Rana Kabbani
@ranakabbani.bsky.social
mad about #cats & #reading; less so now about #writing & #broadcasting
January 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
x.com
x.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Everyone underestimated #Syria: its patience; endurance; courage; hospitality & love for life.
Now it leaves all detractors behind - too busy to care for their depraved opinions.
Its friends indeed were its friends in need, who believed #Syrians’ stories about #Assad mafia’s unspeakable horrors.
Now it leaves all detractors behind - too busy to care for their depraved opinions.
Its friends indeed were its friends in need, who believed #Syrians’ stories about #Assad mafia’s unspeakable horrors.
December 28, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
The Brexit Curse
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’
Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy report finds trade flows have shown no signs of returning to previous levels
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:00 AM
The Brexit Curse
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Law doesn't deliver justice.
Austerity, wage freezes, public service cuts imposed by parliament.
300,000 Britons die each year awaiting hospital appointment.
111,000 died last year in poverty;
128,000 died in fuel poverty, including. 111,000 pensioners,
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Austerity, wage freezes, public service cuts imposed by parliament.
300,000 Britons die each year awaiting hospital appointment.
111,000 died last year in poverty;
128,000 died in fuel poverty, including. 111,000 pensioners,
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Whatever happened to the ‘rule of law’ in the UK?
Even if people can get access to the courts, at best they will get an interpretation of law, not justice.
leftfootforward.org
December 4, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Law doesn't deliver justice.
Austerity, wage freezes, public service cuts imposed by parliament.
300,000 Britons die each year awaiting hospital appointment.
111,000 died last year in poverty;
128,000 died in fuel poverty, including. 111,000 pensioners,
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Austerity, wage freezes, public service cuts imposed by parliament.
300,000 Britons die each year awaiting hospital appointment.
111,000 died last year in poverty;
128,000 died in fuel poverty, including. 111,000 pensioners,
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Where on earth is UK media as the government this week seeks to condone the abuse of secondary legislation (after the Attorney General specifically promised the Gov’t would NOT do so) to undermine our democratic right to protest by appealing Liberty’s High court win against the former Tory gov’t?
🚨Our parliamentary democracy exists to make sure a government can’t just do whatever it wants. That must be respected - and that includes THIS GOVERNMENT
Liberty will be back in court NEXT WEEK to #DefendDemocracy.
This is why I shall be standing with them👇
youtu.be/qk5aiRXRuU0?...
Liberty will be back in court NEXT WEEK to #DefendDemocracy.
This is why I shall be standing with them👇
youtu.be/qk5aiRXRuU0?...
Labour Government backs Tory power grab by appealing Liberty High court victory
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 3, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Where on earth is UK media as the government this week seeks to condone the abuse of secondary legislation (after the Attorney General specifically promised the Gov’t would NOT do so) to undermine our democratic right to protest by appealing Liberty’s High court win against the former Tory gov’t?
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
President of South Korea announces emergency state of martial law to eradicate pro-N.K. forces, uphold constitutional order — Yonhap News Agency
December 3, 2024 at 1:48 PM
President of South Korea announces emergency state of martial law to eradicate pro-N.K. forces, uphold constitutional order — Yonhap News Agency
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Sir Richard Moore, head of MI6: "In 37 years in the intelligence profession, I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state."
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
Head of MI6 says 'I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state' as he warns Russia would not stop if it wins in Ukraine
Sir Richard Moore, the head of MI6, said that if Russia wins in Ukraine, China would "weigh the implications, North Korea would be emboldened, and Iran would become still more dangerous".
news.sky.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Sir Richard Moore, head of MI6: "In 37 years in the intelligence profession, I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state."
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
I talk about this endlessly in my book....how our current electoral system is NOT fit for purpose
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social explains more re donations
Jeez Labour...tighten up these horrors....
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social explains more re donations
Jeez Labour...tighten up these horrors....
NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk’s $100m to Farage will break our democracy
Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:45 PM
I talk about this endlessly in my book....how our current electoral system is NOT fit for purpose
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social explains more re donations
Jeez Labour...tighten up these horrors....
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social explains more re donations
Jeez Labour...tighten up these horrors....
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Don't be surprised if there's a chemical attack somewhere in Syria in response to events unfolding in Aleppo. Not much use having chemical weapons if you can't use them to terrify the population into submission. Also, don't be surprised if you see some of the most grotesque denialisms possible after
November 29, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Don't be surprised if there's a chemical attack somewhere in Syria in response to events unfolding in Aleppo. Not much use having chemical weapons if you can't use them to terrify the population into submission. Also, don't be surprised if you see some of the most grotesque denialisms possible after
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Justice is not only about prosecuting corrupt officials, but also about compensating the communities and individuals that have been robbed – aka asset recovery. Stolen money is often hidden in richer countries, in real estate, company shares or bank accounts.
a cartoon drawing of a school with houses and trees in front of it
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a school with houses and trees in front of it
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Justice is not only about prosecuting corrupt officials, but also about compensating the communities and individuals that have been robbed – aka asset recovery. Stolen money is often hidden in richer countries, in real estate, company shares or bank accounts.
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
A blow to the Russian-Iranian alliance, which has brought death and misery to both Syria and Ukraine
It is reported that Syrian opposition has entered Aleppo and is taking down propaganda portraits of Asad and Putin.
November 30, 2024 at 12:39 PM
A blow to the Russian-Iranian alliance, which has brought death and misery to both Syria and Ukraine
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Money trail: questions over deposed Bangladeshi elite’s £400m UK property empire
Money trail: questions over deposed Bangladeshi elite’s £400m UK property empire
Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UK
As Sheikh Hasina watched Dhaka fade from view, aboard a military helicopter, crowds were storming her palatial residence.
Far below,…
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Money trail: questions over deposed Bangladeshi elite’s £400m UK property empire
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Another great piece by Adam
Wrote this about a deeply dangerous shift by Keir Starmer this week towards embracing the anti-migrant rhetoric of Nigel Farage, and what he should be doing instead www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/opening-th...
Opening the Borders to Nigel Farage
Keir Starmer's attempts to mimic the rhetoric of the Reform leader will end as badly for him as it did for his Conservative predecessors
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Another great piece by Adam
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
- #WiiliamBlake
#cats #poems
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
- #WiiliamBlake
#cats #poems
November 30, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
- #WiiliamBlake
#cats #poems
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
- #WiiliamBlake
#cats #poems
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
"That progressives have failed to grasp how utterly tech has changed everything in our political culture – esp. given revelations of the role of psychological profiling through social media – is exploited by the right as a new ‘Wild West’. Elon Musk, is the most logical next step in this trajectory"
The Psycho-Social-Techno Politics of ‘MAGA’ Trumps Democracy – And the Liberal Left Has No Answer
Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psyc...
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:04 PM
"That progressives have failed to grasp how utterly tech has changed everything in our political culture – esp. given revelations of the role of psychological profiling through social media – is exploited by the right as a new ‘Wild West’. Elon Musk, is the most logical next step in this trajectory"
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Why the silencing of Sangita Myska matters. sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
The silencing of Sangita Myska matters
Why has Sangita Myska (LBC) not been on the air since interviewing Israeli Government spokesman, Avi Hyman, in April?
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Why the silencing of Sangita Myska matters. sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Former soldier Daniel Khalife found guilty of spying for Iran
Former soldier Daniel Khalife found guilty of spying for Iran
Khalife convicted of three counts relating to espionage, having admitted to prison escape while on remand
A former soldier whose prison escape sparked a huge manhunt in 2023 has been convicted of spying for Iran but cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax.…
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Former soldier Daniel Khalife found guilty of spying for Iran
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Dreams that Oxford would have its first female chancellor in its 800-year history have been dashed.
Elish Angiolini, the principal of Oxford’s St Hugh’s College and former lord advocate of Scotland came second.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Elish Angiolini, the principal of Oxford’s St Hugh’s College and former lord advocate of Scotland came second.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
William Hague elected chancellor of Oxford University
Former foreign secretary and Oxford graduate wins online vote, ending hopes a woman would fill role for first time
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Dreams that Oxford would have its first female chancellor in its 800-year history have been dashed.
Elish Angiolini, the principal of Oxford’s St Hugh’s College and former lord advocate of Scotland came second.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Elish Angiolini, the principal of Oxford’s St Hugh’s College and former lord advocate of Scotland came second.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
“Obviously there will be no return to freedom of movement, the customs union or the single market” says Prime Minister Keir Starmer at #PMQs
In other news the OBR report the Gov’t keeps quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15%. Hiding from it won’t make it go away
In other news the OBR report the Gov’t keeps quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15%. Hiding from it won’t make it go away
November 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
“Obviously there will be no return to freedom of movement, the customs union or the single market” says Prime Minister Keir Starmer at #PMQs
In other news the OBR report the Gov’t keeps quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15%. Hiding from it won’t make it go away
In other news the OBR report the Gov’t keeps quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15%. Hiding from it won’t make it go away
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
JUST NOW: After launching a shock offensive this morning, the Syrian opposition is just 5 miles away from entering Aleppo City.
They've barrelled through regime and Russian positions — taking over a dozen villages in Aleppo province.
Stand with Syrians against Putin and Assad!
They've barrelled through regime and Russian positions — taking over a dozen villages in Aleppo province.
Stand with Syrians against Putin and Assad!
November 27, 2024 at 3:01 PM
JUST NOW: After launching a shock offensive this morning, the Syrian opposition is just 5 miles away from entering Aleppo City.
They've barrelled through regime and Russian positions — taking over a dozen villages in Aleppo province.
Stand with Syrians against Putin and Assad!
They've barrelled through regime and Russian positions — taking over a dozen villages in Aleppo province.
Stand with Syrians against Putin and Assad!
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
Kemi Badenoch and Chris Philp are currently holding a press conference about immigration at a Tufton Street think tank.
Byline Times was barred from attending
Byline Times was barred from attending
November 27, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Kemi Badenoch and Chris Philp are currently holding a press conference about immigration at a Tufton Street think tank.
Byline Times was barred from attending
Byline Times was barred from attending
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
My sister is on hunger strike to free her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt. We don’t want her to die | Ahdaf Soueif
My sister is on hunger strike to free her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt. We don’t want her to die | Ahdaf Soueif
The British-Egyptian activist is imprisoned alongside thousands of other political detainees. We’re appealing to the UK government for help
My sister is 68, and today is her 60th day on hunger strike. This is her latest battle against injustice, and she…
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:54 AM
My sister is on hunger strike to free her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt. We don’t want her to die | Ahdaf Soueif
Reposted by Rana Kabbani
The Russian Ruble continues to collapse, hitting 110 to the Dollar.
November 27, 2024 at 11:24 AM
The Russian Ruble continues to collapse, hitting 110 to the Dollar.