Hugh Williams
@hugh69williams.bsky.social
Creaking cyclist and grandson rememberer
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A Jewish MP was banned from a school because he was Jewish - or so our government and media have suggested.
That is a total lie.
This is yet another cause of how Israel's apologists are shamelessly deceiving you 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/lies-over-...
That is a total lie.
This is yet another cause of how Israel's apologists are shamelessly deceiving you 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/lies-over-...
Lies over pro-Israel MP "banned" from school
The government and the media are lying to you
www.owenjones.news
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
A Jewish MP was banned from a school because he was Jewish - or so our government and media have suggested.
That is a total lie.
This is yet another cause of how Israel's apologists are shamelessly deceiving you 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/lies-over-...
That is a total lie.
This is yet another cause of how Israel's apologists are shamelessly deceiving you 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/lies-over-...
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Kaja Kallas: 'Every week Israeli bombs plunge Palestinian cities into darkness. Destruction & death are Israel's answer to diplomacy. The bitter reality is this war might carry on for a long time unless we collectively put more pressure on Israel to stop it'
Of course she didnt say that
Of course she didnt say that
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Kaja Kallas: 'Every week Israeli bombs plunge Palestinian cities into darkness. Destruction & death are Israel's answer to diplomacy. The bitter reality is this war might carry on for a long time unless we collectively put more pressure on Israel to stop it'
Of course she didnt say that
Of course she didnt say that
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The Labour Party will always be the Genocide Party.
January 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Labour Party will always be the Genocide Party.
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Impressively poor bit of parking, pairing up to completely block (protected!?) cycle lane and pavement.
@yplac.bsky.social #yplac
@yplac.bsky.social #yplac
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Impressively poor bit of parking, pairing up to completely block (protected!?) cycle lane and pavement.
@yplac.bsky.social #yplac
@yplac.bsky.social #yplac
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The @theguardian.com is concerned that the NHS is using private providers for ADHD and that their diagnoses are not reliable.
As a retired psychologist I would like to ask how anyone could know that, given that there are no scientific parameters for 'ADHD'.
Unless someone knows better..
rb.gy/fdqez8
As a retired psychologist I would like to ask how anyone could know that, given that there are no scientific parameters for 'ADHD'.
Unless someone knows better..
rb.gy/fdqez8
NHS ADHD spending over budget by £164m as unregulated clinics boom
Exclusive: Total spending in England expected to double existing budgets, with funding for private providers rising threefold
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The @theguardian.com is concerned that the NHS is using private providers for ADHD and that their diagnoses are not reliable.
As a retired psychologist I would like to ask how anyone could know that, given that there are no scientific parameters for 'ADHD'.
Unless someone knows better..
rb.gy/fdqez8
As a retired psychologist I would like to ask how anyone could know that, given that there are no scientific parameters for 'ADHD'.
Unless someone knows better..
rb.gy/fdqez8
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Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform after begging Tories for peerage.
Backed Liz Truss and involved in numerous scandals - claimed cost of heating stables on private estate as MP expense, later repaid; tax shenanigans, breaches of ministerial codes,
Must feel at home with Reform.
Backed Liz Truss and involved in numerous scandals - claimed cost of heating stables on private estate as MP expense, later repaid; tax shenanigans, breaches of ministerial codes,
Must feel at home with Reform.
Ex-chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform ‘after begging Tories for peerage’
Former MP and minister sacked as Tory Party chair in 2023 after he breached ministerial code over his tax affairs
www.independent.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform after begging Tories for peerage.
Backed Liz Truss and involved in numerous scandals - claimed cost of heating stables on private estate as MP expense, later repaid; tax shenanigans, breaches of ministerial codes,
Must feel at home with Reform.
Backed Liz Truss and involved in numerous scandals - claimed cost of heating stables on private estate as MP expense, later repaid; tax shenanigans, breaches of ministerial codes,
Must feel at home with Reform.
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The arrogance of people who have backed foreign policy calamity after foreign policy calamity...
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The arrogance of people who have backed foreign policy calamity after foreign policy calamity...
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This is on Starmer, on Lammy, on Mahmood. Heba's impending death, it seems, is a matter of policy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
This is on Starmer, on Lammy, on Mahmood. Heba's impending death, it seems, is a matter of policy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’
Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, in a Wakefield prison at the weekend and says ‘her body is shutting down’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Hunger strikers are still the state’s responsibility
The prisons minister may justifiably say that temporary release for prisoners awaiting trial is a matter for an independent judiciary, but this by no means absolves the state of responsibility
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The prisons minister may justifiably say that temporary release for prisoners awaiting trial is a matter for an independent judiciary, but this by no means absolves the state of responsibility
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action hunger strikers are still the state’s responsibility | Letters
Letters: The power is in the hands of the DPP or the attorney general, writes Stephen Sedley. Plus Roshi Fernando on Keir Starmer’s unforgivable conduct
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Hunger strikers are still the state’s responsibility
The prisons minister may justifiably say that temporary release for prisoners awaiting trial is a matter for an independent judiciary, but this by no means absolves the state of responsibility
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The prisons minister may justifiably say that temporary release for prisoners awaiting trial is a matter for an independent judiciary, but this by no means absolves the state of responsibility
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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We should stand by Iran's protesters as they fight a repressive theocracy.
We should also oppose yet another catastrophic Western intervention.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We should also oppose yet another catastrophic Western intervention.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Iran’s protesters need our support – not another western-intervention disaster | Owen Jones
Previous meddling has damaged the region, and once again the the US and Israel don’t have Iranians’ best interests at heart, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 AM
We should stand by Iran's protesters as they fight a repressive theocracy.
We should also oppose yet another catastrophic Western intervention.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We should also oppose yet another catastrophic Western intervention.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Cyclists are vulnerable road users, and framing it as a battle is false equivalence"
Former West Midlands cycling commissioner Adam Tranter slams BBC for claiming there is a "war on our roads"
Former West Midlands cycling commissioner Adam Tranter slams BBC for claiming there is a "war on our roads"
“Framing it as a battle is false equivalence”: Former cycling commissioner says BBC’s claim of ‘a war on our roads’ is “exhausting” and “troublesome”; “Enough zone 2, time to race”: Tadej Pogačar’s un...
It’s Monday and Adwitiya’s back for hopefully a slightly sunnier week of cycling news, reaction and opinions on the live blog
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February 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"Cyclists are vulnerable road users, and framing it as a battle is false equivalence"
Former West Midlands cycling commissioner Adam Tranter slams BBC for claiming there is a "war on our roads"
Former West Midlands cycling commissioner Adam Tranter slams BBC for claiming there is a "war on our roads"
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The US ambassador to Israel says the govt of Iran should not injure and hurt its own people because they are protesting, declaring "they have a right to protest"
January 13, 2026 at 7:25 AM
The US ambassador to Israel says the govt of Iran should not injure and hurt its own people because they are protesting, declaring "they have a right to protest"
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This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication.
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication.
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
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Netanyahu says "we didn't carpet bomb"
January 13, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Netanyahu says "we didn't carpet bomb"
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More than 35,000 people in Gaza have completely or partially lost their hearing due to explosions during the genocide.
Israel’s crimes against humanity will be felt for generations — and we will never give up until we have brought about justice for the Palestinian people.
Israel’s crimes against humanity will be felt for generations — and we will never give up until we have brought about justice for the Palestinian people.
January 13, 2026 at 9:53 AM
More than 35,000 people in Gaza have completely or partially lost their hearing due to explosions during the genocide.
Israel’s crimes against humanity will be felt for generations — and we will never give up until we have brought about justice for the Palestinian people.
Israel’s crimes against humanity will be felt for generations — and we will never give up until we have brought about justice for the Palestinian people.
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Peter Kyle passing the buck to Ofcom. Who thinks Ofcom would ever fine X 10% of global earnings or shut them down in the UK or send its bosses to prison?
Me neither. "Independent regulators" exist to do the minimum possible while enabling politicians to shrug & pass the buck
Me neither. "Independent regulators" exist to do the minimum possible while enabling politicians to shrug & pass the buck
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Peter Kyle passing the buck to Ofcom. Who thinks Ofcom would ever fine X 10% of global earnings or shut them down in the UK or send its bosses to prison?
Me neither. "Independent regulators" exist to do the minimum possible while enabling politicians to shrug & pass the buck
Me neither. "Independent regulators" exist to do the minimum possible while enabling politicians to shrug & pass the buck
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"The Foreign Secretary said exercising the right to free speech and assembly should never come with the threat of.. reprisals"
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 AM
"The Foreign Secretary said exercising the right to free speech and assembly should never come with the threat of.. reprisals"
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Nida' Ibrahim reports on how Israel is planning a new illegal settlement in East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
While the UK govt praises people protesting in Iran, it continues to support and arm a brutal apartheid regime that violates international law every single day
While the UK govt praises people protesting in Iran, it continues to support and arm a brutal apartheid regime that violates international law every single day
January 12, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Nida' Ibrahim reports on how Israel is planning a new illegal settlement in East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
While the UK govt praises people protesting in Iran, it continues to support and arm a brutal apartheid regime that violates international law every single day
While the UK govt praises people protesting in Iran, it continues to support and arm a brutal apartheid regime that violates international law every single day
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No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
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I synced up the video from the Johnathan Ross and a bystander to help show what was happening when he fumbled his camera. He was already out of the way at that point and already had his gun drawn. It wasn't him being hit, it was him shooting Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I synced up the video from the Johnathan Ross and a bystander to help show what was happening when he fumbled his camera. He was already out of the way at that point and already had his gun drawn. It wasn't him being hit, it was him shooting Renee Good.
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UK media, incl. the BBC’s flagship political show, is rehabilitating a man who was “best pals” with one of the world’s most notorious paedophiles & still refuses to apologise to Epstein’s victims.
He retains the Labour whip in the Lords. That tells you everything about the political & media class.
He retains the Labour whip in the Lords. That tells you everything about the political & media class.
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
UK media, incl. the BBC’s flagship political show, is rehabilitating a man who was “best pals” with one of the world’s most notorious paedophiles & still refuses to apologise to Epstein’s victims.
He retains the Labour whip in the Lords. That tells you everything about the political & media class.
He retains the Labour whip in the Lords. That tells you everything about the political & media class.
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"There are millions.. who want their freedom back, who want to restore their democracy & they look to us, the US, Britain.. as their friends"
Back? Friends? The US & Britain overthrew democracy in Iran in 1953 to protect their oil interests & Venezuela shows us nothings changed
Back? Friends? The US & Britain overthrew democracy in Iran in 1953 to protect their oil interests & Venezuela shows us nothings changed
January 11, 2026 at 9:58 AM
"There are millions.. who want their freedom back, who want to restore their democracy & they look to us, the US, Britain.. as their friends"
Back? Friends? The US & Britain overthrew democracy in Iran in 1953 to protect their oil interests & Venezuela shows us nothings changed
Back? Friends? The US & Britain overthrew democracy in Iran in 1953 to protect their oil interests & Venezuela shows us nothings changed
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Why not get a force to go into America, and stem the violence their government is inflicting on innocent people.
January 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Why not get a force to go into America, and stem the violence their government is inflicting on innocent people.