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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2h

In a letter to the editor, a reader warns that proposals to deny welfare to EU citizens with Settled Status are not only morally wrong – they’re legally indefensible.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

Letter to the editor: A civilised society does not withhold care based on citizenship

Letter to the editor

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 6h

Human rights advocates rally in London to save 17 Iranian political prisoners

Global figures meet in London to defend human rights and urge action to halt Iran’s execution of 17 political prisoners

By Laila Jazayeri

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Human rights advocates rally in London to save 17 Iranian political prisoners

Global figures meet in London to defend human rights and urge action to halt Iran’s execution of 17 political prisoners

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 1d

When will Labour finally succumb to reality, and break the glass on the "In case of emergency, begin negotiations to rejoin the EU" box?

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 4h

🇺🇸 “ADF helped overturn Roe v. Wade (anbortion rights) and is now exporting its playbook to Britain 🇬🇧 . Jane’s investigation revealed that ADF’s UK arm orchestrated Farage’s appearance before Congress, where he attacked Britain’s tech regulation.”

Sarah Cowley @bournemouth4eu.bsky.social · 4h

Nigel Farage and the foreign influence threat
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Nigel Farage and the foreign influence threat

How US anti-abortionists are supporting Reform, and why we need to talk about Russian influence, with the New York Times’ Jane Bradley.

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 5h

The government says it is “driving forward private finance efforts for Gaza's reconstruction.”

As if enabling a genocide wasn't enough. Now, they are allowing private companies to make some money out of it as well.

Have they no shame?

www.middleeasteye.net/news/british...

'No shame': UK invites private firms to compete for Gaza reconstruction contracts

As Britain positions itself as key player in the rebuilding of territory devastated by Israel's genocide, MPs point to its role in its destruction

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 5h

Letter to the editor:
£5bn over ten years to “restore pride” in Britain’s poorest areas?

That’s less than the EU, in its time, gave us every year.

Ambitious? Hardly.

Letter to the editor: £5bn over ten years isn’t ‘ambitious’ – it’s a fraction of what the EU once gave

Letter to the editor

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 4h

The real seismic shift
Britain isn’t being changed by immigration.
It’s being transformed into an authoritarian corporate client state
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2h

Zohran Mamdani says that he would arrest Netanyahu if he went to New York because he believes in international law

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rhonda611.bsky.social @rhonda611.bsky.social · 4h

Another reason to be glad I have
Stopped using Google. Boycotting them is easy.

Full Fact @fullfact.org · 5h

Google has ended its support for Full Fact.

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Google has ended its support for Full Fact. These are critical times for anyone committed to the fight against misinformation.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 5h

Google has ended its support for Full Fact.

Our fact checks are free to read but not to produce. Support independent, impartial fact checking today: donate.fullfact.org/july-rg-ask?...

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rhonda611.bsky.social @rhonda611.bsky.social · 4h

No bees, no food, no humans.

East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

Wild honeybees have been officially listed as endangered in the EU – the first time their decline has been formally recognised.

Dr Arrigo Moro tells us why their survival matters for biodiversity, agriculture, and food security. ⤵️

Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU

The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

Wild honeybees have been officially listed as endangered in the EU – the first time their decline has been formally recognised.

Dr Arrigo Moro tells us why their survival matters for biodiversity, agriculture, and food security. ⤵️

Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU

The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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rhonda611.bsky.social @rhonda611.bsky.social · 4h

Amazing the impact of a politician telling the truth and having convictions. I hope he does not succumb to Westminster jiggery pokery.

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d

"You need to be unapologetic, someone who gets the modern media environment and social media, and is a competent speaker - all of which Polanski is."

Why Zack Polanski is one of the only UK politicians with a reason to be cheerful right now

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...

Zack Polanski: Can the Green Party leader ‘rebalance the scales’ of UK politics? | The News Agents

In little more than a month of leadership, Zack Polanski has grown the party’s membership and become a powerful figure on the left-wing of UK politics. Can he, and the Green Party, take this further…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d

"You need to be unapologetic, someone who gets the modern media environment and social media, and is a competent speaker - all of which Polanski is."

Why Zack Polanski is one of the only UK politicians with a reason to be cheerful right now

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...

Zack Polanski: Can the Green Party leader ‘rebalance the scales’ of UK politics? | The News Agents

In little more than a month of leadership, Zack Polanski has grown the party’s membership and become a powerful figure on the left-wing of UK politics. Can he, and the Green Party, take this further…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 5h

Today I spoke at the RMT demo against the threat of deportation of hundreds of rail workers - some in just a few weeks.

The Government’s rushed visa changes reclassified which jobs count as “skilled,” with no consultation or vote.

It’s wrong, cruel, and must be dropped.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 9h

Fox News analyst (👀) Jack Keane on new Pentagon press policy: “They want to spoon feed information to the journalists, and that will be their story. That's not journalism.”

Fox News analyst Jack Keane on new Pentagon press policy: "They want to spoon feed information to the journalists, and that will be their story. That's not journalism."

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rhonda611.bsky.social @rhonda611.bsky.social · 4h

Israel spent its money well on giving donations aka bribes to Labour.

Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 7h

👉NEW -- Westminster attack on press freedom condemned by journalists and MPs

by Martin Williams

Campaign comes after officials blocked Declassified from holding a press pass, citing our Gaza ‘standpoint’.
www.declassifieduk.org/westminster-...

Westminster attack on press freedom condemned by journalists and MPs

Campaign comes after officials blocked Declassified from holding a press pass, citing our Gaza ‘standpoint’.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 7h

👉NEW -- Westminster attack on press freedom condemned by journalists and MPs

by Martin Williams

Campaign comes after officials blocked Declassified from holding a press pass, citing our Gaza ‘standpoint’.
www.declassifieduk.org/westminster-...

Westminster attack on press freedom condemned by journalists and MPs

Campaign comes after officials blocked Declassified from holding a press pass, citing our Gaza ‘standpoint’.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 6h

"It's uncanny..."
via Susan Atwell

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Rosegarden54 @rosegarden54.bsky.social · 5h

I'm old, and I'll be out protesting on No Kings Day Oct 18.
I hope you will be too.
Join us!

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 5h

Finally. Let’s start holding Farage to account for the relentless shitshow that is Brexit.
Because..
“What could be more elementary than asking voters to judge a candidate on their previous assurances? What more basic function of democracy could we ask for?”
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...

Labour admits Brexit was terrible. Now it’s time to act

For years now, the economic situation facing this country has been buried in the small print

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 5h

The USA can't bully Spain like it thinks it can. The EU stays united.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 1d

Murder. This is called murder.

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