A cartoon by Emad Hajjaj 'Santa in Gaza'

Happy Christmas Eve Eve lovely phone family. How's everyone feeling? 🤗 I know this can be a really difficult time of year for many of you. Here are some great support charities (UK) if you need them. There's never any shame in asking for help. Have a fabulous day ☕️ #HaveCourageAndBeKind ❤️

Just seen this, love it, and from where else but Bromley, the spiritual home of English Punk! Well played people, well played.

Short thread #R4Today

Israel continues to violate ceasefire, bombs Gaza with artillery - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-continues-violate-ceasefire-bombs-gaza-artillery

Israel is finished. That’s its identity. A murderous genocidal rogue state. We will never forget.

Labour has put countless small progressive policies into action. Today's include help for young people leaving care and a huge increase in retired miner's pensions. Just wish the bright young things at Labour HQ could come up with a narrative not chase Reform votes.

I bet!

Reform plan to cap aid at £1bn would damage UK’s international influence, critics warn

Hope is here. It's all of us. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere

The list of countries willing to deploy soldiers to Gaza if the mission is part of an explicit political pathway to Palestinian statehood: Türkiye, the UAE, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Cyprus, Pakistan, and more. Countries willing to send soldiers to Gaza in exchange for nothing:

The ECHR has stopped the UK from deporting just 13 people in the last 45 years. Getting rid of it is not going to make a noticeable difference is it?

He thinks 5G is about cameras. Donald Trump is an idiot.

Please remember this next time you hear Nigel Farage and Reform say we must leave the ECHR to control our borders

I think we can say that the 'special relationship' is dead Trump's special relationship is with Russia

This is the best analysis I’ve read about Trump’s alignment with Putin, and the future for Ukraine and Europe And it accords with my optimism. On the ground, Ukraine and Europe can resist the globalist oligarchs arthursnell.substack.com/p/americas-w...

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime. If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder. It’s that simple.

The irony is rich.

As Turkiye hosts pontiff, minority community figures describe a moment marked by visibility and engagement with state.

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …

I don’t want to jinx anything but it’s great to see Zack Polanski surging ahead in the polls. He speaks with such compassion, honesty, and integrity that it’s no surprise he’s so popular. youtu.be/7gaP6rXCsyw?...

The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.

Cold blooded murder.

#BREAKING | Israeli far-right violent activist spoke in the Knesset about "Lack of enforcement against journalists and serial protesters"

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

In Minnesota police set up a sting operation to catch child sex traffickers. They caught 16 men. No immigrants. No trans people. All US Citizen Men. One was an ICE fascist who said, "I'm ICE boys" when arrested, perhaps expecting to get special attention. He was arrested anyway. So much winning.

My parents sent me to a private school - but I convinced them later to let me go to a state school because I objected to the private system. And I still got into science at Cambridge. Maybe if Seb had been denied that insular environment he wouldn’t’ve turned out to be the twerp that he is. 💁🏻‍♂️

Archbishop of York describes Israeli action against Palestinians in Gaza as ‘genocidal acts’ West Bank subject to regime of ‘apartheid’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’, he says in interview www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

The government will not achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite

"We should not need to be reminded of the value of human life." ~Jamal Khashoggi

Trump says he will intervene in Sudan war at Saudi leader's request - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-says-he-will-intervene-sudan-war-saudi-leaders-request

After yesterday’s suspension by Twitter, we’re pleased to say Reform UK Councillor Tom Pickup has been suspended due to the exposing of him being part of a Far-Right WhatsApp Group.

The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum. UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands) UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany) Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.

Gosh. What a surprise.

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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

WTF?!

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Starmer's speech made clear that his dad made one hell of a tool. It's just an utterly useless one. During his speech, Starmer turned the cringe up to 11 by yet again telling us about his dad's toolmaking career. Thank God for Cassetteboy. www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

UnitedHealth to exit Medicare Advantage plans in 16 US counties reut.rs/4nYYAEr

See the difference? 👀

Trade union bloc is on the go in the march against racism

The sound of an Israeli bomb interrupted Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud during a live broadcast as he explained that Israeli jets have been attacking buildings in Gaza City every 10–15 minutes since dawn. Israel says its forces are “increasing the pace of attacks” on the city.

Journalist Ahmed Al-Bursh documents the immense destruction caused by Israeli shelling of the displaced people's tents in the Jundi Al-Majhoul area in Al-Rimal neighborhood, west Gaza. (🇬🇧 Subtitles in English)

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hi, does anyone have any recommendation of books that have the same writing style or the same themes as the song of achilles or miss peregrine home for peculiar children? https://www.booksns.com/161162/ If not feel free to recomend any book you 've read and enjoyed that has different themes! …

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.