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www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov... Secret trials, ‘evidence’ you are not allowed to hear, be told of or challenge. This is not JUSTICE. How is this allowed by a Labour Government?
‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case
The CMP system means Huda Ammori will not be allowed to know what allegations were made against her
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov... Secret trials, ‘evidence’ you are not allowed to hear, be told of or challenge. This is not JUSTICE. How is this allowed by a Labour Government?
Attacking disabled people, the poor, immigrants The strategy of the new Labour Party, no depth to which they will not go. Any group can become the subject of “2 mins of hate” 1984 George Orwell. Maybe not you yet.. but just wait. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves expected to scrap £300m in tax breaks for Motability scheme
Plan to remove relief from scheme that helps provide cars for disabled people likely to concern some Labour MPs
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Attacking disabled people, the poor, immigrants The strategy of the new Labour Party, no depth to which they will not go. Any group can become the subject of “2 mins of hate” 1984 George Orwell. Maybe not you yet.. but just wait. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is unacceptable. Almost all Scots would say attacking kids and their teachers is vile. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Scottish school cancels Christmas play after ‘racist and abusive’ messages
Show at Cauldeen primary school in Inverness had included a scene explaining hardship faced by Syrian refugees
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is unacceptable. Almost all Scots would say attacking kids and their teachers is vile. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This removal of a judge in the Palestine Action trial stinks… How is this even possible ? The general drift to authoritarianism looks like it has broken through another bit of UK constitution 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 4:21 PM
This removal of a judge in the Palestine Action trial stinks… How is this even possible ? The general drift to authoritarianism looks like it has broken through another bit of UK constitution www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Hello BBC why have you stopped covering Gaza.. 11 children killed by IDF Isreal’s ‘moral ‘ army? Isreal keeps killing in Lebanon, West Bank, Gaza. Presumably also in Syria
At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.
UN calls for probe into Israel’s strikes on Lebanon
At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hello BBC why have you stopped covering Gaza.. 11 children killed by IDF Isreal’s ‘moral ‘ army? Isreal keeps killing in Lebanon, West Bank, Gaza. Presumably also in Syria
This will rapidly become 2 tier justice. With lawyers for the rich being able to successfully argue to a jury trial and the poor consigned to poverty ’justice’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
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 4:06 PM
This will rapidly become 2 tier justice. With lawyers for the rich being able to successfully argue to a jury trial and the poor consigned to poverty ’justice’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Times headline: ‘BBC failing to tackle systemic bias, says author of leaked memo’. In fact, when asked by MPs, this man, Michael Prescott, said he didn’t believe the BBC was institutionally biased. The Times failed to quote that, in an article about the issue of truthful reporting.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Times headline: ‘BBC failing to tackle systemic bias, says author of leaked memo’. In fact, when asked by MPs, this man, Michael Prescott, said he didn’t believe the BBC was institutionally biased. The Times failed to quote that, in an article about the issue of truthful reporting.
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Paul Weller has confirmed he has removed his music from streaming services in Israel as part of a movement to boycott a 'vile, brutal and apartheid system'
Paul Weller pulls music from streaming platforms in Israel
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Paul Weller has confirmed he has removed his music from streaming services in Israel as part of a movement to boycott a 'vile, brutal and apartheid system'
The ‘democracy’ Isreal shuts down Kids show… lithub.com/israeli-forc...
Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, shutting down a children’s show.
On Sunday night, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, El-Hakawati, in occupied East Jerusalem, shutting down a children’s musical show titled “Dreams Under the Olive…
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November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The ‘democracy’ Isreal shuts down Kids show… lithub.com/israeli-forc...
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this is abhorrent
At least 160,000 people have been granted refugee status over the past five years. It now seems they are intended to be caught by the Government’s plans to make refugees wait up to 20 years for settlement - even for those just months away from ILR
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
this is abhorrent
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Attacking the poor never gets old, does it? Use the money/staff to instead go after tax cheats.. much more prevalent and costs country way more. Payback of resources invested will be way more than going after low levels of benefit fraud.
Reeves to launch crackdown on benefit fraud alongside lifting two-child limit
Move aims to bring in extra £1.2bn of savings as government seeks to head off criticism over welfare spending
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Attacking the poor never gets old, does it? Use the money/staff to instead go after tax cheats.. much more prevalent and costs country way more. Payback of resources invested will be way more than going after low levels of benefit fraud.
If there is a significant nuclear ‘accident ‘ in uk eg like Chernobyl we would lose how much of the country? Doesn’t that mean we have to be very cautious? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK is world's most expensive place to develop nuclear power, report says
Experts criticise “overly complex” rules and call for an overhaul of Britain's nuclear strategy.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
If there is a significant nuclear ‘accident ‘ in uk eg like Chernobyl we would lose how much of the country? Doesn’t that mean we have to be very cautious? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ryanair really should be boycotted by travellers . It is a company without compassion.
They won’t step in or assist their customers. Unless forced by regulators. Empathy and sympathy are concepts that Ryanair disdain. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
They won’t step in or assist their customers. Unless forced by regulators. Empathy and sympathy are concepts that Ryanair disdain. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook
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November 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Ryanair really should be boycotted by travellers . It is a company without compassion.
They won’t step in or assist their customers. Unless forced by regulators. Empathy and sympathy are concepts that Ryanair disdain. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
They won’t step in or assist their customers. Unless forced by regulators. Empathy and sympathy are concepts that Ryanair disdain. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Correction 28 injured 5 killed in Beirut cos Isreal, in breech of ceasefire, killed a fighter in a group opposed to them. WHO were they? What were their hopes and dreams? Why don’t news organisations care? Why don’t we?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... hey BBC so Isreal killed 28 people to kill one member of a Palestinian opposition group. Who were they? How many were civilians? Do they matter ?
Israel kills top Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months
Israel has escalated its campaign on targets it says are linked to Hezbollah, raising fears of a resumption of hostilities.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Correction 28 injured 5 killed in Beirut cos Isreal, in breech of ceasefire, killed a fighter in a group opposed to them. WHO were they? What were their hopes and dreams? Why don’t news organisations care? Why don’t we?
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... hey BBC so Isreal killed 28 people to kill one member of a Palestinian opposition group. Who were they? How many were civilians? Do they matter ?
Israel kills top Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months
Israel has escalated its campaign on targets it says are linked to Hezbollah, raising fears of a resumption of hostilities.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... hey BBC so Isreal killed 28 people to kill one member of a Palestinian opposition group. Who were they? How many were civilians? Do they matter ?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... hey BBC so Isreal killed 28 people to kill one member of a Palestinian opposition group. Who were they? How many were civilians? Do they matter ?
Israel kills top Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months
Israel has escalated its campaign on targets it says are linked to Hezbollah, raising fears of a resumption of hostilities.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... hey BBC so Isreal killed 28 people to kill one member of a Palestinian opposition group. Who were they? How many were civilians? Do they matter ?
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Labour must back the delivery workers who were sacked for speaking out over DPD’s plans to slash pay, a former Cabinet minister has said.
Labour urged to back sacked DPD delivery drivers
www.mirror.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Labour must back the delivery workers who were sacked for speaking out over DPD’s plans to slash pay, a former Cabinet minister has said.
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NEW: The proscription of Palestine Action as a terror group may lead to people being wrongly criminalised, a Home Office official has warned
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NEW: The proscription of Palestine Action as a terror group may lead to people being wrongly criminalised, a Home Office official has warned
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Thank you for everything you did for us. 💙
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Thank you for everything you did for us. 💙
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One of the things I will also never forget was also the NHS management lying to us about it not being airborne and threatening us with disciplinary action if we spoke out on social media.
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
One of the things I will also never forget was also the NHS management lying to us about it not being airborne and threatening us with disciplinary action if we spoke out on social media.
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Herd impunity is right.
The faux handwringing now from certain politicians & pundits now - as though, somehow, anyone who wanted to prevent catastrophic loss of life through lockdown didn't care about the enormity of closing schools & businesses.
Every decision was freighted with difficulty...
The faux handwringing now from certain politicians & pundits now - as though, somehow, anyone who wanted to prevent catastrophic loss of life through lockdown didn't care about the enormity of closing schools & businesses.
Every decision was freighted with difficulty...
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Herd impunity is right.
The faux handwringing now from certain politicians & pundits now - as though, somehow, anyone who wanted to prevent catastrophic loss of life through lockdown didn't care about the enormity of closing schools & businesses.
Every decision was freighted with difficulty...
The faux handwringing now from certain politicians & pundits now - as though, somehow, anyone who wanted to prevent catastrophic loss of life through lockdown didn't care about the enormity of closing schools & businesses.
Every decision was freighted with difficulty...
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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First Donald Trump, then Joe Biden using the terms of the Trump ‘deal’, sold out Afghanistan to the Taliban. Most European govts think Trump is now selling out Ukraine in the same way — trading major concessions for a belief in Putin’s promises, and not caring very much anyway.
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
First Donald Trump, then Joe Biden using the terms of the Trump ‘deal’, sold out Afghanistan to the Taliban. Most European govts think Trump is now selling out Ukraine in the same way — trading major concessions for a belief in Putin’s promises, and not caring very much anyway.
