Ruth B
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Here for international news, humanitarian issues, child psychotherapy and the overlap of all three.
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Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
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RIP Jamal. You deserved better.
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
RIP Jamal. You deserved better.
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
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Must read interview with writers of Netflix’s A House of Dynamite. The true horror is not who controls the nuclear weapons (dodgy presidents, unstable states, AI) but the nuclear weapons themselves. Obviously. #AHouseOfDynamite @cnduk.bsky.social
Today is Netfix premier day for "A House of Dynamite." Here's what I wrote about it (and why you should see it)
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
October 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Must read interview with writers of Netflix’s A House of Dynamite. The true horror is not who controls the nuclear weapons (dodgy presidents, unstable states, AI) but the nuclear weapons themselves. Obviously. #AHouseOfDynamite @cnduk.bsky.social
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Today is Netfix premier day for "A House of Dynamite." Here's what I wrote about it (and why you should see it)
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
October 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today is Netfix premier day for "A House of Dynamite." Here's what I wrote about it (and why you should see it)
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (Netflix): Terrifying, especially given the unprincipled, waffling nitwit in the White House.
October 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (Netflix): Terrifying, especially given the unprincipled, waffling nitwit in the White House.
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Today, while Donald Trump dined at Windsor castle, thousands of us turned out to reject a politics of hatred, division and fear.
We had a message to him and our own government: stop appeasing the far-right, stop arming Israel, and start promoting peace and equality instead.
We had a message to him and our own government: stop appeasing the far-right, stop arming Israel, and start promoting peace and equality instead.
September 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Today, while Donald Trump dined at Windsor castle, thousands of us turned out to reject a politics of hatred, division and fear.
We had a message to him and our own government: stop appeasing the far-right, stop arming Israel, and start promoting peace and equality instead.
We had a message to him and our own government: stop appeasing the far-right, stop arming Israel, and start promoting peace and equality instead.
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
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Liberté, Egalité, Fuckaroundité and Findoutité.
March 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Liberté, Egalité, Fuckaroundité and Findoutité.
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Oh.
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with drugs for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
Drug shortages in the UK have risen to their worst level for four years, official figures show, with Brexit considered a key reason so many medications are scarce.
Drug companies notified the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) about disruptions to supply 1,938 times during last year – the highest number since the 1,967 seen in 2021. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Oh.
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"Anti-migrant politics will not build a single house, staff a single hospital or raise anyone’s wages. Instead, by echoing its rhetoric, the government is simply fuelling the rise of Reform UK"
Well done to these Labour MPs, trade unionists, and members. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well done to these Labour MPs, trade unionists, and members. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
More than 900 Labour figures decry party’s migration and asylum policy
Joint statement accuses government of copying Tories’ ‘performative cruelty’
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Anti-migrant politics will not build a single house, staff a single hospital or raise anyone’s wages. Instead, by echoing its rhetoric, the government is simply fuelling the rise of Reform UK"
Well done to these Labour MPs, trade unionists, and members. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well done to these Labour MPs, trade unionists, and members. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This video is just epic.
The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️
The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️
February 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This video is just epic.
The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️
The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️
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We are appalled by the Foreign Secretary’s failure to condemn President Trump’s call for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
A statement from the Independent Alliance.
A statement from the Independent Alliance.
February 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We are appalled by the Foreign Secretary’s failure to condemn President Trump’s call for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
A statement from the Independent Alliance.
A statement from the Independent Alliance.
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Child sexual abuse in institutions, cultural changes, organised cover-up... and how we could make children safer today.
All episodes/series of In Dark Corners now on BBC Sounds, Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc. @mandatenow.bsky.social @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
All episodes/series of In Dark Corners now on BBC Sounds, Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc. @mandatenow.bsky.social @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Dark Corners - Available now
Available episodes of In Dark Corners
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Child sexual abuse in institutions, cultural changes, organised cover-up... and how we could make children safer today.
All episodes/series of In Dark Corners now on BBC Sounds, Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc. @mandatenow.bsky.social @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
All episodes/series of In Dark Corners now on BBC Sounds, Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc. @mandatenow.bsky.social @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Child sexual abuse in institutions, organised cover-up, systemic failures... and how we could make children safer today.
All episodes/series of In Dark Corners now on BBC Sounds, Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc.
@mandatenow.bsky.social
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
All episodes/series of In Dark Corners now on BBC Sounds, Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc.
@mandatenow.bsky.social
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Child sexual abuse in institutions, organised cover-up, systemic failures... and how we could make children safer today.
All episodes/series of In Dark Corners now on BBC Sounds, Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc.
@mandatenow.bsky.social
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
All episodes/series of In Dark Corners now on BBC Sounds, Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc.
@mandatenow.bsky.social
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
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It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
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On the fifth anniversary of Brexit, we dedicate the entire show to listing all the benefits it has brought to the U.K.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
James O'Brien - The Whole Show - Podcast Episode | Global Player
Five years since Brexit, the mad riddle
www.globalplayer.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
On the fifth anniversary of Brexit, we dedicate the entire show to listing all the benefits it has brought to the U.K.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
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Five years after we left, a new YouGov poll finds a grand total of 2% of voters think Brexit has had a very positive impact on the NHS.
January 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Five years after we left, a new YouGov poll finds a grand total of 2% of voters think Brexit has had a very positive impact on the NHS.
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Hit home today that Elon’s zooming in to a rally of the German hard right to tell them to stop feeling bad about the past and embrace German glory was right before Holocaust Remembrance day.
January 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Hit home today that Elon’s zooming in to a rally of the German hard right to tell them to stop feeling bad about the past and embrace German glory was right before Holocaust Remembrance day.
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Today, I am thinking of all those who have been reunited with friends and family.
I am thinking of the thousands of children in Gaza who have been killed or orphaned, with nobody or no home to return to. [1/2]
I am thinking of the thousands of children in Gaza who have been killed or orphaned, with nobody or no home to return to. [1/2]
January 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Today, I am thinking of all those who have been reunited with friends and family.
I am thinking of the thousands of children in Gaza who have been killed or orphaned, with nobody or no home to return to. [1/2]
I am thinking of the thousands of children in Gaza who have been killed or orphaned, with nobody or no home to return to. [1/2]