Dr Pat Morton
@mortonpm.bsky.social
Brummie living in Notts with Dudley and two dogs. Birmingham City FC season ticket holder. Despise racism. Green Party member. #ClimateJustice
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Claims David Lammy racked up half a million pounds of food and drink expenses as foreign secretary have been circulating again online.
But as we’ve explained before, this figure relates to the Foreign Office’s entire departmental expenses - not his personal spending.
But as we’ve explained before, this figure relates to the Foreign Office’s entire departmental expenses - not his personal spending.
Facebook posts falsely claim David Lammy personally spent half a million pounds on food and drink expenses as foreign secretary – Full Fact
The claim, which has been circulating since the spring of this year, confuses entire departmental expenses with that of Mr Lammy’s personal expenses.
fullfact.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Claims David Lammy racked up half a million pounds of food and drink expenses as foreign secretary have been circulating again online.
But as we’ve explained before, this figure relates to the Foreign Office’s entire departmental expenses - not his personal spending.
But as we’ve explained before, this figure relates to the Foreign Office’s entire departmental expenses - not his personal spending.
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How reporting facts can now land you in jail for 14 years as a terrorist.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-report...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-report...
How reporting facts can now land you in jail for 14 years as a terrorist
Starmer's government has set the most dangerous of precedents: it can now outlaw any political group it chooses as a terrorist organisation – and thereby make it impossible to defend it
jonathancook.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
How reporting facts can now land you in jail for 14 years as a terrorist.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-report...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-report...
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BREAKING: Quesser Zuhrah is taken to hospital after crowds gathered at HMP Bronzefield following her rapid health deterioration after 46days of hunger strike.
There are seven more hunger strikers currently facing critical health deterioration. Support them by visiting PrisonersForPalestine.org
There are seven more hunger strikers currently facing critical health deterioration. Support them by visiting PrisonersForPalestine.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKING: Quesser Zuhrah is taken to hospital after crowds gathered at HMP Bronzefield following her rapid health deterioration after 46days of hunger strike.
There are seven more hunger strikers currently facing critical health deterioration. Support them by visiting PrisonersForPalestine.org
There are seven more hunger strikers currently facing critical health deterioration. Support them by visiting PrisonersForPalestine.org
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This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy.
#BarackObama
#BarackObama
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy.
#BarackObama
#BarackObama
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Grim news:
"The government has broken its promise to protect #nature by weakening planning rules for housing developers"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"The government has broken its promise to protect #nature by weakening planning rules for housing developers"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers ‘break word’ on protecting nature after weakening biodiversity planning rule
Housing minister announces exemption to 10% net gain rule in England for smaller developments
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Grim news:
"The government has broken its promise to protect #nature by weakening planning rules for housing developers"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"The government has broken its promise to protect #nature by weakening planning rules for housing developers"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The band Primal Scream had the audacity to tell its audience that the British government is complicit in genocide. They have been reported to the police for doing so, and the UK media is once again baying for blood.
Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-its...
Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-its...
Listen: It's antisemitic to call out Israel's genocide, says the Guardian
Read by Matthew Alford
jonathancook.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The band Primal Scream had the audacity to tell its audience that the British government is complicit in genocide. They have been reported to the police for doing so, and the UK media is once again baying for blood.
Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-its...
Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-its...
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‘Reforming’ or leaving the ECHR…A raising of false expectations, based on populist dishonesty.
A demonisation of immigrants to mask the failures of government.
Lies about sovereignty.
A cynical refusal by politicians and media to tell us the truth.
So very Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
A demonisation of immigrants to mask the failures of government.
Lies about sovereignty.
A cynical refusal by politicians and media to tell us the truth.
So very Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts
As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populists
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
‘Reforming’ or leaving the ECHR…A raising of false expectations, based on populist dishonesty.
A demonisation of immigrants to mask the failures of government.
Lies about sovereignty.
A cynical refusal by politicians and media to tell us the truth.
So very Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
A demonisation of immigrants to mask the failures of government.
Lies about sovereignty.
A cynical refusal by politicians and media to tell us the truth.
So very Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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Thinking of the people of Myanmar: one more set of war crimes not getting nearly enough international focus
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/w...
Dozens Killed as a Hospital Is Bombed in Brutal Civil War
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Thinking of the people of Myanmar: one more set of war crimes not getting nearly enough international focus
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/w...
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Nigel Farage is probably delighted today that Reform have the most members of a political party.
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Nigel Farage is probably delighted today that Reform have the most members of a political party.
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Delighted so many people are enjoying my chat with @nojusticemtg.bsky.social
We talk economy, nationalisation and how to stop the right.
👇🏼
youtu.be/13t3hziAd5w?...
We talk economy, nationalisation and how to stop the right.
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youtu.be/13t3hziAd5w?...
How Can The Left Be Louder Than The Right? | @NoJusticeMTG | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Delighted so many people are enjoying my chat with @nojusticemtg.bsky.social
We talk economy, nationalisation and how to stop the right.
👇🏼
youtu.be/13t3hziAd5w?...
We talk economy, nationalisation and how to stop the right.
👇🏼
youtu.be/13t3hziAd5w?...
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We are not safe. This is an emergency.
Watch this summary of the UK National Emergency Briefing.
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
@nebriefing.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth
Watch this summary of the UK National Emergency Briefing.
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
@nebriefing.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We are not safe. This is an emergency.
Watch this summary of the UK National Emergency Briefing.
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
@nebriefing.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth
Watch this summary of the UK National Emergency Briefing.
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
@nebriefing.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth
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Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨 Final call to register!
Tomorrow, our webinar with @frameworks.bsky.social and @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social will explore how to make the case for decent, affordable supported housing.
Don't miss out - sign up here 🔽
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017610412512/WN_E1MLx0swQ4OG-4B_75lfgQ
Tomorrow, our webinar with @frameworks.bsky.social and @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social will explore how to make the case for decent, affordable supported housing.
Don't miss out - sign up here 🔽
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017610412512/WN_E1MLx0swQ4OG-4B_75lfgQ
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨 Final call to register!
Tomorrow, our webinar with @frameworks.bsky.social and @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social will explore how to make the case for decent, affordable supported housing.
Don't miss out - sign up here 🔽
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017610412512/WN_E1MLx0swQ4OG-4B_75lfgQ
Tomorrow, our webinar with @frameworks.bsky.social and @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social will explore how to make the case for decent, affordable supported housing.
Don't miss out - sign up here 🔽
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017610412512/WN_E1MLx0swQ4OG-4B_75lfgQ
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Here's @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's powerful opening remarks at this weeks National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Hall.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
'We've set our house on FIRE!' | Chris Packham leads MOVING climate change speech
YouTube video by The Mirror
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here's @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's powerful opening remarks at this weeks National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Hall.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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At this point you kind of have to "accept", for want of a better word, that the Home Secretary is being disingenuous and lying, but that doesn't mean the BBC has to repeat the phrasing uncritically. There is nothing illegal about seeking asylum. 1/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
At this point you kind of have to "accept", for want of a better word, that the Home Secretary is being disingenuous and lying, but that doesn't mean the BBC has to repeat the phrasing uncritically. There is nothing illegal about seeking asylum. 1/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Check out no.6 on Starmer's pledges when he became Leader of the Labour Party.
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Check out no.6 on Starmer's pledges when he became Leader of the Labour Party.
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
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Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
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For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
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Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
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Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn slam Rupert Lowe’s ‘utterly repulsive’, and ‘deeply un-British’ social media comments
'Beyond disgusting'
leftfootforward.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
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Amazing how often we say 'too many visitors' when what we mainly mean is 'too many cars'
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
Can Highland Perthshire cope with 'unprecedented' tourist demand?
Local businesses rely on visitors coming to Dunkeld, but some residents worry the town can no longer cope.
news.stv.tv
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Amazing how often we say 'too many visitors' when what we mainly mean is 'too many cars'
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...