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I’m probably wrong but I think the Tories have stopped pretending that ripping up this nonsense the minute they got in was some sort of mistake by Labour.
Paul Kagame's Rwanda government got £290 million from the UK government/taxpayer - for very little beyond three press conferences (with a new Home Secretary each time). The attempt to seek another £100 million shows a striking level of chutzpah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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The Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, has not been 'captured' or 'arrested'; he has been kidnapped in an act of terrorism as part of an unprovoked war of aggression, 'the supreme war crime'. See how often the 'mainstream' media use the words 'kidnap' and 'terror':
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Trump says US has
The US President says Maduro has been
www.bbc.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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No inverted commas from the liberal heroes at the Guardian: Maduro has been 'captured', not kidnapped, according to this headline.
January 3, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Here's a brief clip from the programme yesterday, about why Keir Starmer's Labour Party is tanking in the polls.
www.youtube.com/shorts/jcUXX...
George Monbiot nails Keir Starmer's government in under a minute #ukpolitics
YouTube video by The National
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
October 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Disappointed that this BBC news piece about Trump not wanting Mayor Sadiq Khan at the State Banquet doesn't once mention Khan's race or religion. If you leave out that Khan is a brown Muslim man, you gloss over why he's targeted by Trump. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he didn't want London Mayor Sadiq Khan at state banquet
The mayor of London did not seek or expect an invite to the state banquet, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.

So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.

From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:

guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
Ten things you can do to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.
guyshrubsole.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Ian Carter and myself argued this point here www.whittlespublishing.com/Great_Miscon... - species with high dispersal capacity can typically naturally recolonise suitable habitats IF the original drivers of declines have been remediated.
September 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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"The average age of those arrested at the August rally was 54, and the most arrests - 147 of them - were of people aged between 60 and 69"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Arrests made at rally against Palestine Action ban in London
Hundreds of people have gathered in Parliament Square to oppose the group's ban under anti-terrorism legislation.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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This is powerful. Please watch and share.
September 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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True. 👏

BBC News *constantly* uses the loaded phrase 'Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza'.

But when do we hear the phrase, 'Extremist-run Israeli government'?

Or:

'Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who is sought by the ICC for alleged war crimes'?

x.com/SaulStanifor...
August 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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When they don't have a case, they lie.
HOME OFFICE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN OVER PALESTINE ACTION BAN EXPOSED

@declassifiedUK has revealed that Home Office insinuations that Palestine Action supports violence and receives funding from Iran were refuted by its own internal assessments.

In full: www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...
Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned
Exclusive: Documents seen by Declassified reveal serious concerns within the UK government and MI5 about proscribing Palestine Action.
www.declassifieduk.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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The government wants to make the public frightened to protest Israel’s oppression of Palestinians, even while Israel is committing genocide.
July 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business
At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
July 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Media Alert: Israeli Massacres Of Starving Palestinians Seeking Food Aid – Comparing The BBC And Haaretz
www.medialens.org/2025/israeli...
Israeli Massacres Of Starving Palestinians Seeking Food Aid – Comparing The BBC And Haaretz
On 27 June, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published an article that demolished many of the conceits held by ‘mainstream’ journalists about Israel’s assault on Gaza. The BBC’s response to the report wa...
www.medialens.org
July 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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A lifestyle built for Instagram. A romanticised view of the rural idyll, which is utterly devoid of substance (see next post in this thread), and merely serves as a barely concealed display of bourgeois affluence.
4. Looking into it further, I came across this post of hers on Instagram. Let's spend a moment unpacking it, as it speaks to me of everything that's wrong with dominant media themes about the countryside.
June 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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The government's Crime and Policing Bill is at Report Stage in the House of Commons. Yet scarcely anyone is alert to the implications of Sections 114 & 115, which (as everywhere's close to a place of worship), greatly increase police powers to shut down protest. Please tell MPs and friendly peers.
June 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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What do we think?🤔

Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.

Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!

So, what’s going on here?

Let’s take a look!👀

🧵

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June 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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1. It’s good to see this scandal being called out at last. My thanks and congratulations go to Lee Schofield, Karen Lloyd and Ian Convery. But it’s also absolutely infuriating that it has come to this point, as I explain in this thread.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Conservationists call for Lake District to lose Unesco world heritage status
Campaigners say designation promotes unsustainable sheep farming at expense of nature recovery and local communities
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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'Starmer claims that he is making Britian “war-ready.” Yet this century alone, while supposedly basking in a “peace dividend,” Britain has waged aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen.' 👏👏
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Britain is the real threat to peace | Morning Star
morningstaronline.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM