Albania PM visiting the UK "You left the EU because you wanted less boats (immigration), you have more boats (immigration)." And worse economy, higher food prices, higher energy prices, dirtier water... Are there any benefits? No not for you.

Russia-flagged bulk carrier Irtysh hid its presence in Crimea by disabling its Automated Identification System. Bellingcat researchers @galen.reich.me.uk , @oldpete45.bsky.social and ship experts @yoruk.bsky.social and Bridget Diakun from @lloydslistdaily.bsky.social worked together to track Irtysh.

Another Russian ship has been added to the grain smuggling fleet, captured on camera and on satellite imagery, evading sanctions to deliver grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen. Follow its covert journey here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Leaky, floody and dirty, acc to Ofwat's assessment

Proud to stand with @drdemetre.bsky.social and @dbj63.bsky.social to speak on scientific integrity and the violent attack at CDC fueled by misinformation- Thank you @frontlinepbs.bsky.social for a well-done documentary that covers the impact of recent policies on public health

The Government want to build 300,000 homes a year. Many people say that is impossible. But in the late 1940's and all through the 1950's they built more than 500,000 Council Houses in most years. How? Because there were no private developers, the Government did it.

But nothing to see here if your news comes from the UK media….

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Biggest ever audit of Parkinson’s in the UK says there’s a diagnosis crisis with a shortage of neurologists leaving thousands waiting up to 5 years to see a specialist

Very good to see this careful statement signed by our Principal, Prof Andy Schofield, and other VCs including Oxford and UCL, warning of the consequences of the failures to evacuate our students and strange refusal of UNICEF’s support and other support, highlighted in the piece

The International Court of Justice just dealt genocidal Israel another major legal blow. Four highlights from its ruling today ⬇️

Following 10 months of forensic and legal work, HRF’s ICC complaint on the killings of Hind Rajab, her family, and two PRCS paramedics now stands before prosecutors Justice is not achieved through commentary on public platforms, but where evidence — not opinion — determines accountability.

In the United States the President is deliberately dismantling the White House, while in the United Kingdom we are doing nothing to stop the Palace of Westminster from falling apart. Much the same can be said of our respective constitutions.

🔴 In the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported an additional 5 killed (4 of whom were recovered from the rubble) and 4 injured arriving at hospitals. This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza to 68,234 and 170,373 injuries (likely 3-5x higher)

>>The report says this took place through western media and political discourse, which “parroted Israeli narratives” and failed to distinguish between Hamas and Palestinian civilians, and drew on colonial tropes of Israel’s right to defend itself as a "civilised" nation against "savages".<<

So much for Trump ending the war with Ukraine - Putin’s puppet ??

💥New from Drop Site: “We Estimate That Nearly One Million of Gaza’s 1.1 Million Olive Trees Have Been Destroyed” Gaza journalist Mohamed Suleiman reports farmers are missing their third olive harvest as Israel’s war devastates the industry. www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-olive...

Peace Illusions

“Dehumanization runs in two directions: Not only does it inflate the victim into a monstrous threat, it also does the opposite — reducing them to dust, shrinking them until they disappear.” Yuval Abraham www.972mag.com/israelis-log...

@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to raise Capital Gains Tax to the same level as Income Tax, and explains that right now a cleaner can be paying a higher rate of tax than the person who owns the building they clean.

So when Farage rails against the latest migration figures, he's railing against a monster of his own making. The EU didn't impose uncontrolled immigration on us; it offered a framework that reflected geography, economics and reality” ie - control. www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...

🚨Tomorrow Chinook Justice will be handing a petition to Downing Street. They are now so close to 50,000 signatures. Please sign this important petition and help the families who have fought so hard for justice get to 50K🙏 www.change.org/p/justice-fo...

You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.” @opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Chancellor says Brexit deal caused long-term damage to economy She quoted the Office for Budget Responsibility's calculation of a 4% long-term hit relative to remaining in the EU www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Make no mistake, this is a centralising Govt taking power&decision making away from people And these shambolic amendments to #PlanningBill, tabled last minute, build on months of lies from #RachelReeves pathetically scapegoating nature for a struggling economy.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Over 500,000 views before the Community Note fact check.

The revelations in the memoir of Epstein whistleblower Virginia Giuffre, published tomorrow, show that every time ‘Prince’ is used in connection with ‘Andrew’ it is a monument to how the powerful can abuse those without power. The title needs to go. But that’s only part of it. 🧵

'It’s almost poetic that the loudest voices now decrying Britain’s immigration numbers are the same ones who fought hardest for Brexit.'

There is no such thing as cultural coherence. It’s an invented phrase with no intellectual legs to stand on. It presumes ‘cultures’ are discrete with firm boundaries and they simply are not. Porosity is what makes cultures cultures. Openness to difference is what makes for coherence.

It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.

Trump has blown up a seventh small boat filled with civilians, this time linked to Colombia.

OK, so our "Secretary of War" currently has two big priorities: (1) murdering innocent fishermen in the Caribbean, and (2) endangering the lives of commuters in Southern California. Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.

Fifteen penguins at Sea Life London are trapped in a basement with no daylight, no fresh air, and a pool just a few feet deep. Sea Life needs to hear us loud and clear: these penguins deserve a real life.

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Why the Andrew Windsor story *really* matters. And meet the most blatantly ‘blood & soil’ Tory MP yet… tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

It’s “Colombia” YOU ABSOLUTE DUMBASS

Prince Andrew allegations should be examined in 'proper and fullest ways', palace source says news.sky.com/story/prince...

#RaceHorse Monday remembering those #horses that died at #Fakenham just the collateral damage of the uncaring racing and betting industries #YouBetTheyDie #HorseWelfare Follow @animalaid.org.uk and @leagueacs.bsky.social www.horsedeathwatch.com#c=18&j=&g=&s...

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight. Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

Finally got an answer.

Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels. #climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...

Surely not ANOTHER mistake. …..I see #RectumUK are employing “world beating” accountants. They must be using the same company that supplies their vetting processes…. #FarageRiots #PlasticPatriot #GriftersGrift

Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all. Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.

Reform have suspended 4 cllrs on Kent CC after the leaked video exposing their divisions. Lib Dems say Reform's meetings "sound more like an episode of The Traitors than the running of a major council." "All that's missing is for Claudia Winkleman to appear & ask who they're going to banish next."

Dan Jarvis confirms that, not only was there no Home Office involvement in witness statements of Deputy NSA regarding the China spying case, but the CPS made this *a requirement*. Wouldn't the then Home Sec Cleverly & HO ministers Philp, Jenrick, & Tugendhat - pushing conspiracies - know this? 🧐 ~AA

Deeply Concerning Peace

On the topic of "vigorously denying". One of the first things a wise barrister teaches their pupil is to lay off the adverbs. If an allegation isn't true, say you deny it, or just say it's untrue, and explain why. Vigour is not a substitute for evidence, and it makes you look a bit desperate.

Thank goodness the AWS outage is over for Substack - in time for a great story about an electronic eye. Subscribe now to get it in your inbox shortly rorycellanjones.substack.com