Tina Leonard 🧡💙
@leonard3tina.bsky.social
Retired research biochemist. Quaker. Climate activist. Co-founder Quaker Support for Climate Action (QS4CA), Networker, Green.
#NotMyKing #TogetherWithRefugees
#NotMyKing #TogetherWithRefugees
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Tina Leonard 🧡💙
@leonard3tina.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Quakers in Britain has been refused permission to give evidence in a landmark legal challenge to the UK government's proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
We are disappointed with this decision, which means our concerns around freedom of religion will not be heard in court.
We are disappointed with this decision, which means our concerns around freedom of religion will not be heard in court.
Quakers denied intervention in court challenge over faith rights in terror law case
Quakers in Britain has been refused permission to give evidence in a landmark legal challenge to the UK government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
www.quaker.org.uk
For Quakers, faith & action are inseparable," said recording clerk for Quakers in Britain.
“Peaceful protest, prayer, & non-violent action are expressions of our worship. When this is criminalised, our religious freedom is under attack."
@cclimateaction.bsky.social
@globalquakers.bsky.social
“Peaceful protest, prayer, & non-violent action are expressions of our worship. When this is criminalised, our religious freedom is under attack."
@cclimateaction.bsky.social
@globalquakers.bsky.social
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The country wants a wealth tax on assets.
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The country wants a wealth tax on assets.
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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We have already hit our £100k target in just a few hours 🤯
This is what hope looks like 💚
We're not stopping there. Help us beat Reform in May ⤵️
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
This is what hope looks like 💚
We're not stopping there. Help us beat Reform in May ⤵️
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We have already hit our £100k target in just a few hours 🤯
This is what hope looks like 💚
We're not stopping there. Help us beat Reform in May ⤵️
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
This is what hope looks like 💚
We're not stopping there. Help us beat Reform in May ⤵️
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
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Palestine Action prisoner hospitalised due to hunger strike
Kamran Ahmed is one of six prisoners observing a rolling hunger strike over their detention conditions and the proscription of Palestine Action
www.middleeasteye.net/news/palesti...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
Kamran Ahmed is one of six prisoners observing a rolling hunger strike over their detention conditions and the proscription of Palestine Action
www.middleeasteye.net/news/palesti...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
Palestine Action prisoner hospitalised due to hunger strike
Kamran Ahmed is one of six prisoners observing a rolling hunger strike over their detention conditions and the proscription of Palestine Action
www.middleeasteye.net
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Palestine Action prisoner hospitalised due to hunger strike
Kamran Ahmed is one of six prisoners observing a rolling hunger strike over their detention conditions and the proscription of Palestine Action
www.middleeasteye.net/news/palesti...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
Kamran Ahmed is one of six prisoners observing a rolling hunger strike over their detention conditions and the proscription of Palestine Action
www.middleeasteye.net/news/palesti...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
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A second prisoner held on remand for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action has been hospitalised after refusing food for nearly three weeks.
Teuta ‘T’ Hoxha was hospitalised on Thursday 27 November due to her rapidly deteriorating health
novaramedia.com/2025/11/28/s...
Teuta ‘T’ Hoxha was hospitalised on Thursday 27 November due to her rapidly deteriorating health
novaramedia.com/2025/11/28/s...
Second Palestine Action Prisoner Hospitalised | Novara Media
Exclusive: Teuta ‘T’ Hoxha has been taken to hospital after 20 days on hunger strike, following the hospitalisation of Kamran Ahmed earlier this week. Harriet Williamson reports.
novaramedia.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A second prisoner held on remand for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action has been hospitalised after refusing food for nearly three weeks.
Teuta ‘T’ Hoxha was hospitalised on Thursday 27 November due to her rapidly deteriorating health
novaramedia.com/2025/11/28/s...
Teuta ‘T’ Hoxha was hospitalised on Thursday 27 November due to her rapidly deteriorating health
novaramedia.com/2025/11/28/s...
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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Omg. You gotta watch till that last scene. See if it doesn't catch in your throat.
The Green Party just keeps on rising. 💚
The Green Party just keeps on rising. 💚
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Omg. You gotta watch till that last scene. See if it doesn't catch in your throat.
The Green Party just keeps on rising. 💚
The Green Party just keeps on rising. 💚
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Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
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At today’s National Emergency Briefing, Chris Packham delivered a clear message: act now. Decision-makers must step up and tackle the climate crisis before it’s too late. Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer.
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
At today’s National Emergency Briefing, Chris Packham delivered a clear message: act now. Decision-makers must step up and tackle the climate crisis before it’s too late. Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer.
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
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Our Winter Appeal launches today. Every donation is DOUBLED through match funding, helping people at risk of homelessness in Oxford find a place to stay.
Please give what you can to help refugees in Oxfordshire find safety. Kindness really does open doors. Thank you.
www.asylum-welcome.org/winter/
Please give what you can to help refugees in Oxfordshire find safety. Kindness really does open doors. Thank you.
www.asylum-welcome.org/winter/
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Our Winter Appeal launches today. Every donation is DOUBLED through match funding, helping people at risk of homelessness in Oxford find a place to stay.
Please give what you can to help refugees in Oxfordshire find safety. Kindness really does open doors. Thank you.
www.asylum-welcome.org/winter/
Please give what you can to help refugees in Oxfordshire find safety. Kindness really does open doors. Thank you.
www.asylum-welcome.org/winter/
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What a joy it was to march with Francesca Albanese, Greta Thunberg, Chris Hedges and a courageous, wonderful Rabbi for Palestine in Genova this morning
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What a joy it was to march with Francesca Albanese, Greta Thunberg, Chris Hedges and a courageous, wonderful Rabbi for Palestine in Genova this morning
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Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘Letting the Country Down’ With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘Letting the Country Down’ With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
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🚨”The market rules are not driving right outcomes, and the old world is not making way for the new”🚨
National Emergency Briefing⬇️
#ReleaseTheNewWorld
#Now
National Emergency Briefing⬇️
#ReleaseTheNewWorld
#Now
UK Security, Food And Economy At Risk Without Climate Action, Experts Say
Experts at the U.K.’s first national emergency briefing on climate and nature shared risks in a world being rapidly destabilised by climate and biodiversity breakdown
www.forbes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🚨”The market rules are not driving right outcomes, and the old world is not making way for the new”🚨
National Emergency Briefing⬇️
#ReleaseTheNewWorld
#Now
National Emergency Briefing⬇️
#ReleaseTheNewWorld
#Now
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🌍 The new Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus has launched in Parliament! The CNCC is calling for a renewed consensus on climate and nature action; giving practical solutions that work for people, the planet, and the economy.
To stay updated on the CNCC 👉 thecncc.org
To stay updated on the CNCC 👉 thecncc.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🌍 The new Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus has launched in Parliament! The CNCC is calling for a renewed consensus on climate and nature action; giving practical solutions that work for people, the planet, and the economy.
To stay updated on the CNCC 👉 thecncc.org
To stay updated on the CNCC 👉 thecncc.org
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Thought this was a great interview. Zack, in a move almost unheard of amongst British politicians, managed to sound like a sensible, normal, intelligent person! And amazing for the Greens to get that "big political interview" slot on the PM show the day after the budget!
Radio 4 PM: “Green Party leader Zack Polanski gives us his view on the budget - and his plans for the future.”
⏩ jump to 32m40s:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
⏩ jump to 32m40s:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
PM - Net migration falls dramatically - BBC Sounds
UK net migration sees a significant drop in arrivals for work and study.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thought this was a great interview. Zack, in a move almost unheard of amongst British politicians, managed to sound like a sensible, normal, intelligent person! And amazing for the Greens to get that "big political interview" slot on the PM show the day after the budget!
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A packed audience for the #NationalEmergencyBriefing this morning, listening to 9 experts give a hard-hitting and evidence-based view of the state of climate effects to MPs, Lords, and leaders across media, business and culture.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A packed audience for the #NationalEmergencyBriefing this morning, listening to 9 experts give a hard-hitting and evidence-based view of the state of climate effects to MPs, Lords, and leaders across media, business and culture.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves on #C4News saying Labour are now lifting 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two child benefit cap
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Rachel Reeves on #C4News saying Labour are now lifting 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two child benefit cap
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
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Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
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Representing @quaker.org.uk at the National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crisis in a packed Methodist Central Hall. Impressive list of speakers but suspect we're in for quite a challenging morning. I'll keep you posted.
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Representing @quaker.org.uk at the National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crisis in a packed Methodist Central Hall. Impressive list of speakers but suspect we're in for quite a challenging morning. I'll keep you posted.
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The judge due to rule on the proscription of Palestine Action is swapped last minute for a panel that includes a judge with a history of working for the government and another who ruled in favour UK selling jets to Israel.
Accusations of a “stitch-up”.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/a...
Accusations of a “stitch-up”.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/a...
A ‘Stitch-Up’: Palestine Action Case Gets New Judges | Novara Media
The judicial review of Palestine Action’s proscription has been thrown into turmoil by a last-minute change. A new panel of judges includes one with a long history of working for the government and an...
novaramedia.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The judge due to rule on the proscription of Palestine Action is swapped last minute for a panel that includes a judge with a history of working for the government and another who ruled in favour UK selling jets to Israel.
Accusations of a “stitch-up”.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/a...
Accusations of a “stitch-up”.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/a...
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Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’... so it looks like the classic British establishment stitch-up is underway. "This raises serious questions around the lack of impartiality and transparency in our judicial system" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’... so it looks like the classic British establishment stitch-up is underway. "This raises serious questions around the lack of impartiality and transparency in our judicial system" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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DEFEND OUR JURIES
David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial by only guaranteeing it for defendants facing cases passing a public interest test.
We saw this coming. It is the reason Defend Our Juries exists.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial by only guaranteeing it for defendants facing cases passing a public interest test.
We saw this coming. It is the reason Defend Our Juries exists.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
DEFEND OUR JURIES
David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial by only guaranteeing it for defendants facing cases passing a public interest test.
We saw this coming. It is the reason Defend Our Juries exists.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial by only guaranteeing it for defendants facing cases passing a public interest test.
We saw this coming. It is the reason Defend Our Juries exists.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...