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Cllr Salman Shaheen
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Author of bestselling novel Freebourne. Cabinet Member for Culture & Public Spaces on Hounslow Council. CEO of Carter Fleet. Journalist. FRSA

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Promoted by Ted Wall on behalf of Hounslow Labour cllrs
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Excited to announce my debut #novel Freebourne will be published October 28 by Roundfire Books and I can at last reveal the cover!

"Impossible to put down" - Sarah Gavron, BAFTA-winning director

Available for pre-order on Amazon:
www.collectiveinkbooks.com/clk.html?c=6...

#booksky #authorsky
Probably the worst outcome of British vote since #Brexit.

#DieHardIsAChristmasFilm
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI
In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal that could change humanity – or potentially destroy it
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just the genocide, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes to go then...
Benjamin Netanyahu asks Israel’s president for pardon in corruption case
Request is submitted weeks after Donald Trump called on Isaac Herzog to pardon Israeli prime minister
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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US friends, Amazon has a big discount on my 4.9⭐️ new #scifi #mystery #thriller novel Freebourne today.

"Impossible to put down"

Sarah Gavron, BAFTA-winning director

Grab your copy while on offer and find out the mind blowing twist everyone's talking about.

👇🏼
a.co/d/ah3C1oU

#booksky #authorsky
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
US friends, Amazon has a big discount on my 4.9⭐️ new #scifi #mystery #thriller novel Freebourne today.

"Impossible to put down"

Sarah Gavron, BAFTA-winning director

Grab your copy while on offer and find out the mind blowing twist everyone's talking about.

👇🏼
a.co/d/ah3C1oU

#booksky #authorsky
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
You wouldn't think it to listen to the right wing rags, snake oil salesmen and social media trolls, would you? Britain is in a precarious place. Anger and hatred are stirring. But it's not because of #immigration in and of itself. It's because of those who would weaponise it for their own gain.
Net migration to UK drops 69% year on year, ONS figures show
Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I welcome the lifting of the two child benefit cap, which immiserated over half a million children. Dave said we're all in it together, but austerity is not a simple exercise in balancing the books. It's a political choice to balance the books on the backs of the poorest and most vulnerable.
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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More than 500 immigration law experts speak out against Labour's asylum proposals
@ilpaimmigration.bsky.social

leftfootforward.org/2025/11/more...
More than 500 migration law experts speak out against Labour’s immigration proposals
Experts argue that the policies are “gimmicks” designed to make the government look tough, but they are not evidence-based
leftfootforward.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
They called it Project Fear. Turns out, we actually underestimated how disastrous #Brexit would be for the economy. And we're all paying the price, literally, for #NigelFarage and #BorisJohnson 's lies.
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 12:20 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"A definitive page-turner of the highest order. From the very off this richly written, and dutifully emboldened new novel is something that could, and should find its way into being on our TV screens sometime in the near future. With an ending that I bet nobody will ever see coming!"
Anne Carlini - Exclusive Magazine - Book Reviews
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November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I doubt anyone needed an inquiry to tell them Nero was fiddling as Rome burned.

#BorisJohnson #Covid
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Just started reading Freebourne yesterday. It's good!
Excited to announce my debut #novel Freebourne will be published October 28 by Roundfire Books and I can at last reveal the cover!

"Impossible to put down" - Sarah Gavron, BAFTA-winning director

Available for pre-order on Amazon:
www.collectiveinkbooks.com/clk.html?c=6...

#booksky #authorsky
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
TG Jones (I mean if you're going to pick random initials and a perceived common name why not just call yourself WH Smith) have a Black Friday discount on Freebourne today. If you've not grabbed a copy yet, let the creeping Americanisation of British retail be your moment.
Freebourne : A Novel
'A thinking reader's thriller with such a shocking twist I was genuinely unprepared for it.' Trezza Azzopardi, Booker-shortlisted author of The Hiding Place - After learning ...
www.tgjonesonline.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Denmark's Social Democrats have learned that progressives cannot cede ground to the far right. There can be only one answer. No pasaran!
Social Democrats in Denmark suffer sweeping election losses
PM Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left party loses control of Copenhagen for first time in more than 100 years
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Increasingly, we have to see climate denial, or refusal to act, as pursuing a policy of mass murder.

#climatechange #climatedenial #globalheating #netzero #trump
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
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November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Dark forces may be stirring. But in the darkness, we must light a candle. Refugees deserve compassion and dignity.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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A brilliant starter pack from one of my favourite people on here @salmanshaheen.bsky.social Awesome Mix. Please follow and repost if you can
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It was wonderful to return to my old hometown last week for the launch of my debut novel. Beccles Books Ltd still have a few signed copies of Freebourne available, but they're selling out fast. The Beccles and Bungay Journal reports.
Author launches frst novel in hometown
A bestselling debut novel has been launched by Salman Shaheen, who returned to his hometown of Beccles to celebrate the publication of Freebourne.
www.becclesandbungayjournal.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Thanks once again to local author Salman Shaheen for a great evening as he launched his new novel "Freebourne" and to everyone who was able to come to the event on 3rd. We still have a couple of signed copies left but they are selling fast.

@salmanshaheen.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📚What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?

"A thinking-reader’s thriller set in an idyllic English town of the near future, with a twist that’s never been done before in fiction."

Chatting #Freebourne, #films and #food with Fresh Fiction.
Salman Shaheen | A thinking-reader’s thriller set in an idyllic English town of the near future – Fresh Fiction
blog.freshfiction.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Objective ranking of famous foxes from best to worst.

Fantastic Mr Fox
Fox from Animals of Farthing Wood
Fox's Crunch Creams
Fox's Glacier Mints
Br'er Fox
Fox from the Gingerbread Man
#LaurenceFox
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM