Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 35m

Exactly! The Quakers should add justice through the ICC to their good points.

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Surlysimon @surlysimon.bsky.social · 50m

No peace without justice

1 1 2

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 54m

This needs to include the permanent end of the genocide in Gaza, an end to the occupation and apartheid in Palestine, and a negotiated settlement that means both Israelis and Palestinians can live in lasting peace and security.

(3/3)

Quakers welcome Gaza ceasefire

We welcome with deep relief and thanks the ceasefire in Gaza, the release of the living Israelis held hostage in Gaza and the release of Palestinians, including children, held in Israeli military dete...

www.quaker.org.uk

1 8 13

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 54m

We mourn with all those who have lost loved ones.

We pray today will be the beginning of a swift process that leads to an enduring peace.

(2/3)

1 3 6

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 54m

We welcome with deep relief and thanks the ceasefire in Gaza, the release of the living Israelis held hostage in Gaza and the release of Palestinians, including children, held in Israeli military detention.

(1/3)

1 7 10

Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 36m

The latter point (in **) is never noted in the outcries over “foreign meddling”: “Iran, Russia and China – all named in the MI5 advice – have an interest in shaping British politics, **just as the UK [and the USA] seeks to shape theirs**.”

Reposted by Douwe Korff

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 54m

MI5 has issued a new warning over foreign influences.

Never mind Russia, China, and Iran, the Canary says.

We have a real enemy within that hijacked a general election and tried to kill the free press: Morgan McSweeney.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

If MI5 are worried about threats to democracy, they should start with Morgan McSweeney

Never mind Russia, China, and Iran. We have a real enemy within that hijacked a general election and tried to kill the free press: McSweeney.

www.thecanary.co

3 13 23

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1h

I’m seeing pieces and posts today about how useful digital ID could be in navigating bureaucracy etc. Yes. It would. That, however, is *not* how the government tried to sell it to us. Instead, they portrayed it as a tool to stop illegal working and curb illegal immigration. 1/4

14 26 120

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2h

Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.

🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...

rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...

8 220 480

Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 3h

The EU “leaders” will try to make us forget the #genocide but we will not!

Reposted by Douwe Korff

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 4h

Israel shouldn’t count on EU leaders forgetting the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, even if Donald Trump’s peace deal succeeds in ending the war.

That’s the candid private view of diplomats, politicians and officials.

‘Israel needs to deliver’: Europe’s private fears over Trump’s plan for Gaza

Officials and diplomats are hoping the ceasefire lasts but don’t want to ease the pressure on Israel just yet.

ow.ly

5 15 45

Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 3h

Remember the Hitlerjugend …

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 4h

US liberals used to say: it’s ok, Hispanics vote Democrat, so demographic shifts will destroy the hard right in the long term. It ended badly.

Then Europeans said: it’s ok, young people vote leftwing, so demographic shifts will destroy the hard right in the long term. It’s ending badly.

Levi @levi98k.bsky.social · 1d

Wat zullen die ouders trots zijn...

2 4 23

Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 3h

Ireland should insist that any military action outside the EU, carried out by the EU or the MSs under the European security and defence policy, requires UNSC or UNGA U4P authorisation.

1

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 4h

(a) the authorisation of the operation by the Security Council or the General Assembly of the United Nations, (b) the agreement of the Irish Government and (c) the approval of Dáil Éireann in accordance with Irish law.”

We were told then we could take that to the Bank. Now we are told it’s a dud.

a woman with a bandana on her head is getting tired of her broken promises

ALT: a woman with a bandana on her head is getting tired of her broken promises

media.tenor.com

2 3

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 4h

The Seville European Council in June 2002 heard and accepted this Declaration: “Ireland reiterates that the participation of contingents of the Irish Defence Forces in overseas operations, including those carried out under the European security and defence policy, requires”

2 1 2

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5h

Get this: at the same time as breaking faith with us, they ask us to trust them as they dismantle the 1960 statutory commitment to working through the UN when it comes to sending Irish soldiers overseas with international forces.

That’s a bridge I’m not buying.

#IrishNeutrality #áras25

1 2 4

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5h

This is correct.
The government parties are trying to renege on solemn assurances given then to us so that we could approve those constitutional amendments. Now they insist the assurances are not legally binding.

#TripleLock #DoubleCross #Áras25

#smearthebejaysis

2 2 4

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5h

Connolly: “In voting ‘no’ we had to vote a second time on Nice and on Lisbon and we were given absolute, solemn promises in relation to our neutrality that seem to mean nothing at the moment.

Because we are now going down a road of saying that the Triple Lock is not a core part of our neutrality.”

3 11 19

Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 3h

I have reservations about Prevent, but as a Christian, I support this request: “Humanists UK and its section LGBT+ Humanists will be writing to the Government’s Prevent programme to ask what it is doing in response to the growth of far-right Christian Nationalist extremism in the United Kingdom.”

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Secrets & Spies Podcast: Current Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 23h

Homophobic Christian Nationalist mob targets London’s gay district

humanists.uk/2025/10/09/h...

Homophobic Christian Nationalist mob targets London’s gay district

A homophobic religious mob calling themselves the ‘King’s Army’ organised an intimidating mob in the streets of London’s Soho – the heart of London’s LGBT+ community, home to many LGBT+ bars, clubs, a...

humanists.uk

6 9 15

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 6h

Concerned about what the peace means for Palestinians? Concerned whether there will be peace at all? Concerned about accountability for the Israeli genocide? Shabana Mahmood has this to say to you.

27 71 220

Reposted by Douwe Korff

WillieMillersMoustache @williemillersm1.bsky.social · 6h

You have the right to protest.
But not like that.
Not about this.
Not then.
Not there.
Not now.

Democratastic

4 29

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Jak @jaksays.bsky.social · 6h

Know who definitely doesn't want peace in the middle east? Israel, and more specifically Netanyahu

He should be in jail in Israel, and then in the Hague

1 1 27

Reposted by Douwe Korff

Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 5h

I found this interesting - how Dutch land is used (from CBS)

54% is agriculture
13% buildings and roads
and 34% water!

#NederlandIsVol

7 8 22