Remember when the reprehensible Shabana Mahmood suggested those who continued to protest about Gaza after the 'ceasefire' had bad motivations ie, as I read her, were antisemites?

Thank you for coming to my Teddy talk.

Let me repeat it! 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏼👇🏽

🚨HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds arrested in Parliament Square in protest organised by Defend Our Juries

The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly.

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UNRWA said Israel is inflicting "man-made" and "politically motivated starvation" on Gaza, as the UN’s World Food Programme reports that aid stocks in the besieged enclave are completely depleted.

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"Israeli settlers"? Should that not be "Israeli thieves"?

The number of Palestinians killed since Israel launched its war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, has crossed 50,000 as Israel intensifies attacks inside the besieged enclave aje.io/35kgqd

I suspect that we will hear this phrase a lot over the next four years.

I first learnt of grooming gangs from @theTimes in Jan 2011
I became chief prosecutor May 2011
I authorised charging Rochdale grooming gang June 2011
After convictions (May 2012) Starmer put me in charge of national response
Far Right thugs attacked my home
1000s of rapists were brought to justice

This is a very good piece and well worth reading (and it’s not behind the paywall)

“I don’t believe in the idea of being on the right side of history. The histories of the future are none of our concern. Our concern is the present”

A barrel of dodgy oil explodes, destroying the convent and wiping out the population of the town.
#SmallThingsLikeThese

When the war is not going their way, Ned reveals the identity of Bill’s father;
A reinvigorated Bill then destroys the convent, rescuing his daughter and one Magdalene girl;
They escape to the Wicklow Hills, via the Cliffs of Moher ...

Sr Carmel selects girls from the laundry to train as bodyguards (think the classic 80s video Let’s get physical);
Criminal gang attempts to undercut Bill’s fuel business, threatening his family and kidnapping one of his daughters;
Bill, Eileen & Ned fight back ...

#SmallThingsLikeThese needs a Hollywood makeover:
Recently orphaned Bill is trained in special-ops by Mrs Wilson (codenamed Stoneheart) and Ned;
This is where he meets his wife Eileen;
Morally conflicted St Mary agrees to launder cash for a criminal gang in order to keep her beloved laundry open...

A grey heron prowling the Kelvin today.
#glasgowwestend

Really diving into the #bannedbooks to ensure my daughters have access to all of the things. I know I’m missing a ton— what else do you suggest?