'Liberal Democracies defend human rights and fight fascism to the death'. That's what I was brought up to believe after millions died doing so a generation ago.This doesn't seem to be true anymore, even here in the UK.

Never forget...

Nigel Farage a racist! I'm utterly shocked I tell you... www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

Brexit has ... Decreased GDP Increased inflation Increased immigration Increased skills shortages Decreased investment Increased red tape Hurt farmers Hurt fishermen Hurt musicians Hurt business travellers Hurt exports Hurt imports Decreased our world standing Increased our dependency on America

The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 people since the start of the war in Gaza, according to a report by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel that says systematic violence and denial of medical care contributed to many deaths it examined apnews.com/article/isra...

“These grave violations of international law have rendered any effort to determine the full scope of Israel’s policy of killing detained Palestinians, or to trace the fate of the many Palestinians taken into custody, extremely difficult, if not impossible.”

The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Will Smash Previous Records www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/11/t...

The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA)

Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and cutting costs eciu.net/analysis/rep...

The Daily Torygraph has helped Donald Trump to help himself to our money. That's what will happen if he successfully sues the BBC. They really are disgusting.

Unbelievable

If you think climate related damage led to the uprooting of 250 million people in the last 10 years...imagine what's going to happen over the next ten years now that so many climate tipping points have been crossed?

Take a moment to consider the 250 million people who have been forcibly displaced by climate disasters over the past 10 years…70,000 per day, on average. If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.

Airbrushed out history, after 80 years the story of the largest vounteer army that fought in world war two is being told. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Israel under its present Junta is not a country that believes in human rights. This is appalling. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Affordable housing, affordable childcare, affordable energy, transport and food. Decent schools and immediate access to primary healthcare. That's it.

He's calling it out and it's about time all decent political parties did. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I wonder what Tommy Robinson, Elon Musk and Nigel Farage would make of this. Thank you Samir for your heroism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

After two years of a genocidal campaign, the first and only officers arrested in Israel were the military prosecutors investigating war crimes. 1/

Amazing, I found some good news

The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns

My 10 cents: Europe could do the innovation and even the military innovation talked about by @eurobriefing.bsky.social if only Europe would stick to its, well, guns. For a deep dive on the EU chainsaw and why it's the wrong policy at the wrong time check out this episode with @alemanno.bsky.social.

There's a level of deliberate evil here in the actions of Netanyahu's junta that Hannah Arendt would clearly recognise. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

A purported ally threatening diplomats and their families with personal consequences if they maintain the positions they’ve been instructed to take is very deeply shocking, extremely hostile, and undermines the norms by which non-violent resolution of international disagreements are possible.

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If any political party wants to win the next election in the UK. Looking at Zoran Mamdani's campaign might provide a few lessons. #politics

Tonight I attended a concert in London by a choir of Palestinian girls from the Edward Said national conservatory of music in Ramallah. It was wonderful and incredibly emotional. Please support the art and culture of Palestine as it withstands a terrible onslought. You can donate here on this QR.

Elon Musk and his influence tears at the very fabric of our society. His platform undermines liberal democracy and forments division and violence. No political, civil society or business organisation should be on X. We live in an incomprehensible world right now.

No words. Cancer patients and children. It's pure hate driven vengeance. Why does the UK and the EU stay silent? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

The murder continues in Gaza. Did anyone beleive Netanyahu would stop once the hostages were released?

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Democratic Wins Media In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, protestors in Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.

The whataboutism on Gaza really rankles, especially for those of us who have spent our careers reporting on the crises Israel's defenders cynically invoke as so much worse than Gaza. I wrote about how it actually compares, and what the true toll may be. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

And, of course, the nativist ghouls this performative cruelty is designed to appease either don’t know or don’t care about facts or figures.

Given Lam's appalling comments, the UK government needs to make it free for those with permanent leave to remain to obtain British citizenship, to promote people making the change, and to make it quicker. They need to do that to remove understandable anxiety.

Creative self-destruction continues, the scale and pace of carbon emissions continue to grow: 'Global use of coal hit record high in 2024': www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thank you @arsenalfc.bsky.social for bringing me such joy tonight. 😊

The death of social mobility and the rise of Reform My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

“I mean Bibi would call me so many times: can you get me this weapon, that weapon…” ~Donald J. Trump

When I asked why I had been arrested, they answered ⬇️ "We have killed all the journalists. They died once. But we brought you here and you will die hundreds of times." 🙏🏼🇵🇸 🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has breached the truce agreement 80 times, including 21 violations on Sunday.

Israel violating a ceasefire deal as a mob of Israeli settlers attack an American journalist and Palestinian grandma & an Israeli soccer match has to be cancelled because of violent fans is all the worse when you remember the deal calls to "de-radicalize" Palestinians and not Israelis

The Guardian is reporting that since Israel and Hamas signed the ceasefire and full hostage exchange agreement, Israel has violated the ceasefire 47 times, killed 38 Palestinians, and wounded another 143 more. Meanwhile Hamas has released all remaining hostages. It Was Never About The Hostages.

Happy Diwali folks...we could all do with a little light in this darkness.

Robin Cook quote of the day: “We must shed the British double standard that labels spending on welfare benefits as wasted, but expenditure on health or education as a valid priority. There is an entire library of literature on the correlation between poverty and ill health.”

The Israeli hostages were freed. Why is Israel still starving the population? Why are the food and medical supplies for the starving population being held at the crossings? Why is anyone surprised?

We should all be more Joe Strummer.

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