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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1h

Starving two million people in Gaza — including a million children — is a war crime.

We’ve witnessed hundreds starve to death from Israel’s manmade famine; countless more will die unless Gaza is flooded with aid.

Keir Starmer must demand Israel’s lifts its illegal siege NOW.

Screenshot of Reuters headline:

Gaza's Rafah border crossing will remain closed through Wednesday, Israel says
By Reuters
October 14, 2025 2:55 PM GMT+1 • Updated 52 mins ago

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 23h

We believe in welfare, not warfare. Do you? Join us at yourparty.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5h

In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People

The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

www.monbiot.com

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 4h

Outcome of US study:

“Private equity takes over things in the medical field, quality goes down, prices go up,” Kenney explained

Can someone please forward this to Wes Streeting

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Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study — The Guardian

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

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Martin @ampule2.bsky.social · 6h

LoL they are taking the piss for sure🤣🤣

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

Thousands of pounds of Pension Credit go unclaimed every year - could you or someone you know be eligible to claim?

Check if you can claim benefits: www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Zack Polanski, "Reform UK's Zia Yusuf was full of b*llocks and I think it was important to call that out on #BBCQT"

"What has become clear about Reform UK, they're a bunch of cowards"

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 15h

Protest
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth
George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK & the movement the PM purports to lead were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 15h

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https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/northern-ireland-peace-disarming-hamas-3976870

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 2d

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

7 days of unlimited ScotRail travel for families this half term

Ahead of the October holidays, ScotRail has launched a Family Pass to help make travel more affordable.

www.railadvent.co.uk

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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 2d

This is what we're up against. People still removing woodlands when we've already lost so much

www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d

After weeks of Reform distancing itself from Nathan Gill, Nigel Farage finally admits he's known him 'for a very long time'

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...

Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t

Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...

leftfootforward.org

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

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World Health Organization
Sharp global rise in
antibiotic-resistant infections
in hospitals, WHO finds
Experts describe findings as
deeply concerning and
predict 70% increase
in related deaths by 2050
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds

Experts describe findings as deeply concerning and predict 70% increase in related deaths by 2050

www.theguardian.com

alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

‘Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached,
with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ ‘
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’
- report by 160 scientists
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

HOW I LONG TO LICK YOU WITH MY HUGE OLD TONGUE.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Reverend David Black, the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying at the armed agents above him before being shot in the head with a pepper ball at least twice and falling to his knees.

Black said he could hear ICE laughing. trib.al/9Nstfnp

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

Nicola Jennings on
the release of Israeli hostages
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News, "In this world of rubble, they're finding many more dead Palestinians in areas the Israelis left"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

In the UK we have Keir -island of strangers- Starmer, whose government is driving right wing anti immigrant and asylum seeker policies

In Spain, Pedro Sánchez is not only celebrating diversity, they're embracing and speaking positively about immigrants

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