David Kirk Beedon
@rev-doc.bsky.social
Retired Anglican priest and former prison chaplain. Post-doctoral theological researcher with an interdisciplinary interest in transformative penal pastoral practices.
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"Crucial prison security systems are being left unrepaired for months if not years allowing illicit drugs to flood into jails..."
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/national-audit-office-nao-geoffrey-cliftonbrown-gareth-davies-prison-governors-association-b1269508.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/national-audit-office-nao-geoffrey-cliftonbrown-gareth-davies-prison-governors-association-b1269508.html
Prison windows and X-ray scanners not being fixed amid drug crisis – watchdog
Prison governors have reported not having enough money to fix broken security equipment.
www.standard.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"Crucial prison security systems are being left unrepaired for months if not years allowing illicit drugs to flood into jails..."
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/national-audit-office-nao-geoffrey-cliftonbrown-gareth-davies-prison-governors-association-b1269508.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/national-audit-office-nao-geoffrey-cliftonbrown-gareth-davies-prison-governors-association-b1269508.html
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“It undermines their credibility to go to other countries and complain about arbitrary detention when they are arbitrarily detaining these people.”
Dr Muin Boase:
Takes complaint of the British gov’s detention of IPPs to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention #IPPScandal
Dr Muin Boase:
Takes complaint of the British gov’s detention of IPPs to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention #IPPScandal
February 3, 2026 at 5:36 AM
“It undermines their credibility to go to other countries and complain about arbitrary detention when they are arbitrarily detaining these people.”
Dr Muin Boase:
Takes complaint of the British gov’s detention of IPPs to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention #IPPScandal
Dr Muin Boase:
Takes complaint of the British gov’s detention of IPPs to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention #IPPScandal
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Farage was wrong about Brexit 🚨
Starmer: “As far as Nigel Farage is concerned, let us remind ourselves that he said if we left the EU it would be £350 million a week for the NHS - that didn’t happen."
https://www.itv.com/news/2026-02-01/starmer-nigel-farage-was-wrong-about-brexit
Starmer: “As far as Nigel Farage is concerned, let us remind ourselves that he said if we left the EU it would be £350 million a week for the NHS - that didn’t happen."
https://www.itv.com/news/2026-02-01/starmer-nigel-farage-was-wrong-about-brexit
www.itv.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Farage was wrong about Brexit 🚨
Starmer: “As far as Nigel Farage is concerned, let us remind ourselves that he said if we left the EU it would be £350 million a week for the NHS - that didn’t happen."
https://www.itv.com/news/2026-02-01/starmer-nigel-farage-was-wrong-about-brexit
Starmer: “As far as Nigel Farage is concerned, let us remind ourselves that he said if we left the EU it would be £350 million a week for the NHS - that didn’t happen."
https://www.itv.com/news/2026-02-01/starmer-nigel-farage-was-wrong-about-brexit
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Five men serving IPP sentences have been referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, BBC Newsnight has been told.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89q3keee79o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89q3keee79o
Five IPP prisoners to be referred to Court of Appeal
New IPP sentences were scrapped in 2012, but remain in place for around 2,800 people.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Five men serving IPP sentences have been referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, BBC Newsnight has been told.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89q3keee79o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89q3keee79o
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‘It’s not right that we continue subjecting them to preventable detention’
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd and Andrea Coomber CE of the Howard League @thehowardleague speak to Trapped Ep 19: A Failed Experiment on the #IPPScandal.
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Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd and Andrea Coomber CE of the Howard League @thehowardleague speak to Trapped Ep 19: A Failed Experiment on the #IPPScandal.
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January 31, 2026 at 6:39 AM
‘It’s not right that we continue subjecting them to preventable detention’
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd and Andrea Coomber CE of the Howard League @thehowardleague speak to Trapped Ep 19: A Failed Experiment on the #IPPScandal.
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Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd and Andrea Coomber CE of the Howard League @thehowardleague speak to Trapped Ep 19: A Failed Experiment on the #IPPScandal.
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The tide is turning. Which means now is the time to push harder than ever.
Tell your Representatives we want Noem GONE!
#ICEOffOurStreets
Tell your Representatives we want Noem GONE!
#ICEOffOurStreets
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The tide is turning. Which means now is the time to push harder than ever.
Tell your Representatives we want Noem GONE!
#ICEOffOurStreets
Tell your Representatives we want Noem GONE!
#ICEOffOurStreets
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Donald Trump has always claimed he won Georgia in the 2020 election - which he lost.
The FBI has now seized the ballots, and commissioner Mo Ivory says she has "no confidence" they won't be tampered with so Trump finally gets the result he wants
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
The FBI has now seized the ballots, and commissioner Mo Ivory says she has "no confidence" they won't be tampered with so Trump finally gets the result he wants
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
‘Trump manufacturing a crisis to make Americans afraid to vote in the midterms’ | The News Agents
Donald Trump lost the 2020 election – and has never let it go. This week, the FBI seized ballots from Georgia, a state he claims he won. Is his ego still bruised, or is this part of a far more…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Donald Trump has always claimed he won Georgia in the 2020 election - which he lost.
The FBI has now seized the ballots, and commissioner Mo Ivory says she has "no confidence" they won't be tampered with so Trump finally gets the result he wants
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
The FBI has now seized the ballots, and commissioner Mo Ivory says she has "no confidence" they won't be tampered with so Trump finally gets the result he wants
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
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Paging @iaindale.bsky.social x
Why did you delete this, Matt Goodwin?
January 28, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Paging @iaindale.bsky.social x
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Ground rent cap is good news (though peppercorn would be better straight away). Also welcome is promised abolition of new leasehold properties. Better still would be the outright abolition of leasehold altogether, a feudal anachronism virtually unique to England and Wales.
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Ground rent cap is good news (though peppercorn would be better straight away). Also welcome is promised abolition of new leasehold properties. Better still would be the outright abolition of leasehold altogether, a feudal anachronism virtually unique to England and Wales.
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A country of small roads, limited parking and congestion charges. This makes no sense.🤷♂️
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Number of US-style pickup trucks on UK roads up 92% in a decade, data shows
Exclusive: Campaigners say ‘menacing vehicles’ are putting children at risk owing to their large front blind zones
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:31 AM
A country of small roads, limited parking and congestion charges. This makes no sense.🤷♂️
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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soft power update
Proud of this British export.
Start your clocks.
January 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
soft power update
An excellent, if disturbing, article on the moral and political corruption of a powerful element of US Christianity.
“We cannot comfort ourselves with the belief that real Christianity is somehow separate from what’s happening politically… The church is not the antidote. For white evangelicals, it appears to be the incubator.”— @trippfuller.bsky.social
Bonhoeffer's Warning, Unheeded: The Moral Collapse of White Evangelicalism
Why the Most Devout White American Evangelicals Are the Most Captured
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:58 PM
An excellent, if disturbing, article on the moral and political corruption of a powerful element of US Christianity.
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open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
The end of history ended at the start
The end of history ended at the start
The Death of Neoliberal Globalisation was Written into its DNA
Liberals need to learn the right lessons from its collapse.
open.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
The end of history ended at the start
The end of history ended at the start
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"Prisons are unlikely to improve until they are properly staffed and those in custody have decent time out of their cells every day with purposeful activity..."
A former governor writes to the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/19/the-inside-track-on-curbing-uk-prison-violence
A former governor writes to the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/19/the-inside-track-on-curbing-uk-prison-violence
January 25, 2026 at 6:50 AM
"Prisons are unlikely to improve until they are properly staffed and those in custody have decent time out of their cells every day with purposeful activity..."
A former governor writes to the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/19/the-inside-track-on-curbing-uk-prison-violence
A former governor writes to the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/19/the-inside-track-on-curbing-uk-prison-violence
Astonishing that, almost 14 years on from this failed judicial experiment being abolished, so many people are still greatly impacted by this cruel sentence. History will judge & future generations will be shocked at the callous indifference towards the IPP issue shown by many in authority.
‘My son’s life is on the line’
#IPPScandal campaigner Shirley Debono speaks on Trapped Ep 22: ‘Arbitrary Detention’
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#IPPScandal campaigner Shirley Debono speaks on Trapped Ep 22: ‘Arbitrary Detention’
Please like, follow and share this podcast to get people listening: the more who know, the harder it is for injustice to take place.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Astonishing that, almost 14 years on from this failed judicial experiment being abolished, so many people are still greatly impacted by this cruel sentence. History will judge & future generations will be shocked at the callous indifference towards the IPP issue shown by many in authority.
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Big backtrack from Trump tonight
January 24, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Big backtrack from Trump tonight
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‘It’s a living nightmare’
#IPPScandal Campaigners Cherrie Nichol and Mandy Outlaw speak on Trapped Ep 22: Arbitrary Detention
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#IPPScandal Campaigners Cherrie Nichol and Mandy Outlaw speak on Trapped Ep 22: Arbitrary Detention
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January 23, 2026 at 7:09 AM
‘It’s a living nightmare’
#IPPScandal Campaigners Cherrie Nichol and Mandy Outlaw speak on Trapped Ep 22: Arbitrary Detention
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#IPPScandal Campaigners Cherrie Nichol and Mandy Outlaw speak on Trapped Ep 22: Arbitrary Detention
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‘Frankly Trump makes my flesh creep and my stomach turn. Where are his advisors? Where is his nurse? Where is his sense of shame?’ Great quote 😂
‘Makes my flesh creep’: MPs across political spectrum condemn Trump’s claims about Nato troops – UK politics live
Labour, Tory and Lib Dem MPs among those criticising US president over claim Nato troops stayed away from frontline in Afghanistan
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:38 AM
‘Frankly Trump makes my flesh creep and my stomach turn. Where are his advisors? Where is his nurse? Where is his sense of shame?’ Great quote 😂
“until we build prisons around rehabilitation rather than simply containment…fund education & meaningful activity…staff prisons with properly trained officers who can actually see the people they’re responsible for – we are choosing to perpetuate…the violence and recidivism we claim to oppose”.
The inside track on curbing UK prison violence | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article by a former prison officer on how the system perpetuates violence and share their own stories
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM
“until we build prisons around rehabilitation rather than simply containment…fund education & meaningful activity…staff prisons with properly trained officers who can actually see the people they’re responsible for – we are choosing to perpetuate…the violence and recidivism we claim to oppose”.
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🚨BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures!
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM
🚨BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures!
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is now closing on 77,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 21, 2026 at 9:28 AM
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is now closing on 77,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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‘Give them an end date’
Retired High Court Judge Sir John Saunders speaks on the #IPPScandal on ‘Trapped: The IPP Prisoner Scandal’ Episode 21: Totalitarian State’.
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Retired High Court Judge Sir John Saunders speaks on the #IPPScandal on ‘Trapped: The IPP Prisoner Scandal’ Episode 21: Totalitarian State’.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:41 AM
‘Give them an end date’
Retired High Court Judge Sir John Saunders speaks on the #IPPScandal on ‘Trapped: The IPP Prisoner Scandal’ Episode 21: Totalitarian State’.
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Retired High Court Judge Sir John Saunders speaks on the #IPPScandal on ‘Trapped: The IPP Prisoner Scandal’ Episode 21: Totalitarian State’.
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“If we can do justice in the terrible cases of the Post Office and the infected blood scandal, we can do it here.”
Lord Thomas on why we must end the IPP scandal in 2026.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ipp-sentencing-bill-parole-prison-overcrowding-criminal-justice-reform-b2895416.html
Lord Thomas on why we must end the IPP scandal in 2026.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ipp-sentencing-bill-parole-prison-overcrowding-criminal-justice-reform-b2895416.html
Indefinite jail terms are indefensible – so why are thousands still trapped by them?
The government admits IPP jail sentences are a mistake, but refuses to correct it. With prisons at breaking point and petty criminals being held inside with no hope of release, this is a stain on our justice system we can no longer ignore, says Lord Thomas
www.independent.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
“If we can do justice in the terrible cases of the Post Office and the infected blood scandal, we can do it here.”
Lord Thomas on why we must end the IPP scandal in 2026.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ipp-sentencing-bill-parole-prison-overcrowding-criminal-justice-reform-b2895416.html
Lord Thomas on why we must end the IPP scandal in 2026.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ipp-sentencing-bill-parole-prison-overcrowding-criminal-justice-reform-b2895416.html
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Every word of this 👇
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Every word of this 👇