Martin Campbell
@martinglasto.bsky.social
Writer, reader, historian, collector, genealogist, socialist, volunteer, disabled, gay, married, cat lover, happy.
Please sign this! Stop Trump billionaires from meddling in our elections. Tell the UK to ban foreign political donations: action.eko.org/a/uk-ban-all...
UK: Ban All Foreign Political Donations
Nigel Farage’s far-right Reform Party just made massive gains in UK elections. And now they’re drawing up plans to tap Trump donors to power Farage to Prime Minister in 2029.But we have a plan to stop
action.eko.org
May 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Please sign this! Stop Trump billionaires from meddling in our elections. Tell the UK to ban foreign political donations: action.eko.org/a/uk-ban-all...
Depressing.... BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
UK local election results live: Huge swings see Reform gain control of several councils after by-election and mayoral wins - BBC News
UK local election results live: Huge swings see Reform gain control of several councils after by-election and mayoral wins - BBC News
UK local election results live: Reform takes first councils after by-election and mayoral wins, as Starmer says losses 'disappointing'
Reform wins full control of Durham, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire County Councils as votes are counted for more than 1,600 seats in England.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Depressing.... BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
UK local election results live: Huge swings see Reform gain control of several councils after by-election and mayoral wins - BBC News
UK local election results live: Huge swings see Reform gain control of several councils after by-election and mayoral wins - BBC News
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True facts are true
April 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
True facts are true
Really? I doubt that very much.
The UK is ready to walk away empty handed from make-or-break trade talks with the US rather than accept a bad deal, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Rachel Reeves warns UK won't accept US trade deal if red lines are crossed
In an interview with The Mirror the Chancellor Rachel Reeves voiced her optimism an agreement can be reached to tackle the misery caused by Donald Trump's tariffs
www.mirror.co.uk
April 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Really? I doubt that very much.
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A growing number of wealthy Americans are opening bank accounts in Switzerland as part of the “de-Americanization” of their portfolios, according to investors and banks
Who would have guessed
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/18/r...
Who would have guessed
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/18/r...
More rich Americans are opening Swiss bank accounts fearing U.S. risks
Swiss banks say they have seen a surge of interest and business from high-net-worth Americans opening investment accounts in recent months.
www.cnbc.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A growing number of wealthy Americans are opening bank accounts in Switzerland as part of the “de-Americanization” of their portfolios, according to investors and banks
Who would have guessed
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/18/r...
Who would have guessed
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/18/r...
What is the UK becoming when it allows discrimination against tine, vulnerable communities? And where will it stop?www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/18/british-transport-police-trans-supreme-court-transgender/?utm_medium=personalized-push&utm_source=taboola
Trans women to be strip searched by male transport police after UK court ruling
Trans women detained by the British Transport Police will be strip searched by male officers, not female, following the recent Supreme Court ruling.
www.thepinknews.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What is the UK becoming when it allows discrimination against tine, vulnerable communities? And where will it stop?www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/18/british-transport-police-trans-supreme-court-transgender/?utm_medium=personalized-push&utm_source=taboola
What I fear the next few days will hold for the democracy of the US. A good, brief, explanation.
April 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
What I fear the next few days will hold for the democracy of the US. A good, brief, explanation.
Trans people will commit suicide. Had the male led Supreme Court heard from Trans women they might know that. But Trans women (and men) are such a small community that their votes are insignificant. No-one in a position of power will prioritise them, many won't care. uk.yahoo.com/news/nhs-pur...
NHS to be pursued if gender policies on single-sex wards don’t change, warns equalities watchdog
The current NHS guidance means trans people are accommodated according to their presentation, but Wednesday’s ruling now means wards must accommodate patients based on their biological sex
uk.yahoo.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Trans people will commit suicide. Had the male led Supreme Court heard from Trans women they might know that. But Trans women (and men) are such a small community that their votes are insignificant. No-one in a position of power will prioritise them, many won't care. uk.yahoo.com/news/nhs-pur...
It is good to finally see this ongoing outrage reported in the media (albeit not mainstream). aje.io/i70naa
Why has Israel imprisoned 10,000 Palestinians?
For every Palestinian Israel freed in the ceasefire deal, it has apprehended 15 more.
aje.io
April 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It is good to finally see this ongoing outrage reported in the media (albeit not mainstream). aje.io/i70naa
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“We are witnesses to a live cover-up. We are witnesses to misconduct in public office & if we don’t act we become complicit in that live cover-up & complicit in misconduct in public office”
@andyburnham.bsky.social
If you’re not yet familiar with this shocking scandal watch this draw dropping report
@andyburnham.bsky.social
If you’re not yet familiar with this shocking scandal watch this draw dropping report
🚨NUKED BLOOD REVIEW BY MINISTERS “YET ANOTHER COVER-UP” SAY CAMPAIGNERS
Inquiry promised by Government into evidence of troops used in radiation experiments labelled SHAM by veteran families
If you not yet familiar with this shocking scandal watch this jaw dropping report
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Inquiry promised by Government into evidence of troops used in radiation experiments labelled SHAM by veteran families
If you not yet familiar with this shocking scandal watch this jaw dropping report
youtu.be/rbMUA8oiDN8?...
🚨NUKED BLOOD REVIEW BY MINISTERS “YET ANOTHER COVER-UP” SAY CAMPAIGNERS
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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April 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
“We are witnesses to a live cover-up. We are witnesses to misconduct in public office & if we don’t act we become complicit in that live cover-up & complicit in misconduct in public office”
@andyburnham.bsky.social
If you’re not yet familiar with this shocking scandal watch this draw dropping report
@andyburnham.bsky.social
If you’re not yet familiar with this shocking scandal watch this draw dropping report
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News Analysis: As the breadth of the Trump revolution has spread across Washington in recent weeks, its most defining feature is a burn-it-down-first, figure-out-the-consequences-later recklessness. The costs of that approach are now becoming clear.
Analysis: Trump’s Tariffs Disrupt Global Trade Without a Clear Strategy
The global trading system is only one example of the administration tearing something apart, only to reveal that it has no plan for how to replace it.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
News Analysis: As the breadth of the Trump revolution has spread across Washington in recent weeks, its most defining feature is a burn-it-down-first, figure-out-the-consequences-later recklessness. The costs of that approach are now becoming clear.
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“What we are watching is Trump’s tariff-induced crash turning into a Truss-style fiscal crisis. The collapse in US government long bonds, Treasuries, is startling, scary. It is precisely the opposite of what Trump and his advisers expected and wanted”
Robert Peston
Robert Peston
April 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“What we are watching is Trump’s tariff-induced crash turning into a Truss-style fiscal crisis. The collapse in US government long bonds, Treasuries, is startling, scary. It is precisely the opposite of what Trump and his advisers expected and wanted”
Robert Peston
Robert Peston
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President Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported vehicles, which went into effect last week, are already sending tremors through the auto industry, prompting companies to stop shipping cars to the U.S., shut down factories in Canada and Mexico and lay off workers in Michigan and other states.
Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Reducing Car Imports and Idling Factories
A few carmakers have closed factories, laid off workers or shifted production in response to the auto tariffs that took effect last week.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
President Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported vehicles, which went into effect last week, are already sending tremors through the auto industry, prompting companies to stop shipping cars to the U.S., shut down factories in Canada and Mexico and lay off workers in Michigan and other states.
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Why isn't this headline news?
Walid Ahmad is the first Palestinian CHILD to die in one of Israel's prisons. He was beaten and starved to death.
Walid Ahmad is the first Palestinian CHILD to die in one of Israel's prisons. He was beaten and starved to death.
April 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Why isn't this headline news?
Walid Ahmad is the first Palestinian CHILD to die in one of Israel's prisons. He was beaten and starved to death.
Walid Ahmad is the first Palestinian CHILD to die in one of Israel's prisons. He was beaten and starved to death.
We must never forget their faces or the war crimes that killed them. aje.io/ts3ai5
Know their Names: The Gaza Red Crescent paramedics Israel attacked
On March 23, Israeli forces killed a group of Palestinian rescue workers in Rafah, Gaza. Here are their stories.
aje.io
April 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We must never forget their faces or the war crimes that killed them. aje.io/ts3ai5
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A National Park Service web page about the Underground Railroad appeared to have been restored on Monday to prominently show the abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman, after it had been changed in recent months to remove a large photo and quotes from her.
National Park Service Restores Harriet Tubman Material to Underground Railroad Web Page
The page had been edited to remove material about the antislavery leader. Other government pages have been changed or deleted amid efforts to scrub references to diversity and inclusion.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A National Park Service web page about the Underground Railroad appeared to have been restored on Monday to prominently show the abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman, after it had been changed in recent months to remove a large photo and quotes from her.
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Wall Street traders on Trump tariffs: ‘Without doubt, we’re hitting a recession’
Wall Street traders on Trump tariffs: ‘Without doubt, we’re hitting a recession’
Traders leaving the New York Stock Exchange were trying to make sense of another day of volatility
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Wall Street traders on Trump tariffs: ‘Without doubt, we’re hitting a recession’
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It’s sadly accurate.
April 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It’s sadly accurate.
Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars and crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200000 of us and add your name to he petition today you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.
This is the...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars and crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200000 of us and add your name to he petition today you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
I fear we may lose these iconic UK motor manufacturers because of Trump's tariffs. I hope he's happy with the boring Tesla he bought A man who denies climate change driving (if he even can?) an electric car? I suspect it has already been sold on. uk.yahoo.com/news/jaguar-...
Jaguar Land Rover to ‘pause’ US shipments in wake of tariffs
A 25% levy on all foreign cars imported into America came into force on Thursday.
uk.yahoo.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I fear we may lose these iconic UK motor manufacturers because of Trump's tariffs. I hope he's happy with the boring Tesla he bought A man who denies climate change driving (if he even can?) an electric car? I suspect it has already been sold on. uk.yahoo.com/news/jaguar-...
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'How do you negotiate with this?'
Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose
www.rawstory.com/trump-econom...
Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose
www.rawstory.com/trump-econom...
'How do you negotiate with this?' Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose
President Donald Trump left Washington on Thursday to fly back to Mar-a-Lago for the weekend. By Friday morning, the stock market was in freefall for a second day in a row. From his Truth Social page,...
www.rawstory.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
'How do you negotiate with this?'
Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose
www.rawstory.com/trump-econom...
Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose
www.rawstory.com/trump-econom...
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April 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The 'night of the long knives' wiped out Hitler's no longer useful political allies. It seems the White House is beginning a a less dramatic purge. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration fires National Security Agency chief
Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who met with Trump on Wednesday, said Gen Timothy Haugh was fired because he was "disloyal".
www.bbc.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The 'night of the long knives' wiped out Hitler's no longer useful political allies. It seems the White House is beginning a a less dramatic purge. www.bbc.com/news/article...