Kate 🍉
@emkaha.bsky.social
Grumpy Londoner, distracting myself from the state of the world by watching too much cycling.
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Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows. Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows. Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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#Israel and its illegal colonialists have overall killed over 1060 people from #Palestine 's occupied East Jerusalem and West Bank in the last 26 months (including those who have died in captivity), and at least 239 this year.
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Breaking | Palestinian Bara’a Ma’ali succumbed to wounds sustained from Israeli gunfire during Israeli terrorist settler attacks on his village, Deir Jarir, northeast of Ramallah, backed by the Israeli occupation forces.
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#Israel and its illegal colonialists have overall killed over 1060 people from #Palestine 's occupied East Jerusalem and West Bank in the last 26 months (including those who have died in captivity), and at least 239 this year.
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This is outrageous from Keir Starmer.
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Starmer demands investigation into Reform-Russia links after party's ex-Wales leader jailed
The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is outrageous from Keir Starmer.
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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'Israeli occupation forces moved their arbitrarily-created “yellow line” 100s of meters further into the Gaza Strip.. in a direct violation of the ceasefire...
...line was pushed 300 meters westward in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, forcing 100s of residents to leave..."
imemc.org/article/isra...
...line was pushed 300 meters westward in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, forcing 100s of residents to leave..."
imemc.org/article/isra...
Israel Illegally Takes Over More Territory in Gaza
Israeli occupation forces moved their arbitrarily-created “yellow line” hundreds of meters further into the Gaza Strip Friday, in a direct violation of the ...
imemc.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
'Israeli occupation forces moved their arbitrarily-created “yellow line” 100s of meters further into the Gaza Strip.. in a direct violation of the ceasefire...
...line was pushed 300 meters westward in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, forcing 100s of residents to leave..."
imemc.org/article/isra...
...line was pushed 300 meters westward in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, forcing 100s of residents to leave..."
imemc.org/article/isra...
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Reform's former Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, a 10.5 year jail term for taking bribes from the Kremlin.
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reform's former Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, a 10.5 year jail term for taking bribes from the Kremlin.
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
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"Or most relevantly, no mention of all the mob attacks being done by Jewish Israelis in the West Bank, where October marked the highest rates of settler violence since the UN began documenting these attacks.
Israelis are so unwell. Profoundly ill-hearted it’s outstanding."
Israelis are so unwell. Profoundly ill-hearted it’s outstanding."
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Or most relevantly, no mention of all the mob attacks being done by Jewish Israelis in the West Bank, where October marked the highest rates of settler violence since the UN began documenting these attacks.
Israelis are so unwell. Profoundly ill-hearted it’s outstanding."
Israelis are so unwell. Profoundly ill-hearted it’s outstanding."
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⚡️NEW: Israel Kills Over 30 Palestinians in Gaza in One of Bloodiest Assaults of "Ceasefire"
Israeli warplanes bombed tent encampments & displacement shelters while troops moved deeper into Gaza City, expanding the "yellow...
By Abd Sabbah & Sharif Kouddous
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-air...
Israeli warplanes bombed tent encampments & displacement shelters while troops moved deeper into Gaza City, expanding the "yellow...
By Abd Sabbah & Sharif Kouddous
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-air...
Israel Kills Over 30 Palestinians in Gaza in One of Bloodiest Assaults of "Ceasefire"
Israeli warplanes bombed tent encampments and displacement shelters while troops moved deeper into Gaza City, expanding the "yellow line" and seizing more territory.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
⚡️NEW: Israel Kills Over 30 Palestinians in Gaza in One of Bloodiest Assaults of "Ceasefire"
Israeli warplanes bombed tent encampments & displacement shelters while troops moved deeper into Gaza City, expanding the "yellow...
By Abd Sabbah & Sharif Kouddous
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-air...
Israeli warplanes bombed tent encampments & displacement shelters while troops moved deeper into Gaza City, expanding the "yellow...
By Abd Sabbah & Sharif Kouddous
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-air...
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Your reminder that the EU offered to freeze Brexit talks in 2020 so we could focus on Covid but Johnson said no. He then fucked up both: partying while 23,000 needlessly died & did a Brexit so shit the economic impact (-8% GDP) is worse than predictions he described as “the work of gloomsters”
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Your reminder that the EU offered to freeze Brexit talks in 2020 so we could focus on Covid but Johnson said no. He then fucked up both: partying while 23,000 needlessly died & did a Brexit so shit the economic impact (-8% GDP) is worse than predictions he described as “the work of gloomsters”
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X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
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In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
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18 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza City and Khan Younis since this morning.
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
18 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza City and Khan Younis since this morning.
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🔴Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Accused of Fabricating Evidence For Data Breach Investigation
EXCLUSIVE: Reform is accused of fabricating the evidence it provided to the Information Commissioner’s Office, following allegations that it breached data rules
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/n...
EXCLUSIVE: Reform is accused of fabricating the evidence it provided to the Information Commissioner’s Office, following allegations that it breached data rules
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/n...
Nigel Farage's Reform UK Accused of Fabricating Evidence For Data Breach Investigation
EXCLUSIVE: Reform is accused of fabricating the evidence it provided to the Information Commissioner's Office, following allegations that it breached data rules
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🔴Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Accused of Fabricating Evidence For Data Breach Investigation
EXCLUSIVE: Reform is accused of fabricating the evidence it provided to the Information Commissioner’s Office, following allegations that it breached data rules
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/n...
EXCLUSIVE: Reform is accused of fabricating the evidence it provided to the Information Commissioner’s Office, following allegations that it breached data rules
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/n...
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The Ongoing Pogrom:
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian homes, vehicles and farmland in the latest attack in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian homes, vehicles and farmland in the latest attack in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
Israeli settlers torch homes and fields in fresh West Bank attack
Palestinians recall violent assault in which dozens of settlers pelted them with rocks, burned cars and wreaked havoc
www.middleeasteye.net
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Ongoing Pogrom:
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian homes, vehicles and farmland in the latest attack in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian homes, vehicles and farmland in the latest attack in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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#BREAKING | The israeli deportation of Palestinian families from Jerusalem to Gaza in an attempt to alter the demographic population constitutes a war crime, UN reports
UN report: Israel’s transfers of Palestinians in West Bank may constitute “war crimes”
A recent report issued by the UN Secretary-General has said that Israel’s forced transfer and relocation of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including east Jerusalem, is continuously altering t...
english.palinfo.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
#BREAKING | The israeli deportation of Palestinian families from Jerusalem to Gaza in an attempt to alter the demographic population constitutes a war crime, UN reports
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Excellent and courageous investigative journalism.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Excellent and courageous investigative journalism.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
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‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 AM
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
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98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intel database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intel database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens we...
www.972mag.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intel database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intel database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
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I was tagged and asked to take a look at this claim - cos, well just look at it!🙄
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
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Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
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November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I was tagged and asked to take a look at this claim - cos, well just look at it!🙄
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
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Former Special Rapporteur Prof Richard Falk was en route to examine Canada’s role in the israeli genocide on Gaza, so Canada arrested him
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Former Special Rapporteur Prof Richard Falk was en route to examine Canada’s role in the israeli genocide on Gaza, so Canada arrested him