@gillyhbean.bsky.social
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Insane that the British Foreign Secretary can meet with the former leader of Al Qaeda in Syria while, at home, on the same day, his government arrested 20 people on 'terrorism offenses' for supporting a non-violent pro-Palestine protest group.
Britain re-establishing diplomatic relations with Syria, announces David Lammy
Britain re-establishing diplomatic relations with Syria, announces David Lammy
Foreign secretary says it is in UK’s ‘interests to support new government’ as in first visit by British minister for 14 years
Britain is re-establishing diplomatic relations with Syria after the country’s years-long civil war, foreign minister David Lammy has announced during a visit to the capital Damascus.
“There is renewed hope for the Syrian people,” Lammy said in a statement. “It is in our interests to support the new government to deliver their commitment to build a stable, more secure and prosperous future for all Syrians.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Insane that the British Foreign Secretary can meet with the former leader of Al Qaeda in Syria while, at home, on the same day, his government arrested 20 people on 'terrorism offenses' for supporting a non-violent pro-Palestine protest group.
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I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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"My fiancée Reem and I are separated from our families, trying to survive on what little we can find. The internet barely works. Electricity is a luxury. Food is a miracle."
Beautifully written piece by @its2sakher.bsky.social
Pls do read & share. First hand accounts from Gaza are so important. 👇
Beautifully written piece by @its2sakher.bsky.social
Pls do read & share. First hand accounts from Gaza are so important. 👇
Surviving Gaza: a personal account of life under siege
"Gaza is not just a news headline. It is my home. It is full of people who want to live -not just survive, but live in dignity, in safety, in freedom."
northeastbylines.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"My fiancée Reem and I are separated from our families, trying to survive on what little we can find. The internet barely works. Electricity is a luxury. Food is a miracle."
Beautifully written piece by @its2sakher.bsky.social
Pls do read & share. First hand accounts from Gaza are so important. 👇
Beautifully written piece by @its2sakher.bsky.social
Pls do read & share. First hand accounts from Gaza are so important. 👇
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Today is #InternationalBiodiversityDay
In Scotland, our biodiversity and nature is struggling.
This year we have a huge chance to help it recover with the Natural Environment Bill.
We need our leaders to know how much this matters! Declare your love for nature:
www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/actnow
In Scotland, our biodiversity and nature is struggling.
This year we have a huge chance to help it recover with the Natural Environment Bill.
We need our leaders to know how much this matters! Declare your love for nature:
www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/actnow
Declare your love for nature!
Act now
www.scotlandlovesnature.scot
May 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Today is #InternationalBiodiversityDay
In Scotland, our biodiversity and nature is struggling.
This year we have a huge chance to help it recover with the Natural Environment Bill.
We need our leaders to know how much this matters! Declare your love for nature:
www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/actnow
In Scotland, our biodiversity and nature is struggling.
This year we have a huge chance to help it recover with the Natural Environment Bill.
We need our leaders to know how much this matters! Declare your love for nature:
www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/actnow
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Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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May 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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Brown hares can currently be shot all-year round , despite an estimated decline of 80% in the last 100 years . Please sign the petition now calling on the Govt to introduce a close season from Feb – Sept . Thank you !
Petition: Protect hares and their young from shooting during the breeding season
We call on the Government to stop the shooting of hares during their peak breeding season, by establishing a legally enforceable close season for hares in England and Wales, from 1st February to 30th…
petition.parliament.uk
May 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Brown hares can currently be shot all-year round , despite an estimated decline of 80% in the last 100 years . Please sign the petition now calling on the Govt to introduce a close season from Feb – Sept . Thank you !
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Biggest trade deal since Brexit will boost economy by 0.1% by 2040 bit.ly/4jJyLGw Brexit reduced the economy by an estimated 5.5%. But it might help the next government but two or possibly three scrape over the line to positive grow!
UK-India trade deal risks being tainted by national insurance row
Days after Reform’s strong showing in council elections, critics say Labour’s agreement will mean British workers are paid less for doing the same job
bit.ly
May 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Biggest trade deal since Brexit will boost economy by 0.1% by 2040 bit.ly/4jJyLGw Brexit reduced the economy by an estimated 5.5%. But it might help the next government but two or possibly three scrape over the line to positive grow!
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NEW: Internal DWP figures show 700,000 families *already* in poverty are forecast to be hit by planned disability benefit cuts
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disability benefit cuts to hit 700,000 families already in poverty, DWP forecasts show
Internal government forecasts obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘truly shocking’ effects of planned cuts
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
NEW: Internal DWP figures show 700,000 families *already* in poverty are forecast to be hit by planned disability benefit cuts
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
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In 2018 Jeremy Hunt bought 7 flats in Southampton, doing go he made use of the loophole and saved over £100,000 in stamp duty tax. Not only did he do this, but Hunt didn't initially declare the purchase. This was a big story, surprised Bruce didn't know about it
March 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
In 2018 Jeremy Hunt bought 7 flats in Southampton, doing go he made use of the loophole and saved over £100,000 in stamp duty tax. Not only did he do this, but Hunt didn't initially declare the purchase. This was a big story, surprised Bruce didn't know about it
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
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✍️ The ‘cocaine toilet belly-men’: a cautionary tale
Going out of an evening should not mean running the gauntlet of drugged-up, groping thugs – time for a night-out revolution
By Ingo Bede
Going out of an evening should not mean running the gauntlet of drugged-up, groping thugs – time for a night-out revolution
By Ingo Bede
The ‘cocaine toilet belly-men’: a cautionary tale
Going out of an evening should not mean running the gauntlet of drugged-up, groping thugs – time for a night-out revolution
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
✍️ The ‘cocaine toilet belly-men’: a cautionary tale
Going out of an evening should not mean running the gauntlet of drugged-up, groping thugs – time for a night-out revolution
By Ingo Bede
Going out of an evening should not mean running the gauntlet of drugged-up, groping thugs – time for a night-out revolution
By Ingo Bede
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📢 The UK government is talking about making HUGE cuts to disabled people’s social security.
Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks.
Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks.
March 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The UK government is talking about making HUGE cuts to disabled people’s social security.
Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks.
Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks.
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