Tomas Thurogood-Hyde
tomasth89.bsky.social
Tomas Thurogood-Hyde
@tomasth89.bsky.social
Reposted by Tomas Thurogood-Hyde
A good move but months later than it should have been granted. There are obviously multiple considerations but there has been a repeated habit of forcing Ukraine to fight back with one hand behind it’s back before belatedly relenting.
Breaking News: President Biden authorized the first use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia, U.S. officials said. His decision is a major change in U.S. policy.
Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles
With two months left in office, the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of Russia.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Reposted by Tomas Thurogood-Hyde
Long overdue (!)
Biden allows Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US missiles
November 17, 2024 at 8:27 PM
The scenes from inside HMP Pentonville on tonight's BBC News are truly shocking: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

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Life inside an overcrowded prison
www.bbc.co.uk
September 5, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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The last prisons minister said “one urgent notification is too many”

But this the 7th in the last 2 years

Since Nov 22, we’ve had urgent notifications for:

🚨HMP Exeter
🚨HMP Bristol
🚨HMP Woodhill
🚨HMP Bedford
🚨HMPYOI Cookham Wood (now repurposed as a men’s prison)
🚨HMP Wandsworth
🚨HMP Rochester
September 2, 2024 at 7:16 AM
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Rochester prison has been given an urgent notification after a decade of “systemic failure and decline”

🚩 squalid, decrepit conditions & rat infestations
🚩 rising violence & self-harm
🚩 widespread illicit drug use
🚩 dearth of activity to prepare men for release

www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
Rochester prison given urgent notification after ‘systemic failure and decline’
It is the first time such notification has been given to a category C prison focusing on training and resettlement
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2024 at 7:13 AM