@jacqmclean.bsky.social
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Unarmed by-stander, Ahmed el Ahmed, a fruit shop owner challenged & took the gun from one of gunman in the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. He went to hospital after being shot in the leg & shoulder by another gunman. Doctors have told his family that he should be OK
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Unarmed by-stander, Ahmed el Ahmed, a fruit shop owner challenged & took the gun from one of gunman in the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. He went to hospital after being shot in the leg & shoulder by another gunman. Doctors have told his family that he should be OK
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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A man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen has been unmasked.
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen has been unmasked.
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
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Cowardice of Harry Cole - the ostensible interviewer - to not ask: "But is your position is that Badenoch or Mahmood should not be eligible to be MPs or lead a party?"
Asking the question + getting the answer would undermine his decision to interview
Instead seeks to legitimise Tomlinson+ducks it
Asking the question + getting the answer would undermine his decision to interview
Instead seeks to legitimise Tomlinson+ducks it
December 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Cowardice of Harry Cole - the ostensible interviewer - to not ask: "But is your position is that Badenoch or Mahmood should not be eligible to be MPs or lead a party?"
Asking the question + getting the answer would undermine his decision to interview
Instead seeks to legitimise Tomlinson+ducks it
Asking the question + getting the answer would undermine his decision to interview
Instead seeks to legitimise Tomlinson+ducks it
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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A deeply concerning report.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-citizenship-immigration-home-office-racist-b2882097.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-citizenship-immigration-home-office-racist-b2882097.html
Revealed: UK’s ‘racist’ system of stripping citizenship
‘Secretive’ system means citizens are not even informed they have lost their rights, says damning report
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A deeply concerning report.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-citizenship-immigration-home-office-racist-b2882097.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-citizenship-immigration-home-office-racist-b2882097.html
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Just so we're clear, one incident of alleged anti-semitism by a musician = a major national scandal that should be roundly condemned.
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Just so we're clear, one incident of alleged anti-semitism by a musician = a major national scandal that should be roundly condemned.
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
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Meanwhile Robin Ince genuinely has been cancelled for daring to voice his opinions and for defending trans people.
Where's the outrage from the "cancel culture" lot?
What are the Free Speech Union doing to help him?
Where's the outrage from the "cancel culture" lot?
What are the Free Speech Union doing to help him?
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Meanwhile Robin Ince genuinely has been cancelled for daring to voice his opinions and for defending trans people.
Where's the outrage from the "cancel culture" lot?
What are the Free Speech Union doing to help him?
Where's the outrage from the "cancel culture" lot?
What are the Free Speech Union doing to help him?
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There has been a strong reaction to the antisemitism allegations levelled at Nigel Farage - except from those you might have expected to condemn it most loudly. My piece for @jewishnews.bsky.social on a strange silence
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
JONATHAN FREEDLAND: Why Britain’s Jewish leaders are silent on Farage’s schoolyard antisemitism
While the Reform UK leader and his allies smear accusers as liars, the Board, JLC and HET remain mute, fearing the wrath of a rising politician
www.jewishnews.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
There has been a strong reaction to the antisemitism allegations levelled at Nigel Farage - except from those you might have expected to condemn it most loudly. My piece for @jewishnews.bsky.social on a strange silence
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
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On "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
On "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
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It is very difficult to think of anything Trump has done this year that does not denigrate the USA’s staunchest allies and delight their once shared enemies, most obviously Vladimir Putin. And apart perhaps from Mark Carney, Western politicians are not rising to the unprecedented challenge he poses.
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It is very difficult to think of anything Trump has done this year that does not denigrate the USA’s staunchest allies and delight their once shared enemies, most obviously Vladimir Putin. And apart perhaps from Mark Carney, Western politicians are not rising to the unprecedented challenge he poses.
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Our projection for Senedd ‘26 based on the latest @nation.cymru / Beaufort Research Poll:
➡️ Ref — 30
🌼 PC — 29
🌹 Lab — 22
🌳 Con — 8
🌱 GP — 7
If this happened, it could be wipeout for the Lib Dems and a huge moment for the Greens.
From @devolvedelections.bsky.social
➡️ Ref — 30
🌼 PC — 29
🌹 Lab — 22
🌳 Con — 8
🌱 GP — 7
If this happened, it could be wipeout for the Lib Dems and a huge moment for the Greens.
From @devolvedelections.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Our projection for Senedd ‘26 based on the latest @nation.cymru / Beaufort Research Poll:
➡️ Ref — 30
🌼 PC — 29
🌹 Lab — 22
🌳 Con — 8
🌱 GP — 7
If this happened, it could be wipeout for the Lib Dems and a huge moment for the Greens.
From @devolvedelections.bsky.social
➡️ Ref — 30
🌼 PC — 29
🌹 Lab — 22
🌳 Con — 8
🌱 GP — 7
If this happened, it could be wipeout for the Lib Dems and a huge moment for the Greens.
From @devolvedelections.bsky.social
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This entire 'issue' boils down to yet another attempt to start a moral panic over immigrants (or, in this case, a cohort of which a subgroup are the children of immigrants) integrating, from the "immigrants need to integrate" brigade. It's not a question worthy of airtime.
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This entire 'issue' boils down to yet another attempt to start a moral panic over immigrants (or, in this case, a cohort of which a subgroup are the children of immigrants) integrating, from the "immigrants need to integrate" brigade. It's not a question worthy of airtime.
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The misleading caption was on screen from 11.06pm to 11.10pm
December 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The misleading caption was on screen from 11.06pm to 11.10pm
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Put misleading caption bsck up at 11.12pm over woman saying (accurately) speaking English as a 2nd language doesn't mean you can't speak English
Bruce clarified she said primary school children but meant all school children
Nobody involves seems aware a misleading caption on screen for 8 minutes
Bruce clarified she said primary school children but meant all school children
Nobody involves seems aware a misleading caption on screen for 8 minutes
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Put misleading caption bsck up at 11.12pm over woman saying (accurately) speaking English as a 2nd language doesn't mean you can't speak English
Bruce clarified she said primary school children but meant all school children
Nobody involves seems aware a misleading caption on screen for 8 minutes
Bruce clarified she said primary school children but meant all school children
Nobody involves seems aware a misleading caption on screen for 8 minutes
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The misleading caption stayed up for 10 minutes as Stephen Flynn talked about bilingual children too
Whoever is on the captions or editorially looking overseeing it does not appear to have listened to the debate
Whoever is on the captions or editorially looking overseeing it does not appear to have listened to the debate
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The misleading caption stayed up for 10 minutes as Stephen Flynn talked about bilingual children too
Whoever is on the captions or editorially looking overseeing it does not appear to have listened to the debate
Whoever is on the captions or editorially looking overseeing it does not appear to have listened to the debate
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The first questioner on #bbcqt asks about child poverty & the lifting of the two child benefit gap. She seems to be more upset that a parent may have "coloured nails" than having to bring their children up in poverty while working. What a nasty, ill-informed view of the world.
December 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The first questioner on #bbcqt asks about child poverty & the lifting of the two child benefit gap. She seems to be more upset that a parent may have "coloured nails" than having to bring their children up in poverty while working. What a nasty, ill-informed view of the world.
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The pro-Farage framing of #bbcqt. Questioner asks: "Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?" Fiona Bruce says "have English as a second language." Caption changes the meaning entirely: "Don't speak fluent English." Shocking editorialising.
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The pro-Farage framing of #bbcqt. Questioner asks: "Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?" Fiona Bruce says "have English as a second language." Caption changes the meaning entirely: "Don't speak fluent English." Shocking editorialising.
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Nigel Farage's new strategy is to call the childhood victims of his racism liars while lashing out at any journalists who dare to report his actions.
This is just a small taster of how he would act if he ever got any power
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is just a small taster of how he would act if he ever got any power
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nigel Farage's new strategy is to call the childhood victims of his racism liars while lashing out at any journalists who dare to report his actions.
This is just a small taster of how he would act if he ever got any power
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is just a small taster of how he would act if he ever got any power
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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“If you were a member of the public, you would think that grooming gangs is the biggest threat to children in our country,” says the director of Britain's Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce
“But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
“But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
Britain Releases New Data on ‘Grooming Gangs’ and Child Sexual Abuse
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“If you were a member of the public, you would think that grooming gangs is the biggest threat to children in our country,” says the director of Britain's Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce
“But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
“But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
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On the UK-US pharmaceutical deal I'm afraid this does look like two nasty trends coming together to make a very bad agreement for the UK - namely Whitehall power to make deals with no scrutiny, and companies working with countries to coerce others. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty
More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
On the UK-US pharmaceutical deal I'm afraid this does look like two nasty trends coming together to make a very bad agreement for the UK - namely Whitehall power to make deals with no scrutiny, and companies working with countries to coerce others. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s shift away from “immigration is good but it needs to be managed” to “it is bad” is a gift to essentially everyone they compete with, because it means that they don’t have the right position to be able to attack *anyone*.
I'm sorry, but these attacks are just not going to convince Green-curious voters, because Labour is so visibly out of step with those voters' core values
This by @umakumaran.bsky.social is good - and a example of exactly how Labour should be taking on the Greens; on values, direct and on Labour territory. Taking them seriously.
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Labour’s shift away from “immigration is good but it needs to be managed” to “it is bad” is a gift to essentially everyone they compete with, because it means that they don’t have the right position to be able to attack *anyone*.
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Jackie Baillie, Mel Ward, Claire Baker, Joani Reid and Anas Sarwar all publicly backed Sandie Peggie in her employment tribunal case.
Yesterday that tribunal ruled that Peggie unlawfully harassed Beth Upton.
Scottish Labour must now apologise to Dr Upton for this catastrophic failure of judgement.
Yesterday that tribunal ruled that Peggie unlawfully harassed Beth Upton.
Scottish Labour must now apologise to Dr Upton for this catastrophic failure of judgement.
![Screenshot of a Tweet from Jackie Baillie (@jackiebmsp) on Jul 23 2025:
The SNP should focus on getting NHS waiting times down rather than wasting taxpayers’ money on tribunals attacking hardworking staff
[link to scotsman.com: Here's where the blame for NHS Fife-Sandie Peggie case really lies]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7akb7ebihkcttbrqpuautso7/bafkreih4abqenrxa4u3bgw557mawc76wzdspqdkkiynhwqoy3tpdk5cniu@jpeg)
![Screenshot of a tweet from Holyrood Sources (@HolyroodSources) on 18 Feb 2025:
EXCLUSIVE: Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie say they support nurse Sandie Peggie.
The Scottish Labour leader tells us:
"Knowing what we know now, we would not have supported the [Gender Recognition Reform] bill."
@CalumAM
@akmaciver
@geoffaberdein](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7akb7ebihkcttbrqpuautso7/bafkreiasoeizoxds6jzaerp77flfkjnvjh7lmqghveyazhsec67aud7bii@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Jackie Baillie, Mel Ward, Claire Baker, Joani Reid and Anas Sarwar all publicly backed Sandie Peggie in her employment tribunal case.
Yesterday that tribunal ruled that Peggie unlawfully harassed Beth Upton.
Scottish Labour must now apologise to Dr Upton for this catastrophic failure of judgement.
Yesterday that tribunal ruled that Peggie unlawfully harassed Beth Upton.
Scottish Labour must now apologise to Dr Upton for this catastrophic failure of judgement.
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I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
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Anyone who’s ever actually spoken to a single asylum seeker about their experiences in any country in Europe simply could not honestly conclude that what would improve things would be to further reduce their human rights protections.
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Anyone who’s ever actually spoken to a single asylum seeker about their experiences in any country in Europe simply could not honestly conclude that what would improve things would be to further reduce their human rights protections.
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
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PM Keir Starmer has written a joint piece with Danish PM, claiming that "after years of gimmicks and failed policies", the UK copying Denmark will reduce asylum claims in UK.
One counter-argument is that UK already this is in 2022 & went much harder in 2023
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
One counter-argument is that UK already this is in 2022 & went much harder in 2023
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must protect our borders to defend our democracies. Here's how
This is our strong message to our friends in Europe. Unless responsible governments reflect their citizens’ concerns, populists will win, say British PM Keir Starmer and Danish PM Mette Frederiksen
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
PM Keir Starmer has written a joint piece with Danish PM, claiming that "after years of gimmicks and failed policies", the UK copying Denmark will reduce asylum claims in UK.
One counter-argument is that UK already this is in 2022 & went much harder in 2023
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
One counter-argument is that UK already this is in 2022 & went much harder in 2023
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...