Steve Gardner
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Now might a good time to get to know Iran's armed separatist movements.
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Time to learn about Iran's separatist movements
There are three fairly significant ongoing armed insurgencies
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June 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Now might a good time to get to know Iran's armed separatist movements.
arthursnell.substack.com/p/time-to-le...
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🚨IMPORTANT UPDATE
Following its defeat in the Court of Appeal in May the Government has quietly dropped its fight for tougher anti-protest laws used to arrest hundreds of people, including climate activist Greta Thunberg
It’s a huge win for democracy & protest rights
youtu.be/vbQxagbctoc?...
Following its defeat in the Court of Appeal in May the Government has quietly dropped its fight for tougher anti-protest laws used to arrest hundreds of people, including climate activist Greta Thunberg
It’s a huge win for democracy & protest rights
youtu.be/vbQxagbctoc?...
Government quietly drops its fight for tougher anti-protest laws used to arrest hundreds of people
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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June 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨IMPORTANT UPDATE
Following its defeat in the Court of Appeal in May the Government has quietly dropped its fight for tougher anti-protest laws used to arrest hundreds of people, including climate activist Greta Thunberg
It’s a huge win for democracy & protest rights
youtu.be/vbQxagbctoc?...
Following its defeat in the Court of Appeal in May the Government has quietly dropped its fight for tougher anti-protest laws used to arrest hundreds of people, including climate activist Greta Thunberg
It’s a huge win for democracy & protest rights
youtu.be/vbQxagbctoc?...
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Why does Palestine have hostages and Israel has prisoners?
I think you will find they are both hostages, and Israel has 1000x more.
I think you will find they are both hostages, and Israel has 1000x more.
June 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Why does Palestine have hostages and Israel has prisoners?
I think you will find they are both hostages, and Israel has 1000x more.
I think you will find they are both hostages, and Israel has 1000x more.
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The far right will, of course, treat the Paul Doyle case very differently from one where the accused is darker-skinned or foreign or both. The rest of us must not. That’s kind of the point.
May 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The far right will, of course, treat the Paul Doyle case very differently from one where the accused is darker-skinned or foreign or both. The rest of us must not. That’s kind of the point.
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Turns out Jim Ratcliffe is as good at owning football clubs as he was at understading Brexit.
May 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Turns out Jim Ratcliffe is as good at owning football clubs as he was at understading Brexit.
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Two non-UK residents sound off about Brexit.
Richard Littlejohn lives in a gated mansion in Florida.
Andrew Neil lives in Grasse in the South of France.
Funny how these highly opinionated commentators feel so strongly abt the UK but don't want to live here.
Richard Littlejohn lives in a gated mansion in Florida.
Andrew Neil lives in Grasse in the South of France.
Funny how these highly opinionated commentators feel so strongly abt the UK but don't want to live here.
May 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Two non-UK residents sound off about Brexit.
Richard Littlejohn lives in a gated mansion in Florida.
Andrew Neil lives in Grasse in the South of France.
Funny how these highly opinionated commentators feel so strongly abt the UK but don't want to live here.
Richard Littlejohn lives in a gated mansion in Florida.
Andrew Neil lives in Grasse in the South of France.
Funny how these highly opinionated commentators feel so strongly abt the UK but don't want to live here.
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What an insane position to have gotten himself into www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Senior faith leaders urge Starmer to tone down migration rhetoric
Exclusive: Christian, Muslim and Jewish representatives write to prime minister after ‘island of strangers’ speech
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May 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What an insane position to have gotten himself into www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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⚡️ 'It was my duty to step down' — Former US Ambassador to Ukraine confirms resignation over Trump's policy.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink accused the Trump administration of prioritizing pressure on Ukraine, the victim of Russia's war, rather than confronting the Kremlin.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink accused the Trump administration of prioritizing pressure on Ukraine, the victim of Russia's war, rather than confronting the Kremlin.
'It was my duty to step down' — Former US Ambassador to Ukraine confirms resignation over Trump's policy
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, who held the role since 2022, accused the Trump administration of prioritizing pressure on Ukraine, the victim of Russia's full-scale invasion, rather ...
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May 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
⚡️ 'It was my duty to step down' — Former US Ambassador to Ukraine confirms resignation over Trump's policy.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink accused the Trump administration of prioritizing pressure on Ukraine, the victim of Russia's war, rather than confronting the Kremlin.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink accused the Trump administration of prioritizing pressure on Ukraine, the victim of Russia's war, rather than confronting the Kremlin.
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How nice to be told by Keir Starmer that my mother who delivered babies, as a midwife, worked nights and damaged her back lifting patients as a nurse, was a pillar of her community as a health visitor has caused “incalculable damage” to the UK !
May 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
How nice to be told by Keir Starmer that my mother who delivered babies, as a midwife, worked nights and damaged her back lifting patients as a nurse, was a pillar of her community as a health visitor has caused “incalculable damage” to the UK !
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2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
May 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
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I never had a high opinion of Starmer, but I never imagined that a Labour leader would channel the sentiments of Enoch Powell's notorious rivers of blood speech. You don't challenge the far right by aping them. Labour in Scotland needs to break away and become a real Scottish Labour Party.
May 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I never had a high opinion of Starmer, but I never imagined that a Labour leader would channel the sentiments of Enoch Powell's notorious rivers of blood speech. You don't challenge the far right by aping them. Labour in Scotland needs to break away and become a real Scottish Labour Party.
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"the last shall be first, and the first last"
Some thoughts on our "major trade deal"
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Some thoughts on our "major trade deal"
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So the last shall be first, and the first last
Brexit and the loss of leverage
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May 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"the last shall be first, and the first last"
Some thoughts on our "major trade deal"
arthursnell.substack.com/p/so-the-las...
Some thoughts on our "major trade deal"
arthursnell.substack.com/p/so-the-las...
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A gift to the NRA.
May 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A gift to the NRA.
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"Pump water from the huge Scottish lochs to London"...
The mask slips, not content with squandering Scotland's oil, they are after our Energy, our Water and our democracy.
Independence anyone?
The mask slips, not content with squandering Scotland's oil, they are after our Energy, our Water and our democracy.
Independence anyone?
May 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Pump water from the huge Scottish lochs to London"...
The mask slips, not content with squandering Scotland's oil, they are after our Energy, our Water and our democracy.
Independence anyone?
The mask slips, not content with squandering Scotland's oil, they are after our Energy, our Water and our democracy.
Independence anyone?
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As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep
The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication
This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?
The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication
This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?
May 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep
The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication
This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?
The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication
This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?
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Looks like Nick is going to have to fire himself then as he's a threat to democracy.
May 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Looks like Nick is going to have to fire himself then as he's a threat to democracy.
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Just flat out lying from Treasury. Water utilities are highly profitable once you strip out debt repayments. And the statutory mechanism for rescuing broken water companies enables DEFRA to strip out debt repayments. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Treasury threatens Defra with £4bn bill if Thames Water nationalised
Exclusive: Treasury threat an example of ‘scare tactics’ to help force through private sector deal, sources suggest
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Just flat out lying from Treasury. Water utilities are highly profitable once you strip out debt repayments. And the statutory mechanism for rescuing broken water companies enables DEFRA to strip out debt repayments. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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And there you have it.
May 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
And there you have it.
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And are these diversity officers in the room with you now Andrea?
May 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
And are these diversity officers in the room with you now Andrea?
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Voting for Nigel Farage because you want things to get better for the Working Class is like voting for Jimmy Savile because you want to help kids.
May 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Voting for Nigel Farage because you want things to get better for the Working Class is like voting for Jimmy Savile because you want to help kids.
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An entire article reporting Blair’s views on fossil fuels which neglects to report that one of his main sources of revenue is the government of Saudi Arabia.
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Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy – UK politics live
‘Any strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,’ says former PM
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April 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
An entire article reporting Blair’s views on fossil fuels which neglects to report that one of his main sources of revenue is the government of Saudi Arabia.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Man who started an illegal war so Western oil companies could get their hands on another country's oil insists we can't phase out fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate plan based on phasing out fossil fuels doomed to fail, says Tony Blair
Former PM claims net zero policies losing public support and says there should be greater focus on carbon capture
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Man who started an illegal war so Western oil companies could get their hands on another country's oil insists we can't phase out fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How a ‘Populist’ Media Has Mainstreamed the Far Right
“Right-wing daily papers in the UK do not represent ‘public opinion’ – they simply reflect the radical right views of those ‘who own and run them”
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/29/f...
“Right-wing daily papers in the UK do not represent ‘public opinion’ – they simply reflect the radical right views of those ‘who own and run them”
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/29/f...
How a 'Populist' Media Has Mainstreamed the Far Right
Right-wing daily papers in the UK do not represent 'public opinion' - they simply reflect the radical right views of those 'who own and run them', argues Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How a ‘Populist’ Media Has Mainstreamed the Far Right
“Right-wing daily papers in the UK do not represent ‘public opinion’ – they simply reflect the radical right views of those ‘who own and run them”
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/29/f...
“Right-wing daily papers in the UK do not represent ‘public opinion’ – they simply reflect the radical right views of those ‘who own and run them”
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/29/f...