@j-leith.bsky.social
It feels like I’ve accidentally stumbled into an alternate universe.
A “Board of Peace” that includes Netanyahu, Putin and Erdoğan.
Genocide. Invasion. Authoritarian repression.
Why are other governments having to explain their reasons for not joining?!
A “Board of Peace” that includes Netanyahu, Putin and Erdoğan.
Genocide. Invasion. Authoritarian repression.
Why are other governments having to explain their reasons for not joining?!
January 21, 2026 at 10:04 PM
It feels like I’ve accidentally stumbled into an alternate universe.
A “Board of Peace” that includes Netanyahu, Putin and Erdoğan.
Genocide. Invasion. Authoritarian repression.
Why are other governments having to explain their reasons for not joining?!
A “Board of Peace” that includes Netanyahu, Putin and Erdoğan.
Genocide. Invasion. Authoritarian repression.
Why are other governments having to explain their reasons for not joining?!
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🔴Why did the US really attack Venezuela?
🔴Is it illegal?
🔴What impact is the attack having in Venezuela & beyond?
🔴How can we stand in solidarity with Venezuelans?
The US attack on Venezuela explained: buff.ly/aViiFMx
🔴Is it illegal?
🔴What impact is the attack having in Venezuela & beyond?
🔴How can we stand in solidarity with Venezuelans?
The US attack on Venezuela explained: buff.ly/aViiFMx
US attacks on Venezuela explained
The US attack on Venezuela is the latest moment in a long history of US imperialism.
buff.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🔴Why did the US really attack Venezuela?
🔴Is it illegal?
🔴What impact is the attack having in Venezuela & beyond?
🔴How can we stand in solidarity with Venezuelans?
The US attack on Venezuela explained: buff.ly/aViiFMx
🔴Is it illegal?
🔴What impact is the attack having in Venezuela & beyond?
🔴How can we stand in solidarity with Venezuelans?
The US attack on Venezuela explained: buff.ly/aViiFMx
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🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
New polling: majority of Thames Water customers want Ofwat to reject creditors’ proposal for the utility
New polling has revealed that 54% of Thames Water customers think Ofwat should reject a deal proposed by Thames Water's creditors, and put it into special administration.
weownit.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
Quick, look over here! Such a blatant attempt at media manipulation... and sadly the media are lapping it up.
BBC News - US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House
It came as European allies rallied behind Denmark after renewed US insistence it must have Greenland.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Quick, look over here! Such a blatant attempt at media manipulation... and sadly the media are lapping it up.
BBC News - US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The 51st state.
Trump demands that the UK allows American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into its supermarkets.
UK already agreed to pay more for US drugs, reduced tax on private equity managers, considering cutting tax on tech companies.
'Tacking back control', someone said.
Trump demands that the UK allows American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into its supermarkets.
UK already agreed to pay more for US drugs, reduced tax on private equity managers, considering cutting tax on tech companies.
'Tacking back control', someone said.
Chlorinated chicken row as US seeks leverage over stalled UK tech pact
Britain is facing renewed pressure from the White House to allow American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into UK supermarkets.
www.farminguk.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The 51st state.
Trump demands that the UK allows American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into its supermarkets.
UK already agreed to pay more for US drugs, reduced tax on private equity managers, considering cutting tax on tech companies.
'Tacking back control', someone said.
Trump demands that the UK allows American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into its supermarkets.
UK already agreed to pay more for US drugs, reduced tax on private equity managers, considering cutting tax on tech companies.
'Tacking back control', someone said.
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Whitehall celebrates on Boxing Day as Britain sold a record £20bn in arms around the world in 2025.
December 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Whitehall celebrates on Boxing Day as Britain sold a record £20bn in arms around the world in 2025.
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UK arms imported by Israel have doubled in 2025.
The UK is complicit in Israel’s genocide and apartheid of the Palestinian people.
Keep reading for 4⃣ more things you need to know.🧵
The UK is complicit in Israel’s genocide and apartheid of the Palestinian people.
Keep reading for 4⃣ more things you need to know.🧵
December 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
UK arms imported by Israel have doubled in 2025.
The UK is complicit in Israel’s genocide and apartheid of the Palestinian people.
Keep reading for 4⃣ more things you need to know.🧵
The UK is complicit in Israel’s genocide and apartheid of the Palestinian people.
Keep reading for 4⃣ more things you need to know.🧵
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November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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We’ve just taken over 12,000 of your signatures demanding a just transition at #COP30 and handed them directly to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.
The UK will hopefully listen to the voices of the people and back the Belém Action Mechanism, the pathway to fairer, more equal societies.
The UK will hopefully listen to the voices of the people and back the Belém Action Mechanism, the pathway to fairer, more equal societies.
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We’ve just taken over 12,000 of your signatures demanding a just transition at #COP30 and handed them directly to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.
The UK will hopefully listen to the voices of the people and back the Belém Action Mechanism, the pathway to fairer, more equal societies.
The UK will hopefully listen to the voices of the people and back the Belém Action Mechanism, the pathway to fairer, more equal societies.
So this is it. The full capitulation to not just the far-right, but to those that would rather see people die just to distract from the real crises we face.
This is so barbaric and cruel, it's hard to even know how to respond.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is so barbaric and cruel, it's hard to even know how to respond.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’
Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assets
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
So this is it. The full capitulation to not just the far-right, but to those that would rather see people die just to distract from the real crises we face.
This is so barbaric and cruel, it's hard to even know how to respond.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is so barbaric and cruel, it's hard to even know how to respond.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Britain’s biggest housebuilder urges government to support first-time buyers.
Not a word about cutting profit margins, ever rising profits, gobbling previous stamp duty support, building substandard homes, builders secretly exchanging data to hike prices.
Not a word about cutting profit margins, ever rising profits, gobbling previous stamp duty support, building substandard homes, builders secretly exchanging data to hike prices.
Britain’s biggest housebuilder urges government to support first-time buyers
Taylor Wimpey chief Jennie Daly calls for revival of help-to-buy equity loan scheme to revive property market
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Britain’s biggest housebuilder urges government to support first-time buyers.
Not a word about cutting profit margins, ever rising profits, gobbling previous stamp duty support, building substandard homes, builders secretly exchanging data to hike prices.
Not a word about cutting profit margins, ever rising profits, gobbling previous stamp duty support, building substandard homes, builders secretly exchanging data to hike prices.
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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📹NEW VIDEO -- I've spent a year in jail for supporting Palestine. Here's my story.
We managed to speak with Sean Middlebrough, one of the Filton 24, about what life is like as a political prisoner in Keir Starmer's Britain👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlm6...
We managed to speak with Sean Middlebrough, one of the Filton 24, about what life is like as a political prisoner in Keir Starmer's Britain👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlm6...
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📹NEW VIDEO -- I've spent a year in jail for supporting Palestine. Here's my story.
We managed to speak with Sean Middlebrough, one of the Filton 24, about what life is like as a political prisoner in Keir Starmer's Britain👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlm6...
We managed to speak with Sean Middlebrough, one of the Filton 24, about what life is like as a political prisoner in Keir Starmer's Britain👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlm6...
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The energy bill write off con.
Fuel poverty rising, debt £4.4bn. Ofgem says £500m could be written off.
It would be added to the bills of other customers. Energy companies made £514bn operating profit since 2020.
No cut in their profit. Debt would be rebuilt
Nationalise energy. End profiteering
Fuel poverty rising, debt £4.4bn. Ofgem says £500m could be written off.
It would be added to the bills of other customers. Energy companies made £514bn operating profit since 2020.
No cut in their profit. Debt would be rebuilt
Nationalise energy. End profiteering
Thousands on benefits could have energy debt cancelled by Ofgem
Regulator Ofgem plans to cut £500m from the stack of customer debt - but other billpayers will cover the cost.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The energy bill write off con.
Fuel poverty rising, debt £4.4bn. Ofgem says £500m could be written off.
It would be added to the bills of other customers. Energy companies made £514bn operating profit since 2020.
No cut in their profit. Debt would be rebuilt
Nationalise energy. End profiteering
Fuel poverty rising, debt £4.4bn. Ofgem says £500m could be written off.
It would be added to the bills of other customers. Energy companies made £514bn operating profit since 2020.
No cut in their profit. Debt would be rebuilt
Nationalise energy. End profiteering
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Energy security is national security.
Investment in renewable and low-carbon power should be counted as national security spending, say retired military leaders:
https://bit.ly/4o7oVRb
Investment in renewable and low-carbon power should be counted as national security spending, say retired military leaders:
https://bit.ly/4o7oVRb
Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders
Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Energy security is national security.
Investment in renewable and low-carbon power should be counted as national security spending, say retired military leaders:
https://bit.ly/4o7oVRb
Investment in renewable and low-carbon power should be counted as national security spending, say retired military leaders:
https://bit.ly/4o7oVRb
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Despite the Ceasefire, Israel keeps demolishing Palestinian homes across Gaza’s “Yellow Zone”
(Sulaiman Ahmed)
(Sulaiman Ahmed)
October 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Despite the Ceasefire, Israel keeps demolishing Palestinian homes across Gaza’s “Yellow Zone”
(Sulaiman Ahmed)
(Sulaiman Ahmed)
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⏱️21 mins ago
"The Israeli Premier League derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was cancelled by police after "violent riots" before kick-off."
There are MANY politicians who owe West Midlands police a profound apology.
List/tag them. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
"The Israeli Premier League derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was cancelled by police after "violent riots" before kick-off."
There are MANY politicians who owe West Midlands police a profound apology.
List/tag them. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Tel Aviv called off by police after disorder
The Israeli Premier League derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv is cancelled before kick-off and nine people are arrested.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
⏱️21 mins ago
"The Israeli Premier League derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was cancelled by police after "violent riots" before kick-off."
There are MANY politicians who owe West Midlands police a profound apology.
List/tag them. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
"The Israeli Premier League derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was cancelled by police after "violent riots" before kick-off."
There are MANY politicians who owe West Midlands police a profound apology.
List/tag them. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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The #NoKings marches are scaring the hell out of Trump and his fellow fascists.
But history tells us exactly what MUST come next to destroy his vile regime.
But history tells us exactly what MUST come next to destroy his vile regime.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The #NoKings marches are scaring the hell out of Trump and his fellow fascists.
But history tells us exactly what MUST come next to destroy his vile regime.
But history tells us exactly what MUST come next to destroy his vile regime.
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❗️ First footage of UK-contracted spy plane taking off from Cyprus in aid of Israeli intelligence 👇
www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-spy-pla...
www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-spy-pla...
Gaza spy plane spotted leaving UK air base on Cyprus
Exclusive: Declassified captures first footage of an American spy plane taking off from a Royal Air Force base bound for Gaza.
www.declassifieduk.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
❗️ First footage of UK-contracted spy plane taking off from Cyprus in aid of Israeli intelligence 👇
www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-spy-pla...
www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-spy-pla...
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PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.
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Big pharma war on the UK
Cancer drug lenalidomide had profit mark-up of 23,000%.
Hydrocortisone tablets prices up by 10,000%
Price of phenytoin sodium up by 2,300% - 2,600%.
They are holding govt to ransom, want the NHS to pay more, fueling higher taxes, inflation.
Must curb corporate power.
Cancer drug lenalidomide had profit mark-up of 23,000%.
Hydrocortisone tablets prices up by 10,000%
Price of phenytoin sodium up by 2,300% - 2,600%.
They are holding govt to ransom, want the NHS to pay more, fueling higher taxes, inflation.
Must curb corporate power.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Big pharma war on the UK
Cancer drug lenalidomide had profit mark-up of 23,000%.
Hydrocortisone tablets prices up by 10,000%
Price of phenytoin sodium up by 2,300% - 2,600%.
They are holding govt to ransom, want the NHS to pay more, fueling higher taxes, inflation.
Must curb corporate power.
Cancer drug lenalidomide had profit mark-up of 23,000%.
Hydrocortisone tablets prices up by 10,000%
Price of phenytoin sodium up by 2,300% - 2,600%.
They are holding govt to ransom, want the NHS to pay more, fueling higher taxes, inflation.
Must curb corporate power.
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YouTubers are earning up to £20,000 a month by making provocative videos that have targeted a Norfolk hotel used to house asylum seekers.
Hotels up and down the country are regularly targeted by content creators known as ‘auditors’.
Hotels up and down the country are regularly targeted by content creators known as ‘auditors’.
Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks
YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
YouTubers are earning up to £20,000 a month by making provocative videos that have targeted a Norfolk hotel used to house asylum seekers.
Hotels up and down the country are regularly targeted by content creators known as ‘auditors’.
Hotels up and down the country are regularly targeted by content creators known as ‘auditors’.
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Not just messaging - policy.
Starmer said:
"It's completely different to reach in to people who are lawfully here and start removing them. They are our neighbours, they work in our economy, they're part of who we are. It will rip this country apart."
What would Mahmood's plans do?
Starmer said:
"It's completely different to reach in to people who are lawfully here and start removing them. They are our neighbours, they work in our economy, they're part of who we are. It will rip this country apart."
What would Mahmood's plans do?
This is why mixed messaging doesn't work. Everyone ends up annoyed.
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Not just messaging - policy.
Starmer said:
"It's completely different to reach in to people who are lawfully here and start removing them. They are our neighbours, they work in our economy, they're part of who we are. It will rip this country apart."
What would Mahmood's plans do?
Starmer said:
"It's completely different to reach in to people who are lawfully here and start removing them. They are our neighbours, they work in our economy, they're part of who we are. It will rip this country apart."
What would Mahmood's plans do?
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Labour looking at Reform's racist policies and saying "we"ll have some of that". These aren't just discriminatory, by making migrants meet higher standards than the average person, they automatically treat migrants as if they are criminals on community service.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Labour looking at Reform's racist policies and saying "we"ll have some of that". These aren't just discriminatory, by making migrants meet higher standards than the average person, they automatically treat migrants as if they are criminals on community service.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...