andrew eccles
@tokyosushi.bsky.social
FWIW on politics, photography, mountains and motorcycles.
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In the UK, here is the real struggle for free speech. news.sky.com/story/five-p...
Five Palestine Action prisoners taken to hospital as hunger strike continues
A letter describes the deteriorating health of prisoners Kamran Ahmed, Qesser Zuhrah, and Amy Gardiner-Gibson as their hunger strike continues.
news.sky.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
In the UK, here is the real struggle for free speech. news.sky.com/story/five-p...
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🚨Arresting US citizens who have not broken any laws is now acceptable practice in the United States of America. The only thing worse than being ICE is pretending that you don’t see what is happening to our neighbors. She isn’t a hero, she’s an American. 🇺🇸
December 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚨Arresting US citizens who have not broken any laws is now acceptable practice in the United States of America. The only thing worse than being ICE is pretending that you don’t see what is happening to our neighbors. She isn’t a hero, she’s an American. 🇺🇸
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It's all about deregulation of billionaire Silicon Valley Tech. The new U.S. National Security Strategy document, which shocked European leaders with its harsh language about the continent, echoes complaints from U.S. companies about EU business regulations
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It's all about deregulation of billionaire Silicon Valley Tech. The new U.S. National Security Strategy document, which shocked European leaders with its harsh language about the continent, echoes complaints from U.S. companies about EU business regulations
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In all of history, the book banners were never the good guys.
December 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In all of history, the book banners were never the good guys.
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Change to the arrangements for the Outsiders exhibition at Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow. It will now run from 2 April to 17 May and will be the pin up version. Transport costs for the framed version (six huge heavy cases) were too high and the budget is long gone.
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Change to the arrangements for the Outsiders exhibition at Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow. It will now run from 2 April to 17 May and will be the pin up version. Transport costs for the framed version (six huge heavy cases) were too high and the budget is long gone.
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“To refuse to participate in the shaping of our future, is to give it up.
Do not be misled into passivity either by false security (they don’t mean me) or by despair (there’s nothing we can do).
Each of us must find our work and do it.”
- Audre Lorde
Do not be misled into passivity either by false security (they don’t mean me) or by despair (there’s nothing we can do).
Each of us must find our work and do it.”
- Audre Lorde
December 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“To refuse to participate in the shaping of our future, is to give it up.
Do not be misled into passivity either by false security (they don’t mean me) or by despair (there’s nothing we can do).
Each of us must find our work and do it.”
- Audre Lorde
Do not be misled into passivity either by false security (they don’t mean me) or by despair (there’s nothing we can do).
Each of us must find our work and do it.”
- Audre Lorde
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“Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought…
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…To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.”
- Octavia Butler
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…To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.”
- Octavia Butler
December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought…
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…To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.”
- Octavia Butler
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…To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.”
- Octavia Butler
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Tory incompetence under Johnson and Sunsk cost you and me almost £11bn official report shows.
“The main issue to come out of study was "the scale at which people were prepared to pull a fast one and make money out of the taxpayer in a crisis". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“The main issue to come out of study was "the scale at which people were prepared to pull a fast one and make money out of the taxpayer in a crisis". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Covid scheme fraud hit almost £11bn but much 'beyond recovery', report says
The response to the pandemic led to
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Tory incompetence under Johnson and Sunsk cost you and me almost £11bn official report shows.
“The main issue to come out of study was "the scale at which people were prepared to pull a fast one and make money out of the taxpayer in a crisis". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“The main issue to come out of study was "the scale at which people were prepared to pull a fast one and make money out of the taxpayer in a crisis". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Important petition in support of the hunger strikes actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Call on MP and Secretary of Justice David Lammy to intervene and protect the hunger strikers
Eight prisoners currently held on remand for alleged actions in solidarity with Palestine have been on a hunger strike which began on 2nd November. Their names are Amu Gib, Qesser Zuhrah, Heba Muraisi...
actionnetwork.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Important petition in support of the hunger strikes actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
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Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
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So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
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🔴Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry ‘I Am Your Champion’
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne’s company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne’s company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🔴Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry ‘I Am Your Champion’
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne’s company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne’s company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
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Thames Water declares £400m "profit" www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Thames Water profits rise to £400m as bills rise by a third
Robbing bastards Thames Water made hundreds of millions in profit, but still want to be let off fines - the absolute cheek
www.thecanary.co
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Thames Water declares £400m "profit" www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Labour’s Employment Rights Bill - a rare effort to address inequality of power.
“A large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill.”
But of course they did.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“A large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill.”
But of course they did.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers' rights bill is a huge achievement | Polly Toynbee
It makes no sense for union leaders to cry betrayal when it will be their members who benefit from these sorely needed reforms, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Labour’s Employment Rights Bill - a rare effort to address inequality of power.
“A large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill.”
But of course they did.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“A large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill.”
But of course they did.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How the US Supreme Court abandoned the rule of law for far-right ideology and enabling a rogue President to run riot. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How John Roberts brought back Donald Trump
The Supreme Court empowered billionaires, blocked voters, and ran interference.
www.motherjones.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How the US Supreme Court abandoned the rule of law for far-right ideology and enabling a rogue President to run riot. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
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Jason Bassler
Anyone else find it strange that 7 of the richest men on Earth aren't just billionaires, but also media barons?
Musk, Ellison, Bezos, Arnault, Brin, Page, Zuckerberg.
They own the feeds, papers, platforms and narratives that shape our reality and no one says a word.🚩
Anyone else find it strange that 7 of the richest men on Earth aren't just billionaires, but also media barons?
Musk, Ellison, Bezos, Arnault, Brin, Page, Zuckerberg.
They own the feeds, papers, platforms and narratives that shape our reality and no one says a word.🚩
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Jason Bassler
Anyone else find it strange that 7 of the richest men on Earth aren't just billionaires, but also media barons?
Musk, Ellison, Bezos, Arnault, Brin, Page, Zuckerberg.
They own the feeds, papers, platforms and narratives that shape our reality and no one says a word.🚩
Anyone else find it strange that 7 of the richest men on Earth aren't just billionaires, but also media barons?
Musk, Ellison, Bezos, Arnault, Brin, Page, Zuckerberg.
They own the feeds, papers, platforms and narratives that shape our reality and no one says a word.🚩
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After fabricating an always-bogus crisis narrative via incessant whinging and doom mongering about public finances, the mainstream media, Sky News, Tory press and Badenoch/Stride are now complaining that they believed their own disinformation! How absurd can they get?
Public borrowing is set to fall sharply from Tory “ magic money tree” years. As it falls, and debt interest burdens lesson, talk of a “black hole” of a few billion in UK finances (when annual taxes coming in are £1 trillion) will fade away like the Tory and media mirage they have always been
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
After fabricating an always-bogus crisis narrative via incessant whinging and doom mongering about public finances, the mainstream media, Sky News, Tory press and Badenoch/Stride are now complaining that they believed their own disinformation! How absurd can they get?
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This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
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Israel's insidious war crimes have not subsided just because Trump succeeded in convincing Western public opinion that the genocide in Gaza has paused. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Israel's insidious war crimes have not subsided just because Trump succeeded in convincing Western public opinion that the genocide in Gaza has paused. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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“Just three companies – DMG Media, News UK and Reach – control 90% of UK national newspaper circulation, a 20% increase in market concentration since 2014. Newsquest and National World – control 51% of the UK’s 882 local newspapers and local news websites” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“Just three companies – DMG Media, News UK and Reach – control 90% of UK national newspaper circulation, a 20% increase in market concentration since 2014. Newsquest and National World – control 51% of the UK’s 882 local newspapers and local news websites” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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PALESTINE ...With over 112,000 killed, new study links Gaza’s massacre to past genocides www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251126-wit...
With over 112,000 killed, new study links Gaza’s massacre to past genocides
A devastating new study has found that more than 112,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel launched its assault in October 2023. This figure, drawn from the most extensiv…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
PALESTINE ...With over 112,000 killed, new study links Gaza’s massacre to past genocides www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251126-wit...
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"In the solitude of a book, we find ourselves a little more willing to be vulnerable to having our mindset challenged." - Nick Raines
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"In the solitude of a book, we find ourselves a little more willing to be vulnerable to having our mindset challenged." - Nick Raines
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.