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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 11h

These are the names and faces of the 254 Journalists Killed in Gaza by Israel.

They were Silenced for Exposing Israel's Crimes.

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Ryan Rozbiani on X: "These are the names and faces of the 254 Journalists Killed in Gaza They were Silenced for Exposing Israel's Crimes https://t.co/LzZ59ixNiG" / X

These are the names and faces of the 254 Journalists Killed in Gaza They were Silenced for Exposing Israel's Crimes https://t.co/LzZ59ixNiG

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 12h

Labour’s Tony Blair met with Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 Downing Street when PM, after lobbying by Lord Mandelson.
A memo written by senior civil servant Matthew Rycroft on 14 May 2002, briefed Blair about Epstein who is described as a "super-rich financial adviser”

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Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister

The ex-PM confirms he met Epstein in 2002, six years before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 14h

@Channel4News broadcast a curtailed & disjointed interview with John Swinney. Because the FM intervened to get Scotch whisky tariffs reduced, C4 accuses him of ‘cosying up to Trump’. Funnily enough this was never a Q for Starmer or King Charles.
A special smear reserved for SNP.

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 15h

Palestinians are returning en masse to the rubble where once they had homes. Israel has relentlessly bombed these resilient people for 2 years. They’ve lost everything: limbs, children, relations, homes, hospitals, schools. And many more of their dead relatives lie under the scorched earth.

Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 16h

Starmer is an odd one, who is he?
A former ‘civil rights lawyer’ we are told, who doesn’t have a moral compass. He came to power on a left-wing agenda & is now one of the most right-wing PMs the UK has ever had. As Blair attacked Iraq on a lie, Starmer has supported Genocide in Gaza.

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Val Quigley @indyval.bsky.social · 27d

It’s no longer a question of whether Scotland should risk the uncertainties of independence, but rather should we risk the ugly and authoritarian certainty of a far right English nationalist Westminster.
Wee Ginger Dug

jacquij.bsky.social @jacquij.bsky.social · 27d

Brilliant piece outlining the dangers we face from the English unwritten constitution and a PM with no moral compass

weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 27d

My latest blog piece, the moral isolationism of Starmer in the face of the far right. It’s no longer a question of if Scotland should risk the uncertainties of independence, but should we risk the ugly certainty of a far right English nationalist UK.

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 2d

Michael Heseltine warns that Europe cannot rely on America to defend it. NATO needs stronger European leadership to face Putin’s aggression.

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 23h

The future lies in cooperation & collaboration not competition fuelled by testosterone.

European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 2d

The numbers are clear. Most Britons now believe leaving Europe was a mistake. The next generation knows our future lies in cooperation, not isolation.

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 2d

The numbers are clear. Most Britons now believe leaving Europe was a mistake. The next generation knows our future lies in cooperation, not isolation.

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 23h

Labour say we need ‘change’ by that they mean a more autocratic, divided country with fewer rights & low wages. What the UK actually needs is a revolution - becasue just about everything is broken. Hopefully a peaceful one. But Labour are part of the problem, not the solution & ditto Tories & Reform

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 1d

‘Two state solution only sustainable option’ – former Israeli PM

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‘Two state solution only sustainable option’ – former Israeli PM

We spoke to former Israeli Prime Minister and IDF Chief of Staff, Ehud Barak. He is one of around 600 retired Israeli officials who sent an open letter to Donald Trump in August requesting he put pres...

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 1d

The full devastation and humanitarian suffering of Gaza explained

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The full devastation and humanitarian suffering of Gaza explained

Israeli forces are said to have dropped more explosives on Gaza than fell on London, Dresden and Hamburg combined in the Second World War.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 1d

‘The Palestinian will stands undefeated’ – Palestinian ambassador to UK

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‘The Palestinian will stands undefeated’ – Palestinian ambassador to UK

We spoke to Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian ambassador to the UK and asked him whether he thought the peace would last.

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has weaponized the Justice Department for his own ends, critics say. The DoJ, now led by Mr Trump’s former personal lawyers, has fired dozens of career prosecutors, many of whom had worked on cases involving Mr Trump.

Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1d

Buying & selling a house in England is a nightmare. Rarely mentioned is that Scotland has successfully introduced new regulations but the situation in England has got progressively worse.
The unacceptably high number of collapsed deals in England is costing their economy an estimated £1.5bn a year.

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1d

BBC described these law officers as ‘political opponents of President Trump’. No - they were just doing their job!

The US DoJ has charged NY Attorney Gen Letitia James to be prosecuted because she brought case against President Trump.
This comes days after ex FBI director Comey, was also charged.

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer said: ‘Israel has the right to defend itself by cutting off food, water & medicines to people in Gaza’. For the last 16 months, a Labour UKGovt, has armed & supported Israel’s genocide in Gaza. And just last month Starmer welcomed Herzog to have tea in Downing Street.

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Mark Curtis on X: "Never forget the role of UK Labour ministers in helping to facilitate this." / X

Never forget the role of UK Labour ministers in helping to facilitate this.

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1d

C4 reports on the scale of the Israeli attack on homes & hospitals in Gaza.
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Saul Staniforth on X: "#C4News: "Gaza has been reduced to ruins.. the ferocity of Israels assault on Gaza is unprecedented in modern times.. there's said to be 61 million tonnes of debris in Gaza that could take years to clear" https://t.co/rT5Mz7xpb3" / X

#C4News

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1d

These children & 90% of Gazan families now have no home to return to. All demolished by Israel. There must be justice for these crimes. x.com/saulstanifor...

Saul Staniforth on X: ""We want to go back to our home, but we don't have one" Israel has damaged or destroyed over 90% of all homes in Gaza #GMB https://t.co/RPkQMK5DHC" / X

"We want to go back to our home, but we don't have one" Israel has damaged or destroyed over 90% of all homes in Gaza #GMB https://t.co/RPkQMK5DHC

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1d

Israel must be held to account for what it has perpetrated on a civilian population. The world will demand reparations.
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Saul Staniforth on X: ""We need two things.. we need to guarantee access for international organisations & the UN.. [&] we need accountability. Israel as a perpetrator cannot go without accountability for all the war crimes that have been committed in Gaza" Aseel Baidoun from @MedicalAidPal #GMB https://t.co/SrXijNqH6F" / X

"We need two things.. we need to guarantee access for international organisations & the UN.. [&] we need accountability. Israel as a perpetrator cannot go without accountability for all the war crimes that have been committed in Gaza" Aseel Baidoun from @MedicalAidPal #GMB https://t.co/SrXijNqH6F

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Empire Podcast @empirepoduk.bsky.social · 4d

Richard The Lionheart and Saladin are lionised in popular culture, and the Crusades is a story that many Europeans know well - but how does this epic history crossover with the history of Gaza?

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1d

Says more about the vile Thornberry, than President Trump.

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 2d

Thieves are naturally attracted to unregulated investments like whisky, forex, flat building, minibonds, gold, crypto, and of course wine - which is for drinking not investing! bit.ly/3KzEQsG

British conman admits his role in $99m wine fraud

James Wellesley was accused of leading one of the most ambitious frauds to hit the wine world in modern history

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 2d

Peace first, but then follow the enormous problems to be solved after a war that treated civilians of all ages with cruel indifference bit.ly/4pXGoNj

Almost 55,000 preschool children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates

Study shows clear link between Israeli aid restrictions and malnutrition among children aged between six months and five years

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Dr Robert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1d

The Labour UKGovt wants back-to-work advisors based in GP surgeries & mental health clinics. This will cause worry & distress & should not occur. In the recent past there were serious adverse consequences, including suicides, as a result of similar coercive Tory Govt actions to reduce benefits.

this is a mail-in-a-box

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