Nick Dearden
@nickdearden.bsky.social
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Director of Global Justice Now. Author of Pharmanomics. Opinions my own.
#FreePalestine
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Very excited to announce our upcoming conference Resisting Big Tech Empires 25 April London Cory Doctorow Anita Gurumurthy Sofia Scassera James Meadway Khem Rogaly Cecilia Rikap, Dan McQuillan
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Adil Haque
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Pope Leo is going full TWAIL and I am here for it.
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Full text of the Pharma Deal here. This isn’t a trade deal, it’s an agreement to pay tribute, a totally one-sided imposition. The idea we makes promises to Trump as to how we’ll allocate the NHS budget 🤯
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Arrangement between the United States of America and the United Kingdom on pharmaceutical pricing (HTML)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-us-arrangement-on-pharmaceutical-trade-and-pricing/arrangement-between-the-united-states-of-america-and-the-united-kingdom-on-pharmaceutical-pricing-html
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The Government has taken an axe to NHS price controls, given in to bullying by Trump and Big Pharma, and now sneaked this shameful press release out (which apparently had to be passed by the White House) just before Easter weekend. 🧵
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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NHS patients and British businesses to benefit from historic changes to medicines access following pharmaceutical partnership with USA
New partnership accelerates NHS patients' access to new medicines and will see UK benefit from greater life sciences industry investment
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-patients-and-british-businesses-to-benefit-from-historic-changes-to-medicines-access-following-pharmaceutical-partnership-with-usa
about 18 hours ago
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Global Justice Now
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People in Cumbria fought against a coal mine and won. But corporate courts mean that’s not the end of the story. Our new film produced by Planet House Productions in collaboration with us,
@tradejusticemov.bsky.social
and
@friends-earth.bsky.social
earth – out now.
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NHS staff boycott Palantir’s data platform “It makes me feel sick every time I log into the thing and I know I’m not alone in that. Colleagues are avoiding the news because it makes them feel terrible.”
www.ft.com/content/dbb6...
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NHS staff boycott Palantir’s data platform over ethical concerns
Controversial US tech group was awarded a £330mn contract in 2023 to collate hospital and patient information
https://www.ft.com/content/dbb67083-bd1d-46e9-b196-1438d54c5795?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Awful. While the real criminals murder on a massive scale, protestors against genocide are criminalised in deeply political policing. Solidarity Ben and Chris.
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Global Justice Now
2 days ago
"Sending the King for another state visit whitewashes Trump's actions. It sends exactly the wrong message, at a time we need to be standing up to his reckless bullying around the world." Our director
@nickdearden.bsky.social
quoted in
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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King Charles and Queen to visit US in April in first state visit for 20 years
US president Donald Trump slams Britain, just before announcement, for not joining war on Iran
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-queen-state-visit-us-trump-b2949156.html
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My take on the King’s state visit: “Trump represents the biggest threat to our security, prosperity & peace of anybody in the world. This visit whitewashes Trump's actions and sends exactly the wrong message, at a time we need to be stand up to his bullying”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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King Charles and Queen to visit US in April in first state visit for 20 years
US president Donald Trump slams Britain, just before announcement, for not joining war on Iran
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-queen-state-visit-us-trump-b2949156.html
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‘On the advice of his majesty’s government’ Sounds like a bit of discord there.
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“The king’s visit will serve as an endorsement of this illegal war, and Trump’s constant disregard for international law.” Join
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
. Don’t let the Government whitewash Trump’s crimes.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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King Charles’s state visit to US will be ‘humiliation’ amid Iran war
Visit with Camilla to go ahead in late April despite calls for delay over conflict and Trump-Starmer tensions
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/31/king-charles-state-visit-to-us-to-go-ahead-buckingham-palace-confirms
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They don’t get more “ideologically motivated” than Palantir – but this is great news. They’re scared. Keep going. And this isn’t only aobut the NHS contract – Palantir should be nowhere near *any* government contract.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract
Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in £330m deal with US analytics company
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/31/palantir-uk-boss-louis-mosley-ministers-nhs-contract
3 days ago
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Wow. Israeli minister celebrates with champagne - he can kill even more Palestinians. These people are genocidal maniacs.
news.sky.com/story/israel...
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Israel passes controversial death penalty law
Opponents of the bill, under which executions should be carried out within 90 days of sentencing, say it's racist and unlikely to deter attacks.
https://news.sky.com/story/israel-passes-controversial-death-penalty-plans-13526104
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In the Morning Star today: “Rather than letting Trump use bases to launch attacks, and sending the King to whitewash Trump’s crimes, Starmer needs to work to bring this crisis to an end, and he can start by being honest about who started this war.” 1/2
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Starmer is ‘lying’ over war on Iran
SIR KEIR STARMER is “lying to the British public” on the war on Iran that has “detonated a bomb” on the world’s economy, campaigners slammed yesterday.The comments came as the Prime Minister insisted ...
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/starmer-lying-over-war-iran
3 days ago
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Mark Carney’s ‘rupture’ runs up against reality. For Carney the continuity of hyper-globalisation is the goal, just without the US. But this is delusional. The instability and injustice of hyper-globalisation is precisely what led to Trump.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/rup...
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Rupture, What Rupture? | Richard Kozul-Wright
Mark Carney’s speech at Davos has got the international community talking about rupture; but his value-based realism is a thinly veiled attempt to salvage a neoliberal international order with Canadia...
https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/rupture-what-rupture/
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Fascinating post. The public are with us on climate. But our media is broken, and they’ve handed right wing politicians and their wealthy backers far too much power We can win if we make clear climate change is about cost of living. It’s a class issue
strongmessagehere.substack.com/p/whats-happ...
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What’s happened to the UK’s climate consensus?
Opposition, apathy and the voters in-between
https://strongmessagehere.substack.com/p/whats-happened-to-the-uks-climate
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A new digital trade deal would be a huge opportunity for Big Tech to enshrine their power in international law in perpetuity. We need to coordinate on how we control and constrain Big Tech, not how we further empower it.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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EU and CPTPP agree to progress with "historic" digital trade deal, Canada's international trade minister says
The European Union and the parties to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed on Friday to move forward with reaching a "historic" digital trade agreement bet...
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/eu-cptpp-agree-progress-with-historic-digital-trade-deal-canadas-international-2026-03-27/
4 days ago
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Senior member of Reform appears at a far right conference last week alongside a politician who said “If you’re Black, go back” As I say👇their policy is “to foster hatred & division, learning from some of the most divisive politicians in the world” 1/2
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Nigel Farage’s policy chief shared stage with 'white nationalist' politician
Reform's James Orr shared a stage with Martin Helme, the leader of the far-right Estonian Conservative People’s Party, who has previously been accused of making a white power gesture
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-policy-chief-shared-36939619
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Confirmation that the government’s toxic pharma deal with Trump will not go through Parliament before it’s enacted. And still Big Pharma demand more. These vultures will break the NHS before they’re through. We must stand up to them.
www.ft.com/content/5cf9...
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Eli Lilly pushes for NHS drug price increases in return for its UK investment
US pharmaceutical group ‘optimistic’ about reaching deal with British government
https://www.ft.com/content/5cf9cc03-4a93-4690-bbe9-d2c9c79004f4?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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‘Ministers explore triggering break clause in Palantir’s NHS contract’ Pressure is working. Minister admits “We are confident we could do it if we wanted to” So let’s make them do it.
www.ft.com/content/2d2b...
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Ministers explore triggering break clause in Palantir’s NHS contract
Government is under pressure to eject the controversial American company from NHS England data systems
https://www.ft.com/content/2d2b1af1-edea-4fd0-a081-3811e34bc52e
4 days ago
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Nick Dearden
Indivisible London UK
6 days ago
NO KINGS, NO TYRANTS London UK 28 March
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So pleased to be out with @GlobalJusticeUK today.
#Together
we can beat the far right, here and around the world.
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Nearly 3 hours since we assembled and we’re only just moving. This is massive. We can beat fascism. We can build a better country, and a fairer world.
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Israel set to expand death penalty: ‘It will, in practice, apply only to Palestinians, and it will be a mandatory sentence to be carried out within 90 days.’ A brutal, apartheid state. Boycott, Divest, Sanction.
www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-...
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Oxfam GB | Oxfam responds to upcoming vote in the Israeli Knesset on the death penalty bill
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-releases/oxfam-responds-to-upcoming-vote-in-the-israeli-knesset-on-the-death-penalty-bill/
6 days ago
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I was on Jeremy Vine’s show earlier saying we need to cancel the King’s state visit to the US 👇
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This plant was closed thanks to last year’s trade deal with Trump. Now the government is forced to reopen it because of Trump’s war on Iran. A lesson - any deal with Trump only undermines our resilience and security.
www.ft.com/content/802d...
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UK carbon dioxide plant to reopen over fears of shortages linked to Iran war
Business secretary approves £100mn plan to restart Ensus plant in north-east England for three months initially
https://www.ft.com/content/802d0319-21ea-4793-a0f3-5fcc0b5cd5c8?syn-25a6b1a6=1
7 days ago
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Cyprus is right – UK bases on its soil opens the country to untold dangers. We need to bring an end to this ridiculous colonial hangover. Expel the bases.
www.reuters.com/world/uk/cyp...
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Cyprus has opened discussion with UK over its bases, president says
Cyprus has initiated a discussion with London on the future of British bases on the island, its president said on Wednesday, after a drone strike on a military facility this month triggered fears th...
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/cyprus-has-opened-discussion-with-uk-over-its-bases-president-says-2026-03-25/
7 days ago
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While Trump’s brutal and illegal war on Iran sends prices skyrocketing, corporate profiteers stand to make a fortune. I’m pleased to join
@taxjusticeuk.bsky.social
to demand these war profits are taken back
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Rachel Reeves urged to raise taxes on companies profiting from war on Iran
Charities say energy companies, banks and defence companies stand to benefit from the economic fallout
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/26/rachel-reeves-urged-to-raise-taxes-on-companies-profiting-from-war-on-iran
7 days ago
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Bernie & AOC call for a moratorium on AI data centres. This is what we need here too. To roll out AI infrastructure as we’re doing gives unimaginable power to the worst people in the world, destroys the environment and leads to massive social harm.
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026...
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US lawmakers push for pause in data centres until AI safeguards in place
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to pause AI rollout amid growing backlash to technology.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/3/26/us-lawmakers-push-for-pause-in-data-centres-until-ai-safeguards-in-place
8 days ago
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I’m in Politico this morning, calling on the government to stands firm against tighter intellectual property restrictions which will only make medicines more costly and make it harder to stand up to Big Pharma bullying 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/uk-s...
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UK-Swiss trade deal held up over pharma row
British government departments are split over the issue.
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-switzerland-trade-deal-pharmaceutical-row/
8 days ago
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The cost of remaining dependent on fossil fuels is one we can no longer bear. The US-Israel attack on Iran is not an argument for more North Sea drilling. Quite the opposite. Pleased to join
@tessakhan.bsky.social
in writing to Scotland’s first minister 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2596874...
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John Swinney urged to oppose approval of Rosebank oil field by climate groups
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have urged John Swinney to oppose the approval of the Rosebank oil field off the coast of Shetland.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25968741.john-swinney-urged-oppose-approval-rosebank-oil-field/
8 days ago
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Police say they will arrest protestors for a ‘crime’ which the high court has ruled isn’t a crime 🤦♂️ Presumably there is pressure from the government here who seem determined to keep digging themselves into a hole.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
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In U-turn, UK police say Palestine Action protesters will be arrested again
London's Met Police had eased arrests following the High Court ruling that the ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/26/in-u-turn-uk-police-say-palestine-action-protesters-will-be-arrested-again?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialPulse
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3 countries voted against this UN motion recognising transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity” The USA Israel Argentina
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
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UN passes resolution naming slave trade ‘gravest crime against humanity’
Resolution on transatlantic slavery supported by 123 countries, while three opposed it - including the US and Israel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/25/un-passes-resolution-naming-slave-trade-gravest-crime-against-humanity
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NATO is not a defensive alliance.
www.ft.com/content/6e0b...
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Nato chief riles Europe by backing Trump’s war in Iran
European capitals irritated by Mark Rutte’s suggestion they will join US armada to Strait of Hormuz
https://www.ft.com/content/6e0b65e1-df3c-41cc-aec1-628dd925f94a?syn-25a6b1a6=1
9 days ago
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European Trade Justice Coalition
11 days ago
Stiglitz, Piketty, Ghosh, Chang and over 200 other experts call for an "unwinding" of ISDS Writing to Colombian president Petro, ahead of the fossil fuel transition conf he will host next month, they say ISDS is a system for "paying polluters" that stands in the way of that transition
#stopISDS
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Letter from 220 Economists and Legal Scholars to Colombian President Gustavo Petro Calling for Action on ISDS | Global Development Policy Center
https://www.bu.edu/gdp/2026/03/19/isds-letter/
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Nick Dearden
Global Justice Now
11 days ago
"The Supreme Court judgement ruling shows there are limits to what even Trump can get away with. He can be beaten. Now is the time for Britain to break free from the failed special relationship." Our director
@nickdearden.bsky.social
for 'The Fix' 👇🏽
macrodosepod.substack.com/p/the-super-...
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The Super Profits of War
James examines who’s profiting from the war against Iran and guest writer Nick Dearden argues for finally breaking the ‘special relationship’ with the US.
https://macrodosepod.substack.com/p/the-super-profits-of-war/
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I was on the steering cttee of Globalise Resistance. It was a peaceful, open group which organised events, protests, education. That the police infiltrated it and considered “mounting a destructive operation” really makes you question our ‘free society’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Undercover police officer exposed by his own blunder, spycops inquiry hears
Officer said he held himself responsible for accidentally phoning activist while in secret special branch meeting
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/22/undercover-police-officer-exposed-by-his-own-blunder-spycops-inquiry-hears
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‘The Supreme Court’s tariff judgement shows there are limits to what even Trump can get away with. He can be beaten. Now is the time for Britain to break free from the failed special relationship’ Pleased to write for
@macrodosepod.bsky.social
this week 👇
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https://macrodosepod.substack.com/p/the-super-profits-of-war
12 days ago
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Another contract with Palantir, £30k a week giving them access to masses of sensitive data about financial crimes. Why don’t we just let them run the government directly at this point?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Palantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA data
Exclusive: Allowing US tech firm to analyse intelligence in name of tackling fraud raises fresh concerns over privacy
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/22/palantir-extends-reach-into-british-state-as-it-gets-access-to-sensitive-fca-data
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We begged the British government to exempt ISDS when they signed CPTPP. They refused. Now Canada has been sued in an outrageous case for refusing permission for a mine. It’s only a matter of time before it hits us.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...
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Australian Mining Billionaire Sues Canada for $2 Billion | The Tyee
Gina Rinehart’s Northback demands feds pay for finding the Grassy Mountain project too toxic to proceed.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/20/Australian-Mining-Billionaire-Sues-Canada/
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Far more people want radical climate action than oppose it. There’s massive support for economic transformation & deep hostility to our monopoly capitalist economy. And yet we behave as if we’re in a tiny minority & global facism is inevitable. We’ve got to break the defeatism🧵
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The Foreign Secretary has today set out how she will slash the international development budget to the lowest level in a generation. In doing so she has made a political choice 🧵
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Spending more on defence and less on aid does not mean walking away from our values and responsibilities – here’s why | Yvette Cooper
As conflict escalates around the globe responding to security threats is a cost we must bear, but a Labour government will always find the means to stand up against disease and hunger, says the foreig...
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/19/uk-spend-more-defence-security-threats-conflict-less-aid-labour-values-responsibilities
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Incredibly stupid. Cutting money for the international green transition, in order to throw it into (American) high tech weapons, does not make us safer.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK to cut climate aid to developing countries by 14% to £2bn a year in ‘refocus’
Move will put national security and lives overseas at risk, critics say, as overall UK aid budget is slashed to 0.3% of gross national income
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/19/uk-cut-climate-aid-budget-developing-countries-refocus
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Israel is leading the whole world into hell. Any government serious about deescalation needs to take action to stop this rogue state. Sanctions now.
www.ft.com/content/e381...
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Iran vows retaliation against energy sites across Gulf after largest gasfield hit
South Pars provides most of Iran’s domestic gas and is critical to its electricity generation
https://www.ft.com/content/e3814e6f-a1c9-4ad4-b449-c14064d58f42?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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At
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social
is giving a keynote economics speech, explaining how he would build resilience to Trump’s illegal wars, and reclaim our economy from the rule of international markets.
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A deal on the MenB vaccine took far too long as Novartis held the government to ransom over price, despite huge public support for its development & rollout. Another example of why profiteering corporations should not be in charge of medicines.
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
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Teens at risk of meningitis have just one option – spend £330 on private jabs
The MenB jab is only available to infants on the NHS, leaving young people to pay up to £330 privately for the vaccine
https://inews.co.uk/news/health/teens-meningitis-spend-330-private-jabs-4297526?srsltid=AfmBOoqI1dF6xZYJ-_9XkrZ6U8Un8CtQhDPgSaZZqmSSruKeeEBpsCdQ
16 days ago
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Bob Gillespie
17 days ago
The UK, and also those intent on producing independent nations in Scotland and perhaps Wales, badly need to reconsider who are their real friends and allies in the world. Bullies like Trump, war criminals like Netanyahu, or those with a moral code who support international law and justice. Easy?
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Israel + the US have lit the global economy on fire. We will face inflation, shortages, recession, debt and more, and it will be so much worse for the majority world. Never forget who did this. Netanyahu and Trump are the enemies of humanity.
shows.acast.com/newstatesman...
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Could surging oil prices cause a global depression? | Daily Politics from the New Statesman
https://shows.acast.com/newstatesman/episodes/could-surging-oil-prices-cause-a-global-depression
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Israel has assassinated one of the people most associated with negotiating on nuclear tech. Israel is desperate to ensure there is no path to deescalation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Who is Ali Larijani? Iran’s security chief reportedly killed in strike
Katz said in a statement he had been informed by the military that Iran's security chief had been killed
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ali-larijani-dead-iran-war-israel-b2940072.html
17 days ago
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The royal visit to the US must be cancelled. Stop appeasing Trump.
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-no-...
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Petition: As Trump fuels global chaos, King Charles should not pay him a Royal Visit
Stop Trump Coalition
https://stoptrump.org.uk/petition-no-royal-visit/
17 days ago
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Trump demands Zambia’s critical minerals… or else he’ll cut up to 1.3 million off from HIV meds. We urgently need global cooperation to fill these aid gaps and allow countries to stand up to Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
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U.S. Considers Withholding H.I.V. Aid Unless Zambia Expands Minerals Access
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/health/zambia-hiv-aid-minerals-trump.html
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