Marti Barlow
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The media are lying to you again
October 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The media are lying to you again
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Is this another cover up?
This time the Covid Inquiry not talking to PPE Suppliers?
This time the Covid Inquiry not talking to PPE Suppliers?
The Covid Inquiry's decision not to call PPE suppliers to give evidence smacks of a whitewash.
Inadequate PPE killed thousands while enriching a few wealthy individuals.
Now, those individuals are being protected from public scrutiny.
news.sky.com/story/potent...
Inadequate PPE killed thousands while enriching a few wealthy individuals.
Now, those individuals are being protected from public scrutiny.
news.sky.com/story/potent...
'Potential whitewashing': COVID inquiry criticised after saying it won't hear from PPE suppliers
Bereaved families accuse the inquiry of "protecting" PPE suppliers from public scrutiny but a spokesperson for the probe tells Sky News there is no need for them to give evidence to ensure a "thorough...
news.sky.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Is this another cover up?
This time the Covid Inquiry not talking to PPE Suppliers?
This time the Covid Inquiry not talking to PPE Suppliers?
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Let's say their names:
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
its genuinely insane that they're firing CJCS for being black and CNO for being a woman. that is what's happening here
February 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Let's say their names:
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
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Reform are panicking about people pointing out that they want to replace the NHS. So please don't share this clip of Nigel Farage saying he'd rather healthcare was done through insurance companies.
February 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Reform are panicking about people pointing out that they want to replace the NHS. So please don't share this clip of Nigel Farage saying he'd rather healthcare was done through insurance companies.
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Starmer is to attend an EU summit and Brexiters are having a proper tantrum about it.
As if they negotiated something good.
As if our industries hadn’t been desperately lobbying govt ever since.
As if the EU wasn’t an ally.
Brexiters are monstrous toddlers - a total drag on diplomacy and progress.
As if they negotiated something good.
As if our industries hadn’t been desperately lobbying govt ever since.
As if the EU wasn’t an ally.
Brexiters are monstrous toddlers - a total drag on diplomacy and progress.
February 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Starmer is to attend an EU summit and Brexiters are having a proper tantrum about it.
As if they negotiated something good.
As if our industries hadn’t been desperately lobbying govt ever since.
As if the EU wasn’t an ally.
Brexiters are monstrous toddlers - a total drag on diplomacy and progress.
As if they negotiated something good.
As if our industries hadn’t been desperately lobbying govt ever since.
As if the EU wasn’t an ally.
Brexiters are monstrous toddlers - a total drag on diplomacy and progress.
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Yuck
#SocialistSunday
Labour hails Thatcher and Trump, pledging to “cut the weeds of regulation”
“We have to respond to the agenda the US president has just set out with our own dynamism… Every country has to do it”
Labour hails Thatcher and Trump, pledging to “cut the weeds of regulation”
“We have to respond to the agenda the US president has just set out with our own dynamism… Every country has to do it”
Labour hails Thatcher and Trump, pledging to “cut the weeds of regulation”
Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s business secretary, told the <em>Financial Times</em>, “We have to respond to the agenda the US president has just set out with our own dynamism… Every country has to do…
buff.ly
February 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Yuck
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As fascists move freely through London, nothing screams patriotism more than raising the flag of a destructive foreign entity above the Union Jack.
February 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
As fascists move freely through London, nothing screams patriotism more than raising the flag of a destructive foreign entity above the Union Jack.
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Happy #SocialistSunday beautiful people
Keep fighting for a better world for all and a #FreePalestine
Keep fighting for a better world for all and a #FreePalestine
January 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Happy #SocialistSunday beautiful people
Keep fighting for a better world for all and a #FreePalestine
Keep fighting for a better world for all and a #FreePalestine
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How Finland’s Left Is Beating the Far Right
Finland’s Left Alliance is countering the far right by rejecting austerity and championing workers’ rights and climate action. A discussion on the lessons for the European left.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/how-...
Finland’s Left Alliance is countering the far right by rejecting austerity and championing workers’ rights and climate action. A discussion on the lessons for the European left.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/how-...
How Finland’s Left Is Beating the Far Right
Finland’s Left Alliance is countering the far right by rejecting austerity and championing workers’ rights and climate action. Grace Blakeley sits down with its leader, Li Andersson, to discuss the le...
tribunemag.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
How Finland’s Left Is Beating the Far Right
Finland’s Left Alliance is countering the far right by rejecting austerity and championing workers’ rights and climate action. A discussion on the lessons for the European left.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/how-...
Finland’s Left Alliance is countering the far right by rejecting austerity and championing workers’ rights and climate action. A discussion on the lessons for the European left.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/how-...
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Trump has revoked security protection for former top US health official Anthony Fauci, who has faced death threats since leading the USA’s Covid-19 response👇🏼🤦🏼♂️
Says it all.. he’s going to have a witch hunt for anyone who’s crossed him/disagreed with him hit & them where he can..
#PettyTrump 🥴
Says it all.. he’s going to have a witch hunt for anyone who’s crossed him/disagreed with him hit & them where he can..
#PettyTrump 🥴
Trump revokes Covid adviser Anthony Fauci's security protection
The former top US health official has faced death threats since leading the country's COVID-19 response.
www.bbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Trump has revoked security protection for former top US health official Anthony Fauci, who has faced death threats since leading the USA’s Covid-19 response👇🏼🤦🏼♂️
Says it all.. he’s going to have a witch hunt for anyone who’s crossed him/disagreed with him hit & them where he can..
#PettyTrump 🥴
Says it all.. he’s going to have a witch hunt for anyone who’s crossed him/disagreed with him hit & them where he can..
#PettyTrump 🥴
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#Gaza
Palestinians have names too! Although from the UK mainstream media and Labour government you'd probably have thought they barely even existed.
Palestinians have names too! Although from the UK mainstream media and Labour government you'd probably have thought they barely even existed.
Israel Has Killed at Least 20 Palestinians in Rafah, Southern Gaza, Despite “Ceasefire”
January 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#Gaza
Palestinians have names too! Although from the UK mainstream media and Labour government you'd probably have thought they barely even existed.
Palestinians have names too! Although from the UK mainstream media and Labour government you'd probably have thought they barely even existed.
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Must speak truth to power.
Is Mariann Edgar Budde the person of the year for standing up to Trump?
There is nothing more patriotic than social justice; protection of the vulnerable; eradication of poverty, hate; giving visibility to what is ignored/marginalized.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is Mariann Edgar Budde the person of the year for standing up to Trump?
There is nothing more patriotic than social justice; protection of the vulnerable; eradication of poverty, hate; giving visibility to what is ignored/marginalized.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump | Mariann Edgar Budde
This week, the Bishop of Washington delivered a sermon in front of President Trump urging him to show mercy towards LGBTQ+ and migrant communities. The president condemned it as ‘nasty’. We reproduce ...
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Must speak truth to power.
Is Mariann Edgar Budde the person of the year for standing up to Trump?
There is nothing more patriotic than social justice; protection of the vulnerable; eradication of poverty, hate; giving visibility to what is ignored/marginalized.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is Mariann Edgar Budde the person of the year for standing up to Trump?
There is nothing more patriotic than social justice; protection of the vulnerable; eradication of poverty, hate; giving visibility to what is ignored/marginalized.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Imagine if someone like Corbyn or Thunberg had repeatedly thrown up a Nazi salute at a political event after denouncing the abuses of the state of Israel..how aggressively groups like the ADL would work to ensure they never appeared in public again..” caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/01/22/b...
Bat Shit Insane Religious Fanaticism Is A Requirement For US Empire Managers
The world is ruled by religious fanatics with nukes.
caitlinjohnstone.com.au
January 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
“Imagine if someone like Corbyn or Thunberg had repeatedly thrown up a Nazi salute at a political event after denouncing the abuses of the state of Israel..how aggressively groups like the ADL would work to ensure they never appeared in public again..” caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/01/22/b...
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Seriously Telegraph..
January 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Seriously Telegraph..
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Hmm let’s compare
January 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Hmm let’s compare
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Isabel Oakeshott who spent years complaining of immigrants coming to the UK and not speaking English
Has moved to Dubai, where she's an immigrant, and doesn't speak Arabic 🤷♂️
Has moved to Dubai, where she's an immigrant, and doesn't speak Arabic 🤷♂️
January 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Isabel Oakeshott who spent years complaining of immigrants coming to the UK and not speaking English
Has moved to Dubai, where she's an immigrant, and doesn't speak Arabic 🤷♂️
Has moved to Dubai, where she's an immigrant, and doesn't speak Arabic 🤷♂️
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The cost of the most basic, most common heart surgery.
No wonder Americans are mad.
No wonder Americans are mad.
December 19, 2024 at 6:40 PM
The cost of the most basic, most common heart surgery.
No wonder Americans are mad.
No wonder Americans are mad.
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But of course. Those in privileged circles don't like transparency or accountability.
According to this defence, it's good that in the past this stuff would've been disputed privately, amicably* with less publicity**
*from whose perspective?
**no press
#race
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
According to this defence, it's good that in the past this stuff would've been disputed privately, amicably* with less publicity**
*from whose perspective?
**no press
#race
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Dozens of Lords defend Tory peer who called colleague ‘Lord Poppadom’
Catherine Meyer may receive three week suspension, which her defenders say goes against ‘principles of natural justice’
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:17 PM
But of course. Those in privileged circles don't like transparency or accountability.
According to this defence, it's good that in the past this stuff would've been disputed privately, amicably* with less publicity**
*from whose perspective?
**no press
#race
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
According to this defence, it's good that in the past this stuff would've been disputed privately, amicably* with less publicity**
*from whose perspective?
**no press
#race
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk’s rumoured $100m donation may fuel a fresh look at UK political funding.
Ultra-rich fund parties, hire legislators, fuel corruption, subvert public choices.
Make political donations a criminal offence. Must look at state funding of parties.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ultra-rich fund parties, hire legislators, fuel corruption, subvert public choices.
Make political donations a criminal offence. Must look at state funding of parties.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Elon Musk’s rumoured $100m donation may just fuel a fresh look at UK political funding
Though denied, the mere fact a foreign billionaire could chuck so much money at one party might just spur rule changes
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Elon Musk’s rumoured $100m donation may fuel a fresh look at UK political funding.
Ultra-rich fund parties, hire legislators, fuel corruption, subvert public choices.
Make political donations a criminal offence. Must look at state funding of parties.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ultra-rich fund parties, hire legislators, fuel corruption, subvert public choices.
Make political donations a criminal offence. Must look at state funding of parties.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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In the past 2 days, Israeli forces have:
–Killed 3 World Central Kitchen aid workers
–Killed a Save The Children staffer
–Killed a Gaza Soup Kitchen chef
–Killed an ICU director
–Attacked & killed hundreds of displaced Palestinians
–Shot a 10-year-old girl
–Killed 3 World Central Kitchen aid workers
–Killed a Save The Children staffer
–Killed a Gaza Soup Kitchen chef
–Killed an ICU director
–Attacked & killed hundreds of displaced Palestinians
–Shot a 10-year-old girl
December 2, 2024 at 1:30 AM
In the past 2 days, Israeli forces have:
–Killed 3 World Central Kitchen aid workers
–Killed a Save The Children staffer
–Killed a Gaza Soup Kitchen chef
–Killed an ICU director
–Attacked & killed hundreds of displaced Palestinians
–Shot a 10-year-old girl
–Killed 3 World Central Kitchen aid workers
–Killed a Save The Children staffer
–Killed a Gaza Soup Kitchen chef
–Killed an ICU director
–Attacked & killed hundreds of displaced Palestinians
–Shot a 10-year-old girl
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A somewhat astonishing tweet from Boris Johnson given, according to the BMJ the Tories “wrote off almost £10bn worth of unused PPE during pandemic, accounts show.”
November 30, 2024 at 4:21 PM
A somewhat astonishing tweet from Boris Johnson given, according to the BMJ the Tories “wrote off almost £10bn worth of unused PPE during pandemic, accounts show.”