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The Government proscribed Palestine Action as terrorists by claiming that secret intelligence justified doing so
Newly leaked intelligence report reveals that most of their activity:
- Couldn't be described as terrorism
- Isn't violent but focused on property damage
-Most of that damage is "minor"
Newly leaked intelligence report reveals that most of their activity:
- Couldn't be described as terrorism
- Isn't violent but focused on property damage
-Most of that damage is "minor"
Secret Report Undercuts U.K. Condemnations of Pro-Palestinian Group
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Government proscribed Palestine Action as terrorists by claiming that secret intelligence justified doing so
Newly leaked intelligence report reveals that most of their activity:
- Couldn't be described as terrorism
- Isn't violent but focused on property damage
-Most of that damage is "minor"
Newly leaked intelligence report reveals that most of their activity:
- Couldn't be described as terrorism
- Isn't violent but focused on property damage
-Most of that damage is "minor"
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DWP benefit cuts to push 150,000 people into poverty despite partial U-turn.
How many will die prematurely?
Last year HMRC failed to collect £46.8bn of taxes.
Please tell your MP to oppose the cruel cuts.
How many will die prematurely?
Last year HMRC failed to collect £46.8bn of taxes.
Please tell your MP to oppose the cruel cuts.
DWP welfare cuts to result in 150,000 in poverty - despite major U-turn
The modelling comes after Keir Starmer offered major concessions last week after a rebellion over 120 Labour MPs threatened the government with defeat in the Commons
www.mirror.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
DWP benefit cuts to push 150,000 people into poverty despite partial U-turn.
How many will die prematurely?
Last year HMRC failed to collect £46.8bn of taxes.
Please tell your MP to oppose the cruel cuts.
How many will die prematurely?
Last year HMRC failed to collect £46.8bn of taxes.
Please tell your MP to oppose the cruel cuts.
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UK Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds says:
"I think everybody here, across parliament, wants a [welfare] system that protects the most vulnerable people".
In other news, an extra 150,000 people will be in relative poverty after housing costs if the government's welfare cuts come into effect.
"I think everybody here, across parliament, wants a [welfare] system that protects the most vulnerable people".
In other news, an extra 150,000 people will be in relative poverty after housing costs if the government's welfare cuts come into effect.
June 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
UK Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds says:
"I think everybody here, across parliament, wants a [welfare] system that protects the most vulnerable people".
In other news, an extra 150,000 people will be in relative poverty after housing costs if the government's welfare cuts come into effect.
"I think everybody here, across parliament, wants a [welfare] system that protects the most vulnerable people".
In other news, an extra 150,000 people will be in relative poverty after housing costs if the government's welfare cuts come into effect.
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Probably a good idea to read the (inspiring) history behind Palestine Action before Yvette Cooper forces sites to take down stories like this
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
How Elbit was shut down - Red Pepper
Blyth Brentnall describes how a group of activists in the UK has managed to disrupt the activities of one of Israel’s biggest arms suppliers
www.redpepper.org.uk
June 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Probably a good idea to read the (inspiring) history behind Palestine Action before Yvette Cooper forces sites to take down stories like this
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
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What's the link between David Lammy and United Health, an enormous American private healthcare company?🚨
Lammy received £67,674 from Labour Together between Jan 2023 + March 2025. Labour Together is a think tank previously run by Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney..
Lammy received £67,674 from Labour Together between Jan 2023 + March 2025. Labour Together is a think tank previously run by Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney..
June 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
What's the link between David Lammy and United Health, an enormous American private healthcare company?🚨
Lammy received £67,674 from Labour Together between Jan 2023 + March 2025. Labour Together is a think tank previously run by Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney..
Lammy received £67,674 from Labour Together between Jan 2023 + March 2025. Labour Together is a think tank previously run by Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney..
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This. This is what terrifies our government authoritarians so much. 👇
Judges have been pressured to stop juries being allowed to hear these kind of defences - but that only works sometimes. Simply redesigning vandalism as terrorism presumably more effective gardencourtchambers.co.uk/jury-acquits...
Judges have been pressured to stop juries being allowed to hear these kind of defences - but that only works sometimes. Simply redesigning vandalism as terrorism presumably more effective gardencourtchambers.co.uk/jury-acquits...
Jury acquits Palestine Action activists on defences of Necessity and Protection of Property | Garden Court Chambers
Owen Greenhall of Garden Court Chambers and Mira Hammad of Garden Court North represented the defendants, instructed by Lydia Dagostino of Kellys Solicitors.
gardencourtchambers.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This. This is what terrifies our government authoritarians so much. 👇
Judges have been pressured to stop juries being allowed to hear these kind of defences - but that only works sometimes. Simply redesigning vandalism as terrorism presumably more effective gardencourtchambers.co.uk/jury-acquits...
Judges have been pressured to stop juries being allowed to hear these kind of defences - but that only works sometimes. Simply redesigning vandalism as terrorism presumably more effective gardencourtchambers.co.uk/jury-acquits...
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This is the kind of success story that Yvette Cooper is so terrified you might read, she’s going to try and make sure it vanishes and that publishing anything similar would be illegal palestineaction.org/barclays-div...
Barclays Divest from Elbit Systems After Palestine Action's Direct Action Campaign
Images available are free to use, with relevant credit After a year-long campaign against its premises by Palestine Action and local community groups, Barclays PLC has sold all of its […]
palestineaction.org
June 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is the kind of success story that Yvette Cooper is so terrified you might read, she’s going to try and make sure it vanishes and that publishing anything similar would be illegal palestineaction.org/barclays-div...
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Is this seriously what we now call a cause for celebration?
June 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Is this seriously what we now call a cause for celebration?
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It really doesn’t matter how badly politicians & organisations want to shut down protests of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, it won’t work, it won’t change opinions, it just amplifies your complicity in the violence.
We’ve all seen too much, you never get over seeing children burn.
We’ve all seen too much, you never get over seeing children burn.
June 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It really doesn’t matter how badly politicians & organisations want to shut down protests of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, it won’t work, it won’t change opinions, it just amplifies your complicity in the violence.
We’ve all seen too much, you never get over seeing children burn.
We’ve all seen too much, you never get over seeing children burn.
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A perfect summary here. Thank goodness we have one political party taking this on.
June 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A perfect summary here. Thank goodness we have one political party taking this on.
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Unlimited money for war, none for Disabled People is not a vote winning message.
Nor will many Labour MPs vote for it.
Nor will many Labour MPs vote for it.
June 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Unlimited money for war, none for Disabled People is not a vote winning message.
Nor will many Labour MPs vote for it.
Nor will many Labour MPs vote for it.
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I have never been a big fan of the "vote for us or get someone worse" brand of political argument, yet that is all Starmer has. It's bad politics. You lose supporters and reinforce the likes of Reform. The only person to blame for Starmer losing support is Starmer. That's politics. 2/
June 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I have never been a big fan of the "vote for us or get someone worse" brand of political argument, yet that is all Starmer has. It's bad politics. You lose supporters and reinforce the likes of Reform. The only person to blame for Starmer losing support is Starmer. That's politics. 2/
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I keep seeing people claim that Starmer is being "attacked" to "weaken him so Reform can win". It isn't an attack to defend people's rights. It isn't an attack to call out bad policy. If Labour loses to Reform, that will be on Starmer, not the people who refuse to vote for what Labour now is. 1/
June 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I keep seeing people claim that Starmer is being "attacked" to "weaken him so Reform can win". It isn't an attack to defend people's rights. It isn't an attack to call out bad policy. If Labour loses to Reform, that will be on Starmer, not the people who refuse to vote for what Labour now is. 1/
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“Reform give a windfall gain to a relatively small number of v wealthy people who were planning to stay here and pay tax, but will now pay the £250k instead.
That's tax that now disappears
There's no wider benefit (because these people were already going to be here)”
ReFUK banks on us being mugs
That's tax that now disappears
There's no wider benefit (because these people were already going to be here)”
ReFUK banks on us being mugs
Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
June 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“Reform give a windfall gain to a relatively small number of v wealthy people who were planning to stay here and pay tax, but will now pay the £250k instead.
That's tax that now disappears
There's no wider benefit (because these people were already going to be here)”
ReFUK banks on us being mugs
That's tax that now disappears
There's no wider benefit (because these people were already going to be here)”
ReFUK banks on us being mugs
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Looks as if the OBR’s central forecast of a 4% Brexit hit to 🇬🇧 GDP was about right.
Project Fear turns out to be Project Fact
But because we are British & Labour is scared of the people (🤡 Farage/Johnson/ ReFuk & 🤡 voters) who brought us lying Project Fear we continue to back Project Fear.
🤡 🇬🇧
Project Fear turns out to be Project Fact
But because we are British & Labour is scared of the people (🤡 Farage/Johnson/ ReFuk & 🤡 voters) who brought us lying Project Fear we continue to back Project Fear.
🤡 🇬🇧
Chart-heavy thread incoming. This is an attempt to survey the research to answer the question - were the forecasts predicting a lot of Brexit damage correct? 1/n.
The Constitution Society and Federal Trust asked me to do a survey of the evidence on the economics of Brexit, nine years on from the vote.
Hopefully it's a helpful reference. Short answer: the consensus was right - a large hit to GDP, trade and investment.
consoc.org.uk/publications...
Hopefully it's a helpful reference. Short answer: the consensus was right - a large hit to GDP, trade and investment.
consoc.org.uk/publications...
June 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Looks as if the OBR’s central forecast of a 4% Brexit hit to 🇬🇧 GDP was about right.
Project Fear turns out to be Project Fact
But because we are British & Labour is scared of the people (🤡 Farage/Johnson/ ReFuk & 🤡 voters) who brought us lying Project Fear we continue to back Project Fear.
🤡 🇬🇧
Project Fear turns out to be Project Fact
But because we are British & Labour is scared of the people (🤡 Farage/Johnson/ ReFuk & 🤡 voters) who brought us lying Project Fear we continue to back Project Fear.
🤡 🇬🇧
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Excruciating to hear Foreign Secretary attempting to make the case that because the UK Government wasn’t involved in US bombing of Iran, it can have absolutely no view at all of its legality - totally undermining rule of law #bbcr4today
June 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Excruciating to hear Foreign Secretary attempting to make the case that because the UK Government wasn’t involved in US bombing of Iran, it can have absolutely no view at all of its legality - totally undermining rule of law #bbcr4today
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What a 🧵 👏👏👏
And one that goes to the heart of any rejoin movement.
And one that goes to the heart of any rejoin movement.
I understand. We understand.
We understand the importance that Europe had in your lives and the sense of biting loss for many of you.
We understand what Brexit has done.
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We understand the importance that Europe had in your lives and the sense of biting loss for many of you.
We understand what Brexit has done.
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June 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
What a 🧵 👏👏👏
And one that goes to the heart of any rejoin movement.
And one that goes to the heart of any rejoin movement.
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It’s not just the amount of the spending, but what Streeting wants to spend it on. He’s far too committed to technological solutions: vast amounts will be wasted on IT systems that won’t provide the benefits they claim, as well as increasing our dependence on deeply untrustworthy partners.
June 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
It’s not just the amount of the spending, but what Streeting wants to spend it on. He’s far too committed to technological solutions: vast amounts will be wasted on IT systems that won’t provide the benefits they claim, as well as increasing our dependence on deeply untrustworthy partners.
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As for Farage, I would take a leaf from courageous politicians around Europe and actually face down fascism, and not pander to it.
Fight Farage on Brexit. That is is weakest terrain actually, not immigration or culture, where he's happy. Hang it around him like an albatross.
Fight Farage on Brexit. That is is weakest terrain actually, not immigration or culture, where he's happy. Hang it around him like an albatross.
June 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
As for Farage, I would take a leaf from courageous politicians around Europe and actually face down fascism, and not pander to it.
Fight Farage on Brexit. That is is weakest terrain actually, not immigration or culture, where he's happy. Hang it around him like an albatross.
Fight Farage on Brexit. That is is weakest terrain actually, not immigration or culture, where he's happy. Hang it around him like an albatross.
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🧵 Several people have raised questions about what I meant by "deservedly so" when referring to the decline of institutional trust. It's a fair question, so I want to explain that, because it sits at the heart of my work on how democracies collapse when their epistemic foundations rot.
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🧵 Several people have raised questions about what I meant by "deservedly so" when referring to the decline of institutional trust. It's a fair question, so I want to explain that, because it sits at the heart of my work on how democracies collapse when their epistemic foundations rot.
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We’ve had enough of the Brexit failure, we really don’t trust Trump’s America and we want a better, more prosperous relationship with our European neighbours…
“Will of the people” got us into this Brexit mess, why shouldn’t it get us out of it too?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“Will of the people” got us into this Brexit mess, why shouldn’t it get us out of it too?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Voters want Keir Starmer to focus on rebuilding trade ties with EU, poll reveals
Open trade with Europe is more important to the UK than a deal with Donald Trump, most Britons believe
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We’ve had enough of the Brexit failure, we really don’t trust Trump’s America and we want a better, more prosperous relationship with our European neighbours…
“Will of the people” got us into this Brexit mess, why shouldn’t it get us out of it too?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“Will of the people” got us into this Brexit mess, why shouldn’t it get us out of it too?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour promised but sadly are failing to deliver
£889m in the new contract sounds good but £300m is lost in NI & staff costs, inflation & hidden PCN costs
‘murky & opaque’ world of NHS funding
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
complained about GP funding being ‘murky & opaque’ yet it’s just that
£889m in the new contract sounds good but £300m is lost in NI & staff costs, inflation & hidden PCN costs
‘murky & opaque’ world of NHS funding
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
complained about GP funding being ‘murky & opaque’ yet it’s just that
April 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Labour promised but sadly are failing to deliver
£889m in the new contract sounds good but £300m is lost in NI & staff costs, inflation & hidden PCN costs
‘murky & opaque’ world of NHS funding
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
complained about GP funding being ‘murky & opaque’ yet it’s just that
£889m in the new contract sounds good but £300m is lost in NI & staff costs, inflation & hidden PCN costs
‘murky & opaque’ world of NHS funding
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
complained about GP funding being ‘murky & opaque’ yet it’s just that
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🚨BREAKING🚨
I have a new, second legal challenge to Net Zero Teesside with @goodlawproject.bsky.social
Did you know the Govt have already allocated subsidies for over £59bn for carbon capture? See: tinyurl.com/DESNZ-SUBS
Pls repost 👇
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@rupertread.bsky.social
I have a new, second legal challenge to Net Zero Teesside with @goodlawproject.bsky.social
Did you know the Govt have already allocated subsidies for over £59bn for carbon capture? See: tinyurl.com/DESNZ-SUBS
Pls repost 👇
@sioldridge.bsky.social
@rupertread.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🚨BREAKING🚨
I have a new, second legal challenge to Net Zero Teesside with @goodlawproject.bsky.social
Did you know the Govt have already allocated subsidies for over £59bn for carbon capture? See: tinyurl.com/DESNZ-SUBS
Pls repost 👇
@sioldridge.bsky.social
@rupertread.bsky.social
I have a new, second legal challenge to Net Zero Teesside with @goodlawproject.bsky.social
Did you know the Govt have already allocated subsidies for over £59bn for carbon capture? See: tinyurl.com/DESNZ-SUBS
Pls repost 👇
@sioldridge.bsky.social
@rupertread.bsky.social
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I have more than 410k followers on X and fewer than 63k on BlueSky.
Yet the same tweet about Russian money supporting the Far Right in Britain has been shared fewer than 100 times on X and more than 1,300 on BlueSky.
That's how much of a propaganda tool X has become.
Yet the same tweet about Russian money supporting the Far Right in Britain has been shared fewer than 100 times on X and more than 1,300 on BlueSky.
That's how much of a propaganda tool X has become.
March 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I have more than 410k followers on X and fewer than 63k on BlueSky.
Yet the same tweet about Russian money supporting the Far Right in Britain has been shared fewer than 100 times on X and more than 1,300 on BlueSky.
That's how much of a propaganda tool X has become.
Yet the same tweet about Russian money supporting the Far Right in Britain has been shared fewer than 100 times on X and more than 1,300 on BlueSky.
That's how much of a propaganda tool X has become.