David
@davidsturt.bsky.social
This is bizarre, Russia and China are comfortable participating because they understand these bodies are for negotiations and the cannot impose on a sovereign nation. Then again, the USA left the Paris Agreement where countries put forward their own plans. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations
Experts decry move to leave UNFCCC as ‘embarrassing’ as president orders withdrawal from 66 international groups
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This is bizarre, Russia and China are comfortable participating because they understand these bodies are for negotiations and the cannot impose on a sovereign nation. Then again, the USA left the Paris Agreement where countries put forward their own plans. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is gonna prosecute me under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for saying something that is in the Uniform Code of Military Justice — It’s nonsense — What I said in November is the exact same thing Pete Hegseth said in 2016. This is about stifling people’s speech”
January 6, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is gonna prosecute me under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for saying something that is in the Uniform Code of Military Justice — It’s nonsense — What I said in November is the exact same thing Pete Hegseth said in 2016. This is about stifling people’s speech”
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🚨 Senator Mark Kelly, representing the State of Arizona, has responded to Hegseth, in brief, here.
~ 🌵AZ proud.
~ 🌵AZ proud.
January 7, 2026 at 3:35 AM
🚨 Senator Mark Kelly, representing the State of Arizona, has responded to Hegseth, in brief, here.
~ 🌵AZ proud.
~ 🌵AZ proud.
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🚨SHOCKING AND SHAMEFUL
Last night Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer - whipped against Lord Thomas's amendment to the Sentencing Bill which would have been a significant step towards ending the #IPPscandal
Last night Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer - whipped against Lord Thomas's amendment to the Sentencing Bill which would have been a significant step towards ending the #IPPscandal
🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
🚨SHOCKING AND SHAMEFUL
Last night Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer - whipped against Lord Thomas's amendment to the Sentencing Bill which would have been a significant step towards ending the #IPPscandal
Last night Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer - whipped against Lord Thomas's amendment to the Sentencing Bill which would have been a significant step towards ending the #IPPscandal
So the USA, who didn't like European colonisation and pushed hard for it to be dismantled after WW2, now has its eyes on acquiring colonies through the threat of force much as it has done in the past. I wonder what Putin makes if this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House says using US military is ‘always an option’ for acquiring Greenland
European leaders push back forcefully against US president’s desire to seek takeover of Arctic territory
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:50 AM
So the USA, who didn't like European colonisation and pushed hard for it to be dismantled after WW2, now has its eyes on acquiring colonies through the threat of force much as it has done in the past. I wonder what Putin makes if this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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“For over three hours we begged him to send the National Guard! He never did it. He took joy in not doing. He was savoring it...What he's saying today is an insult to the American people."
#GOAT
#GOAT
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
“For over three hours we begged him to send the National Guard! He never did it. He took joy in not doing. He was savoring it...What he's saying today is an insult to the American people."
#GOAT
#GOAT
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Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
January 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
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Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
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Jared Kushner has somehow found a place at Coalition of the Willing press conference with Scholz, Zelensky, Macron, Starmer and Witkoff.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
January 6, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Jared Kushner has somehow found a place at Coalition of the Willing press conference with Scholz, Zelensky, Macron, Starmer and Witkoff.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
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5 years ago, there was a bloody, lawless, and deadly attack on our nation’s Capitol. A group of criminal thugs broke out in riots and stormed our Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election at the direction of the President of the United States.
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
5 years ago, there was a bloody, lawless, and deadly attack on our nation’s Capitol. A group of criminal thugs broke out in riots and stormed our Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election at the direction of the President of the United States.
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Today the Pentagon censured Senator Mark Kelly and moved to strip part of his earned military retirement benefits for stating the truth.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Today the Pentagon censured Senator Mark Kelly and moved to strip part of his earned military retirement benefits for stating the truth.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
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Reminder: Trump is an adjudicated rapist, a convicted felon on 34 counts of fraud, and an insurrectionist.
The US doesn't care about criminality or corruption.
The US doesn't care about criminality or corruption.
January 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Reminder: Trump is an adjudicated rapist, a convicted felon on 34 counts of fraud, and an insurrectionist.
The US doesn't care about criminality or corruption.
The US doesn't care about criminality or corruption.
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“These sentences also likely breach Article 3 of the Human Rights Act which protects people from torture and degrading treatment - just think about that”
ON JANUARY 6 Keir Starmer can take a significant step towards ending this monstrous injustice. Will he take it?
ON JANUARY 6 Keir Starmer can take a significant step towards ending this monstrous injustice. Will he take it?
🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“These sentences also likely breach Article 3 of the Human Rights Act which protects people from torture and degrading treatment - just think about that”
ON JANUARY 6 Keir Starmer can take a significant step towards ending this monstrous injustice. Will he take it?
ON JANUARY 6 Keir Starmer can take a significant step towards ending this monstrous injustice. Will he take it?
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“If it’s in our national interest to have even closer alignment with the single market than we should consider that, we should go that far”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Prime Minister Keir Starmer
January 4, 2026 at 9:44 AM
“If it’s in our national interest to have even closer alignment with the single market than we should consider that, we should go that far”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Prime Minister Keir Starmer
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BREAKING: “What is becoming increasingly apparent is the falsehoods that were peddled by Nigel Farage and others at the time of the Brexit referendum…all you had to do was leave the EU & you would have £350m a week for your NHS, well it hasn’t materialised”
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
January 4, 2026 at 10:07 AM
BREAKING: “What is becoming increasingly apparent is the falsehoods that were peddled by Nigel Farage and others at the time of the Brexit referendum…all you had to do was leave the EU & you would have £350m a week for your NHS, well it hasn’t materialised”
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
Time and experience along with World events has shifted the UK from a 50/50 referendum.
Some 18% of changed their mind long ago, another 11% are no longer sure they did the right thing and as Peter Kellner has recently calculated, another 3.2 million of the 2016 Leavers have sadly died
✏️ Jonty Bloom
✏️ Jonty Bloom
Next June 23, how will you mark Brexit’s decade of decay?
No parties will accompany the 10-year anniversary of the EU referendum - but better times could lie ahead
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Time and experience along with World events has shifted the UK from a 50/50 referendum.
Legal justification for USA's actions? No, but it does pave the way for others such as China attacking Taiwan.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Is there any legal justification for the US attack on Venezuela?
International law experts expect Washington to claim self-defence – and face little serious pushback
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Legal justification for USA's actions? No, but it does pave the way for others such as China attacking Taiwan.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are... contrary to, the president’s official duties. In this country, no one... is above the law.”
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are... contrary to, the president’s official duties. In this country, no one... is above the law.”
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
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Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
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🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 AM
🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
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After years languishing on indefinite jail terms, hundreds of prisoners have experienced a deterioration in their mental health to point they need hospital care. But when they get better, many will be back where they started: in jail with no release date
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Driven to mental ill-health: The 233 IPP prisoners in secure hospitals
Exclusive: After years languishing on indefinite jail terms, hundreds of prisoners have experienced a deterioration in their mental health to the point where they need hospital care. But when they get...
www.independent.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 9:11 AM
After years languishing on indefinite jail terms, hundreds of prisoners have experienced a deterioration in their mental health to point they need hospital care. But when they get better, many will be back where they started: in jail with no release date
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
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Labour's plot to axe many jury trials is lazy, abusive & hypocritical.
Here are the REAL causes of the court backlog.
My reporter's-eye view, featuring tweets from @barristersecret.bsky.social, @joannahs.bsky.social and, of course, David Lammy.
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2569400...
Here are the REAL causes of the court backlog.
My reporter's-eye view, featuring tweets from @barristersecret.bsky.social, @joannahs.bsky.social and, of course, David Lammy.
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2569400...
What are the true causes of the court backlog? Here's our Essex court reporter's view
The Labour government wants many trials held by judges instead of juries. Echo court reporter Charles Thomson says it is a lazy, hypocritical…
www.echo-news.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Labour's plot to axe many jury trials is lazy, abusive & hypocritical.
Here are the REAL causes of the court backlog.
My reporter's-eye view, featuring tweets from @barristersecret.bsky.social, @joannahs.bsky.social and, of course, David Lammy.
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2569400...
Here are the REAL causes of the court backlog.
My reporter's-eye view, featuring tweets from @barristersecret.bsky.social, @joannahs.bsky.social and, of course, David Lammy.
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2569400...
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Empty docks, shuttered courtrooms, missing evidence - The real reasons for London’s crippling court delays
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Revealed: The real reason for London’s crippling court delays
Labour is bringing the axe down on jury trials, but people in court tell a different story of where the chronic delays come from
www.standard.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Empty docks, shuttered courtrooms, missing evidence - The real reasons for London’s crippling court delays
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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Feels like the right day to repost this brilliant tweet from @lewisgoodall.com
#Trump
#BBC
#EpsteinFiles
#CauseAndDeflect
#Trump
#BBC
#EpsteinFiles
#CauseAndDeflect
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Feels like the right day to repost this brilliant tweet from @lewisgoodall.com
#Trump
#BBC
#EpsteinFiles
#CauseAndDeflect
#Trump
#BBC
#EpsteinFiles
#CauseAndDeflect