Grievance 11 from the Declaration of Independence Grievance 11 edit "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures"

I feel exhausted and will take a few days’ break. No Sunday Letter tomorrow either. This war is a marathon, and I need to use my strength wisely. While I’m away, you can still read my letters or support this long work if you find it worth it. www.patreon.com/c/strategywo...

To explain briefly: at the moment people successful in their asylum claims get permission to stay in the UK for 5 years, then have to apply for permanent residency. At that point a review of their status is done, but it’s rare not to succeed at that point unless they‘ve committed an offence 1/

If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot. You absolute moron.

The bigger picture. And this destruction & decay is affecting, even infecting, the rest of the world.

🔴‘Let No One Believe the Lie That Zelensky Could Have Avoided War by Spurning NATO’ It’s time to bury this myth for good, argues Derrick Wyatt bylinetimes.com/2025/08/22/r...

Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence! It gets even darker than that. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2032...

Everything about SARS-CoV-2 weakens us as a species. Population-level immune dysregulation leading to both reactivation of latent pathogens and creating niches for new ones; the politicisation of our response regressing public health and massively amplifying anti-vax ideology.

Why the BBC is right not to pay damages to Trump By apologising, the broadcaster has taken the sting out of Trump’s excessive attack By me, at New Statesman www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Here's Keir Starmer before the general election promising Ukrainian refugees that he will stand with them "as long as it takes". Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over" www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...

Read this... 'Good ventilation is associated with: ♡ improved health ♡ better concentration ♡ higher levels of satisfaction with an environment ♡ lower rates of absence from work ♡ better quality of sleep ♡ reduced exposure to a wide range of air pollutants.' 👉 #HSE www.hse.gov.uk/ventilation/...

Incidentally, was the UN aware that the UK Home Secretary had been urged to suppress Palestine Action by someone abusing a privileged position, at the behest of a US defence company employing him as an adviser? www.thenational.scot/news/2561607...

This is very important and we need an independent investigation into how antivaxxer MPs in the UK have taken us down an antiscience path on Covid. This should have been in the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social

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This new asylum policy from labour is vile and betrays labour values. It ignores the reality of refugee peoples’ lives, aspirations, families… it betrays our obligations to help the most vulnerable and IT WILL NOT DETER SMALL BOATS. It’s a grim day.

“They changed the words coming out of my mouth… the BBC is fake news.” No. Starmer’s always claimed that in cosying up to Trump, he’s acting in the national interest. But we’ve now reached the inevitable point where the national interest lies in the PM actively & publicly opposing the rogue POTUS.

“What began as a way to increase the pace of deportations has come to look like a national police force, answerable to the president, that is at least as focused on bullying the residents of Democrat-run cities as it is on deporting undocumented migrants.”

Unbelievable. Trump-aligned figures are now trying to raid the U.S. Treasury by turning their own criminal and unethical conduct into giant payout claims and the DOJ is actually entertaining it.

Trump has destroyed all credibility in government departments. The latest one: the Justice Department classifying fentanyl as a chemical weapon to justify murdering civilians in small boats. Words mean nothing any more. Neither does authority. We do what we want. Take or leave our excuse.

We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.

The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues.

CNN: Newly released emails show Jeffrey Epstein thought Trump was one of the worst people he knew, with “not one decent cell in his body.” He went on to describe Trump as "evil, nuts, and dangerous." Yep! #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

Donald Trump has turned America into a mafia klepto-state. The Nazis were also shameless crooks and criminals. Herman Goring would have been right at home in Mar-a-Lago. Here is my latest on gangster fascism and America's number one crime family - the Trumps. substack.com/home/post/p-...

I can’t believe Trump isn’t suing Channel 4! Oh wait a minute, like the BBC bollox, it’s all factually correct… Seen 'Trump v the Truth'? Watch it here on Channel 4: www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

An amazing collection to browse in wonderment.

He is used to lying about things repeatedly for months & months until, with the help of Fox, Newsmax, & right-wing podcasters and propagandists, eventually 45% of the country believes the lie. But this has been one subject he hasn’t been able to lie through because everyone knows the truth.

Trump doubling down on his desperate attempt to deflect Epstein poison to Democrats, announcing he will sic his crooked DOJ on Clinton and Summers and any other Dem mentioned in Epstein’s emails. (I guess it’s not a hoax anymore?) His name is mentioned hundreds of times, more than any Dem I think.

READ THIS: A British-Russian dissident sentenced to 25 years of solitary confinement by Vladimir Putin has said his sanity was saved by the European Convention on Human Rights👇 🔗 www.yahoo.com/news/article... via @telegraphnews.bsky.social #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

Trump says, “no one cares about veterans more than me.” But his playbook says something else: 📌 Strip disability pay from veterans 📌 Cut 30,000+ VA jobs that help disabled vets The Project 2025 agenda: Gut the government, gut veterans, and funnel the money to Trump’s billionaire friends. 1/2

Austerity “has left our communities poorer, sicker, more isolated, & less resilient. The damage inflicted will take a generation to repair..it is an act of profound social devastation, one of the most destructive & deceitful political projects in modern British history.”

IF Democrats regain control.. “We’ll bring Pam Bondi forward. We’ll bring Kash Patel forward. And we will bring, again, everyone who has been implicated forward and get to the bottom of this—to finally, after decades, have accountability for the victims.”

Journalist Julie Brown, an expert on the Epstein scandal, answers a question you may have about why Biden didn't release the Epstein files.

Denmark steals possessions of people seeking asylum, as policy. It returns people to situations where they are killed. Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going. Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today www.bbc.com/news/article...

I really can’t bear to see such headlines anymore. Immigrants prop up this country and its systems and institutions. Most of them work really hard to contribute to society. They are equally deserving of a dignified life that doesn’t involve being scapegoated by politicians & media everyday. Enough!

Operation Southern Spear: because nothing buries a news cycle faster than battleships and bullshit threats.

And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.

The ‘shop window’ for a Reform UK government..

The POS president

About 40% of migrants eventually return to their parent countries, according to this, which is one of the many, many facts that is never aired in the never-ending debate over immigration in Britain.

Farage earns more than any other MP for NOT being an MP. He says it’s “obviously sad” that part of his constituency is the most deprived area in England. But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it. This is the whole country if he gets into power. (Private Eye)

Exactly this! This is terrifying. What is happening is an appalling breach of trust. No one signed up to this! Likewise with Freeports and SEZ’s - the story that’s unfolding about them is terrifying too. Did anyone sign up for that either?

Look we've written SMR on the side of a thing....with all this government money we might actually make a thing, but the thing, if it works, produces waste, little bits, in lots of places...be ok won't it...I can't think of any trade waste disasters....Aberfan...

"The world's most moral army."

Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇

I read this three times, and I'm pretty sure it makes no sense.

When you have to check if it’s The Onion or a real headline.

Doctors who had contracted #Covid after working without PPE in the pandemic and have developed #LongCovid are still denied justice and support. And doctors are *still* working without PPE in the #NHS, they are still catching Covid, developing LC. Via @bma.org.uk thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/lif...

While Trump is cornered, I wanted to re-up this one about his true motivations and what’s at stake.

“We know fossil fuel production continues to rise, pushing the world past planetary limits and deepening inequality,” said Berman, singling out the US, Australia, Norway and Canada for ramping up oil and gas drilling since the Paris agreement a decade ago. www.theguardian.com/environment/...