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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 1d

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We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 2d

Next Wednesday I will be speaking about the Drax of Drax Hall book to members of the British Association for Local History (BALH) online at 7.30pm. www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-d...

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2d

Britain ran entirely on clean energy for 87 hours this year – a fiftyfold rise since 2021. Proof that progress is real, even if there’s a long road to 2030’s clean-power target.

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@carbonbrief.org - with thanks.

Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far

Clean-energy sources have powered Great Britain entirely for a record 87 hours this year — a milestone toward 2030 targets

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 2d

Bob Vylan Glastonbury complaints upheld: here’s what viewers complain to Ofcom and the BBC about most
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Bob Vylan Glastonbury complaints upheld: here’s what viewers complain to Ofcom and the BBC about most

The vast majority of audience complaints are not upheld by the BBC or by Ofcom.

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 3d

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US bank firm to invest up to £350million in Bournemouth 'campus and community'

A UNITED STATES bank firm is set to invest up to £350 million in modernising and expanding its Bournemouth campus.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 3d

Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian refugee, wins Nobel prize in chemistry - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/omar-yaghi-palestinian-refugee-wins-nobel-prize-chemistry

Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian refugee, wins Nobel prize in chemistry

The scientist was born and raised in a single room he shared with his family and cattle in a refugee camp in Amman

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 3d

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 3d

Went to see the extraordinary Dakhabrakha - Ukraniain band. They are based in tradition but are nothing quite like anything I have heard before. Sold out with an estatic Ukrainian audience. Amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1km...

Alambari

YouTube video by DakhaBrakha - Topic

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 4d

Define fool in the case.

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Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · 5d

Join us on 13 Oct at Barts North Wing, London to hear from expert speakers about the Windrush generation’s significant contributions to the NHS. #BlackHistoryMonth

This event is held in partnership with Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, Barts Heritage, & Culture Mile BID.

Book here: bit.ly/48fzzQQ

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 4d

“I was beaten from the moment we entered the port until the very end,” said Saverio Tommasi, an Italian journalist. “Blows to my back, blows to my head – and they [the Israeli soldiers] laughed, laughed at all of it. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention

Some of those held say guns were pointed at them, they were threatened with dogs and deprived of sleep

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 4d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 4d

I don't think Robert Jenrick realises that the people clapping along to him when he talks about Handsworth would clap along if he said the same about Stamford Hill. I'd hope that would give him pause for thought.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4d

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal.

China & India lead the race for renewable energy.

The US increased reliance on fossil fuels.

With corporate donations Trump wants more fossil fuels. Farage and Tories promising the same. Banks pouring money.

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 4d

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Tommy Robinson speaks out for Israel | The Jerusalem Post

"I've never had any financial benefit from Israel," he said, confirming that he will not be paid for his upcoming trip to Israel following a personal invite from Minister Amichai Chikli.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5d

Up to 5,000 Cuban fighters are actively participating in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing an internal US State Department cable

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 6d

*gasp*

“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent.

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 6d

PL's tune of the day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6ph...

De La Soul - Fanatic of the B Word (Official Audio) ft. Dres

YouTube video by WeAreDeLaSoul

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 10d

PL's tune of the day: www.facebook.com/reel/2016522...

233K views · 9.9K reactions | #NowPlaying Bitches Brew What's your favorite track from the album? (🎥 via TikTok: @m_simionovschi) | Miles Davis

#NowPlaying Bitches Brew What's your favorite track from the album? (🎥 via TikTok: @m_simionovschi).

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 11d

'This brilliant book', what a lovely compliment for my book Drax of Drax Hall. My thanks to Dorset Magazine for their review, which is just out. The reviewer also says the book "tells the story in away that's more matter of fact than judgmental." Praise indeed.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11d

Israeli soldiers were filmed detaining two Palestinian children in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, while demanding to know their father’s whereabouts.

When a passerby intervened and urged their release because of their young age, a soldier replied, “I don’t care”.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 11d

New from me: a *free* short version of my Political Quarterly piece on universities... The issue is settled now: the massified and accessible Higher Education system we have spent tens of billions building since the 1970s is coming to an end. (1/2)
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Where now for Britain’s Universities?

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 11d

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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 11d

PL: Boris Johnson and Gavin Williamson seemed to have screwed up badly. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’

Inquiry hears of children exposed to pornography and suffering ‘grievous’ harm without protection of schools

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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 12d

And we're underway!

Great to be at Labour Conference this year partnering with @spotlightcorruption.org and @moreincommonuk.bsky.social for our event on how big money and foreign interference skews our democracy.

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