This willed ignorance is lethal. Short🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Dear Bluesky...
"We are not here to take part, we are here to take over!" 👍🍀
"We are not here to take part, we are here to take over!" 👍🍀
November 13, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Dear Bluesky...
"We are not here to take part, we are here to take over!" 👍🍀
"We are not here to take part, we are here to take over!" 👍🍀
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Galatasaray fan's today...
February 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Galatasaray fan's today...
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"The Israelis shot and killed an innocent young woman and then caused the death of her unborn baby, too.
Shocking, right? Depraved? Murderous? And yet, as of Monday morning, there was no mention of Sundus Shalabi on...the New York Times or the BBC" - me, for Zeteo:
Shocking, right? Depraved? Murderous? And yet, as of Monday morning, there was no mention of Sundus Shalabi on...the New York Times or the BBC" - me, for Zeteo:
Israel Just Killed a Pregnant Palestinian Woman – And Western Media Doesn’t Care
How many Palestinian women and children have to be killed in the occupied West Bank before anyone in the US or UK gives a damn?
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February 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
"The Israelis shot and killed an innocent young woman and then caused the death of her unborn baby, too.
Shocking, right? Depraved? Murderous? And yet, as of Monday morning, there was no mention of Sundus Shalabi on...the New York Times or the BBC" - me, for Zeteo:
Shocking, right? Depraved? Murderous? And yet, as of Monday morning, there was no mention of Sundus Shalabi on...the New York Times or the BBC" - me, for Zeteo:
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NEW: A new study has highlighted instances where GB News had played down racism, 'dressed it up as humour' or allowed 'divisive polemics' to go unchallenged.
The report ultimately concluded ultimately that it is 'an anti-Muslim hate channel'.
The report ultimately concluded ultimately that it is 'an anti-Muslim hate channel'.
December 10, 2024 at 11:41 AM
NEW: A new study has highlighted instances where GB News had played down racism, 'dressed it up as humour' or allowed 'divisive polemics' to go unchallenged.
The report ultimately concluded ultimately that it is 'an anti-Muslim hate channel'.
The report ultimately concluded ultimately that it is 'an anti-Muslim hate channel'.
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One of the reasons that people bought instead of going to get aid even when it was more available is because aid distribution is one of the more dangerous places to be in Gaza
"Targeted & Assassinated": Gaza Soup Kitchen Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun Killed by Israeli Drone
Gaza Soup Kitchen Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun Killed by Israeli Drone
Israel killed more than 200 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, including 40 members of a single family. The official death toll in Gaza is now over 44,000, although experts believe that is a vast undercount...
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December 2, 2024 at 8:20 PM
One of the reasons that people bought instead of going to get aid even when it was more available is because aid distribution is one of the more dangerous places to be in Gaza
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This brilliant article by @JackieKemp shows everything that is wrong with the U.K. and the corrupt energy market. open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
Balgy Gap Shows Something is Missing from Scotland’s Energy System
The privatisation of Scotland's power has proved a failure
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December 2, 2024 at 12:36 PM
This brilliant article by @JackieKemp shows everything that is wrong with the U.K. and the corrupt energy market. open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
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Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
Amazon workers on strike from Black Friday to Cyber Monday
(WFXR) – Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
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November 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
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X is a fascist, racist echo chamber run by a billionaire.
November 30, 2024 at 3:57 PM
X is a fascist, racist echo chamber run by a billionaire.
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As Janey Godley has her funeral, here is her roasting Michelle Mone.
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😂
November 29, 2024 at 6:28 PM
As Janey Godley has her funeral, here is her roasting Michelle Mone.
😂
😂
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Israel has killed over 1,000 doctors and nurses in Gaza, deliberately targeting hospitals and blocking medical supplies, according to the Wafa News Agency. Over 310 healthcare workers have been arrested, tortured, or executed.
November 25, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Israel has killed over 1,000 doctors and nurses in Gaza, deliberately targeting hospitals and blocking medical supplies, according to the Wafa News Agency. Over 310 healthcare workers have been arrested, tortured, or executed.
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The CEO of Legatum, co-owners of GB News, saying the quiet part out loud...
November 26, 2024 at 8:55 PM
The CEO of Legatum, co-owners of GB News, saying the quiet part out loud...
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Allowed in Wales, while Scotland was blocked from delivering the exact same scheme by Westminster.
Can you see what they're doing yet? They are literally ripping the pish out of us Grievance politics for the sheer hell of it. Just keeping their jackboot on our necks.
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Can you see what they're doing yet? They are literally ripping the pish out of us Grievance politics for the sheer hell of it. Just keeping their jackboot on our necks.
news.sky.com/story/wales-...
Wales to form own deposit return scheme to encourage recycling - after glass bottles row
The previous UK government had ruled glass could not be included, but the Welsh government has announced it will now press ahead with its own scheme.
news.sky.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Allowed in Wales, while Scotland was blocked from delivering the exact same scheme by Westminster.
Can you see what they're doing yet? They are literally ripping the pish out of us Grievance politics for the sheer hell of it. Just keeping their jackboot on our necks.
news.sky.com/story/wales-...
Can you see what they're doing yet? They are literally ripping the pish out of us Grievance politics for the sheer hell of it. Just keeping their jackboot on our necks.
news.sky.com/story/wales-...
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NEW: Now-retired NHS surgeon Nizam Mamode who spent four weeks in Gaza has called out Keir Starmer over his refusal to use the word genocide 👇
November 17, 2024 at 8:58 AM
NEW: Now-retired NHS surgeon Nizam Mamode who spent four weeks in Gaza has called out Keir Starmer over his refusal to use the word genocide 👇
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Fourteen emergency rescue workers were killed by an Israeli strike that targeted an emergency response centre in eastern Lebanon. Another 11 people died in strikes across the south of the country. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Emergency workers killed in Lebanon as Israeli strikes pound country
At least 25 people are dead across Lebanon in the last 48 hours as Israeli strikes pound the country's southern and eastern regions.
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Fourteen emergency rescue workers were killed by an Israeli strike that targeted an emergency response centre in eastern Lebanon. Another 11 people died in strikes across the south of the country. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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I was asked (repeatedly, aggressively) on the other platform for my lawyery views on Allison Pearson’s story.
I declined to comment because Ms Pearson is a famously unreliable narrator of events, and I wanted to wait for independent evidence.
Alas for Ms Pearson…
I declined to comment because Ms Pearson is a famously unreliable narrator of events, and I wanted to wait for independent evidence.
Alas for Ms Pearson…
Allison Pearson: Police told me I was "accused of a non-crime hate incident".
Essex police bodycam footage: "It’s gone down as an incident or offence of potentially inciting racial hatred online. That would be the offence."
Essex police bodycam footage: "It’s gone down as an incident or offence of potentially inciting racial hatred online. That would be the offence."
November 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM
I was asked (repeatedly, aggressively) on the other platform for my lawyery views on Allison Pearson’s story.
I declined to comment because Ms Pearson is a famously unreliable narrator of events, and I wanted to wait for independent evidence.
Alas for Ms Pearson…
I declined to comment because Ms Pearson is a famously unreliable narrator of events, and I wanted to wait for independent evidence.
Alas for Ms Pearson…
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Allison Pearson: Police told me I was "accused of a non-crime hate incident".
Essex police bodycam footage: "It’s gone down as an incident or offence of potentially inciting racial hatred online. That would be the offence."
Essex police bodycam footage: "It’s gone down as an incident or offence of potentially inciting racial hatred online. That would be the offence."
November 16, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Allison Pearson: Police told me I was "accused of a non-crime hate incident".
Essex police bodycam footage: "It’s gone down as an incident or offence of potentially inciting racial hatred online. That would be the offence."
Essex police bodycam footage: "It’s gone down as an incident or offence of potentially inciting racial hatred online. That would be the offence."
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"The world’s richest man bought a global communication platform and is now the shadow head of state of what was the world’s greatest superpower. That’s the message. Have you got it yet?"
Carole Cadwalladr is back and we need to pay attention.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Carole Cadwalladr is back and we need to pay attention.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power | Carole Cadwalladr
The era that began with the Great Disruptor’s first term is over. Beware the emerging elite
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2024 at 10:48 AM
"The world’s richest man bought a global communication platform and is now the shadow head of state of what was the world’s greatest superpower. That’s the message. Have you got it yet?"
Carole Cadwalladr is back and we need to pay attention.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Carole Cadwalladr is back and we need to pay attention.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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#Brexit... The greatest con ever pulled on the UK public. We essentially imposed economic sanctions against ourselves, yet by adding #immigration into the equation, millions STILL fell for it & voted for #Farage. #UnFuckinBeLIEvable 🙄
November 16, 2024 at 10:38 AM
#Brexit... The greatest con ever pulled on the UK public. We essentially imposed economic sanctions against ourselves, yet by adding #immigration into the equation, millions STILL fell for it & voted for #Farage. #UnFuckinBeLIEvable 🙄