Will
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/yv...
Yvette Cooper- Proscribe the IDF
The "IDF" has repeatedly carried out large-scale, deliberate acts of violence against civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
It is our sincerely held belief that the atrocities and tactics use...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/yv...
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More than 370 Palestinians have been killed by Israel this week, as the UN continues to warn of imminent mass starvation
Breaking down a deadly week in Gaza as Israel kills hundreds
More than 370 Palestinians have been killed by Israel this week, as the UN continues to warn of imminent mass starvation
bit.ly
May 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
More than 370 Palestinians have been killed by Israel this week, as the UN continues to warn of imminent mass starvation
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‘He didn’t ban posts that included links to newspapers, but they were often downranked so fewer people would see them (“freedom of speech, not freedom of reach”, as Musk likes to say).’
Deborah Friedell on why Elon Musk went after Twitter: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Deborah Friedell on why Elon Musk went after Twitter: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Deborah Friedell · Delete the workforce: Musk’s Twitter Takeover
Trump praised Musk for being so good at firing people: ‘You’re the greatest cutter. I mean, I look at what you do....
www.lrb.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
‘He didn’t ban posts that included links to newspapers, but they were often downranked so fewer people would see them (“freedom of speech, not freedom of reach”, as Musk likes to say).’
Deborah Friedell on why Elon Musk went after Twitter: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Deborah Friedell on why Elon Musk went after Twitter: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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UK (GB), Lord Ashcroft Polls poll:
LAB-S&D: 28%
CON~ECR: 23% (-2)
REFORM~NI: 23% (+3)
GREENS-G/EFA: 11% (+2)
LDEM-RE: 9% (-2)
SNP-G/EFA: 2% (-1)
PC-G/EFA: 0%
+/- vs. 16-20 January 2025
Fieldwork: 12-17 February 2025
Sample size: 5,099
➤ europeelects.eu/uk
LAB-S&D: 28%
CON~ECR: 23% (-2)
REFORM~NI: 23% (+3)
GREENS-G/EFA: 11% (+2)
LDEM-RE: 9% (-2)
SNP-G/EFA: 2% (-1)
PC-G/EFA: 0%
+/- vs. 16-20 January 2025
Fieldwork: 12-17 February 2025
Sample size: 5,099
➤ europeelects.eu/uk
March 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
UK (GB), Lord Ashcroft Polls poll:
LAB-S&D: 28%
CON~ECR: 23% (-2)
REFORM~NI: 23% (+3)
GREENS-G/EFA: 11% (+2)
LDEM-RE: 9% (-2)
SNP-G/EFA: 2% (-1)
PC-G/EFA: 0%
+/- vs. 16-20 January 2025
Fieldwork: 12-17 February 2025
Sample size: 5,099
➤ europeelects.eu/uk
LAB-S&D: 28%
CON~ECR: 23% (-2)
REFORM~NI: 23% (+3)
GREENS-G/EFA: 11% (+2)
LDEM-RE: 9% (-2)
SNP-G/EFA: 2% (-1)
PC-G/EFA: 0%
+/- vs. 16-20 January 2025
Fieldwork: 12-17 February 2025
Sample size: 5,099
➤ europeelects.eu/uk
"...has access to bombmaking manuals" really means "has google on their phone." Watching the BBC lately I wonder if the dark web just means anything other than LinkedIn and the NYT comment section for these lot.
February 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"...has access to bombmaking manuals" really means "has google on their phone." Watching the BBC lately I wonder if the dark web just means anything other than LinkedIn and the NYT comment section for these lot.
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😔 Disappointed and fed up with Labour?
🔥 Appalled by Lab/Tories dancing to Farage’s tune?
💚 Wondered what you could do about it?
💚 Wondered what the Green Party can do locally?
Come and meet us! Everyone welcome.
🔥 Appalled by Lab/Tories dancing to Farage’s tune?
💚 Wondered what you could do about it?
💚 Wondered what the Green Party can do locally?
Come and meet us! Everyone welcome.
February 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
😔 Disappointed and fed up with Labour?
🔥 Appalled by Lab/Tories dancing to Farage’s tune?
💚 Wondered what you could do about it?
💚 Wondered what the Green Party can do locally?
Come and meet us! Everyone welcome.
🔥 Appalled by Lab/Tories dancing to Farage’s tune?
💚 Wondered what you could do about it?
💚 Wondered what the Green Party can do locally?
Come and meet us! Everyone welcome.
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Rarely taught media literacy lesson: if a news website has no advertising, no paywall and maybe just an unobtrusive "donate here" button, it is funded (to a large extent, if not exclusively) by grants from powerful institutions (governments, foundations, corporations).
February 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Rarely taught media literacy lesson: if a news website has no advertising, no paywall and maybe just an unobtrusive "donate here" button, it is funded (to a large extent, if not exclusively) by grants from powerful institutions (governments, foundations, corporations).
"Societies make laws only once a problem demanding regulation appears; where there is no problem, there won’t be a law regulating it. The Maldives have no law on mountain rescue operations, and Mongolia has no law on deep-sea fishing."
jacobin.com/2025/02/west...
jacobin.com/2025/02/west...
Western-Backed NGOs: A Hollow Version of Civil Society
Donald Trump’s moves to dismantle USAID clearly aren’t driven by fears of infringing on other nations’ sovereignty. Still, we should recognize that Global South NGOs’ reliance on Western donors hinder...
jacobin.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"Societies make laws only once a problem demanding regulation appears; where there is no problem, there won’t be a law regulating it. The Maldives have no law on mountain rescue operations, and Mongolia has no law on deep-sea fishing."
jacobin.com/2025/02/west...
jacobin.com/2025/02/west...
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Rachel Reeves is threatening yet more public spending cuts due to the increasing cost of borrowing.
But our services simply can’t take any more austerity.
The Government should tax the super-rich fairly to help fund public services and close the inequality gap.
But our services simply can’t take any more austerity.
The Government should tax the super-rich fairly to help fund public services and close the inequality gap.
January 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Rachel Reeves is threatening yet more public spending cuts due to the increasing cost of borrowing.
But our services simply can’t take any more austerity.
The Government should tax the super-rich fairly to help fund public services and close the inequality gap.
But our services simply can’t take any more austerity.
The Government should tax the super-rich fairly to help fund public services and close the inequality gap.
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Right, you fucks, if you live in the UK sign this. If you don’t live in the UK share it as some of your followers might and they should sign this.
Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it.
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segre...
petition.parliament.uk
January 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Right, you fucks, if you live in the UK sign this. If you don’t live in the UK share it as some of your followers might and they should sign this.
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✊ Racism is the engine of fascism; Leeds Green Party stands in solidarity, playing our part to combat it.
🚫 We refute the pathetic and derisive attempt made by Robert Jenrick to court publicity from the media and appeal to the dog-whistle mentality of the Far Right.
🚫 We refute the pathetic and derisive attempt made by Robert Jenrick to court publicity from the media and appeal to the dog-whistle mentality of the Far Right.
January 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
✊ Racism is the engine of fascism; Leeds Green Party stands in solidarity, playing our part to combat it.
🚫 We refute the pathetic and derisive attempt made by Robert Jenrick to court publicity from the media and appeal to the dog-whistle mentality of the Far Right.
🚫 We refute the pathetic and derisive attempt made by Robert Jenrick to court publicity from the media and appeal to the dog-whistle mentality of the Far Right.
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The government has told elderly & disabled people to wait until 2028 to hear its plan for social care.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
January 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The government has told elderly & disabled people to wait until 2028 to hear its plan for social care.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
Encouraging news for Ottoman Empire restorationists; perhaps a more significant electoral demographic than we had realised?
Suella Braverman tells LBC that Italy have "built a wall" on the "land border between Italy and Turkey" and insists that "I've been to see it"
January 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Encouraging news for Ottoman Empire restorationists; perhaps a more significant electoral demographic than we had realised?
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These are all real stories currently on the Telegraph’s Money page. Great to see them covering so many truly relatable issues that affect so many of us
December 31, 2024 at 3:42 PM
These are all real stories currently on the Telegraph’s Money page. Great to see them covering so many truly relatable issues that affect so many of us
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Thank goodness sanity prevailed.
At current rates of progress, North Lincs Council would need 100’s of years to update Its definitive map to include all rights of way. Still no Definitive Map Officer in post.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
At current rates of progress, North Lincs Council would need 100’s of years to update Its definitive map to include all rights of way. Still no Definitive Map Officer in post.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way
Campaigners jubilant after government heeded warning 2031 cutoff would mean loss of precious footpaths
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Thank goodness sanity prevailed.
At current rates of progress, North Lincs Council would need 100’s of years to update Its definitive map to include all rights of way. Still no Definitive Map Officer in post.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
At current rates of progress, North Lincs Council would need 100’s of years to update Its definitive map to include all rights of way. Still no Definitive Map Officer in post.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The sheer horror of what Israel is doing in Gaza is difficult to comprehend.
Meanwhile those here who first supported it, then denied it, then excused it, now ignore it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meanwhile those here who first supported it, then denied it, then excused it, now ignore it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Where is the action? | Nesrine Malik
It may feel hopeless to see supportive states continue to back Israel, but bearing witness matters for future reckoning, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 8:52 AM
The sheer horror of what Israel is doing in Gaza is difficult to comprehend.
Meanwhile those here who first supported it, then denied it, then excused it, now ignore it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meanwhile those here who first supported it, then denied it, then excused it, now ignore it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Tolstoy: Anna Karenina.
Resonating more and more of late.
Resonating more and more of late.
December 22, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Tolstoy: Anna Karenina.
Resonating more and more of late.
Resonating more and more of late.
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Just an incredible, damning headline.
December 20, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Just an incredible, damning headline.
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This high-rise building in Johannesburg is covered in solar panels.
(Jo’burg is normally sunny, but not today)
(Jo’burg is normally sunny, but not today)
December 20, 2024 at 7:34 AM
This high-rise building in Johannesburg is covered in solar panels.
(Jo’burg is normally sunny, but not today)
(Jo’burg is normally sunny, but not today)
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I've just been informed that the New York Times has privately confirmed the authenticity of the Luigi Mangione manifesto I published, per internal company chat leaked to me. They just refuse to say so publicly.
December 20, 2024 at 3:36 AM
I've just been informed that the New York Times has privately confirmed the authenticity of the Luigi Mangione manifesto I published, per internal company chat leaked to me. They just refuse to say so publicly.
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We're sleepwalking towards total climate collapse– it's why I'm petitioning the UK Govt to BAN fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships , following the lead of cities and countries around the world petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
December 18, 2024 at 10:51 AM
We're sleepwalking towards total climate collapse– it's why I'm petitioning the UK Govt to BAN fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships , following the lead of cities and countries around the world petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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This #InternationalMigrantsDay, we teamed up with @zoejardiniere.bsky.social to call for a fairer asylum system.
Share this video & let people in power know we need real solutions – not fearmongering 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtgz...
#HumanRights #PaidPartnership #RefugeesWelcome
Share this video & let people in power know we need real solutions – not fearmongering 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtgz...
#HumanRights #PaidPartnership #RefugeesWelcome
It's time to have a serious conversation about migration.
YouTube video by Amnesty International UK
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
This #InternationalMigrantsDay, we teamed up with @zoejardiniere.bsky.social to call for a fairer asylum system.
Share this video & let people in power know we need real solutions – not fearmongering 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtgz...
#HumanRights #PaidPartnership #RefugeesWelcome
Share this video & let people in power know we need real solutions – not fearmongering 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtgz...
#HumanRights #PaidPartnership #RefugeesWelcome