Walter Tavener
@wat76.bsky.social
Retired. International Democratic Socialist
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Israel’s approval of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank of Palestine is a serious breach of international law.
It must be met with severe sanctions and real international pressure in order to end its attempts to erase Palestinian life.
It must be met with severe sanctions and real international pressure in order to end its attempts to erase Palestinian life.
Israel to build 19 more settlements in occupied West Bank
Approvals hit record pace as government seeks to thwart any prospect of a Palestinian state
www.ft.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Israel’s approval of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank of Palestine is a serious breach of international law.
It must be met with severe sanctions and real international pressure in order to end its attempts to erase Palestinian life.
It must be met with severe sanctions and real international pressure in order to end its attempts to erase Palestinian life.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Animals all around the country are being killed using catapults that have been easily bought in shops and online. We need to ban the sale of catapults to those under the age of 18 to stop these horrific killings. Add your name now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
Ban the sale of catapults to people under the age of 18 NOW
No more animals should have to suffer from this cruelty.
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Animals all around the country are being killed using catapults that have been easily bought in shops and online. We need to ban the sale of catapults to those under the age of 18 to stop these horrific killings. Add your name now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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The US has seized a second Venezuelan oil tanker in the space of two weeks in the Caribbean sea — another act of piracy.
The British government must condemn this grotesque violation of international law and demand the immediate return of the vessels.
The British government must condemn this grotesque violation of international law and demand the immediate return of the vessels.
US seizes vessel in international waters off Venezuela's coast, officials say
The move comes after US President Donald Trump ordered a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The US has seized a second Venezuelan oil tanker in the space of two weeks in the Caribbean sea — another act of piracy.
The British government must condemn this grotesque violation of international law and demand the immediate return of the vessels.
The British government must condemn this grotesque violation of international law and demand the immediate return of the vessels.
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A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal - polluting our water until 2040.
FEBRUARY: The High Court grants Thames Water a £3 billion bailout, increasing its debt mountain. It limps along for the rest of the year.
#OFWATsayNO
FEBRUARY: The High Court grants Thames Water a £3 billion bailout, increasing its debt mountain. It limps along for the rest of the year.
#OFWATsayNO
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal - polluting our water until 2040.
FEBRUARY: The High Court grants Thames Water a £3 billion bailout, increasing its debt mountain. It limps along for the rest of the year.
#OFWATsayNO
FEBRUARY: The High Court grants Thames Water a £3 billion bailout, increasing its debt mountain. It limps along for the rest of the year.
#OFWATsayNO
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Keir Starmer, the UK's subservient awarder of accolades to Donald Trump, has quietly agreed to shell out billions of scarce NHS money to pay US pharmaceutical companies more money
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US and UK agree zero tariffs deal on pharmaceuticals
The deal follows threats of tariffs as high as 100% on branded drug imports.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Keir Starmer, the UK's subservient awarder of accolades to Donald Trump, has quietly agreed to shell out billions of scarce NHS money to pay US pharmaceutical companies more money
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trades councils are vital in supporting strike action across our local communities.
"We're here to support the resident doctors in their fight for pay restoration & for decent recruitment in the NHS."
Andy, Brighton & HoveTUC joining yesterday's @bma.org.uk picket.
#StrikeMap
"We're here to support the resident doctors in their fight for pay restoration & for decent recruitment in the NHS."
Andy, Brighton & HoveTUC joining yesterday's @bma.org.uk picket.
#StrikeMap
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Trades councils are vital in supporting strike action across our local communities.
"We're here to support the resident doctors in their fight for pay restoration & for decent recruitment in the NHS."
Andy, Brighton & HoveTUC joining yesterday's @bma.org.uk picket.
#StrikeMap
"We're here to support the resident doctors in their fight for pay restoration & for decent recruitment in the NHS."
Andy, Brighton & HoveTUC joining yesterday's @bma.org.uk picket.
#StrikeMap
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand with the BBC: tell leaders don’t pay Trump a penny! 38d.gs/2auv
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
38d.gs
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand with the BBC: tell leaders don’t pay Trump a penny! 38d.gs/2auv
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Over 100,000 acres of our public forests used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of W...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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"The Employment Rights Bill must now be implemented "without any further dilution or delay. Labour need to stop being embarrassed by these new laws for workers. The bill had already been watered far too much"
@unitesharon.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@unitesharon.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Employment Rights Bill clears last parliamentary hurdle
Sir Keir Starmer said the development marked a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"The Employment Rights Bill must now be implemented "without any further dilution or delay. Labour need to stop being embarrassed by these new laws for workers. The bill had already been watered far too much"
@unitesharon.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@unitesharon.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🚨 BREAKING: Our BBC is under attack.
Donald Trump has just filed a $10 billion lawsuit against our public broadcaster.
𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 to tell our BBC: don’t give in to his bullying!
Donald Trump has just filed a $10 billion lawsuit against our public broadcaster.
𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 to tell our BBC: don’t give in to his bullying!
December 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Our BBC is under attack.
Donald Trump has just filed a $10 billion lawsuit against our public broadcaster.
𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 to tell our BBC: don’t give in to his bullying!
Donald Trump has just filed a $10 billion lawsuit against our public broadcaster.
𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 to tell our BBC: don’t give in to his bullying!
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If Trump had truckloads of evidence about 2020 being rigged, it would have come out by now. If Trump was innocent, the Epstein files would be out by now.
December 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If Trump had truckloads of evidence about 2020 being rigged, it would have come out by now. If Trump was innocent, the Epstein files would be out by now.
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“I don’t know what I’m going to do now”, says George, just made redundant by @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social from his job of 10 years as a bin worker.
"The kids are going to be asking questions and wondering why Christmas is different this year.” Fellow striker.
🎄 Merry Xmas Birmingham Council style 😡
"The kids are going to be asking questions and wondering why Christmas is different this year.” Fellow striker.
🎄 Merry Xmas Birmingham Council style 😡
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December 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“I don’t know what I’m going to do now”, says George, just made redundant by @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social from his job of 10 years as a bin worker.
"The kids are going to be asking questions and wondering why Christmas is different this year.” Fellow striker.
🎄 Merry Xmas Birmingham Council style 😡
"The kids are going to be asking questions and wondering why Christmas is different this year.” Fellow striker.
🎄 Merry Xmas Birmingham Council style 😡
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Netanyahu claims the person who heroically intervened to stop the gunman in Bondi beach to be Jewish.
His name is Ahmed el Ahmed and he is Muslim.
But you won't find western media outlets amplifying this fact.
Surprise, surprise.
His name is Ahmed el Ahmed and he is Muslim.
But you won't find western media outlets amplifying this fact.
Surprise, surprise.
December 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Netanyahu claims the person who heroically intervened to stop the gunman in Bondi beach to be Jewish.
His name is Ahmed el Ahmed and he is Muslim.
But you won't find western media outlets amplifying this fact.
Surprise, surprise.
His name is Ahmed el Ahmed and he is Muslim.
But you won't find western media outlets amplifying this fact.
Surprise, surprise.
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23,000 lives were lost due to Boris Johnson’s Covid decisions, yet he still gets £115,000 every year for life, funded by the public.
The thousands of families who lost loved ones deserve better. Politicians’ actions should have consequences.
Boris Johnson should lose his entitlement permanently.
The thousands of families who lost loved ones deserve better. Politicians’ actions should have consequences.
Boris Johnson should lose his entitlement permanently.
December 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
23,000 lives were lost due to Boris Johnson’s Covid decisions, yet he still gets £115,000 every year for life, funded by the public.
The thousands of families who lost loved ones deserve better. Politicians’ actions should have consequences.
Boris Johnson should lose his entitlement permanently.
The thousands of families who lost loved ones deserve better. Politicians’ actions should have consequences.
Boris Johnson should lose his entitlement permanently.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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The government is letting the hunger strikers die.
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
Government risks letting protesters on hunger strike die, Corbyn warns
JEREMY CORBYN warned today that the government risks letting jailed Palestine protesters on hunger strike die in prison.The former Labour leader and Your Party MP said that he had visited one of the h...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The government is letting the hunger strikers die.
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
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The Anti Genocide Protestors on Hunger Strike in British prisons. Held without trial for months.
#freethepalestine8
#hungerstrike
#freethepalestine8
#hungerstrike
December 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The Anti Genocide Protestors on Hunger Strike in British prisons. Held without trial for months.
#freethepalestine8
#hungerstrike
#freethepalestine8
#hungerstrike
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December 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"Press barons can meet the prime minister, but the people who have suffered at the hands of them can't." Don't think that's right? Demand the PM stops cozying up to press barons and restarts the inquiry to put victims first NOW. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Don’t bow down to media billionaires: protect victims!
Madeleine McCann’s parents, the families of Hillsborough victims, and Caroline Flack’s mum all know what it is like to be targeted by an intrusive press. That’s why over 30 high-profile victims wrote ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Press barons can meet the prime minister, but the people who have suffered at the hands of them can't." Don't think that's right? Demand the PM stops cozying up to press barons and restarts the inquiry to put victims first NOW. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Here's John McDonnell MP nailing the atrocious behaviour of Thames Water - a zombie company desperately trying to cut a deal with the water regulator. @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social
🚨Enough is enough. Thames Water needs to be in public ownership.
🚨Enough is enough. Thames Water needs to be in public ownership.
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Here's John McDonnell MP nailing the atrocious behaviour of Thames Water - a zombie company desperately trying to cut a deal with the water regulator. @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social
🚨Enough is enough. Thames Water needs to be in public ownership.
🚨Enough is enough. Thames Water needs to be in public ownership.
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Yesterday, I visited my constituent, Amu Gib, who has been detained in HMP Bronzefield without trial since July.
Amu is now on Day 39 of their hunger strike, yet there is complete silence across our mainstream media.
This is an emergency. They must be granted bail, now.
Amu is now on Day 39 of their hunger strike, yet there is complete silence across our mainstream media.
This is an emergency. They must be granted bail, now.
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yesterday, I visited my constituent, Amu Gib, who has been detained in HMP Bronzefield without trial since July.
Amu is now on Day 39 of their hunger strike, yet there is complete silence across our mainstream media.
This is an emergency. They must be granted bail, now.
Amu is now on Day 39 of their hunger strike, yet there is complete silence across our mainstream media.
This is an emergency. They must be granted bail, now.
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The richest 50 families in the UK hold more wealth than 50% of the British population, but the entire political establishment wants you to believe sick and disabled people are gaming the system.
We need to tax the rich and end this grotesque inequality.
We need to tax the rich and end this grotesque inequality.
6 myths about Britain's benefits system, debunked
Damaging rhetoric around benefit claimants is on the rise after the autumn budget. Here are the key myths around the benefits system.
www.bigissue.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The richest 50 families in the UK hold more wealth than 50% of the British population, but the entire political establishment wants you to believe sick and disabled people are gaming the system.
We need to tax the rich and end this grotesque inequality.
We need to tax the rich and end this grotesque inequality.
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree: 38d.gs/l_kt
OFCOM: INVESTIGATE GB NEWS’ SHOCKING TRUMP INTERVIEW
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree.
38d.gs
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree: 38d.gs/l_kt
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The root cause of UK decline is post Brexit corruption and greed. Just looked at the tax payers money funnelled into Freeports, Forest 1, and projects we won't benefit from, lest we forget about all the US private healthcare contracts too.
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The root cause of UK decline is post Brexit corruption and greed. Just looked at the tax payers money funnelled into Freeports, Forest 1, and projects we won't benefit from, lest we forget about all the US private healthcare contracts too.