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Current affairs, environment, arts, history & culture. Rugby too.🤷🏻‍♂️
Hope to be back in the EU before too long!
#FBPE
Inequality drives poverty. End it: #FairTaxSystem.
#UBI
Alba shaor!
A luta continua! ✊
Turkish protest pic: Erdem Sahin/EPA-EFE
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.

How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?

They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Left: Shabana Mahmood as Lord Chancellor, "It is right that we have an independent judiciary in this country"

Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action

Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.

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 4:04 PM
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The City & the elites are apparently worried about me.

The people who bankrupted this country are spooked.

Won't someone think of the billionaires?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
UK Greens’ Populist Tilt Worries City With Disregard for Markets
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is winning over voters with his pledge to tax the wealthy and unleash borrowing to plow money into Britain’s ailing public services. His inequality-busting ideas are a...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Review judge pulled from Palestine Action hearing at last hour, in patent stitch-up.

Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/review-jud...
Review judge pulled from Palestine Action hearing at last hour, in patent stitch-up
Having a ruling from a panel of three judges is a desperate attempt to create a veneer of judicial authority in support of the actions of Keir Starmer's outlaw government
jonathancook.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.

Please sign and share 🙏

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.

I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.

Sign and share.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Calling all UK citizens.
Heading for 20K. Can we push this to 100K so it has to be debated in Parliament?

#RussianInfluence
#Reform
#Farage
#Democracy
#Ukraine

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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“I feel strongly — [at the BBC] you leave your politics at the door,” Gibb told the House of Commons culture, media and sport committee, describing himself as “hugely impartial” and a “passionate defender” of the publicly funded broadcaster. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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BREAKING: Judge dismisses case against Trump foe James Comey
Judge dismisses case against Trump foe James Comey
The decision is a major rebuke of retribution campaign against Trump's longtime enemy.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Calling all UK citizens.
Heading for 20K. Can we push this to 100K so it has to be debated in Parliament?

#RussianInfluence
#Reform
#Farage
#Democracy
#Ukraine

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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This petition is now less than 3K short of getting a govt. response. Pls sign/share if you think we should hold a public inquiry into Russian interference in our democracy. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.

He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.

Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Cottrel is a Farage worthy and also a criminal. “Posh George” set up a company Geostrategy which could be used to channel dark money to Reform, he’s already a donor.

www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Firm set up by Farage's aristo-fraudster ally is ‘red flag’
Secretive new political firm set up by ‘posh’ George Cottrell raises ‘real red flags’, anti-corruption expert warns
www.opendemocracy.net
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.

Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...

And thousands died.

@noosphere.app

www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Boris Johnson: The Covid Tragedy and England's Clown King
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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"Two Palestinians, a child and a teenager, were killed by Israeli forces early Friday morning in the town of Kafr Aqab, north of Occupied Jerusalem.

...the victims were identified as Amr Khaled Ahmed Al-Marboo, 18, and Sami Ibrahim Sami Mshayekh, 16."

english.palinfo.com/news/2025/11...
Two Palestinian minors killed by Israeli gunfire in O. Jerusalem
Two Palestinians, a child and a teenager, were killed by Israeli forces early Friday morning in the town of Kafr Aqab, north of Occupied Jerusalem.
english.palinfo.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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I note that former UKIP in Scotland leader David Coburn is also mentioned by the BBC as being involved in the Nathan Gill case, but has not been charged yet.
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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The world's oldest, continuous culture on Earth, living in third world conditions, while the invader government rip off billions every year of their resources. Trying to force First Nations Peoples off their country for mining.
Faced with extremes, the Spinifex People are being pushed to the limit
The Anangu built one of the nation's most remote communities after nuclear bombs were tested on their country. But they face profound challenges amid extreme weather and rising costs.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"

There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:

1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance

Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM