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KeithG @datchmog.bsky.social · 2d

I hope she sues them for false arrest. Idiots.

Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 2d

Now it seems

…”If you disagree with the decision to label a group that has never carried out an act of terrorism and has never planned to carry out an act of terrorism as a ‘terrorist group’, you too are a terrorist.”

www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/in-the-uk-...

In the UK, you can be arrested for "terrorism" saying you disagree with a government decision

At an anti-genocide protest, a woman was arrested by the Metropolitan Police for holding up a sign reading: “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action.”

www.councilestatemedia.uk

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 3d

The petition against digital ID cards has now reached 2.8 million. Keep sharing, it would be good to get this past 3 million by the middle of the week.

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 4d

Every week when I get the bus to my parents' place I pass the turning to the almost-900k house and swimming pool Farage's girlfriend allegedly bought with cash - no mortgage - that he's repeatedly lied about. The press have now happily dropped the issue. I'm getting angrier about it by the day.

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 4d

6 Australians are being held by Israel, following their abduction in int'l waters from the #GlobalSumudFlotilla. The Aus Govt refuses to speak to their families unless they receive letters of permission from those detained, or the detainees have died. #auspol www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/ne...

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Jelly @jellydots.bsky.social · 4d

👆 Exactly this. I lump Labour together with Cons & Reform - there is nothing leftwing about this party. Sincerely hoping that the rightwing vote will be split between these three, so we can vote in a true left wing alliance that can begin #ElectoralReform

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PrivetEye @priveteye.bsky.social · 4d

The MET police at its finest : once again carting off pensioners who are anti- genocide
(Trafalgar Square, London, 4th October)

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5d

FIFA has decided to take no action against Israel.

President says "FIFA cannot resolve geopolitical issues."

FIFA has and still bans Russia.

FIFA is a disgrace, Israel need to be banned.

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Jelly @jellydots.bsky.social · 4d

Looks like Devon & Cornwall Police had their priorities right, unusual for these times. It’s ridiculous that pacifists are being arrested for speaking out about the horrors of the genocide.

Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Devon and Cornwall Police did NOT arrest protestors today for signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

In sharp contrast, Met police are mass arresting protestors in Trafalgar Square for holding the same signs, despite claiming limited resources.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Devon and Cornwall Police did NOT arrest protestors today for signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

In sharp contrast, Met police are mass arresting protestors in Trafalgar Square for holding the same signs, despite claiming limited resources.

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Jelly @jellydots.bsky.social · 4d

To email Yvette Cooper, see link here. The UK is complicit in the genocide. #NotInMyName act.greenpeace.org/page/172790/...

Yvette Cooper: Stop the blockade of Gaza and stop selling weapons to Israel

Tell the UK government to call for an end to the blockade of aid to Gaza and stop selling weapons to Israel

act.greenpeace.org

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BethU @beth-u.bsky.social · 6d

Betrayal.

Hacking scandal.
Horizon scandal.
Grenfell scandal.
Infected blood scandal.
Nuclear test veterans scandal.

Govts promising but kicking the can down the road.

Behind each of these scandals are people, human beings.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6d

Actor & campaigner Hugh Grant tells ITV News why he feels Labour has ‘betrayed’ hacking victims.

He says seeing Keir Starmer forge close relationships with major newspaper barons is hard to stomach for the families who were promised things would change.

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Jelly @jellydots.bsky.social · 8d

Speech, Language & Communication Needs are more prevalent than we know, and have an impact on individuals in myriad ways. The right support would give so many children and young people improved skills, greater confidence and much more…. speechandlanguage.eaction.org.uk/transforming...

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speechandlanguage.eaction.org.uk

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Jelly @jellydots.bsky.social · 8d

Email your Labour MP or Rachel Reeves: the NHS must be in public hands 💙 weownit.org.uk/act-now/reev...

Ring-fence our NHS from new PFI - take action now

Rachel Reeves can protect our NHS from private finance in her Autumn Budget.

weownit.org.uk

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Jelly @jellydots.bsky.social · 12d

act.autism.org.uk/page/178427/... If you care about mis- and dis-information about autism as I do, please consider signing this open letter. For autistic people these comments are hurtful and othering, and simply not true.

Truth. It matters. Autistic people deserve better

I've signed the National Autistic Society's open letter because I won’t let baseless claims distract me from the real issues autistic people are facing. Will you join the #TruthItMatters campaign and ...

act.autism.org.uk

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 12d

Benefit fraud is tiny. Certainly when compared to tax fraud and uncollected tax in the UK

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 13d

After being used in WW2 compulsory ID cards were abolished in 1952 because of the widespread sentiment that they are fundamentally at odds with British values and civil liberties.

That was true then and it’s true now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme

The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jelly @jellydots.bsky.social · 12d

@sainsburysofficial.bsky.social I want to close my credit card because it is now managed by NatWest that has involvement in the genocide. Unable to close on app, or phone, or website. Link to form doesn’t work. Please advise…

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 12d

Here's a link to Labour's 2024 manifesto.

It doesn't appear to mention rolling out a national ID scheme (which I think we can agree is a MASSIVE project). Yet Starmer's doing it anyway.

If that's acceptable, why aren't introducing PR, or rejoining the SM, CU or EU?

labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 13d

The government wants to bring back private finance in our NHS. 🤬

This would harm patients by siphoning off hundreds of millions of pounds in profits from our NHS. 🤑

Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting, you can still drop these disastrous and unpopular plans. Share if you agree.

What they promised:
Change
"Under Labour, the NHS will always be publicly owned and publicly funded."
Labour Party Manifesto 2024
What they're doing:
"Ministers have handed firms £6m in contracts to help devise plans to build a network of new
NHS clinics using private capital, despite fears the move could turn into a PFI-style disaster."
The Guardian 24th September 2025
we own it

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 14d

… come on, even if you’ve no faith in Labour, it’s always worth a try!!

act.savethechildren.org.uk/a/gaza-petit...

Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper: take urgent action

Call on Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to take action for children in the occupied Palestinian territory now.

act.savethechildren.org.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 15d

VICTORY: citing "lack of evidence", prosecutors have dropped the trial against the Drax 15. They never had a case, but they kept defendants waiting for a year to somehow justify an astonishing £3 million police operation. This is yet another example of the repression of protest rights in Britain

Some of the Drax 15 defendants outside Leed Magistrates Court

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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 15d

Hi there, I’ve just signed the petition below calling for the boycotting of Eurovision unless Israel is banned. Will you add your name too and then share it far and wide? 38d.gs/qh_c

Sign the petition: tell the BBC to boycott Eurovision unless Israel is banned

This is big: Spain's state broadcasters have said they'll boycott Eurovision unless Israel is banned. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bosses. Sign the petition n...

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Jelly @jellydots.bsky.social · 15d

This is big: Spain's state broadcasters have said they'll boycott Eurovision unless Israel is banned. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bosses. Sign the petition now: