Ironic, isn’t it? Our politicians and media tell us that we are threatened by Russia, China and Iran. Yet the only real threats come from USA (Greenland) and Ukraine! German prosecutors accuse Kyiv of ordering 2022 Nord Stream sabotage

A good turnout at the anti racism rally today in Derry. Too many speeches, of course!

I was too late for the draw. I would have nominated John Cowper Powys, "A Glastonbury Romance" as one of the great novels of all time. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

The EU is Israel's largest trading partner - no wonder they've abandoned the rights and safety of Palestinians

Northern Ireland needs an Executive which can implement an effective and progressive programme of government. That Executive must also have the support of a majority of MLAs. A return to a Unionist one party state is not going to happen. NI is a multi party society with growing number of minorities

You should listen to this. Benn destroyed myth that UK soldiers and former RUC officers are being persecuted by prosecutions and investigations.

Starmer apologises to families of Springhill/Westrock families www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Palantir is so entangled in UK defence planning it’s now calling the shots on weapons purchases.

An effective push back against GOP culture war tactics? Seems to me it should be.

It would be bad for public confidence if there was a suspicion that large corporate interests are buying access to the Government via the Tony Blair Institute. My letter to the cabinet office. 👇🏼

In response, instead of cracking down on this vile behaviour, Israel is "freezing" relations with the UN Secretary-General's Office

The @museumfreederry.bsky.social Eyewitness lunchtime talks return this June. Free talks take place every Monday at 1pm from 8-29 June, offering visitors personal reflections and experiences from museum staff connected to Bloody Sunday and the civil rights movement. museumoffreederry.org

Decisions about Scotland should be made by the people who live here. There’s a clear pro-independence majority in the Scottish Parliament and that majority voted for a referendum. For politicians in London to deny that choice is a democratic outrage.

My latest profile post is on the CIA's Havana Station. The 1950s section left me wondering what it was like to be a professional diplomat with a politically-appointed ambassador on the one hand and a CIA station running its own policy on the other. intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/havana-cia...

The Left in Britain should have 2 objectives. To prevent Reform winning Makerfield byelection & removing Starmer as PM. The Left must stop putting their own factional interests before those two objectives. Unless the Greens think they can win Makerfield they should stand down.

Starmer's resignation is not enough. What needs booting out is the politics he represents: corporate greed, anti-migrant rhetoric and endless war. My piece for Tribune. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/05/star...

Nigel Farage has been accused by multiple people he grew up with of extreme antisemitic comments and behaviour. Yet he's allowed to present himself as a champion of Jewish people. Meanwhile, our only Jewish leader, Zack Polanski, is smeared - because he opposes genocide.

Seven Irish citizens held by Israel after interception of Gaza aid flotilla in international waters

The UK is so 'appalled' at events in the West Bank that it: ❌ refuses to ban trade with illegal settlements ❌ keeps military accord with Israel ❌ keeps 'trade & partnership' accord ❌ continues arms exports ❌ refuses to mention Israeli nuclear arms ❌ refuses to respond to ICJ ruling on OPTs

Enjoy your events this summer, Bristol. But to claim to be the UK’s civil rights capital rather than perhaps England’s is both wrong and offensive. A trip to Derry in Ireland would soon put to rights your myopic vision. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli

A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank

Remembering Rosemary Nelson solicitor murdered on this day in 1999 by the loyalist LVF who we know from the Sean Brown inquest were riddled with state agents. Thoughts with Rosemary’s family.

Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

Donald Trump runs 13 US bases on UK soil with over 11,000 troops. We never voted for this. We say NO to being the lapdog of US imperialism. Shut the bases down. Kick all US troops out NOW.

Sectarianism? Muslims in Manchester vote for a party whose candidate is a woman and which is led by a man who is both a Jew and Gay. Can we have more, please.

The church hierarchy has no business telling you what to do or what not to do with YOUR body.

60 years ago today, Ghana's military overthrew president Kwame Nkrumah. The UK Foreign Office conducted a covert propaganda campaign to help remove him, declassified files show. www.declassifieduk.org/top-secret-d...

Final weekend. One last push. This is about whether you want local plumber Hannah Spencer or the extreme Reform candidate. It's hope vs hate. It's Greens vs Reform. Hope can win.

Jesse Jackson in Derry in 2017. He had immediately accepted the invitation to come to Derry to open @museumfreederry.bsky.social. He will be missed.

Russia is struggling to win its war in Ukraine. The idea that Russia is a serious threat to either Europe or the UK is hard to justify. Rather than committing to spending even more on defence (war), we need parties that will commit to supporting disarmament.

The idea that Putin is somehow worse than Trump or Starmer is hard to justify. The UK has a track record of killing its own citizens as has the USA. All three have recently invaded other countries and killed their citizens. Wouldn't it be nice if we could remove all three?

Taoiseach names Freddie Scappaticci in the Dáil as former British agent Stakeknife www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...

The Prime Minister says he changed the Labour Party. He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war. Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.

We found a US document showing the US military owns 22 sites in Britain whose “replacement value” is $15.6bn (£11.4bn). This number of sites is larger than previously believed and more than UK governments have told parliament. www.declassifieduk.org/the-24-site-...

Morgan McSweeney thoughts this morning. “I destroyed Jeremy Corbyn; I destroyed Sue Gray; I’ve destroyed Keir Starmer; I’ve destroyed the Labour Party. Job done!”

Why Is the Media Not Touching Jeffrey Epstein’s Clear Connection to Israel? They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset, writes @premthakker.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/why-is-the...

Under my leadership of the Labour Party, Peter Mandelson had no role, no influence and no part to play, because I do not trust the man and I do not believe the man.

The Disastrous Rollout of the Trump-Approved TikTok Serves as a Stark Warning for Us All open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

86% of our UK arms imports come from the United States. We are far too reliant on Donald Trump - he is unpredictable and dangerous. Stop hoping it's going to go away. Time to stand up to the bully and to rebuild our relationships outside of the USA. youtu.be/fDr9nrIywHI?...

if Nigel Farage is lazy enough to record a message for paedophile Ian Watkins in exchange for money, what else might he do for money without thinking too hard

A bursary commemorating the academic, author and musician Risteard Mac Gabhann is being set up to support Irish language cultural practitioners in the North West. m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainmen...

Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: "If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU." "Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.

"The only flags Farage and Starmer have been waving this weekend are white." Written for the Metro 👇🏼 metro.co.uk/2026/01/05/z...

Five days into the Government's 'strong start to January.' Day 1 blame the voters. Day 2, blame the civil service. Days 3-5, ignore international law. Voters & civil service didn't make a Labour government cut winter fuel payments & refuse a wealth tax. Join.greenparty.org.uk

If the courts in the USA are truly independent then President Maduro will be released. He was kidnapped and abducted illegally from his home in Caracas. He should be returned immediatel

I wonder what history would have had to say if Neville Chamberlain had said in 1939 when Poland was invaded: “I want to establish the facts first. I want to speak to Chancellor Hitler”.