Robin K
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We urge David Lammy to immediately authorise a senior official to meet with the legal representatives of Heba Muraisi & Kamran Ahmed - both on prolonged hunger strike & at extreme risk of death.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
We urge David Lammy to immediately authorise a senior official to meet with the legal representatives of Heba Muraisi & Kamran Ahmed - both on prolonged hunger strike & at extreme risk of death.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
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Some *free* weekend reading: our special report on the Teesside regeneration scandal ⤵️
As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
Special Report: Stripped Tees
IT WAS to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional devolution and the flagship post-Brexit freeport. But the redevelopment of the former steelworks on the south bank of...
www.private-eye.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Some *free* weekend reading: our special report on the Teesside regeneration scandal ⤵️
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Gov condemns ‘insulting’ changes to Grok AI as Ofcom launches review
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Gov condemns ‘insulting’ changes to Grok AI as Ofcom launches review
The government has threatened to ban Elon Musk's X if it doesn't address the use of the AI tool Grok to generate non-consensual, sexual images, including of children.
www.channel4.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Gov condemns ‘insulting’ changes to Grok AI as Ofcom launches review
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www.channel4.com/news/gov-con...
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‘We should do a suspension of X’s service’ in UK, says Baroness Kidron
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‘We should do a suspension of X’s service’ in UK, says Baroness Kidron
Earlier we spoke to Bruce Daisley, former Twitter Europe executive before it became Elon Musk's X and has been critical of the billionaire, and from North London Baroness Kidron, who campaigns for dig...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
‘We should do a suspension of X’s service’ in UK, says Baroness Kidron
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Assisted dying supporters fear time will run out before bill is passed
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Assisted dying supporters fear time will run out before bill is passed
The House of Lords is debating more than a thousand amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill, which would give terminally ill adults with less than six months to live, the right to end their lives.
www.channel4.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Assisted dying supporters fear time will run out before bill is passed
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Saw this on Facebook....
I'm was a bit surprised to find out that Newsom is going to be the next President.
I mean, the Ds did such a great job handling the last election, I guess I should just go with it, right?
Yeah.....right.....
I'm was a bit surprised to find out that Newsom is going to be the next President.
I mean, the Ds did such a great job handling the last election, I guess I should just go with it, right?
Yeah.....right.....
January 9, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Saw this on Facebook....
I'm was a bit surprised to find out that Newsom is going to be the next President.
I mean, the Ds did such a great job handling the last election, I guess I should just go with it, right?
Yeah.....right.....
I'm was a bit surprised to find out that Newsom is going to be the next President.
I mean, the Ds did such a great job handling the last election, I guess I should just go with it, right?
Yeah.....right.....
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'Musk’s Twitter has no interest in cleaning up its act. It works actively to undermine our democratically elected government and is, as we speak, causing harm to children'
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter, writes Labour MP and former transport secretary, Lou Haigh
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter, writes Labour MP and former transport secretary, Lou Haigh
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
www.politicshome.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM
'Musk’s Twitter has no interest in cleaning up its act. It works actively to undermine our democratically elected government and is, as we speak, causing harm to children'
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter, writes Labour MP and former transport secretary, Lou Haigh
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter, writes Labour MP and former transport secretary, Lou Haigh
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Leaked WhatsApp Messages Show Labour MPs Demanding Government Leaves X
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Leaked WhatsApp Messages Show Labour MPs Demanding Government Leaves X
Exclusive: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging the government to leave X, arguing that it should 'show direction to others in the UK'.
www.politicshome.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Leaked WhatsApp Messages Show Labour MPs Demanding Government Leaves X
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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If petrol and diesel filling stations were as incompatible, unreliable, broken and missing as EV charging points, there would be a furore in the media and immediate government action.
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
If petrol and diesel filling stations were as incompatible, unreliable, broken and missing as EV charging points, there would be a furore in the media and immediate government action.
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We don't need to look across the Atlantic for protection, when we have a strong defence partner on our doorstep. We must align with European defence if we are serious about our security.
January 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
We don't need to look across the Atlantic for protection, when we have a strong defence partner on our doorstep. We must align with European defence if we are serious about our security.
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The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death.
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death.
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
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Zoe is 100% right.
RW media, their journalists, right wing politicians, anyone who attempts to normalise or sanitise inhumane treatment of individuals is complicit in the crimes.
Renee was murdered by a dangerous goon, licensed to kill by Trump.
🙏 read, share this
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RW media, their journalists, right wing politicians, anyone who attempts to normalise or sanitise inhumane treatment of individuals is complicit in the crimes.
Renee was murdered by a dangerous goon, licensed to kill by Trump.
🙏 read, share this
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January 9, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Zoe is 100% right.
RW media, their journalists, right wing politicians, anyone who attempts to normalise or sanitise inhumane treatment of individuals is complicit in the crimes.
Renee was murdered by a dangerous goon, licensed to kill by Trump.
🙏 read, share this
open.substack.com/pub/chadbour...
RW media, their journalists, right wing politicians, anyone who attempts to normalise or sanitise inhumane treatment of individuals is complicit in the crimes.
Renee was murdered by a dangerous goon, licensed to kill by Trump.
🙏 read, share this
open.substack.com/pub/chadbour...
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Conservative Mayor of Tees Valley Lord Houchen told Newsnight in 2024 that 2 private developers had ‘£50m of their money sitting in a bank account’ when I quoted an independent report pointing out the pair had put no direct cash of their own into regenerating the huge old Redcar steelworks site 👇
January 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Conservative Mayor of Tees Valley Lord Houchen told Newsnight in 2024 that 2 private developers had ‘£50m of their money sitting in a bank account’ when I quoted an independent report pointing out the pair had put no direct cash of their own into regenerating the huge old Redcar steelworks site 👇
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Richard Brooks reports in this week’s Private Eye that almost all of that £50m has now been taken as dividends by the developers Chris Musgrave & Martin Corney (there’s £2.7m left in the account) 👇
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Richard Brooks reports in this week’s Private Eye that almost all of that £50m has now been taken as dividends by the developers Chris Musgrave & Martin Corney (there’s £2.7m left in the account) 👇
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Britain needs to join properly with the rest of Europe.
With USA now being totally unpredictable, we cannot afford to sit alone on our backsides anymore.
No man is an island…….
@thetimes.com @telegraph.co.uk @the-independent.com
With USA now being totally unpredictable, we cannot afford to sit alone on our backsides anymore.
No man is an island…….
@thetimes.com @telegraph.co.uk @the-independent.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Britain needs to join properly with the rest of Europe.
With USA now being totally unpredictable, we cannot afford to sit alone on our backsides anymore.
No man is an island…….
@thetimes.com @telegraph.co.uk @the-independent.com
With USA now being totally unpredictable, we cannot afford to sit alone on our backsides anymore.
No man is an island…….
@thetimes.com @telegraph.co.uk @the-independent.com
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This is very well done. The NYT journalist who made this should send it to the editors of the NYT whose landing page articles still amplify Trump lies about the victim, defending ICE murdering her.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
This is very well done. The NYT journalist who made this should send it to the editors of the NYT whose landing page articles still amplify Trump lies about the victim, defending ICE murdering her.
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Excellent analysis of yesterday’s shooting including ICE refusing to let a doctor check the victim and the ICE agent who shot leaving the scene of the killing soon afterwards. This killing will live in infamy.
Video analysis clearly contradicts what Noem and Trump claim about the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. By @devonlum.bsky.social @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social Ainara Tiefenthaler Courtney Brooks for @nytimes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
YouTube video by The New York Times
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January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Excellent analysis of yesterday’s shooting including ICE refusing to let a doctor check the victim and the ICE agent who shot leaving the scene of the killing soon afterwards. This killing will live in infamy.
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And rethink where the World Cup and the Olympics should be held. If Trump wants to withdraw the US from worldwide organisations for ‘reasons’ then world wide organisations should withdraw from the US.
'The US has also already withdrawn from the WHO, the UNHR and UNESCO'.
Perhaps time for the UN to move their HQ outside the US?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Perhaps time for the UN to move their HQ outside the US?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty and dozens of other groups
The White House says the decision was taken because those entities "no longer serve American interests".
www.bbc.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
And rethink where the World Cup and the Olympics should be held. If Trump wants to withdraw the US from worldwide organisations for ‘reasons’ then world wide organisations should withdraw from the US.
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They are going blind and they are going to die
The UK government do not care!
#Filton24
#HungerStrike
#PalestineAction
#FreePalestine
#EndIsrseliGenocide
#BDS
#IsraelTerroristState
youtu.be/ajxaPZ3f4W8?...
The UK government do not care!
#Filton24
#HungerStrike
#PalestineAction
#FreePalestine
#EndIsrseliGenocide
#BDS
#IsraelTerroristState
youtu.be/ajxaPZ3f4W8?...
Day 63 of Hunger Strike: 'They’re going blind'
YouTube video by The Crispin Flintoff Show
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January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
They are going blind and they are going to die
The UK government do not care!
#Filton24
#HungerStrike
#PalestineAction
#FreePalestine
#EndIsrseliGenocide
#BDS
#IsraelTerroristState
youtu.be/ajxaPZ3f4W8?...
The UK government do not care!
#Filton24
#HungerStrike
#PalestineAction
#FreePalestine
#EndIsrseliGenocide
#BDS
#IsraelTerroristState
youtu.be/ajxaPZ3f4W8?...
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
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Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
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Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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A tough choice for Trump’s administration as they decide whether to declare war on NATO or their own people first
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
A tough choice for Trump’s administration as they decide whether to declare war on NATO or their own people first
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According to Keir Starmer, the New Year’s honours recognise people “who put the common good ahead of themselves to strengthen communities” with “quiet dedication” – yet higher awards went to party hacks and poorly performing executives.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
According to Keir Starmer, the New Year’s honours recognise people “who put the common good ahead of themselves to strengthen communities” with “quiet dedication” – yet higher awards went to party hacks and poorly performing executives.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.