@aesherwood.bsky.social
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We urge David Lammy to immediately authorise a senior official to meet with the legal representatives of Heba Muraisi & Kamran Ahmed - both on prolonged hunger strike & at extreme risk of death.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
We urge David Lammy to immediately authorise a senior official to meet with the legal representatives of Heba Muraisi & Kamran Ahmed - both on prolonged hunger strike & at extreme risk of death.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
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UK ministers urged to cap political donations to ‘rebuild voter confidence’
UK ministers urged to cap political donations to ‘rebuild voter confidence’
Letter from 19 organisations says a cap would help to protect democracy, weeks after £9m donation to Reform UK
Ministers should legislate to cap political donations to “rebuild voter confidence” in democracy, campaigners have said before the introduction of a landmark elections bill.
The government is being urged to show more ambition as it prepares to publish legislation early next year that will extend the franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
UK ministers urged to cap political donations to ‘rebuild voter confidence’
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“In the holly tree, which is rich with red berries, fieldfares, redwings, and mistle-thrushes are busy feeding”
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
December 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“In the holly tree, which is rich with red berries, fieldfares, redwings, and mistle-thrushes are busy feeding”
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
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Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (those horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates).
She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger.
She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked.
Horrible.
She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger.
She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked.
Horrible.
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (those horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates).
She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger.
She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked.
Horrible.
She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger.
She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked.
Horrible.
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Feeling alone at Christmas? Why not join an annual virtual party started by Sarah Millican on X but now here?! I’m doing my best to keep this tradition going. Use #JoinIn on Dec 25 if you need company or just want a chat. Like/Save this feed to see all the #JoinIn posts bsky.app/profile/did:...
a kid in a knight costume is asking who will join us
Alt: a kid in a knight costume is asking who will join us
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Feeling alone at Christmas? Why not join an annual virtual party started by Sarah Millican on X but now here?! I’m doing my best to keep this tradition going. Use #JoinIn on Dec 25 if you need company or just want a chat. Like/Save this feed to see all the #JoinIn posts bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
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Having MPs declare something a Terrorist Organisation because their donors (Israel) don't like it should not happen in a democracy.
December 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Having MPs declare something a Terrorist Organisation because their donors (Israel) don't like it should not happen in a democracy.
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Donald Trump is proving Rob Reiner right every single day.
December 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Donald Trump is proving Rob Reiner right every single day.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Here at the Citizens Advice London office, we've been collecting donations for our local Trussell food bank in the lead up to Christmas 🎄
Find out how you can get support from a foodbank if you can't afford the food you need: https://bit.ly/3NO6alC
#ChristmasAtCitizensAdvice
Find out how you can get support from a foodbank if you can't afford the food you need: https://bit.ly/3NO6alC
#ChristmasAtCitizensAdvice
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Here at the Citizens Advice London office, we've been collecting donations for our local Trussell food bank in the lead up to Christmas 🎄
Find out how you can get support from a foodbank if you can't afford the food you need: https://bit.ly/3NO6alC
#ChristmasAtCitizensAdvice
Find out how you can get support from a foodbank if you can't afford the food you need: https://bit.ly/3NO6alC
#ChristmasAtCitizensAdvice
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If you've been made to feel unsafe or fearful of going home because of your LGBT+ identity, you can contact Galop for safe and confidential support.
Web chat, email or call us:
📞 0800 999 5428
📧 [email protected]
💻 galop.org.uk
You don't have to go through this alone 🌈🏳️⚧️
Web chat, email or call us:
📞 0800 999 5428
📧 [email protected]
💻 galop.org.uk
You don't have to go through this alone 🌈🏳️⚧️
December 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you've been made to feel unsafe or fearful of going home because of your LGBT+ identity, you can contact Galop for safe and confidential support.
Web chat, email or call us:
📞 0800 999 5428
📧 [email protected]
💻 galop.org.uk
You don't have to go through this alone 🌈🏳️⚧️
Web chat, email or call us:
📞 0800 999 5428
📧 [email protected]
💻 galop.org.uk
You don't have to go through this alone 🌈🏳️⚧️
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Rob Reiner was a genius. He brought joy to this world, and in decades to come, people will still be laughing, crying, and quoting along to his incredible oeuvre.
Donald Trump is a nobody. History will remember him as a villain and a nasty, dim-witted, unloved one at that.
There's your difference
Donald Trump is a nobody. History will remember him as a villain and a nasty, dim-witted, unloved one at that.
There's your difference
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Rob Reiner was a genius. He brought joy to this world, and in decades to come, people will still be laughing, crying, and quoting along to his incredible oeuvre.
Donald Trump is a nobody. History will remember him as a villain and a nasty, dim-witted, unloved one at that.
There's your difference
Donald Trump is a nobody. History will remember him as a villain and a nasty, dim-witted, unloved one at that.
There's your difference
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“Once upon a time, on a cold winter’s day, as the snowflakes were falling softly and swiftly, a Queen sat sewing by her window. As she looked out, the snow scene was framed like a picture by the black ebony of the window frame”
Artist: EricWinter
Writer VeraSouthgate
Artist: EricWinter
Writer VeraSouthgate
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“Once upon a time, on a cold winter’s day, as the snowflakes were falling softly and swiftly, a Queen sat sewing by her window. As she looked out, the snow scene was framed like a picture by the black ebony of the window frame”
Artist: EricWinter
Writer VeraSouthgate
Artist: EricWinter
Writer VeraSouthgate
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Ben Jennings on the Bondi beach terror attack – cartoon
Ben Jennings on the Bondi beach terror attack – cartoon
Ahmed al-Ahmed has been hailed as a hero after tackling one of the alleged gunmen during Sunday’s attack
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ben Jennings on the Bondi beach terror attack – cartoon
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Israel's cheerleaders are weaponising the horrific Bondi Beach antisemitic attack.
They intend to use this sickening atrocity to silence opposition to genocide.
But now is the time for moral clarity - to oppose violence against all civilians.
They intend to use this sickening atrocity to silence opposition to genocide.
But now is the time for moral clarity - to oppose violence against all civilians.
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Israel's cheerleaders are weaponising the horrific Bondi Beach antisemitic attack.
They intend to use this sickening atrocity to silence opposition to genocide.
But now is the time for moral clarity - to oppose violence against all civilians.
They intend to use this sickening atrocity to silence opposition to genocide.
But now is the time for moral clarity - to oppose violence against all civilians.
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This is one reason that FGEN is more important than ever, Both of our co chairs @natacha.bsky.social and @parkesland.bsky.social were interviewed for this article. We've been quiet publically for the last few months, but we have been busy in the background more news in the new year.
The exclusion of trans people from public and academic spaces, removal of protections by human rights institutions, dehumanising language used by state news media, judicial tolerance of trans directed hate crime, withdrawal of medical care: all of this is very familiar to genocide scholars.
Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn
Universities ‘afraid to be trans inclusive’ after Supreme Court ruling and OfS Sussex fine, leaving staff fearing ‘hostile environment’
share.google
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is one reason that FGEN is more important than ever, Both of our co chairs @natacha.bsky.social and @parkesland.bsky.social were interviewed for this article. We've been quiet publically for the last few months, but we have been busy in the background more news in the new year.
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A muslim intervened in the last shooting in Australia, a muslim intervened in the latest shooting in Australia and a muslim intervened in the train attack in the UK.
Are these all coincidences?
Or is it that muslims are just people and sometimes heroes like everyone else?
Are these all coincidences?
Or is it that muslims are just people and sometimes heroes like everyone else?
December 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A muslim intervened in the last shooting in Australia, a muslim intervened in the latest shooting in Australia and a muslim intervened in the train attack in the UK.
Are these all coincidences?
Or is it that muslims are just people and sometimes heroes like everyone else?
Are these all coincidences?
Or is it that muslims are just people and sometimes heroes like everyone else?
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Huge shout-out to Cliff Cash and the whole Removal Coalition! Definitely bigger than Trump’s inauguration.
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Huge shout-out to Cliff Cash and the whole Removal Coalition! Definitely bigger than Trump’s inauguration.
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Ladybird books in the spotlight:
British Birds and their Nests (1953 - 1956)
Artist: Allen Seaby
British Birds and their Nests (1953 - 1956)
Artist: Allen Seaby
October 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Ladybird books in the spotlight:
British Birds and their Nests (1953 - 1956)
Artist: Allen Seaby
British Birds and their Nests (1953 - 1956)
Artist: Allen Seaby
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Rayner forced out by a billionaire press. Yet Epstein’s mate Mandelson has full backing as the press is free to make misogynistic comments about female MPs.
Reform’s conference was like an open day at a racist asylum as the BBC gushingly reported without critique
7.30👇🏼 youtube.com/live/X0ZjiVn...
Reform’s conference was like an open day at a racist asylum as the BBC gushingly reported without critique
7.30👇🏼 youtube.com/live/X0ZjiVn...
Ya Dad Paints Roundabouts Latest: Resignations, Reform & The Rotten British Press 🇬🇧
YouTube video by Supertanskiii
youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Rayner forced out by a billionaire press. Yet Epstein’s mate Mandelson has full backing as the press is free to make misogynistic comments about female MPs.
Reform’s conference was like an open day at a racist asylum as the BBC gushingly reported without critique
7.30👇🏼 youtube.com/live/X0ZjiVn...
Reform’s conference was like an open day at a racist asylum as the BBC gushingly reported without critique
7.30👇🏼 youtube.com/live/X0ZjiVn...
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The Ghost of Suppressed Protests Past.
September 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Ghost of Suppressed Protests Past.
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Look, I absolutely detest Charlie Kirk and his appalling opinions, but I extend to him and his family all the courtesy that he has denied others and hope he recovers.
Shooting people in cold blood is bad. Always. Evil and bad. And none of us want to live in a world where that's celebrated.
Shooting people in cold blood is bad. Always. Evil and bad. And none of us want to live in a world where that's celebrated.
September 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Look, I absolutely detest Charlie Kirk and his appalling opinions, but I extend to him and his family all the courtesy that he has denied others and hope he recovers.
Shooting people in cold blood is bad. Always. Evil and bad. And none of us want to live in a world where that's celebrated.
Shooting people in cold blood is bad. Always. Evil and bad. And none of us want to live in a world where that's celebrated.
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Stephen Flynn, "Gaza is a graveyard, but rather than end arms sales, extend sanctions and stand by international law"
"The Prime Minister will welcome into his home, a home entrusted to him by the people of these isles, the man who called for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people"
"The Prime Minister will welcome into his home, a home entrusted to him by the people of these isles, the man who called for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people"
September 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Stephen Flynn, "Gaza is a graveyard, but rather than end arms sales, extend sanctions and stand by international law"
"The Prime Minister will welcome into his home, a home entrusted to him by the people of these isles, the man who called for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people"
"The Prime Minister will welcome into his home, a home entrusted to him by the people of these isles, the man who called for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people"
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Holding Liat review – powerful study of a family torn apart by Hamas’ 7 October attacks
Holding Liat review – powerful study of a family torn apart by Hamas’ 7 October attacks
Brandon Kramer’s documentary complicates any simple view of the Israel-Gaza war in its portrait of one family’s agonising divisions
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Holding Liat review – powerful study of a family torn apart by Hamas’ 7 October attacks
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At #PMQs Keir Starmer said the UK’s “employment rate is up, inactivity is down and we’ve created over 380,000 jobs since we’ve been in power”.
This is all correct - but the unemployment rate has also increased, as we wrote last month 👇
This is all correct - but the unemployment rate has also increased, as we wrote last month 👇
Unemployment and jobs: what’s changed under Labour? – Full Fact
Labour and the Conservatives have made seemingly contrasting claims about the state of the labour market—here’s what the figures show.
fullfact.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
At #PMQs Keir Starmer said the UK’s “employment rate is up, inactivity is down and we’ve created over 380,000 jobs since we’ve been in power”.
This is all correct - but the unemployment rate has also increased, as we wrote last month 👇
This is all correct - but the unemployment rate has also increased, as we wrote last month 👇