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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 14d

Reactions to 'Britcard'

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 14d

Brian Feeney on unionism's antipathy towards equality:

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 17d

Spot on from @tcollins.bsky.social

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 17d

Superiority complex

(from Irish News)

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 19d

Free Marwan Barghouti (from Observer)

Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 23d

"On incitement to genocide, the Commission concludes that Israeli President Isaac Herzog, PM Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have incited the commission of genocide and that Israeli authorities have failed to take action against them to punish this"

Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 23d

"The Commission therefore concludes that the State of Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza as a group, namely for the acts enumerated under articles II(a)-(d) of the Genocide Convention"

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 23d

"The Commission finds that Israeli security forces have perpetrated sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians in Gaza since 7 October 2023, including rape, sexualised torture and other forms of sexual violence."

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 23d

UN Commission: "Far from enabling & ensuring the provision of aid, the Israeli security forces have continued to prevent the entry of all humanitarian assistance to Gaza & to target humanitarian aid convoys and aid workers inside Gaza, in flagrant disregard of the ICJ’s orders."

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 23d

UN Commission: "the widespread and systematic targeting of children is part of a strategy to destroy the biological continuity and future existence of the Palestinian group in Gaza, thus part of the intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza."

UN Human Rights Office

Global update by UN Human Rights Chief Volker TürkRead the story

https://ohchr.org/sites/default/…

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 23d

UN Commission: "The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza."

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 24d

UN Commission: "The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza."
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza - UN commission

An independent UN commission has concluded that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

www.rte.ie

Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 24d

'High level' UN Gen Assembly meetings begin next Monday (22 Sept). Int human rights lawyer and former UN official @CraigMokhiber argues that genocide in Palestine can be stopped using the Uniting for Peace mechanism to bypass any Security Council veto: mondoweiss.net/2025/08/how-...

How the UN could act today to stop the genocide in Palestine

As a key deadline approaches in the United Nations General Assembly, a little-used UN mechanism, immune from the US veto, could bring military protection to the Palestinian people - if we demand it.

mondoweiss.net

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 25d

"I was shouting ‘down with Balfour’,” says the wealthy industrialist, referring to the 1917 Balfour declaration, a promise by the British government to Zionists to help them establish a Jewish homeland on the land where Israel now stands.
“And then they shot me.”

Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 28d

English right attack Good Friday Agreement

Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 29d

"It’s not really that difficult to get your head around why people in Derry would be opposed to the British armed forces peddling their wares at a jobs fair."

Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Hilary Benn, like all British secretaries, is captive to the advice and control of Britain’s intelligence services. In effect, no matter what his initial intentions were, he has been nobbled." Mark Thompson - essential reading on legacy

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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · Sep 7

Oh look, it’s this gobshite again. 💀

Here’s another take down / explainer ✍🏼💭

#Spéirghorm #IrishPolitics #NigelFarage #ReformUK
#Britain #Brexit

🔗 shorturl.at/CABxT

Why Nigel Farage Can’t Just “Remove” Human Rights from the Good Friday Agreement

When the Reform UK leader casually suggests renegotiating Ireland’s peace agreement, he reveals a dangerous misunderstanding of how…

shorturl.at

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Black applicants are more than twice as likely to be denied a US mortgage as white counterparts declaring the same incomes, according to a Financial Times analysis of public data that shows people of colour still face hurdles to home ownership despite laws aimed at ending such disparities."

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · Sep 5

Kitty O'Brien: "The video of me being beaten went viral because I’m white, but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab and other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past two years.”

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · Sep 4

A bake sale for Palestine down the N'Ards Road has pulled out of East Belfast because of threats 🙃🙃🙃

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · Sep 4

Carbon capture set to be less useful in tackling climate change, scientists warn. British govt has committed £21.7bn to this initially, which will become £264bn by 2050. on.ft.com/3V0vrwe

Carbon capture set to be less useful in tackling climate change, scientists warn

CO₂ stored underground will be at risk of leaking back into the atmosphere, study finds

on.ft.com

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sumud flotilla: 'All eyes must remain on Gaza'. (Irish Times letter)

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ex-EU officials recommend: "Prohibiting data centres and platforms based in Europe from receiving, storing or treating data originating from Israeli government or commercial sources relating to the Israeli government’s presence and activities in Gaza and elsewhere in the occupied territories.”

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · Sep 1

An important update from Francesca Albanese, special UN Rapporteur on Palestine.

The flotilla fully complies with International Law. Any attempt to violate the flotilla’s mission is a violation of International Law which @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu has said she will uphold.

Empty words, Ursula?

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