David Chapman
@daveofthenewcity.bsky.social
He/Him. Cyclist, Liberal Christian, Parent, MK Dons season-ticket holder & armchair Liverpool fan. Love Milton Keynes. Support Corbyn.
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Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
How cool is this! Go Sarah!
Viola da gamba player Sarah Small is beginning a concert tour with a difference 🚲
Cycling the length and breadth of the country to each event, the tour begins in Cambridge tomorrow (Weds 7 May) at 7.30pm at St John's Church on Hills Road.
Find out more at www.continuoconnect.com/events/sarah...
Cycling the length and breadth of the country to each event, the tour begins in Cambridge tomorrow (Weds 7 May) at 7.30pm at St John's Church on Hills Road.
Find out more at www.continuoconnect.com/events/sarah...
July 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
How cool is this! Go Sarah!
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What a joke.
The BBC review finds that the 'Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone' documentary was cancelled on the flimsiest grounds.
The child narrator's script was judged not to violate impartiality rules.
His family had no influence on it at all.
The BBC review finds that the 'Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone' documentary was cancelled on the flimsiest grounds.
The child narrator's script was judged not to violate impartiality rules.
His family had no influence on it at all.
BBC breached accuracy guidelines over Gaza documentary, review finds
However, inquiry into Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone says there were no other breaches, including impartiality
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What a joke.
The BBC review finds that the 'Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone' documentary was cancelled on the flimsiest grounds.
The child narrator's script was judged not to violate impartiality rules.
His family had no influence on it at all.
The BBC review finds that the 'Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone' documentary was cancelled on the flimsiest grounds.
The child narrator's script was judged not to violate impartiality rules.
His family had no influence on it at all.
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tough tough tough decisions
June 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
tough tough tough decisions
After watching "Gaza: Doctors under Attack" on Channel 4 on Wednesday evening and having seen my government ignore the pressure of tens of thousands of people on peaceful protests, I recognise the need for the direct action of Palestine Action.
July 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
After watching "Gaza: Doctors under Attack" on Channel 4 on Wednesday evening and having seen my government ignore the pressure of tens of thousands of people on peaceful protests, I recognise the need for the direct action of Palestine Action.
I support Palestine Action.
Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
YouTube video by Double Down News
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I support Palestine Action.
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Bezos wedding guest takes us through her extravagant goodie bag from the wedding 💗
June 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Bezos wedding guest takes us through her extravagant goodie bag from the wedding 💗
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NEW: Liz Kendall has told MPs that if a disabled person currently on PIP requests a reassessment after November 2026 because of worsening health, they will be assessed on the new tougher criteria.
This confirms The Guardian’s report that those with fluctuating conditions will not be protected.
This confirms The Guardian’s report that those with fluctuating conditions will not be protected.
June 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
NEW: Liz Kendall has told MPs that if a disabled person currently on PIP requests a reassessment after November 2026 because of worsening health, they will be assessed on the new tougher criteria.
This confirms The Guardian’s report that those with fluctuating conditions will not be protected.
This confirms The Guardian’s report that those with fluctuating conditions will not be protected.
RIP Pope Francis
April 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
RIP Pope Francis
Bach: St John Passion. This Sunday 13th April, Palm Sunday, at the Church of Christ the Cornerstone in Milton Keynes (MK9 2ES). Tickets £22, £15 (under 18s £5) available from 07961 348697, [email protected] or online at bit.ly/BachJohnCM25 (fee applies).
April 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Bach: St John Passion. This Sunday 13th April, Palm Sunday, at the Church of Christ the Cornerstone in Milton Keynes (MK9 2ES). Tickets £22, £15 (under 18s £5) available from 07961 348697, [email protected] or online at bit.ly/BachJohnCM25 (fee applies).
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When medics & humanitarian workers are stopped from doing their lifesaving work, all victims of conflict suffer.
There must be an independent & impartial investigation into the circumstances where at least 15 Palestinian medics & rescue workers, who went to Southern Gaza, were killed.
Read more:
There must be an independent & impartial investigation into the circumstances where at least 15 Palestinian medics & rescue workers, who went to Southern Gaza, were killed.
Read more:
Israel/OPT: Killings of paramedics and rescue workers in Gaza must be investigated
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in an unprecedented number of aid workers being killed
www.amnesty.org.uk
April 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When medics & humanitarian workers are stopped from doing their lifesaving work, all victims of conflict suffer.
There must be an independent & impartial investigation into the circumstances where at least 15 Palestinian medics & rescue workers, who went to Southern Gaza, were killed.
Read more:
There must be an independent & impartial investigation into the circumstances where at least 15 Palestinian medics & rescue workers, who went to Southern Gaza, were killed.
Read more:
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Attacking ambulances, executing medics, then tossing their bodies in a mass grave.
If Hamas had committed this crime, it would trigger deafening global outrage.
But Israel did it, and so most people are left unaware it even happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/why-isnt-t...
If Hamas had committed this crime, it would trigger deafening global outrage.
But Israel did it, and so most people are left unaware it even happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/why-isnt-t...
April 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Attacking ambulances, executing medics, then tossing their bodies in a mass grave.
If Hamas had committed this crime, it would trigger deafening global outrage.
But Israel did it, and so most people are left unaware it even happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/why-isnt-t...
If Hamas had committed this crime, it would trigger deafening global outrage.
But Israel did it, and so most people are left unaware it even happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/why-isnt-t...
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Is there no crime that Israel can commit in full view of the world that it can’t get away with?
No crime too grotesque, no crime too depraved, no crime too sadistic?
No crime too grotesque, no crime too depraved, no crime too sadistic?
April 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Is there no crime that Israel can commit in full view of the world that it can’t get away with?
No crime too grotesque, no crime too depraved, no crime too sadistic?
No crime too grotesque, no crime too depraved, no crime too sadistic?
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Your bills are going up because this government would rather protect the profits of a few corporations than the livelihoods of millions of ordinary people.
End this outrageous rip-off, and take water and energy into public ownership now.
End this outrageous rip-off, and take water and energy into public ownership now.
April 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Your bills are going up because this government would rather protect the profits of a few corporations than the livelihoods of millions of ordinary people.
End this outrageous rip-off, and take water and energy into public ownership now.
End this outrageous rip-off, and take water and energy into public ownership now.
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Here's the system Starmer and Streeting want to replace the NHS with. Find the U.S. on the chart > that system represents a fantastic opportunity to make money (at the expense of our health). They are literally salivating at the prospect... #NHX
April 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Here's the system Starmer and Streeting want to replace the NHS with. Find the U.S. on the chart > that system represents a fantastic opportunity to make money (at the expense of our health). They are literally salivating at the prospect... #NHX
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Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon.
April 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon.
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No you haven't Ursula! The EU is running a gigantic surplus with the US. You can't win a tariff war because you will run out of things to slap tariffs on before Trump does. [When will someone fire this gross embarrassment to all things European?] www.theguardian.com/business/202...
EU has a ‘strong plan’ to retaliate on Trump tariffs, says von der Leyen
Head of European Commission says bloc would prefer to negotiate but all countermeasures are on the table
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
No you haven't Ursula! The EU is running a gigantic surplus with the US. You can't win a tariff war because you will run out of things to slap tariffs on before Trump does. [When will someone fire this gross embarrassment to all things European?] www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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They MUST be looking at these polls. Do you think there's a room full of Labour strategy dickheads somewhere saying to each other "maybe we need to be even more racist, even more transphobic, even more pointlessly cruel" for the 100th day in a row, expecting it to eventually work
🚨 BREAKING: Labour's approval rating has plunged to its lowest ever figure (-54).
✅ Approve 14% (-5)
❌ Disapprove 68% (+8)
Via YouGov, 31 Mar (+/- vs 24 Mar)
✅ Approve 14% (-5)
❌ Disapprove 68% (+8)
Via YouGov, 31 Mar (+/- vs 24 Mar)
April 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
They MUST be looking at these polls. Do you think there's a room full of Labour strategy dickheads somewhere saying to each other "maybe we need to be even more racist, even more transphobic, even more pointlessly cruel" for the 100th day in a row, expecting it to eventually work
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Israel has murdered at least 21 Palestinians in Gaza in the last few hours. They've killed over 1,000 men, women and children since they broke the ceasefire on March 18th.
April 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Israel has murdered at least 21 Palestinians in Gaza in the last few hours. They've killed over 1,000 men, women and children since they broke the ceasefire on March 18th.
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Israeli attacks on Gaza have rendered about 85% of the besieged enclave’s water and sanitation facilities fully or partially inoperative.
As a result, Gaza's water supply has fallen by 65%, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. #WorldWaterDay.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/kr05p4
As a result, Gaza's water supply has fallen by 65%, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. #WorldWaterDay.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/kr05p4
March 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Israeli attacks on Gaza have rendered about 85% of the besieged enclave’s water and sanitation facilities fully or partially inoperative.
As a result, Gaza's water supply has fallen by 65%, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. #WorldWaterDay.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/kr05p4
As a result, Gaza's water supply has fallen by 65%, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. #WorldWaterDay.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/kr05p4
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This is absolutely hilarious.
Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK.
Clearly didn't read it.
Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.
Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK.
Clearly didn't read it.
Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.
March 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This is absolutely hilarious.
Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK.
Clearly didn't read it.
Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.
Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK.
Clearly didn't read it.
Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.
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In every atrocity in history, the silent are always principal players.
Those who remain silent over Israel's genocide are enabling it to continue.
Their cowardice is paid in the blood of thousands of innocent Palestinians.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Those who remain silent over Israel's genocide are enabling it to continue.
Their cowardice is paid in the blood of thousands of innocent Palestinians.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Imagine if all those who are silent about the terrible evil being committed in Gaza spoke up | Owen Jones
No crime in history has been so well documented by its victims. And yet inaction and censorship reign, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
In every atrocity in history, the silent are always principal players.
Those who remain silent over Israel's genocide are enabling it to continue.
Their cowardice is paid in the blood of thousands of innocent Palestinians.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Those who remain silent over Israel's genocide are enabling it to continue.
Their cowardice is paid in the blood of thousands of innocent Palestinians.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We join 230+ organisations calling on all F-35 partners, like the UK gov, to take action in line with their legal obligations and immediately halt the direct and indirect transfer of F-35 parts and components to Israel.
Read more here: amn.st/3637
Read more here: amn.st/3637
February 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We join 230+ organisations calling on all F-35 partners, like the UK gov, to take action in line with their legal obligations and immediately halt the direct and indirect transfer of F-35 parts and components to Israel.
Read more here: amn.st/3637
Read more here: amn.st/3637
I just don't get it. Why is now not the right time to recognise the Palestinian state? Surely it is *vital* to do it now?
Dodds says the govt is committed to a two state solution but wont recognise a Palestinian state now
You cant say you believe in a 2SS but only recognise one state. This govt uses the 2SS as cover to perpetually deny Palestinians their rights in the one state that actually exists
You cant say you believe in a 2SS but only recognise one state. This govt uses the 2SS as cover to perpetually deny Palestinians their rights in the one state that actually exists
February 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I just don't get it. Why is now not the right time to recognise the Palestinian state? Surely it is *vital* to do it now?
That's made my day: a Goldcrest! (In the branches of the pear tree that @alchap.bsky.social grew from a pip as child). Not especially rare, but a beautiful, tiny, bird that I don't see very often in my Milton Keynes garden. Simple things, simple delights.
February 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
That's made my day: a Goldcrest! (In the branches of the pear tree that @alchap.bsky.social grew from a pip as child). Not especially rare, but a beautiful, tiny, bird that I don't see very often in my Milton Keynes garden. Simple things, simple delights.