JuneSim63 💚
@junesim63.bsky.social
Retired researcher living in Nottinghamshire, England. Native of Hull.
#Socialism #Politics #Cats #Gardening #ClassicalMusic #Environment #GreenParty
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#Socialism #Politics #Cats #Gardening #ClassicalMusic #Environment #GreenParty
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The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
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If you're wondering why Keir Starmer just launched a deliberately offensive attack on @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Green Party...
#pmqs
bsky.app/profile/mart...
#pmqs
bsky.app/profile/mart...
Extraordinary polling from @yougov.co.uk today, showing the @greenparty.org.uk in first place across all working age people
🟢Grn - 20.5%
🔴Lab - 20.3%
⚫Ref - 20.1%
🔵Con - 15.5%
baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
🟢Grn - 20.5%
🔴Lab - 20.3%
⚫Ref - 20.1%
🔵Con - 15.5%
baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
January 21, 2026 at 12:24 PM
If you're wondering why Keir Starmer just launched a deliberately offensive attack on @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Green Party...
#pmqs
bsky.app/profile/mart...
#pmqs
bsky.app/profile/mart...
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Huge congratulations to Lian and the Amber Valley Greens!
An incredibly well-deserved result, and the first Green win over Reform in a local by-election! 🎉
An incredibly well-deserved result, and the first Green win over Reform in a local by-election! 🎉
🎉 Green GAIN from Reform! 🎉
💚 Congratulations to Lian Pizzey on being elected in Horsley division on Derbyshire County Council!
💚 Congratulations to Lian Pizzey on being elected in Horsley division on Derbyshire County Council!
January 21, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Huge congratulations to Lian and the Amber Valley Greens!
An incredibly well-deserved result, and the first Green win over Reform in a local by-election! 🎉
An incredibly well-deserved result, and the first Green win over Reform in a local by-election! 🎉
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🎉 Green GAIN from Reform! 🎉
💚 Congratulations to Lian Pizzey on being elected in Horsley division on Derbyshire County Council!
💚 Congratulations to Lian Pizzey on being elected in Horsley division on Derbyshire County Council!
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 PM
🎉 Green GAIN from Reform! 🎉
💚 Congratulations to Lian Pizzey on being elected in Horsley division on Derbyshire County Council!
💚 Congratulations to Lian Pizzey on being elected in Horsley division on Derbyshire County Council!
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Labour are low in the polls and hard on the country.
Fair play to whichever special advisor has written Keir a bit of a snarky line. Maybe Keir could take that energy to Trump on the warpath or the billionaire bosses ruining this country?
Fair play to whichever special advisor has written Keir a bit of a snarky line. Maybe Keir could take that energy to Trump on the warpath or the billionaire bosses ruining this country?
January 21, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Labour are low in the polls and hard on the country.
Fair play to whichever special advisor has written Keir a bit of a snarky line. Maybe Keir could take that energy to Trump on the warpath or the billionaire bosses ruining this country?
Fair play to whichever special advisor has written Keir a bit of a snarky line. Maybe Keir could take that energy to Trump on the warpath or the billionaire bosses ruining this country?
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Important read. And note, this report was written by UK’s JIC, using available climate/environmental data. If security chiefs are worried, shouldn’t gov’ts be as well? Rather than focusing on AI implementation (hugely detrimental to the environment) and carbon neutrality (only), we should be 1/
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
January 21, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Important read. And note, this report was written by UK’s JIC, using available climate/environmental data. If security chiefs are worried, shouldn’t gov’ts be as well? Rather than focusing on AI implementation (hugely detrimental to the environment) and carbon neutrality (only), we should be 1/
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Blimey. Woman complains of bullying and sexual harassment at Moët Hennessy, gets fired and then sued for defamation by her employer.
It owns Hennessy cognac, Glenmorangie scotch, and Moët and Veuve Clicquot champagne (in case you want to know what not to buy).
It owns Hennessy cognac, Glenmorangie scotch, and Moët and Veuve Clicquot champagne (in case you want to know what not to buy).
Fired Moët Hennessy worker acquitted of defamation
Paris judge rejects ‘frivolous’ lawsuit by LVMH drinks division against woman who alleged sexual harassment
giftarticle.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Blimey. Woman complains of bullying and sexual harassment at Moët Hennessy, gets fired and then sued for defamation by her employer.
It owns Hennessy cognac, Glenmorangie scotch, and Moët and Veuve Clicquot champagne (in case you want to know what not to buy).
It owns Hennessy cognac, Glenmorangie scotch, and Moët and Veuve Clicquot champagne (in case you want to know what not to buy).
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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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World enters 'era of global water bankruptcy': UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
World enters 'era of global water bankruptcy': UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions
Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by global heating, a UN report today declared the dawn of an era of gl...
phys.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:34 AM
World enters 'era of global water bankruptcy': UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
"Whitewebbs Park in Enfield is one of the public parks currently under threat. There, a 450-year-old oak tree was brutally butchered & Spurs’ plans to develop the park involve cutting down 207 trees..& taking over most of the park for their elite private use"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Judi Dench backs campaign to protect London’s green spaces from developers
Actor says it is ‘more important than ever’ to safeguard city’s parks as report finds more than 50 are at risk
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:34 AM
"Whitewebbs Park in Enfield is one of the public parks currently under threat. There, a 450-year-old oak tree was brutally butchered & Spurs’ plans to develop the park involve cutting down 207 trees..& taking over most of the park for their elite private use"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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NATO's over – Europe must grow up now youtu.be/bJB11QDs-zc?...
NATO's over – Europe must grow up now
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 7:09 AM
NATO's over – Europe must grow up now youtu.be/bJB11QDs-zc?...
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2026 looks as if it will be a brutal year www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
2026 looks as if it will be a brutal year
As the FT notes this morning:
The governor of the Bank of England has warned there are “substantial risks” of spillovers to UK financial markets from Donald Trump’s attacks on the independence of the ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 7:35 AM
2026 looks as if it will be a brutal year www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
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London is an amazing city.
But the wealth divide is growing wider & wider with people really struggling to keep up.
I spoke to the London Standard 👇🏼
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
But the wealth divide is growing wider & wider with people really struggling to keep up.
I spoke to the London Standard 👇🏼
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Zack Polanski: Tax wealth and cut inequality to make London better city
Exclusive: Green Party leader hits out at Labour ‘attacks’ on him as parties gear up for the May local elections
www.standard.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 AM
London is an amazing city.
But the wealth divide is growing wider & wider with people really struggling to keep up.
I spoke to the London Standard 👇🏼
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
But the wealth divide is growing wider & wider with people really struggling to keep up.
I spoke to the London Standard 👇🏼
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Wondering about the Trump regime’s impact on American science? The graph below says everything
This assault will haunt U.S. science for decades.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This assault will haunt U.S. science for decades.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Wondering about the Trump regime’s impact on American science? The graph below says everything
This assault will haunt U.S. science for decades.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This assault will haunt U.S. science for decades.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Rights groups report widespread sexual violence against Palestinians in Israeli prisons flip.it/FDjhLY
Rights groups report widespread sexual violence against Palestinians in Israeli prisons
One-third of the 21 detainees who spoke to the Israeli NGO B'Tselem after their release said they had been subjected to violence, including forced undressing, blows to the genitals, and anal penetrati...
flip.it
January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Rights groups report widespread sexual violence against Palestinians in Israeli prisons flip.it/FDjhLY
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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Brazen defiance of the International Court of Justice.
A clear war crime under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
And yet another example of the complicity of Caterpillar in Israel’s relentless destruction of Palestinian property in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.
A clear war crime under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
And yet another example of the complicity of Caterpillar in Israel’s relentless destruction of Palestinian property in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.
TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
January 20, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Brazen defiance of the International Court of Justice.
A clear war crime under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
And yet another example of the complicity of Caterpillar in Israel’s relentless destruction of Palestinian property in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.
A clear war crime under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
And yet another example of the complicity of Caterpillar in Israel’s relentless destruction of Palestinian property in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.
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Even with everything else going on, this should still register as truly shocking, if not surprising. Bulldozing a UN building whose sole purpose is to distribute lifesaving food and medical aid.
What kind of regime does this?
(The question is rhetorical, I know the answer)
What kind of regime does this?
(The question is rhetorical, I know the answer)
TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
January 20, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Even with everything else going on, this should still register as truly shocking, if not surprising. Bulldozing a UN building whose sole purpose is to distribute lifesaving food and medical aid.
What kind of regime does this?
(The question is rhetorical, I know the answer)
What kind of regime does this?
(The question is rhetorical, I know the answer)
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
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A 'gotcha' without fail levelled at those of us advocating for rewilding is: "But where will our food come from if a proportion of farmland is given back to nature?"
The answer is simple: we move back towards more plant-based diets.
Good for our health, nature, and the climate.
The answer is simple: we move back towards more plant-based diets.
Good for our health, nature, and the climate.
New UCC paper shows how low beef and sheep systems are for net digestible protein per hectare: they produce protein for 2–3 people per ha, versus ~23 for milk and ~40 for legumes. That’s ~15× more digestible protein per hectare from legumes than beef.
January 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
A 'gotcha' without fail levelled at those of us advocating for rewilding is: "But where will our food come from if a proportion of farmland is given back to nature?"
The answer is simple: we move back towards more plant-based diets.
Good for our health, nature, and the climate.
The answer is simple: we move back towards more plant-based diets.
Good for our health, nature, and the climate.
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Remember; this is all about the Epstein Files.
One month after the deadline set by Congress for the Justice Department to release all files on Jeffrey Epstein, the Trump administration has made available less than 1% of the files.https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/20/trump_epstein
A Distraction from Epstein Files? Trump Ramps Up Chaos in Minnesota, Greenland & Beyond
One month after the deadline set by Congress for the Justice Department to release all files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Trump administration has made available less than 1...
www.democracynow.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Remember; this is all about the Epstein Files.
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Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' is naked colonialism.
And it's not just designed for Gaza.
It's a template for naked American theft and self-enrichment.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And it's not just designed for Gaza.
It's a template for naked American theft and self-enrichment.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump needs helpers for his appalling neocolonialist project. What else is this ‘board of peace’? | Owen Jones
Blair, Putin, Erdoğan, Orbán: the names of those invited to serve say it all. And it’s about so much more than Gaza, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' is naked colonialism.
And it's not just designed for Gaza.
It's a template for naked American theft and self-enrichment.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And it's not just designed for Gaza.
It's a template for naked American theft and self-enrichment.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A human rights NGO has filed a request for UK sanctions against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Law firm Deighton Pierce Glynn has lodged the request with the Foreign Office on behalf of the Arab Organisation for Human Rights UK.
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
Law firm Deighton Pierce Glynn has lodged the request with the Foreign Office on behalf of the Arab Organisation for Human Rights UK.
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 PM
A human rights NGO has filed a request for UK sanctions against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Law firm Deighton Pierce Glynn has lodged the request with the Foreign Office on behalf of the Arab Organisation for Human Rights UK.
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
Law firm Deighton Pierce Glynn has lodged the request with the Foreign Office on behalf of the Arab Organisation for Human Rights UK.
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
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That sound you hear is the body of the US hitting the floor after completing hegemonic suicide.
Macron: "What we need is more Chinese foreign direct investment in Europe in some key sectors to contribute to our growth."
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
That sound you hear is the body of the US hitting the floor after completing hegemonic suicide.
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks: