Linda Entwistle
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Great news: the High Court has granted permission for a full judicial review of the government's order proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act.
Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned.
Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned.
July 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Great news: the High Court has granted permission for a full judicial review of the government's order proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act.
Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned.
Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned.
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“We cannot have nuclear proliferation” says Foreign Secretary. Yet recent Govt decision to upgrade UK’s own nuclear weapons is precisely nuclear proliferation. Breaking terms of non proliferation treaty ourselves means we have no moral authority to tell others not to do the same #bbcr4today
June 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“We cannot have nuclear proliferation” says Foreign Secretary. Yet recent Govt decision to upgrade UK’s own nuclear weapons is precisely nuclear proliferation. Breaking terms of non proliferation treaty ourselves means we have no moral authority to tell others not to do the same #bbcr4today
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A bit more analysis on Nicola Sturgeon's legacy from me www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We know Nicola Sturgeon will stand down next year. But don't write her off just yet | Libby Brooks
For all the challenges, flaws and failures, there was a symbolism to her tenure that still engages the public and inspires younger activists, says Guardian writer Libby Brooks
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March 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A bit more analysis on Nicola Sturgeon's legacy from me www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Happy Birthday to you lovely lady! Hope you have a grand day! 😍🥳
Happy Birthday to you lovely lady! Hope you have a grand day! 😍🥳
March 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Happy Birthday to you lovely lady! Hope you have a grand day! 😍🥳
Happy Birthday to you lovely lady! Hope you have a grand day! 😍🥳
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'The puddle bathers' by contemporary Glasgow artist and printmaker Fiona Watson #womensart
February 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
'The puddle bathers' by contemporary Glasgow artist and printmaker Fiona Watson #womensart
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In Israel, dread and rage haunt the streets. Netanyahu is exploiting that | Jonathan Freedland
In Israel, dread and rage haunt the streets. Netanyahu is exploiting that | Jonathan Freedland
When I visited Israel this week, it seemed time had stood still since 7 October. I saw pain and grief, but little sign of hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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February 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In Israel, dread and rage haunt the streets. Netanyahu is exploiting that | Jonathan Freedland
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Assisted Dying: If the aim of the Committee stage is - as has been repeatedly claimed - to ensure that the UK ends up with the safest possible legislation, then how is the bias inherent in this witness list possibly conducive to that end?
February 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Assisted Dying: If the aim of the Committee stage is - as has been repeatedly claimed - to ensure that the UK ends up with the safest possible legislation, then how is the bias inherent in this witness list possibly conducive to that end?
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#HeathrowExpansion won’t deliver growth. Business demand is falling & more tourists leave than arrive. But it *will* trash climate commitments, drive more extreme weather, noise & air pollution & only benefit frequent flying super-emitters - the 15% who take 75% of flights. Labour should be better
January 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#HeathrowExpansion won’t deliver growth. Business demand is falling & more tourists leave than arrive. But it *will* trash climate commitments, drive more extreme weather, noise & air pollution & only benefit frequent flying super-emitters - the 15% who take 75% of flights. Labour should be better
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Through the blizzard of orders and edicts, a picture is emerging of what Trump wants - to rule as an autocrat, exercising unchecked power. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Through the blizzard of edicts, see Trump for what he is: an autocrat reaching for limitless power | Jonathan Freedland
In just 100 hours, the returned president has already revealed his goal and exposed the weakness of those who might challenge him, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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January 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Through the blizzard of orders and edicts, a picture is emerging of what Trump wants - to rule as an autocrat, exercising unchecked power. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Might be one of the most important, urgent things I've ever written: 50% of social care spending is on disabled people, but that part of the mounting care crisis is completely ignored www.theguardian.com/uk/commentis...
Opinion | The Guardian
Latest opinion, analysis and discussion from the Guardian. CP Scott: "Comment is free, but facts are sacred"
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January 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Might be one of the most important, urgent things I've ever written: 50% of social care spending is on disabled people, but that part of the mounting care crisis is completely ignored www.theguardian.com/uk/commentis...
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January 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Literally crying hearing how French women applaud Gisele Pelicot every day as she walks out of court. #r4today
Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us.
Because the shame has to switch sides.
Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us.
Because the shame has to switch sides.
December 19, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Literally crying hearing how French women applaud Gisele Pelicot every day as she walks out of court. #r4today
Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us.
Because the shame has to switch sides.
Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us.
Because the shame has to switch sides.
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Gisèle Pelicot, post convictions, says she "never regretted" opening up the trial, "so society could see what was happening" adding she has "confidence in our capacity collectively to find a better future where women & men can live together in mutual respect". What a debt of gratitude we owe her.
December 19, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Gisèle Pelicot, post convictions, says she "never regretted" opening up the trial, "so society could see what was happening" adding she has "confidence in our capacity collectively to find a better future where women & men can live together in mutual respect". What a debt of gratitude we owe her.
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Labour is a sitting duck for its calculating rivals. The only solution? Build, build, build | John Harris
Labour is a sitting duck for its calculating rivals. The only solution? Build, build, build | John Harris
It’s not immigration or lack of services fuelling Reform UK’s impressive gains in the polls but lack of housing. Huge investment is needed now
At last week’s Spectator parliamentarian of the year awards, Nigel Farage took the stage in front of a large…
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December 8, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Labour is a sitting duck for its calculating rivals. The only solution? Build, build, build | John Harris
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Anyone who dreads the prospect of Faragist nationalist populism in Britain should want this Labour government to succeed. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We cannot afford for Starmer’s government to fail. Because Farage is lying in wait | Jonathan Freedland
It is not enough for the Labour leader’s ‘milestones’ to be achieved. Voters must feel the improvement in their daily lives, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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December 6, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Anyone who dreads the prospect of Faragist nationalist populism in Britain should want this Labour government to succeed. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I understand the human instinct. I’d want to do the same.
But that’s why no individual should be given the power to pardon members of their family.
But that’s why no individual should be given the power to pardon members of their family.
December 2, 2024 at 9:19 AM
I understand the human instinct. I’d want to do the same.
But that’s why no individual should be given the power to pardon members of their family.
But that’s why no individual should be given the power to pardon members of their family.
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Latest from me: Labour’s big relaunch won’t solve its biggest problem: this government doesn’t speak human www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s big relaunch won’t solve its biggest problem: this government doesn’t speak human
Farage and Trump are winning because they understand the politics of emotion, while Labour is lost in numbers and statistics, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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December 1, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Latest from me: Labour’s big relaunch won’t solve its biggest problem: this government doesn’t speak human www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So we will have a state funded dying service but not a state funded palliative care service 🙄 #AssistedDyingBill
November 29, 2024 at 8:14 PM
So we will have a state funded dying service but not a state funded palliative care service 🙄 #AssistedDyingBill
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if it's easier to get assisted dying than a place in a hospice we have royally screwed up
November 29, 2024 at 2:39 PM
if it's easier to get assisted dying than a place in a hospice we have royally screwed up
Curious as to how many of the general public have been asked on their views of Assisted Dying across the UK to arrive at the figure of over 70% in support of it. Have you?
November 29, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Curious as to how many of the general public have been asked on their views of Assisted Dying across the UK to arrive at the figure of over 70% in support of it. Have you?
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A very good piece from a psychiatrist - Profossor Allan House - on some of the issues with the assisted dying bill h/t @katherinesleeman.bsky.social
t.co/jy6UorJIOZ
t.co/jy6UorJIOZ
https://www.betterwaycampaign.co.uk/psychiatrist-why-i-oppose-leadbeaters-bill/
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November 23, 2024 at 2:51 PM
A very good piece from a psychiatrist - Profossor Allan House - on some of the issues with the assisted dying bill h/t @katherinesleeman.bsky.social
t.co/jy6UorJIOZ
t.co/jy6UorJIOZ
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Käthe Kollwitz,
Mother and Daughter, 1919, woodcut
Mother and Daughter, 1919, woodcut
November 21, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Käthe Kollwitz,
Mother and Daughter, 1919, woodcut
Mother and Daughter, 1919, woodcut