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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 7h

More interesting than that

James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 8h

Absolutely fascinating new book. Some of the early sections on why Fatah's Hussein Agha preferred negotiating with old Irgun fellas in Netanyahu's Likud than with two-staters from the Israeli left are seriously revealing...

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11h

Margaret Thatcher recognised the need to provide asylum for refugees, as well as the need to distinguish them from immigrants. No hope of that from her successors, of course.

Ian Gow MP (Thatcher's PPS) to Tony Marlow MP 23 August 1979:

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 15h

Complicated. Hardie was vociferous in his condemnation of the Kishinev and Bielostock pogroms. Also (don't tell Jezza) signed up to a pro-Zionist EZF pledge during the 1906 General Election campaign. But, yes, obvs triggered by Jewish capitalist stereotypes...

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 15h

See also, Arthur Griffiths and Sinn Fein

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 16h

Thoroughly depressing that a Welsh newspaper would not only see fit to publish open Holocaust denial from an obviously extreme-right correspondent, but also allow a sub-editor to give it a credibility-enhancing header. The South Wales Echo (to its shame) #OnThisDay 1986

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 16h

I done a google and learn that Barbara Castle was an ARP warden. Does that count? 😉

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 17h

Peter Shore? RAF 1943-46

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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 18h

Cricket: a sport where waving gets you a demerit point, but not shaking hands has no consequences whatsoever 👀

www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/s...

Mlaba handed demerit point for waving at Deol

South Africa left-arm spinner's celebration of a wicket lands her in trouble

www.espncricinfo.com

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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · 1d

Why, you might ask, as a housing lawyer have I not commented on the Green Party's new policy to end the private rented sector? Simple answer - it is mad. I'm all in favour of largely ending the PRS, but their policy is simply, practically, mad. Bring back an owl for everybody and then we are talking

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 18h

#OnThisDay 1983 in The Guardian: a lesson for the Conservatives about the dangers of neo-fascist entryism and the Party's flirtation with the policies and personel of the National Front.

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 1d

Bit like Wales and Barry John…

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 1d

Decent MAGA claim for getting the Nobel Prize for literature, mind you. Outstanding contributions to FanFic…

Politico @politico.com · 1d

Trump did not get the Nobel Peace Prize.

Republicans say he was robbed.

www.politico.com

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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 1d

www.alquds.com/en/posts/196...

Times: The Gaza agreement was ready a year ago.

www.alquds.com

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The Economist @economist.com · 1d

“Countering hate speech is not about criminalising offensive opinions but about openly challenging the narratives that dehumanise entire communities,” writes the former GCHQ director in a guest essay

Rising antisemitism reflects wider social ills, says Britain’s former counter-terrorism co-ordinator

Sir David Omand on why social cohesion in the face of extremism is a security imperative

econ.st

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 1d

C.D. Jackson, the leading champion of the American Cold War propaganda programme, in conversation with Eisenhower in August 1954...

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 1d

The Hull Daily Mail. October 1936.

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 2d

There’s rarely an equivalent of this kind of thing in cricket, a sport in which t’s pretty much impossible to play badly and win (at least against decent opposition). Can think of a few really ugly rugby victories though…

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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 2d

blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-can-begin...

The Blogs: We can begin to breathe again: Initial thoughts on this morning’s developments

A quick take on the end of the war from my backchannel perspective: It could have been done long ago; Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

blogs.timesofisrael.com

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a form of nemesis on Greece for once winning a Euros playing very similarly to Scotland this evening

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 4d

Academics in the US are increasingly under threat. Mark Bray is a great scholar who has made substantial contributions to the critical study of antifascism and fascism. Threats and intimidation cannot be accepted as the new normal.