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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 22h
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-...
Why the UK allows Israeli settlers to terrorise the West Bank
Rather than acting to uphold international law, Starmer remains subservient to his American and Israeli allies
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 22h
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...

78% are murdered by a partner/ex

Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this

Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety

In fact, they voted against them...
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 1d
Welcome to the common people: Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Next:
a) Andrew needs to face a police investigation;
b) We need to know when the Palace knew abt Andrew & Epstein;
c) The Palace have to apologise to Epstein's victims;
d) There has to be full transparency re: royal monies.
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 22h
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-...
Why the UK allows Israeli settlers to terrorise the West Bank
Rather than acting to uphold international law, Starmer remains subservient to his American and Israeli allies
www.middleeasteye.net
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 1d
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/isra...
Israel will keep killing Palestinians, ceasefire or no, unless it faces consequences
“NOTHING is going to jeopardise” the ceasefire in Gaza, says US President Donald Trump.Western politicians’ language when addressing the Israel-Palestine “conflict” — a conflict provoked entirely by I...
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 2d
Too many people including senior politicians are using the grooming gangs scandal to make cheap political points & not caring abt victims of horrendous abuse. Step forward Nigel Farage who has been asked by female survivors of grooming gangs to apologise. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Female survivors of grooming gangs demand apology from Nigel Farage
Exclusive: Five women said Reform leader’s comments that they were victims of other types of sexual abuse were ‘degrading’
www.theguardian.com
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 2d
Castro's Cuba began as an inspirational challenge to US imperialism in Central & South America. In the 1970s & 1980s Cuba contributed to anti-imperialist struggles & the fight against apartheid South Africa. Today it is sadly a recruiting agent for Russian imperialism & military aggression.
kyivindependent.com The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d
⚡️Ukraine closes embassy in Cuba over Russian military recruitment.

Ukraine is "downgrading" diplomatic ties with Havana due to "the inaction of Cuba's authorities in response to massive recruitment of Cuban citizens to the Russian occupation army," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
Ukraine closes embassy in Cuba over Russian military recruitment
Ukraine is "downgrading" diplomatic ties with Havana due to "the inaction of Cuba's authorities in response to massive recruitment of Cuban citizens to the Russian occupation army," Foreign Minister A...
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 2d
"New Title for Prince Andrew." #PrivateEye
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 2d
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Trump Is Detaining a British Muslim Journalist for Criticizing Israel
Trump’s administration arrested Sami Hamdi following a social media campaign from far-right, Islamophobic figures.
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 3d
👀 Exclusive: How councils lost £15m of taxpayers' money – by buying back homes they sold

Big Issue reporter @gregbarradale.bsky.social here. I've been digging into Yo-yo Homes. They're costing taxpayers millions

Today we're publishing the full list of 120+ Yo-yo Homes we've discovered. Here's a 🧵
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 3d
#Newsnight have only Labour & Tory bigwigs on their panel. The two parties were humiliated in Caerphilly winning 13% & on 17% each with YouGov today. They carry on as if they still were the powerful parties of yesteryear. And where is Plaid Cymru: last week's winner on any of these progs?
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 4d
open.substack.com/pub/annpetti... The outcome of such regulation - the Bretton Woods system - led to the period between 1945-71 known by economists of all persuasions as ‘the golden age of economics’ or capitalism.
'Abundance', De-regulation, and the Demolition of Democracy
Centrists laid the groundwork in the US and Europe.
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 4d
autonomy.work/portfolio/gi...
Givers and Takers: uncovering the donor-contractor nexus at the heart of government
Read our new report revealing the extent to which UK companies donating to major political parties are rewarded with lucrative government contracts.
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 4d
open.substack.com/pub/dearscot... Why Scotland needs its own Currency on Day 1 of Independence - A guest post by Ian Stewart of the Scottish Currency Group
Why Scotland needs its own Currency on Day 1 of Independence
A guest post by Ian Stewart of the Scottish Currency Group
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 5d
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-cleava...
The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print
Want to understand how deeply weird the British press is on the subject of Russian interference? I have a bikini shot to show you...
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 6d
one of the most quietly damning things I've read in ages, this
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Bridget O’Brien @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 7d
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
a photograph of the interior of a church. Several people are visible sitting in pews. In the pew immediately in front of the photographer, a black human-sized cardboard cutout in the outline of a woman is visible, as though a shadow is sitting in the pew in front of you.
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Russell Scott @russellscott1.bsky.social · 6d
Great to talk about all things Covid contracts, VIP Lane and more with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
for the brilliant Democracy for Sale.

Watch the full interview here: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-covid-...

📖 available here: viplanebook.com
The Covid Contracts Scandal - Where’s the Accountability?
Tory donors, crony contracts, vanished billions, and a system still wide open to abuse.
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 6d
radiationfreelakeland.substack.com/p/nuclear-wo... Nuclear Workforce Strikes Causing Chaos on Rural Roads ‘Nothing to do with us” say Sellafield - New Strike Action from Monday 27th October to Sunday 9th November
Nuclear Workforce Strikes Causing Chaos on Rural Roads ‘Nothing to do with us” say Sellafield
New Strike Action from Monday 27th October to Sunday 9th November
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d
“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”

@pbsnews.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 7d
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/24/_... Caerphilly Exposes Reform’s Achilles Heel - Caerphilly is the Welsh Govan and it exposes the cracks in Broken Britain
Caerphilly Exposes Reform’s Achilles Heel
Caerphilly is the Welsh Govan and it exposes the cracks in Broken Britain. What passes for the British media have been playing catch-up this week. The Caerphilly byelection win is historic and expo…
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 8d
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/23/s... A new Report finds Police Scotland used “extreme violence” to protect arms company interests from pro-Palestine protesters.
SCALP and Netpol’s Report on the policing of Palestine Solidarity in Scotland
A new Report finds Police Scotland used “extreme violence” to protect arms company interests from pro-Palestine protesters. A new report by Scottish Community and Activist Legal Project (SCALP) and…
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David Tinson @sharkgrappler.bsky.social · 10d
Privatisation has and always will be a scam akin to a ponzi scheme. 👇🏻
premnsikka.bsky.social Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10d
PR Hype.

Water firms in England could face harsher sewage fines.

Firms still pay dividends, mega exec pay

Fines have been virtually abolished. Amounts handed back to firms for environmental improvements. They displace investment, improve balance sheet.

Must remove the profit motive. Nationalise.
Water firms in England could face harsher sewage fines under new Environment Agency powers
Government consults on allowing regulator to use lower civil standard of proof and introducing automatic penalties
www.theguardian.com
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 9d
www.monbiot.com/2025/10/22/t... The government is trying to set us against our ecosystems. We must resist this Trumpian gambit.
The Cauldron Principle
The government is trying to set us against our ecosystems. We must resist this Trumpian gambit.
www.monbiot.com
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johncdg.bsky.social @johncdg.bsky.social · 11d
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/is-this-the-...
Is this the end for Kaye Adams?
Plus: flag wars rage, a hipster corner shop and Scotland’s first drug-testing facility
www.glasgowbell.co.uk