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'The Special Rapporteur discusses corporate entities in various sectors: arms manufacturers, tech firms, building and construction companies, extractive and service
industries, banks, pension funds, insurers, universities and charities.
industries, banks, pension funds, insurers, universities and charities.
A must read, devastating, Report by Francesca Albanese (UN Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967) on the global economic foundations of the Palestinians' genocide: THE ECONOMY OF GENOCIDE.
Please share!
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
Please share!
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
'By shedding light on the political economy of an
occupation turned genocidal, the report reveals how the forever-occupation has become
the ideal testing ground for arms manufacturers and big tech –
occupation turned genocidal, the report reveals how the forever-occupation has become
the ideal testing ground for arms manufacturers and big tech –
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Steve Reed: "As soon as the PM found out the truth he acted with integrity"
Integrity? When the govt appointed Mandelson you knew he'd stayed at Epsteins house after Epstein was convicted of child sexual abuse & you were ok with that because Mandelson was a key political ally
Integrity? When the govt appointed Mandelson you knew he'd stayed at Epsteins house after Epstein was convicted of child sexual abuse & you were ok with that because Mandelson was a key political ally
February 5, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Steve Reed: "As soon as the PM found out the truth he acted with integrity"
Integrity? When the govt appointed Mandelson you knew he'd stayed at Epsteins house after Epstein was convicted of child sexual abuse & you were ok with that because Mandelson was a key political ally
Integrity? When the govt appointed Mandelson you knew he'd stayed at Epsteins house after Epstein was convicted of child sexual abuse & you were ok with that because Mandelson was a key political ally
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"Is Morgan McSweeney safe in his job?"
Steve Reed: "Yes of course he is"
Reed is a long time political ally of both Mandelson & McSweeney, and all three of them worked together in wrecking, smearing & lying to regain control of the Labour Party.
Steve Reed: "Yes of course he is"
Reed is a long time political ally of both Mandelson & McSweeney, and all three of them worked together in wrecking, smearing & lying to regain control of the Labour Party.
February 5, 2026 at 7:52 AM
"Is Morgan McSweeney safe in his job?"
Steve Reed: "Yes of course he is"
Reed is a long time political ally of both Mandelson & McSweeney, and all three of them worked together in wrecking, smearing & lying to regain control of the Labour Party.
Steve Reed: "Yes of course he is"
Reed is a long time political ally of both Mandelson & McSweeney, and all three of them worked together in wrecking, smearing & lying to regain control of the Labour Party.
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My letter in today's Clare Champion calling out local TDs for voting against the €400 winter payment.
Full letter in alt text.
There's still time to raise this issue in your locality. I've raised it in Clare, I know someone else has submitted in Kerry. Any other counties ready to try? #spéirgorm
Full letter in alt text.
There's still time to raise this issue in your locality. I've raised it in Clare, I know someone else has submitted in Kerry. Any other counties ready to try? #spéirgorm
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
My letter in today's Clare Champion calling out local TDs for voting against the €400 winter payment.
Full letter in alt text.
There's still time to raise this issue in your locality. I've raised it in Clare, I know someone else has submitted in Kerry. Any other counties ready to try? #spéirgorm
Full letter in alt text.
There's still time to raise this issue in your locality. I've raised it in Clare, I know someone else has submitted in Kerry. Any other counties ready to try? #spéirgorm
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John McGuirk claimed in his WSJ opinion piece that George Mitchell is only referenced twice in Epstein emails, which is untrue. he's also in there under misspellings of his name, including in an email where Epstein says he's picking Mitchell and Ehud Barak up in his jet in 2013
February 5, 2026 at 10:52 AM
John McGuirk claimed in his WSJ opinion piece that George Mitchell is only referenced twice in Epstein emails, which is untrue. he's also in there under misspellings of his name, including in an email where Epstein says he's picking Mitchell and Ehud Barak up in his jet in 2013
People providing counselling services in Ireland are poorly regulated. The colleges providing counselling courses, the accreditation of course providers, the qualifications that legitimise practice require far better scrutiny and regulation.
That being said, counselling records can't be relied upon
That being said, counselling records can't be relied upon
The use of victims' counselling notes in trials for sexual offences is grotesque – yet the govt's new legislation doesn't ban the practice.
The Taoiseach says an outright ban is unconstitutional – the Social Democrats don't accept that excuse.
The govt needs to act stronger on this.
The Taoiseach says an outright ban is unconstitutional – the Social Democrats don't accept that excuse.
The govt needs to act stronger on this.
February 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM
People providing counselling services in Ireland are poorly regulated. The colleges providing counselling courses, the accreditation of course providers, the qualifications that legitimise practice require far better scrutiny and regulation.
That being said, counselling records can't be relied upon
That being said, counselling records can't be relied upon
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Famine is spreading in Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there, a global hunger monitoring group said.
Famine spreads to more towns in Sudan’s Darfur region, hunger experts say as war rages on
A global hunger monitoring group says that famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there.
bit.ly
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Famine is spreading in Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there, a global hunger monitoring group said.
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This is BS
They've done absolutely nothing in 5 years, other than leave our priceless heritage rot while mocking our history by using the site as a private car park, some of them have also ended up up in Prison in the US
To top it all the city is awash with hotel plans
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
They've done absolutely nothing in 5 years, other than leave our priceless heritage rot while mocking our history by using the site as a private car park, some of them have also ended up up in Prison in the US
To top it all the city is awash with hotel plans
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
February 5, 2026 at 11:34 AM
This is BS
They've done absolutely nothing in 5 years, other than leave our priceless heritage rot while mocking our history by using the site as a private car park, some of them have also ended up up in Prison in the US
To top it all the city is awash with hotel plans
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
They've done absolutely nothing in 5 years, other than leave our priceless heritage rot while mocking our history by using the site as a private car park, some of them have also ended up up in Prison in the US
To top it all the city is awash with hotel plans
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
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I've written about this phenomenon in my column quite a lot and spoken about it regularly on the @louisemcsharry.bsky.social podcast and if I'm being totally honest at this point I think it's being done specifically to bait me.
Today, Paul Murphy said that the Government are afraid to stand up to big tech, and Micheál Martin replied "How dare you? Who the hell do you think you are? That is a reprehensible assertion."
You can gauge how true an accusation is by how flowery they get in the language of their rebuttal.
You find the idea that you're a top-down person "repugnant"? You're not just saying it's untrue, you're calling it out as REPUGNANT?
I'm afraid that makes it an extremely accurate accusation.
You find the idea that you're a top-down person "repugnant"? You're not just saying it's untrue, you're calling it out as REPUGNANT?
I'm afraid that makes it an extremely accurate accusation.
February 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I've written about this phenomenon in my column quite a lot and spoken about it regularly on the @louisemcsharry.bsky.social podcast and if I'm being totally honest at this point I think it's being done specifically to bait me.
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Journalism on Epstein is a mess.
There are 4-5 journalists (like Julie K Brown and Tara Palmeri) who are superb. Then there are well meaning uninformed journalists who don’t understand their word vomit isn’t helping Survivors. Then there are a large glut of nothing-to-see here clowns.
There are 4-5 journalists (like Julie K Brown and Tara Palmeri) who are superb. Then there are well meaning uninformed journalists who don’t understand their word vomit isn’t helping Survivors. Then there are a large glut of nothing-to-see here clowns.
Fuck Bertie. But also fuck this trash reporting that fails to mention that Sexual Predator George Mitchell was named in court depositions (that he never challenged) as far back as 2003. He’s a scumbag. Reporting like this shames journalism. Report properly or shut up.
February 5, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Journalism on Epstein is a mess.
There are 4-5 journalists (like Julie K Brown and Tara Palmeri) who are superb. Then there are well meaning uninformed journalists who don’t understand their word vomit isn’t helping Survivors. Then there are a large glut of nothing-to-see here clowns.
There are 4-5 journalists (like Julie K Brown and Tara Palmeri) who are superb. Then there are well meaning uninformed journalists who don’t understand their word vomit isn’t helping Survivors. Then there are a large glut of nothing-to-see here clowns.
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Oh FFS
Property developers threaten to sue Irish Governmemt over not getting their own way on everything they f*cking want
This weekly 'poor developer' narrative is tiring & costly
But don't worry Tax breaks will ease their concerns, 'cos its all about the money #DerelictIreland
#speirgorm
Property developers threaten to sue Irish Governmemt over not getting their own way on everything they f*cking want
This weekly 'poor developer' narrative is tiring & costly
But don't worry Tax breaks will ease their concerns, 'cos its all about the money #DerelictIreland
#speirgorm
February 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Oh FFS
Property developers threaten to sue Irish Governmemt over not getting their own way on everything they f*cking want
This weekly 'poor developer' narrative is tiring & costly
But don't worry Tax breaks will ease their concerns, 'cos its all about the money #DerelictIreland
#speirgorm
Property developers threaten to sue Irish Governmemt over not getting their own way on everything they f*cking want
This weekly 'poor developer' narrative is tiring & costly
But don't worry Tax breaks will ease their concerns, 'cos its all about the money #DerelictIreland
#speirgorm
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When people on the Right drone on about how all of history & the way the world works is just competing interests, conflict & commerce, it strikes me how much of history you have to ignore to make that theory work. It's something only a prick who never sees what others do for them would believe.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
When people on the Right drone on about how all of history & the way the world works is just competing interests, conflict & commerce, it strikes me how much of history you have to ignore to make that theory work. It's something only a prick who never sees what others do for them would believe.
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'In November, the Oireachtas Justice Committee recommended a complete and unconditional ban on the use of counselling records in sexual offence trials.
It advised against giving a judge the power to ultimately decide if they can be used or not.'
It advised against giving a judge the power to ultimately decide if they can be used or not.'
Default position will be that victim counselling notes will not to be disclosed in trials, says justice minister jrnl.ie/6946097
Default position will mean victim counselling notes will not to be disclosed, says minister
However, a judge could rule that they are relevant to the legal proceedings.
jrnl.ie
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
'In November, the Oireachtas Justice Committee recommended a complete and unconditional ban on the use of counselling records in sexual offence trials.
It advised against giving a judge the power to ultimately decide if they can be used or not.'
It advised against giving a judge the power to ultimately decide if they can be used or not.'
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I know I shouldn't, but I actually quite enjoy watching Sir Keir Starmer's carefully inflated self-image whistle fart noises as it spins off into the rafters as he deflates. This is what comes of elevating someone of the calibre of an assistant manager at a provincial Spud-U-Like to high office.
February 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I know I shouldn't, but I actually quite enjoy watching Sir Keir Starmer's carefully inflated self-image whistle fart noises as it spins off into the rafters as he deflates. This is what comes of elevating someone of the calibre of an assistant manager at a provincial Spud-U-Like to high office.
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The media in this country is going for the Russian angle on Epstein and are silent about Israel
youtube.com/watch?v=GCnF...
youtube.com/watch?v=GCnF...
Epstein’s Darkest Secret EXPOSED
YouTube video by Double Down News
youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The media in this country is going for the Russian angle on Epstein and are silent about Israel
youtube.com/watch?v=GCnF...
youtube.com/watch?v=GCnF...
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Today, Paul Murphy said that the Government are afraid to stand up to big tech, and Micheál Martin replied "How dare you? Who the hell do you think you are? That is a reprehensible assertion."
You can gauge how true an accusation is by how flowery they get in the language of their rebuttal.
You find the idea that you're a top-down person "repugnant"? You're not just saying it's untrue, you're calling it out as REPUGNANT?
I'm afraid that makes it an extremely accurate accusation.
You find the idea that you're a top-down person "repugnant"? You're not just saying it's untrue, you're calling it out as REPUGNANT?
I'm afraid that makes it an extremely accurate accusation.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended his leadership of Fianna Fáil amid criticism from within the party over his handling of the presidential election.
"The idea that I'm some top-down person is just repugnant to me as a person. It's not my style," he said. jrnl.ie/6860148
"The idea that I'm some top-down person is just repugnant to me as a person. It's not my style," he said. jrnl.ie/6860148
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Today, Paul Murphy said that the Government are afraid to stand up to big tech, and Micheál Martin replied "How dare you? Who the hell do you think you are? That is a reprehensible assertion."
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"Rhe only reason we know any of this [about Mandelson] is because Epstein became entangled in the MAGA movement’s narrative.
"What we still aren’t asking is how similar networks of influence are operating elsewhere today."
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/release-th...
"What we still aren’t asking is how similar networks of influence are operating elsewhere today."
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/release-th...
Release the files - on Mandelson, Starmer and McSweeney
Sunlight is the only disinfectant to the corruption that's been revealed this week
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"Rhe only reason we know any of this [about Mandelson] is because Epstein became entangled in the MAGA movement’s narrative.
"What we still aren’t asking is how similar networks of influence are operating elsewhere today."
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/release-th...
"What we still aren’t asking is how similar networks of influence are operating elsewhere today."
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/release-th...
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Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill claimed he was driving at 190km/h because he was eager to facilitate a meeting with the parents of children with profound disabilities.
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
FF TD detected at 190km/h convicted of dangerous driving
Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill has been convicted of dangerous driving after a court heard he was driving at over 190km/h on a motorway last March.
www.rte.ie
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill claimed he was driving at 190km/h because he was eager to facilitate a meeting with the parents of children with profound disabilities.
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
'When I got older, I proposed a sociology paper on the word and was refused by my supervisor on the grounds that it would be ‘biased’. He said he would only accept it as a topic if it gave equal time to the male equivalent, which he informed me was the word ‘stud’. I did not write the paper.'
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February 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
'When I got older, I proposed a sociology paper on the word and was refused by my supervisor on the grounds that it would be ‘biased’. He said he would only accept it as a topic if it gave equal time to the male equivalent, which he informed me was the word ‘stud’. I did not write the paper.'
QAnon's 'core belief is that a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic child molesters in league with the deep state is operating a global child sex trafficking ring and that Donald Trump is secretly leading the fight against them.'
Wikipedia
Ok. Take out the more lurid bits and reposition Trump...
Wikipedia
Ok. Take out the more lurid bits and reposition Trump...
February 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
QAnon's 'core belief is that a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic child molesters in league with the deep state is operating a global child sex trafficking ring and that Donald Trump is secretly leading the fight against them.'
Wikipedia
Ok. Take out the more lurid bits and reposition Trump...
Wikipedia
Ok. Take out the more lurid bits and reposition Trump...
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In and around Deputy Fitzmaurice blowing a gasket live on-air, I did manage to squeeze in a few points relating to #flooding and nature-based solutions last night.
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
In and around Deputy Fitzmaurice blowing a gasket live on-air, I did manage to squeeze in a few points relating to #flooding and nature-based solutions last night.
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If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge
Starmer and the media need convictions to justify Palestine Action's proscription as a terrorist group. Rajiv Menon KC spells out to the jury why it is a vital last defence against government tyranny
jonathancook.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
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Some interesting reporting in the New Statesman. There was a shortlist of four to be UK Ambassador to the US. Starmer favoured George Osborne. It was Morgan McSweeney who pushed for Mandelson.
The Mandelson affair: inside the scandal of a century
Mandelson's fall from grace reveals a very Labour weakness
www.newstatesman.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Some interesting reporting in the New Statesman. There was a shortlist of four to be UK Ambassador to the US. Starmer favoured George Osborne. It was Morgan McSweeney who pushed for Mandelson.