Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

President Trump, "A very very brave person went and attacked one of the shooters and saved a lot of lives, a very brave person who is right now in hospital" "Great respect to the man that did that" Ahmed el Ahmed An Australian Muslim who saved Jewish lives

A reminder that this is the same man who has just spent the past week calling all the Jewish victims of his own horrific anti-semitic abuse liars

EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage has been urged to 'come clean' about several of Reform UK's largest donors – who are yet to be identified 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25694084.nigel-farage-urged-come-clean-reforms-unidentified-donors/

'Hamas has reportedly told mediators it is prepared to accept a long-term truce, or "hudna" (a term in Islamic tradition for a long-term truce), of 7 to 10 years if Israel fully withdraws its forces from Gaza. This proposal was presented to Egyptian, Qatari, & Turkish mediators last week in Cairo."

UNRWA continues school health check-ups for children across the #Gaza Strip. UNRWA teams provide essential medical examinations, hearing and vision tests, and vaccinations. The Agency also provides speech therapy and free glasses for children. #UNRWAworks

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Nigel Farage has been urged to 'come clean' about several of Reform UK's largest donors

Wrote a letter to Republicans and Trump supporters. If you are one, I hope you read. If you know one, I hope you might send this to them. The People in Charge Think You’re as Bad as Them. Will You Let Them Be Right? My reflections on a growing trend I find very disturbing — Vice Signaling:

Left: Former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe not wanting to miss out on a chance to be a bit racist Right: Australian TV reporting that the hero who saved so many lives was 43 year old Muslim Ahmed el Ahmed

Elon has received over $38Billion in subsidies & contracts from the U.S. Government/taxpayers. There’s your foreign leech.

Will Ofcom hold X to account? 👀 https://goodlaw.social/6pw6

"When not in Government, Wes Streeting berated then PM Rishi Sunak for using strike action to blame doctors for the parlous state of the NHS. Now HE is responsible, he’s doing the same.... You have the power to end the threat of industrial action Mr Streeting. Sort it out." - The Daily Politik

Yup - and he’s doing this exactly because he has nowhere left to run after disastrous policy decisions. Yes, the Conservatives caused the NHS to be where it is today, but unfortunately Labour has done precious little to actually fix any of the fundamental issues in the system.

Here's some numbers Rory might not want to discuss.

It’s time for Starmer to quicken the pace on green jobs and green growth. To push harder for the cleaner air, cheaper energy and healthier lives that we all deserve. Let’s make sure the government feels the heat: https://goodlaw.social/h5ik

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Yeah! Because the climate emergency isn't nearly as important as Derek in Carshalton Beeches God given right to drive a diesel Mercedes through Sutton. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Today, the national conversation about immigration has grown alarmingly cruel. It seems more about punishment than efficiency, or even what is most beneficial to the country. Many of us are asking: isn’t there a better, more humane way?"

In 2018 I said I had never met the Russian Ambassador. And to prove it, here I am in 2013 not meeting him.

Private equity firms preying on vets practices. 6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance. Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them. Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.

Three weeks without a Reform representative on Laura Kuenssberg! Anyone would think we were avoiding questions about election fraud, MEPs taking Russian bribes, me being a racist bully at school, Reform officials calling LBGT people nonces or my dodgy house purchase.

The @crisis_uk choir in the stunning Southwark Cathedral last night for carols, moving testimonies by people Crisis has helped out of homelessness, and celebrity readings. A wonderful evening. If you can give, please do. Here’s the link bit.ly/4abu6LN

🚨A Petition calling for a full, public inquiry into RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN UK POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY has hit the threshold for a debate, but a debate isn’t automatic. MPs need to show support. Email your MP NOW & ask them to publicly support the call for a Commons debate youtu.be/Cnl8MNhwEY0?...

Nigel Farage urged to 'come clean' about Reform's unidentified donors

The policy of making students pay fees for their own tuition was based on the premise that they would earn more and get that money back. It’s always been a questionable argument, now a new report shows that for many it is not true bit.ly/44rPsRq

In 2026, the UK state pension age will rise to 67 from 66, fully implemented by 2028. Rich retire whenever they want. The poor die at work, receive low pension, have shorter life. Low wages = low private pension. Neoliberals want to cut state pension, inflict more misery on millions.

If the Daily Mail backs Reform UK at the next election, it will be the first time it hasn't supported the Conservative Party since it came out in favour of the British Union of Fascists

"Nigel Farage Recommends" www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/6822673...

Good that UK govt wants to lift 550,000 children out of poverty. BUT 16m people, including 5.2m children, live in poverty. 24m people live below socially acceptable living standards. Can't end child poverty without tackling parental poverty. Can't do that without reforming capitalism.

And I didn't pay a penny! And I'm not a far right influencer! How nice.

IMO there should be less Jeff Bezos and more Hypochrysops byzos

Ronnie Barbour in conversation with Dr Craig Dalzell from Common Weal and Scott Reid Business Development Manager at MAKAR about sustainable housing in Scotland | Bylines Scotland

UNRWA is still in #Gaza. Our teams never left. Despite immense challenges, more than 12,000 UNRWA colleagues continue to provide healthcare, water, sanitation, learning and protection to families in need — every day. Read more by UNRWA USA's Mara Kronenfeld:

Cutting right to appeal is profoundly dangerous, KCs tell David Lammy www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

This ludicrous Telegraph piece calls the bonus Labour’s bit.ly/4j2gEwg it was introduced in 1972 by Edward Heath (Conservative) and was worth far more than a week’s pension which was £6.75. It has never been cancelled by any govt (Conservative or Labour) or uprated.

Left: Yvette Cooper calls for the release of political prisoners Right: But is silent over the 8 political prisoners in the UK

So, Laura Kuenssberg's introduction to her interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson is just hideous. Let me count the ways. 🧵

It's like that Bucks Fizz song at the Mail every single day ... Wish they'd "make their minds up" and leave the rest of us in peace.

Left: Shabana Mahmood, "NHS strikes put lives at risk" Right: Shabana Mahmood joined Keir Starmer to misrepresent police advice on banning Maccabi - Strikes do not put lives at risk as emergency cover is put in place - Police advice pointed to the threat being from Maccabi fans

Gold promoting, crypto financed party leader now finds firm he is an ambassador for is being threatened with bankruptcy by @HMRCgovuk over unpaid taxes bit.ly/4abxaaL gold firm says problem was due to an ‘in correct digit’

Yes, money alone won’t fix the NHS. But without money you don’t have beds, theatres, or staff - and without those, “productivity” collapses. Calling that inefficiency just shows how spectacularly the Telegraph misunderstands the system.

60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity. Top 10% earn more than the other 90%. They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy. Tax the rich.

I find it fascinating how the Telegraph can spend half its time berating migrants coming to the UK for a better life, while spending the other half treating British people leaving for cheaper housing and lower costs as a national heartbreak rather than, apparently, migration.

Tommy Robinson's Christmas Carol service featured two arrests - one for assault and another of a man suspected of homophobic abuse. And loads of union flags and massive crosses... because that's traditional at the events where we celebrate Christ's BIRTH, isn't it. Crosses and flags.