James
@djimsta.bsky.social
Londoner who's spent his life building timber framed homes in the countryside, so best of both worlds.
On the flip side.
Absolutely horrified that my government are participating in a genocide and the only reason is profit, can't wait for the reckoning 🇵🇸
On the flip side.
Absolutely horrified that my government are participating in a genocide and the only reason is profit, can't wait for the reckoning 🇵🇸
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The film reminded us that the government's proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was done at the behest of Elbit Systems - the Israeli arms firm making killer drones for use in Gaza - that Palestine Action was chiefly targeting
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
Ch4 doc shows Starmer's ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry
Palestine Action wasn’t banned because it’s a terrorist organisation. It was banned because large corporations, like the Elbit weapons firm, have captured the UK government
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:47 AM
The film reminded us that the government's proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was done at the behest of Elbit Systems - the Israeli arms firm making killer drones for use in Gaza - that Palestine Action was chiefly targeting
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
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Still, he continues to occupy his post…
February 11, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Still, he continues to occupy his post…
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‘The Trump administration has told consular officers not to issue visas to applicants who have worked on fact-checking, combating misinformation, online safety or content moderation – activities it characterises as “censorship”.’
By @jameeljaffer.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
By @jameeljaffer.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jameel Jaffer · Thought Control
Ideological exclusion at the border seems anachronistic now, when all human knowledge is accessible online, video-...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
‘The Trump administration has told consular officers not to issue visas to applicants who have worked on fact-checking, combating misinformation, online safety or content moderation – activities it characterises as “censorship”.’
By @jameeljaffer.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
By @jameeljaffer.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
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The man who attempted a coup and failed now wants to force a country under occupation to hold illegal, unfair elections while it is being bombed.
Nothing is too low for Trump.
Hell is not bad enough for him
Nothing is too low for Trump.
Hell is not bad enough for him
February 11, 2026 at 7:25 AM
The man who attempted a coup and failed now wants to force a country under occupation to hold illegal, unfair elections while it is being bombed.
Nothing is too low for Trump.
Hell is not bad enough for him
Nothing is too low for Trump.
Hell is not bad enough for him
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Starmer then: I've made the disciplinary procedure completely independent from me as leader
Starmer now: I kicked Jeremy Corbyn out of the party
Starmer now: I kicked Jeremy Corbyn out of the party
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Starmer then: I've made the disciplinary procedure completely independent from me as leader
Starmer now: I kicked Jeremy Corbyn out of the party
Starmer now: I kicked Jeremy Corbyn out of the party
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Lord Walney: "The UK is a friend of Israel"
Matt Shea: "Is being a friend of Israel the right position to have given the mass slaughter of civilians that has been going on in Gaza?"
"Well, what you say on that is highly contested"
Lord Walney is a genocide apologist.
Matt Shea: "Is being a friend of Israel the right position to have given the mass slaughter of civilians that has been going on in Gaza?"
"Well, what you say on that is highly contested"
Lord Walney is a genocide apologist.
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Lord Walney: "The UK is a friend of Israel"
Matt Shea: "Is being a friend of Israel the right position to have given the mass slaughter of civilians that has been going on in Gaza?"
"Well, what you say on that is highly contested"
Lord Walney is a genocide apologist.
Matt Shea: "Is being a friend of Israel the right position to have given the mass slaughter of civilians that has been going on in Gaza?"
"Well, what you say on that is highly contested"
Lord Walney is a genocide apologist.
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The Prime Minister says he changed the Labour Party.
He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war.
Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.
He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war.
Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The Prime Minister says he changed the Labour Party.
He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war.
Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.
He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war.
Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.
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A United Nations independent commission of inquiry has concluded that the president of Israel incited genocide in Gaza.
The president is currently on a state visit to Australia.
The president is currently on a state visit to Australia.
February 11, 2026 at 8:24 AM
A United Nations independent commission of inquiry has concluded that the president of Israel incited genocide in Gaza.
The president is currently on a state visit to Australia.
The president is currently on a state visit to Australia.
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To be clear they approached the debating society.
Who does thar?
I'll tell you - people who are deliberately engineering controversy in the hope that it will get talked about on talk radio stations and GB News
Who does thar?
I'll tell you - people who are deliberately engineering controversy in the hope that it will get talked about on talk radio stations and GB News
Reform UK approached Bangor University to ask whether Sarah Pochin (Reform MP) could come to debate. They said no, and this is the response they get
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 AM
To be clear they approached the debating society.
Who does thar?
I'll tell you - people who are deliberately engineering controversy in the hope that it will get talked about on talk radio stations and GB News
Who does thar?
I'll tell you - people who are deliberately engineering controversy in the hope that it will get talked about on talk radio stations and GB News
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A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
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Not been aware of this “uproar” anywhere but here. Either on the news or in broadsheet media. And there should be uproar. Because, in a nutshell, it tells you why Reform - in their infantile, idiotic, vengeful inadequacy - are so ragingly unfit for office.
nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
Uproar as Reform policy chief threatens to defund Welsh university
Martin Shipton Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf launched a culture war in Wales by threatening to withhold funding from Bangor University after its student debating society refused to host two lea...
nation.cymru
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Not been aware of this “uproar” anywhere but here. Either on the news or in broadsheet media. And there should be uproar. Because, in a nutshell, it tells you why Reform - in their infantile, idiotic, vengeful inadequacy - are so ragingly unfit for office.
nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
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"You're anti zionist?"
"Yes sure"
"You're anti zionist"
The interviewer expressing shock, a sign of how successful weaponising antisemitism to supress criticism of Israel has been. A reminder that in 1975 the UN passed a resolution stating "zionism is a form of racism"
"Yes sure"
"You're anti zionist"
The interviewer expressing shock, a sign of how successful weaponising antisemitism to supress criticism of Israel has been. A reminder that in 1975 the UN passed a resolution stating "zionism is a form of racism"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
"You're anti zionist?"
"Yes sure"
"You're anti zionist"
The interviewer expressing shock, a sign of how successful weaponising antisemitism to supress criticism of Israel has been. A reminder that in 1975 the UN passed a resolution stating "zionism is a form of racism"
"Yes sure"
"You're anti zionist"
The interviewer expressing shock, a sign of how successful weaponising antisemitism to supress criticism of Israel has been. A reminder that in 1975 the UN passed a resolution stating "zionism is a form of racism"
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AOC on Trump’s oil embargo of Cuba: “What has transpired is that now it’s kind of become acceptable that the entire Western world will look the other way as they starve & deprive a people because they find political actors or political regimes in that country to be objectionable”
February 10, 2026 at 10:43 PM
AOC on Trump’s oil embargo of Cuba: “What has transpired is that now it’s kind of become acceptable that the entire Western world will look the other way as they starve & deprive a people because they find political actors or political regimes in that country to be objectionable”
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The so-called "pro-life," "pro-family" party is perfectly fine with an 18-month-old child almost dying because of the deplorable conditions at this detention center. Hello?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/toddler-hospitalized-dilley-ice-detention-rcna257912
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/toddler-hospitalized-dilley-ice-detention-rcna257912
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress,
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The so-called "pro-life," "pro-family" party is perfectly fine with an 18-month-old child almost dying because of the deplorable conditions at this detention center. Hello?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/toddler-hospitalized-dilley-ice-detention-rcna257912
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/toddler-hospitalized-dilley-ice-detention-rcna257912
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Channel 4's 'Palestine Action, The Truth behind the ban' reveals that despite all the things the govt claimed & implied about PA (Iranian backed, violent, secret intel etc), the real reason they proscribed the group as terrorists was because PA was damaging property. Thats it.
February 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Channel 4's 'Palestine Action, The Truth behind the ban' reveals that despite all the things the govt claimed & implied about PA (Iranian backed, violent, secret intel etc), the real reason they proscribed the group as terrorists was because PA was damaging property. Thats it.
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Another video shown to the jury at the Filton 6 trial showing the police and Elbit security guard’s extreme violence and brutality. In this one Ellie Kamio is tasered by police.
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Another video shown to the jury at the Filton 6 trial showing the police and Elbit security guard’s extreme violence and brutality. In this one Ellie Kamio is tasered by police.
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Robert Jenrick is lying.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Robert Jenrick is lying.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
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Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency.
She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency.
She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury: "[Ghislaine Maxwell] used this opportunity to not only campaign for clemency as she has been doing but also to send a direct message…to POTUS that her silence can be bought through clemency."
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Rep. Melanie Stansbury: "[Ghislaine Maxwell] used this opportunity to not only campaign for clemency as she has been doing but also to send a direct message…to POTUS that her silence can be bought through clemency."
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It's only if your worldview - like that of grooming gangs - is that girls from poorer families are just disposable playthings for the rich that this is all a hilarious joke.
'If you're not in the Epstein files, it just means you were a bit of a loser,' claims Andrew's ex-girlfriend Lady Victoria Hervey | LBC
The ex-girlfriend of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has defended her former flame by saying anyone
www.lbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
It's only if your worldview - like that of grooming gangs - is that girls from poorer families are just disposable playthings for the rich that this is all a hilarious joke.
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UK trains, including in Scotland, are all rented.
It is the most profitable part of the rail network and was privatised in 1993-1997.
Now we rent £9bn worth of trains which last for 25 years, for £3bn a year.
It is the worst deal ever.
It is the most profitable part of the rail network and was privatised in 1993-1997.
Now we rent £9bn worth of trains which last for 25 years, for £3bn a year.
It is the worst deal ever.
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
UK trains, including in Scotland, are all rented.
It is the most profitable part of the rail network and was privatised in 1993-1997.
Now we rent £9bn worth of trains which last for 25 years, for £3bn a year.
It is the worst deal ever.
It is the most profitable part of the rail network and was privatised in 1993-1997.
Now we rent £9bn worth of trains which last for 25 years, for £3bn a year.
It is the worst deal ever.
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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Baroness Smith says Mandelson should repay any cash he got for being sacked
As an MP many years ago Smith listed her sisters London house as her main home, allowing her to claim over £116,000 in allowances for her actual family home. What did you do with that cash, Jacqui?
As an MP many years ago Smith listed her sisters London house as her main home, allowing her to claim over £116,000 in allowances for her actual family home. What did you do with that cash, Jacqui?
February 9, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Baroness Smith says Mandelson should repay any cash he got for being sacked
As an MP many years ago Smith listed her sisters London house as her main home, allowing her to claim over £116,000 in allowances for her actual family home. What did you do with that cash, Jacqui?
As an MP many years ago Smith listed her sisters London house as her main home, allowing her to claim over £116,000 in allowances for her actual family home. What did you do with that cash, Jacqui?
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In 1 week Farage's company:
broke electoral law;
had Reform UK mentioned in the Epstein files;
had people exposed as fronts for foreign donors money laundering;
misled about £40m council savings they didn’t make -
Vote Reform and get American paedos and foreign oligarchs crashing your life.
broke electoral law;
had Reform UK mentioned in the Epstein files;
had people exposed as fronts for foreign donors money laundering;
misled about £40m council savings they didn’t make -
Vote Reform and get American paedos and foreign oligarchs crashing your life.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM
In 1 week Farage's company:
broke electoral law;
had Reform UK mentioned in the Epstein files;
had people exposed as fronts for foreign donors money laundering;
misled about £40m council savings they didn’t make -
Vote Reform and get American paedos and foreign oligarchs crashing your life.
broke electoral law;
had Reform UK mentioned in the Epstein files;
had people exposed as fronts for foreign donors money laundering;
misled about £40m council savings they didn’t make -
Vote Reform and get American paedos and foreign oligarchs crashing your life.