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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 22d

Amnesty — “The Government must now stop indulging in genocide denial. It must urgently fulfil its legal and moral responsibility by taking immediate, decisive steps to prevent and punish genocide.”

www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

UK government must ‘prevent and punish’ Israel’s genocide following UN’s Gaza report

The Government must now stop indulging in genocide denial’

www.amnesty.org.uk

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · 23d

Like pub quizzes, want to support refugees and asylum seekers? Come to the fabulous Old Queens Head pub in Islington tomorrow night. Get your tickets now before they sell out. Help raise funds for @care4calais.org football activities.
www.peoplesfundraising.com/event/care-4...

Event - Care 4 Calais Football Pub Quiz

Event - Love pub quizzes and want to support refugees? Come along to the Old Queens Head on 17 September. Come and test your general knowledge and have fun in one of London's finest pubs and raise fun...

www.peoplesfundraising.com

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Sep 5

On the same day in the Telegraph:

The Telegraph

Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement

Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty

Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence

[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]

Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent

29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph

Money > Property > Second homes

How to avoid tax on your second home

From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net

[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]

Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer

29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Aug 26

As someone who volunteers every week for
@care4calais.org with asylum seekers & refugees, I wanted to share a message that counters the hate and reveals the reality behind the headlines. Read more here metro.co.uk/2025/08/26/v.

metro.co.uk

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Aug 9

Exceptional, complex layered article on the legacy of the war in Sudan where 14 million people have been displaced, more than in Ukraine and Gaza combined. @theatlantic.com by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social with powerful photos from @lynseyaddario.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth

Sudan’s devastating civil war shows what will replace the liberal order: anarchy and greed.

www.theatlantic.com

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Aug 8

Searing interview with Dr Khamis Elessi from Gaza City on BBC Radio 4 WATO on the horrific conditions in Gaza and vulnerable people being treated like cattle. He urges David Lammy and Keir Starmer to stick by their words and act before it is too late. Hope they were listening.

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Aug 4

Tragic that offenders featured in tonight's BBC Panorama - Why I joined a Riot - cannot see asylum seekers as human beings. One even asked if wanting them dead is racist???? The media and politicians have a lot to answer for. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Panorama - Why I Joined a Riot

A year on from the riots that followed the Southport attack of July 2024, Darragh MacIntyre talks to those who took part about how they account for their actions.

www.bbc.co.uk

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · May 10

As the far right gains ground in the UK, one East London football club is standing firm. At @claptoncfc.co.uk refugees find not just a team — but hope, solidarity, and resistance. ⚽✊
open.substack.com/pub/louloulo...
#RefugeesWelcome #NoPasaran #GrassrootsFootball #ClaptonCFC

Football, refugees and belonging

¡No pasaran! Clapton CFC's anti-fascist stance amidst rising far right hostility

open.substack.com

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · May 6

Current tense negotiations between the IMF and Kenya highlight the failure of the global economic system and why it needs to change says Janet Ngombalu of @christianaiduk.bsky.social in @ipsnews.net and allafrica.com/stories/2025...

Kenya: Uncertainty Looms for Kenya Following Tense IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings

Reflecting on this year's IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, one word lingers in my mind: uncertainty. The shifting global geopolitical landscape loomed large--none more so than the US administration's i...

allafrica.com

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · May 3

The worst possible reaction. It’ve vicious, nasty, and certain to fail.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · May 3

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.

Starmer Plots Harder Line on Migration to Counter Farage Threat

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.

bloom.bg

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · May 3

Hello, a friend's brother died recently, aged 43. They were very close so he is understandably very upset. He is also very distressed as he is unable to support his parents to pay for the funeral. Grateful for any help you could give, either to donate or share www.gofundme.com/f/help-fund-...

Donate to Help fund the funeral costs of a friend's brother, organized by Louise Orton

Hello, Aristide, one of the footballers I volunteer from the Ivory Coas… Louise Orton needs your support for Help fund the funeral costs of a friend's brother

www.gofundme.com

louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Apr 24

As the US calls the World Bank to invest more in fossil fuels, Ghana's experience serves as a stark warning

SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · Apr 24

Ghana was promised affordable energy...
It's now locked into crippling debt and fossil fuel dependency 🚨

New report by SOMO and ActionAid Ghana reveals how disastrous projects backed by the World Bank have prioritised corporate profits while draining public funds ⤵️

www.somo.nl/gaslighting-...

Gaslighting Ghana - SOMO

How World Bank-backed projects drive crippling energy debt and fossil fuel dependency in Ghana While the World Bank touts its climate credentials on the global stage this week, its legacy in Ghana is ...

www.somo.nl

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · Apr 14

As the conflict in Sudan enters its third year, leaders gathering in London this week should urgently work to protect civilians and guarantee safe, unfettered aid provision.

Sudan: After 2 Years of War, Global Action Needed

Leaders gathering in London on April 15, 2025, should urgently work to protect civilians and guarantee safe, unfettered aid provision as the conflict in Sudan enters its third year.

www.hrw.org

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Apr 14

David Lammy. Again just words. Useless without action. Stop all arms exports to Israel, call a genocide a genocide, fully support ICC & ICJ in investigating Israeli war crimes, suspend trade agreements with Israel. Reevaluate your diplomatic stance with Israel. NO more empty words.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Apr 13

"These deplorable attacks must end."

UK FM David Lammy says Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s hospitals have “comprehensively degraded access to healthcare” in the enclave after Israel attacked al-Ahli Hospital and rendered it out of service.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ko5en3

louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Mar 31

On Transgender Day of Visibility I am sharing this film I worked on with Oscar Sharples from Transilience & the incredible young people they work with for the Young Gamechangers Fund (Restless Development, Global Fund for Children) supported by the Co-op Foundation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4x-...

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Mar 31

Gaza's Eid marred by Israeli massacres of children and expulsion orders - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gazas-eid-marked-israeli-massacres-children-and-expulsion-orders

Gaza's Eid marred by Israeli massacres of children and expulsion orders

Bombs rained down on Palestinians as excited children prepared to celebrate the holiday, marking one of the deadliest days since the bombing resumed

www.middleeasteye.net

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Mark Dummett @markdummett.bsky.social · Mar 7

Great explainer (nice photos of the king too). The trial finished today - awaiting the judge's rulings.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Nigerian king faces Shell in London high court over decades of oil spills

King Okpabi, ruler of Ogale, says Shell has caused chronic pollution, while oil firm argues it is not responsible

www.theguardian.com

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Mar 3

Have a ticket for this important sold-out event tonight at the Frontline Club but can no longer go. Anyone interested? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc... #HumanRights

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 3

Middle East crisis live: Israel accused of using ‘food as weapon of war’ in aid blockade on Gaza

Egypt and Qatar condemn Israel’s decision to block goods and supplies from entering Gaza, saying it violates the ceasefire deal Welcome to our live coverage of the latest developments in the Middle East as Israel is widely condemned for blocking the…

www.theguardian.com

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Mar 3

Powerful speeches after No Other Land deservedly wins Best Documentary at the Oscars. It's an incredible doc. Great that people in the UK can watch it on TV here www.channel4.com/programmes/n...

louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Mar 2

Prime minister Keir starmer says @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social priority is lasting peace but is it really? Isn’t it securing minerals from Ukraine? #BBCLauraK

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Feb 28

Trump and Vance’s shameful behavior has embarrassed their country. President Zelenskyy is a hero. He should have been treated as such

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Feb 28

Jeez. This is absolutely appalling & shameful from Trump and Vance. President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous ACTUAL dictator called Vladimir Putin

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Feb 28

Repulsive.
And of course Z started out by saying thank you twice.

Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · Feb 28

VP Vance to President Zelenskyy: Have you said thank you once?

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Feb 28

As you watch Trump berate and put his hand on Zelenskyy just ask yourself one simple question: could you ever imagine him speaking to Putin like this?

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Feb 28

BREAKING: There has just been a huge argument between Zelenskyy, Trump & Vance in the Oval Office.

Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.

Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.

This is unbelievable.

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louiseorton.bsky.social @louiseorton.bsky.social · Feb 28

Just punched the table listening to @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social am so angry. Who the hell does he think he is? He made Zelensky tough? What a load of rubbish. What a total narcisist, bully, idiot and worse. A joke of a President. This is just too much.