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David Bull CBE

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David Bull CBE, ex CEO Unicef UK & Amnesty International UK, leadership coach/mentor, consultant on charity & international development strategy & governance, Dep Chair of The Power of Nutrition, amateur photographer, interested in astronomy and genealogy.

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 13h

Stamp duty revenue is expected to rise steadily to £26.5billion by 2029-30. Abolition, as proposed by the Tories, would take those funds away from public services - probably without saving house buyers any money as house prices rise.

David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 5d

As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up? Excellent analysis that shows what utter rubbish is being spewed out by the increasingly right wing Conservative Party.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?

We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 5d

Home sec calls Gaza protests after Manchester attack ‘un-British’. What on earth does that mean? Is the Home Sec implying that Gaza protests are anti-Jewish? They're not. Many Jews oppose the war. It is Israeli policies, not Jews, that the protests are about.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Home secretary calls Gaza protests in wake of Manchester attack ‘un-British’

Shabana Mahmood urges demonstrators to ‘show some love’ and call off planned protests after deadly attack

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 6d

The Tories have gone full Faragist. Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act despite expert consensus that “The claim that keeping Britain dependent on fossil fuels is good for economic growth is demonstrably false". Badenoch has few, but disastrous, policies
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act

Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 9d

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary. The Government really needs to push back against the scapevoating of migrants rather than feeding that dangerous narrative.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary

A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 14d

"In short, lower migration worsens the public finances, not the reverse."

David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 16d

150+ lawyers & refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters. It's no coincidence this comes on day of Farage's attack on migrants w indefinite leave to remain. Reform is whipping up anti migrant hate. And the Tories are no better.
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More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters

At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 20d

"Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens leader". The case for privatisation was that greater efficiency would outweigh the need for distribution of profits to shareholders. That was always a dubious premise.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens leader

Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 21d

Excellent poem by Carol Ann Duffy contrasting Trump's state visit to the UK with a ‘bombsite’ where "a famished child peers through a bullet-hole in a wall".
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Carol Ann Duffy writes ‘bombsite’ poem about Trump’s UK state visit

Exclusive: Former poet laureate has reader contrasting pomp and ceremony of banquet with ruins left by war

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 23d

Together for Palestine event at Wembley Arena on Wednesday. Sign up for a link to the livestream here: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

Together for Palestine: A global concert for hope and resistance

On Sept 17: a sold-out London concert will unite a global voice for Palestine. James Blake, Paloma Faith, Nai Barghouti and many others. Sign up now and get the livestream link!

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 23d

Excellent piece from Gordon Brown. Let's hope Rachel Reeves is listening. "Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain. November’s budget can and must halt its inexorable rise" | Gordon Brown
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Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain. November’s budget can and must halt its inexorable rise | Gordon Brown

Homes without heating, bedrooms without beds. If we are to offer any hope to the children of austerity, the next few weeks will be decisive, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 24d

Shocking report on BBC News tonight about the consequences of aid cuts and Taliban restrictions on women's education and work on maternal and infant deaths in Afghanistan. There's no doubt, & no excuses - aid cuts kill vulnerable people, especially women and children. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC investigates Afghan maternal deaths after US aid cuts

The BBC hears devastating accounts of Afghan mothers and babies dying after US-backed clinics shut.

David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 24d

What do the immigration figures for the UK really show? Public concern is rising, whipped up by political rhetoric, while actual numbers are declining rapidly, and asylum seekers make up a tiny proportion of the total (students the biggest).
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

What do the immigration figures for the UK really show?

Official figures indicate net migration is falling, yet concern among Britons is close to the highest it has been since polling began in 1974

www.theguardian.com

David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 24d

So much for free speech! Trump news at a glance: Kirk critics lose jobs amid rancour after killing
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump news at a glance: Kirk critics lose jobs amid rancour after killing

Numerous firings reported as authorities search out commentary deemed offensive on conservative free speech advocate’s killing – key stories from 13 September 2025 at a glance

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 24d

Flags Is It? www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2545203...

'This is wonderful,' defiant locals hang a display of multicultural flags over bridge

Activists in a valleys town have clapped back against right wing ideology with a defiant flag display.

www.southwalesargus.co.uk

David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 25d

Proud of Wales for this super response to the appearance of St George flags everywhere. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Classic Welsh response to flags appears on bridge and people are loving it

"I've been feeling so downhearted but this is glorious"

www.walesonline.co.uk

David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 26d

Ed Davey: “The facts don’t lie. The BBC is fuelling Reform’s rise by plastering Farage across our screens without providing the proper scrutiny the public deserves." Many have suspected this, but new academic study from Cardiff Uni shows it is fact.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage

Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 26d

UK imposes 100 new sanctions targeting Russia’s revenues and military supplies. Good!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

UK imposes 100 new sanctions targeting Russia’s revenues and military supplies

Electronics firms and ‘shadow fleet’ carrying oil among targets as UK foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, travels to Ukraine

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 26d

Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’. What's really scary is how many people will read these remarks and think "what's wrong with that".
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’

The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 27d

Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot. This is very scary and worrying stuff.
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Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot

Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.

The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 27d

I've just watched most of the first 45 minutes of BBC news devoted to the odious Charlie Kirk, including a series of interviews with people who agreed with him & no mention of his lies, conspiracy theories, racism & antisemitism. Then we had Boris saying CK's opinions were "reasonable". Why?!!

David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 28d

Interesting debate about whether charities should engage w Reform UK. Should we try to persuade, or avoid a clear clash of values? It may depend on your sector. But for those in human rights & international development, engagement may just be too painful! Views? nfpresearch.com/blog/2025-09...

Should charities work with Reform UK?

nfpresearch.com

David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · Sep 7

‘Police would like this to go away’: disabled man arrested at Palestine Action event defends protest. This is so absurd! Maybe the new Home Secretary can find a way out of the mess they've got themselves into. But somehow I doubt it. She'll probably double down.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Police would like this to go away’: disabled man arrested at Palestine Action event defends protest

Mike Higgins, who is 62, blind and uses a wheelchair, was one of 532 arrested at largest demo since group proscribed

www.theguardian.com

David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · Sep 7

I just don't get the rationale for the Government strategy on migration and human rights. Surely, the more they look like Reform-lite, the more they encourage voters to think Reform policies are acceptable. They are intelligent people who must have thought this through. Can anyone explain?