2Didz
@2didz.bsky.social
Old cat – just here to make up the numbers...
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‘Never has so long a period passed without Labour or the Conservatives leading in the polls. The anti-systemic mood is not a fleeting one.’
@piercepenniless.bsky.social on the misery of Britain and the challenges facing Labour:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@piercepenniless.bsky.social on the misery of Britain and the challenges facing Labour:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Butler · Short Cuts: Labour’s Complacency
The few optimists in Labour claim that polling numbers aren’t meaningful this far from an election: faced with a...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
‘Never has so long a period passed without Labour or the Conservatives leading in the polls. The anti-systemic mood is not a fleeting one.’
@piercepenniless.bsky.social on the misery of Britain and the challenges facing Labour:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@piercepenniless.bsky.social on the misery of Britain and the challenges facing Labour:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Whilst 1.9 million Palestinian people face famine, disease and unimaginable conditions in Gaza, Israel is running a smear campaign against humanitarian organisations and blocking vital aid from those desperately in need.
The genocide continues.
The genocide continues.
Israel to bar 37 aid groups from Gaza
The move was criticised by foreign ministers from from 10 countries including the UK, who said the new rules were
www.bbc.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Whilst 1.9 million Palestinian people face famine, disease and unimaginable conditions in Gaza, Israel is running a smear campaign against humanitarian organisations and blocking vital aid from those desperately in need.
The genocide continues.
The genocide continues.
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‘Netanyahu could talk himself out of any fix. Not for nothing has hasbara or good-news publicity on behalf of Israel been seen as his special, perhaps only, political gift.’
Jacqueline Rose on meeting Benjamin Netanyahu:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jacqueline Rose on meeting Benjamin Netanyahu:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jacqueline Rose · When the Messiah Comes: When I met Netanyahu
Netanyahu is trying to absolve himself of a guilt whose reality he denies. He wants to be declared innocent without...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
‘Netanyahu could talk himself out of any fix. Not for nothing has hasbara or good-news publicity on behalf of Israel been seen as his special, perhaps only, political gift.’
Jacqueline Rose on meeting Benjamin Netanyahu:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jacqueline Rose on meeting Benjamin Netanyahu:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Dalia Gebrial on #NovaraLive: "Its frankly laughable to watch Jess Phillips appoint her the expert on a word she can't even pronounce, on a context she doesn't understand and a language she cannot speak.. what we see there is an analysis that is dripping in racism..."
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Dalia Gebrial on #NovaraLive: "Its frankly laughable to watch Jess Phillips appoint her the expert on a word she can't even pronounce, on a context she doesn't understand and a language she cannot speak.. what we see there is an analysis that is dripping in racism..."
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Francesca Albanese: "Why is the occupied Palestinian territory, which is unlawfully occupied by Israel, to be demilitarised.. something imposed on the Palestinians, who are the oppressed occupied people, but there is no conditionality imposed on the unlawful occupier" 🎯
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Francesca Albanese: "Why is the occupied Palestinian territory, which is unlawfully occupied by Israel, to be demilitarised.. something imposed on the Palestinians, who are the oppressed occupied people, but there is no conditionality imposed on the unlawful occupier" 🎯
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"Israels broadcaster said they feel the attempt to remove them [from Eurovision] amounts to a cultural boycott"
Yep that's exactly what it is. And alongside a cultural boycott of Israel there should be a sporting boycott, an academic boycott, and more! Back BDS
Yep that's exactly what it is. And alongside a cultural boycott of Israel there should be a sporting boycott, an academic boycott, and more! Back BDS
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"Israels broadcaster said they feel the attempt to remove them [from Eurovision] amounts to a cultural boycott"
Yep that's exactly what it is. And alongside a cultural boycott of Israel there should be a sporting boycott, an academic boycott, and more! Back BDS
Yep that's exactly what it is. And alongside a cultural boycott of Israel there should be a sporting boycott, an academic boycott, and more! Back BDS
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After supporting Israel during a genocide that may have killed over 30,000 women and children, foreign secretary Yvette Cooper gives a speech on "ending violence against women and girls globally".
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
After supporting Israel during a genocide that may have killed over 30,000 women and children, foreign secretary Yvette Cooper gives a speech on "ending violence against women and girls globally".
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Where are the headlines about this?
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Where are the headlines about this?
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
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🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
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Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
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Rachel Shabi: "UNICEF have issued this report, 280 Palestinian deaths & 672 injuries since the pause began. That is not a ceasefire, if that many people are being killed there is no way you can describe that as a ceasefire. Israel is continuing unimpeded to violate the ceasefire"
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Rachel Shabi: "UNICEF have issued this report, 280 Palestinian deaths & 672 injuries since the pause began. That is not a ceasefire, if that many people are being killed there is no way you can describe that as a ceasefire. Israel is continuing unimpeded to violate the ceasefire"
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No Wes Streeting, the BMA is not acting like a cartel. It’s acting like a trade union. And frankly it’s disgusting to hear you talk like this while huge numbers of doctors can’t get NHS jobs because you haven’t created them, while millions of patients are on waiting lists🚨🚨🚨
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
No Wes Streeting, the BMA is not acting like a cartel. It’s acting like a trade union. And frankly it’s disgusting to hear you talk like this while huge numbers of doctors can’t get NHS jobs because you haven’t created them, while millions of patients are on waiting lists🚨🚨🚨
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Huge congratulations to Terror for winning the War on Terror ♥️
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Huge congratulations to Terror for winning the War on Terror ♥️
"To love... To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence & the vulgar disparity of life around you.. To try & understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget."
Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/11/a...
Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/11/a...
Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance… To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what…
www.themarginalian.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"To love... To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence & the vulgar disparity of life around you.. To try & understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget."
Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/11/a...
Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/11/a...
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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You honestly cannot make this up. The level of impunity, the total disregard for international norms, is just staggering.
October 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
You honestly cannot make this up. The level of impunity, the total disregard for international norms, is just staggering.
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👉NEW -- Complicity – or conspiracy? Britain’s role in Israel’s genocide
by Martin Shaw
Book review: Peter Oborne spares neither Labour nor the Conservatives in his searing history of Gaza’s destruction.
www.declassifieduk.org/complicity-o...
by Martin Shaw
Book review: Peter Oborne spares neither Labour nor the Conservatives in his searing history of Gaza’s destruction.
www.declassifieduk.org/complicity-o...
Complicity - or conspiracy? Britain’s role in Israel’s genocide
Book review: Peter Oborne spares neither Labour nor the Conservatives in his searing history of Gaza’s destruction.
www.declassifieduk.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
👉NEW -- Complicity – or conspiracy? Britain’s role in Israel’s genocide
by Martin Shaw
Book review: Peter Oborne spares neither Labour nor the Conservatives in his searing history of Gaza’s destruction.
www.declassifieduk.org/complicity-o...
by Martin Shaw
Book review: Peter Oborne spares neither Labour nor the Conservatives in his searing history of Gaza’s destruction.
www.declassifieduk.org/complicity-o...
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Science evolves, but consensus matters.
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.
www.livescience.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Science evolves, but consensus matters.
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
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I had a moving, heartbreaking, powerful discussion with 2 Israelis who lost family members to Hamas on Oct. 7th, 2 years ago today, on the power of 'radical forgiveness' & on standing up to the Israeli government that abandoned their family members.
Full interview: zeteo.com/p/israel-gaz...
Full interview: zeteo.com/p/israel-gaz...
October 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I had a moving, heartbreaking, powerful discussion with 2 Israelis who lost family members to Hamas on Oct. 7th, 2 years ago today, on the power of 'radical forgiveness' & on standing up to the Israeli government that abandoned their family members.
Full interview: zeteo.com/p/israel-gaz...
Full interview: zeteo.com/p/israel-gaz...
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"It feels as if everything has vanished. Not only the tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza erased without graves, without records, as if they had never existed – so many other things have been hollowed out: basic conceptions of morality, decency, compassion, humanity, hope, future."
Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy
There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict, says Israeli journalist Orly Noy
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"It feels as if everything has vanished. Not only the tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza erased without graves, without records, as if they had never existed – so many other things have been hollowed out: basic conceptions of morality, decency, compassion, humanity, hope, future."
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James Cleverly: "I cannot understand the motivation for protests of this type so regularly"
October 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
James Cleverly: "I cannot understand the motivation for protests of this type so regularly"
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This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
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Full solidarity with the flotilla, which represents the very best of humanity.
And eternal shame to the European states who refused to protect it from Israeli assault and establish a corridor for aid to Gaza.
And eternal shame to the European states who refused to protect it from Israeli assault and establish a corridor for aid to Gaza.
October 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Full solidarity with the flotilla, which represents the very best of humanity.
And eternal shame to the European states who refused to protect it from Israeli assault and establish a corridor for aid to Gaza.
And eternal shame to the European states who refused to protect it from Israeli assault and establish a corridor for aid to Gaza.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked about the Home Secretarys comments that yesterdays protests about Israels actions were dishonourable (she also said they were unBritish).
Zack is spot on.
Zack is spot on.
October 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked about the Home Secretarys comments that yesterdays protests about Israels actions were dishonourable (she also said they were unBritish).
Zack is spot on.
Zack is spot on.