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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Jan 15

'We can breathe now and look ahead’, says Palestinian diplomat
www.channel4.com/news/we-can-...

We can breathe now and look ahead’, says Palestinian diplomat

We spoke to Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian mission to the UK.

www.channel4.com

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Jan 15

Free Palestine.

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Jan 13

Stop arming genocide.

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Jan 6

Billionaires should not own social media platforms.

Billionaires should not run our newspapers.

Billionaires should not control our politics.

A free media is a democratic media - a public good that is owned and run by us all.

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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · Jan 6

Oh, and this:

The private sector already receives 20% of NHS funding, whilst only helping 10% of NHS patients.

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Private equity is a horror story for the NHS - yet one fifth of the health service budget goes to it

Numerous studies have found private equity is associated with worse patient outcomes due to NHS privatisation - and 'preventable deaths'

www.thecanary.co

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Machen Wir @machenwir.bsky.social · Jan 5

Just saying #muskdumpedfarage

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Jan 6

The Conservative party accuses Keir Starmer of refusing to take child abuse seriously.

In other news, here's former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson complaining about £60 million being "spaffed up the wall" investigating historic child abuse cases

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · Jan 6

Despite what politicians say, in my experience NHS patients aren’t bothered about ‘choosing their healthcare provider’. They just want their local NHS hospital to function properly. But guess who loves it? Private companies seeking to infiltrate the NHS🚨

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Jan 6

In other news, Nigel Farage didn't bother to turn up to the debate on grooming gangs in the House of Commons just now

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Jan 6

Ed Miliband promised a "rooftop revolution." It seems to have stalled even before the barricades.

Sadiq Khan promised a "retrofit revolution* but now says he needs government permission.

We need less noise & actual action to tackle climate crisis.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK government scraps plan to ban sale of gas boilers by 2035

‘Future homes standard’ will not mandate replacing boilers with environmentally friendly alternative

www.theguardian.com

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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · Jan 4

Instead of using the last days of his presidency to call for peace, Joe Biden has poured more money into arming Israel’s destruction of Gaza.

A shameful indictment of his administration and its complicity in genocide.

Biden plans $8bn arms sale to Israel

Last-minute show of support for US president’s close ally as he nears his final days in office

www.ft.com

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · Dec 31

Jimmy Carter will be laid to rest not in Arlington, but beside his wife, Rosalynn Carter, at their residence in Plains, Georgia.

Of course, he will be. That is the man he was. No one expected anything less.

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Harry Morris @harrymowolves.bsky.social · Dec 24

Here is a message from a man whose honesty and integrity prevented him from becoming the PM this country needed
Jeremy Corbyn

The next National Demonstration for Palestine is on 18th January 2025, days before Donald Trump is inaugurated. Please join me and thousands of others in London if you can!

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · Dec 31

Arise
Sir Sadiq Khan
Sir Gareth Northgate
Dame Emily Thornberry.
Awards for FAILURES!
Why not give these awards to SUCCESSFUL people?
If it was me, we’d have:
Arise
Dame Elizabeth Truss
Dame Dildo Harding
Sir Matthew Hancock
Sir Jonathan Gullis
For dedicated service & success!
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · Dec 30

Not sure I can stomach any more conversations going something like:

'Centrist': "Why don't you support Keir Starmer? He's so much better than the Tories."

Me: "He's literally arming a genocidal regime."

'Centrist': "Yeah, that is really bad, but..."

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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · Dec 30

#NeverStoppedLearningAndDoing

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Captain Peter Quinn @captainpeterquinn.bsky.social · Dec 30

a last laugh perhaps

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Dec 30

Jimmy Carter left one last parting gift for Trump after his death at 100 on Sunday. Since the American flag flies at half-staff for 30 days at all federal buildings after the death of a former president, on Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, all flags will be at half-staff in Carter's honor.

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Red Paul @redpaul.bsky.social · Dec 30

Paul Hill
one of the men wrongly convicted of the IRA attacks in Brum' in 1974 has died aged 80
Paul was among a group of men from Northern Ireland wrongly jailed for the atrocity who became known as the Birmingham Six
He spent 2 decades in jail

R.I.Paradise Paul
May your star shine brightly

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Smartysue @smartysue.bsky.social · Dec 26

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socialistnan123 @socialistnan123.bsky.social · Dec 25

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Smartysue @smartysue.bsky.social · Dec 25

And still the world sits back - shame on them 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · Dec 23

If you are ordering the evacuation of life saving hospitals, you are clearly in the wrong.

Who left in the world doesn't see this genocide for what it is?

So why on earth are the UK, US and so many others still supporting genocide? It is illegal and immoral. Not in my name.

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Smartysue @smartysue.bsky.social · Dec 23

Anyone think Starmer is a Farage enabler ? In my mind it was obvious from the moment he gifted him a seat after getting the popular Labour candidate to stand down plus the way he has alienated almost everyone since reinforces that thought

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Sparkle @serenesparkle.bsky.social · Dec 22

Today two of the State of Israel's most high-profile UK assets — Luciana Berger and Mike Katz were placed in the House of Lords after multiple rejections by the electorate.

It is deeply alarming that Jewish supremacists can decide who should make laws in the so called ‘Sovereign’ Britain.

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Smartysue @smartysue.bsky.social · Dec 22

Funny isn’t it how MSM got more mileage in how Jeremy pronounced the word Epstein than they ever have about Lord Mandleslimes ‘ friendship ‘ with Epstein 😜😜😜

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