Nelson Mandela died 12 years ago. In 1995 the UK government rejected his personal appeal to impose oil sanctions on Nigeria after its military regime executed nine environmental activists — as it wanted to protect oil company Shell’s commercial interests. www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-bri...

Ed likes a Eurovision ditty to escape the horrors of the Israeli ongoing ceasefire bombardments. As Lulu once sang: Boom bang-a-bang, boom bang-a-bang Loud in my ear Pounding away, pounding away Won't you be mine? Boom bang-a-bang-bang all the time

"There is a ceasefire in Gaza and therefore this action is the wrong thing" Lib Dem leader Ed Davey hiding behind the pretend 'ceasefire' (which is the point of it) & saying its wrong for countries to boycott Eurovision. Pathetic. Supporting BDS is the very least anyone can do

Charlie McGettigan, 1994 Eurovision winner: "I'm just as unhappy about Ireland not taking part.. but I think its a small sacrifice for us to pay when you consider what's happened to 70,000 people in Gaza..." Presenter: "... Israel would point to the hundreds of people who died on October 7th"

The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses. The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family. And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.

A Short History Of Can by Holger Czukay furious.com/perfect/hyst...

Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire. Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines. Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.

Oh, look. A load of coverage about a new government inquiry into "overdiagnosis" that completely blurs autism & mental illness, and ends up leaning into all those tropes about people making it all up.

Israel *must* be excluded. End of. If Germany wants to self-exclude with them… good.

Here come the Tariff shelves, again.

Trump is trying to set a world record today for the most white people gathered around a single desk

👉NEW VIDEO -- Police chief schools pro-Israel politicians on football hooligans Chief Constable Craig Guildford defended his decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a football match against Aston Villa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRar...

Osman: "President Trump singling out one group of people & ICE being on our streets & asking people for documentation, it feels like we're in 1930s Germany. I never thought there would be a time where I will tell my community to carry their passport around bc if you look Somali you might be stopped"

"Whilst Putin is seeking to switch the lights off & plunge Ukraine into darkness, we will continue to work to switch the lights back on" I guess only certain regimes have the right to switch off the lights & plunge hundreds of thousands of people into darkness.

1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6

Unity is stronger than division. That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right. #Together we show where this country really stands. Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk

As US troops encircle Venezuela, it's worth recalling that over $2bn of Venezuelan gold remains frozen in the Bank of England. The gold was frozen in support of the US government's efforts to launch a coup against Nicolás Maduro👇 www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-venez...

Sunset over Cropston Reservoir #Loughborough #Friday

You know the drill. If you would like to have this cartoon in your life, I can draw one for you. www.worldofmoose.com/products/ban...

👉NEW -- Did Trump pressure Starmer to ban Palestine Action? by John McEvoy & Dania Akkad Lawyers for Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, have questioned if the US president influenced the crackdown on the group.

Mornings with Ridge and Frost just ran a 9 minute interview with Julian Metcalfe (the head of itsu) & Monica Galetti, who've created a new pot noodle. Metcalfe helpfully tells us it costs £1.50, is available in all supermarkets & comes in 2 sizes and 5 varieties.

Sky News presenter: "UNICEF have got a striking stat that two children have been killed every day on average since the ceasefire started" Killed by who?

Rachel Shabi: "UNICEF have issued this report, 280 Palestinian deaths & 672 injuries since the pause began. That is not a ceasefire, if that many people are being killed there is no way you can describe that as a ceasefire. Israel is continuing unimpeded to violate the ceasefire"

"Who elected the bond market?" Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala earlier this year.

Friend this morning ‘you want to go to the pub’. I don’t know what to say anymore, those around me ignore my situation entirely. Five years campaigning and still don’t have good vaccine access or any awareness of airborne risk, post infection risk. There is a failure to inform on risk.

One from the archives: In 2023 Ayesha Hazarika said it was ridiculous the Cheltenham Racing Festival took place in March 2020 But at the very time Cheltenham was taking place in March 2020 Hazarika sneered at those who were demanding more scrutiny of the decisions the govt was taking on Covid

The Chair of the UK Covid Inquiry, Baroness Hallett has made a statement on her findings and recommendations. View the statement in full by visiting our YouTube channel 📺👇 youtube.com/watch?v=a6xY...

Brian Eno: "I'd like the whole taxation system to be fairer, which means rich people paying more tax and poor people paying less tax... people know that somethings wrong, they know that rich people don't pay much tax compared to their incomes"

@garyseconomics.bsky.social : "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger and a bigger share in economies with almost no growth and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"

With the #autumn chill comes stunning #sunrise colours reflected over Charnwood Water #Loughborough as the swans glide around ❄️🍂

With the rate of the genocide in Gaza slightly reduced, Germany announces it feels able to start restocking Israel with the weapons it will need when it returns to committing genocide with full force.

The western media's failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this. Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine: jonathancook.substack.com/p/breaking-f...

I think you can get the measure of the deadness of someone's soul from the fact they kick up a stink about [checks notes] autistic kids wearing ear defenders

Alex Crawford: "The misery for those with no homes in Gaza just got worse" Alex reports on the aid piling up in Jordan as Israel continues to block its entry into Gaza (including crutches and wheelchairs, which Israel has been blocking for months)

Most people contract COVID-19 after inhaling SARSCoV2 virus in surrounding air. @ukhadds.bsky.social @chemistryworld.com 👉Note: critical importance of ventilation and maintaining low CO2 concentrations in indoor environments for mitigating disease transmission. www.chemistryworld.com/news/elevate...

I remember working with the disability theatre company back in 2022. People were concerned but hopeful that support would come for those with ME/CFS & clinically vulnerable. Instead of bringing hope, when lockdown lifted we were left behind. Long Covid numbers soared due to lack of preventions and 🧵

And today it's the turn of The Times to try and patronise us all. Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks. And every day we are growing. Join.greenparty.org.uk

◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit ◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley ◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas ...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.

The UK government says it doesn't know how many Britons are fighting in the Israeli military. (The Met Police is currently considering what action to take after receiving a report accusing 10 British nationals of war crimes in Gaza.) #DCUKparliament

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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?

Loughborough CA Day started out wa::y back in 2007 as a local, friendly get-together of like-minded interaction analysts. It's now a global, friendly get-together of like-minded interaction analysts. People fly or dial in from all over the world. Still great fun. #EMCA

On this day in 1995, Nigeria's military regime executed nine environmental activists. Britain rejected Nelson Mandela’s personal appeal to impose sanctions on Nigeria after the executions as it wanted to protect oil company Shell’s commercial interests👇 www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-bri...

Latest from me: on seven-party politics, why it's not going to go away & how Labour and the Tories are completely thrown by it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Saw someone with the same teeth as me at the coincidentist.

We have no transparency on COVID in the UK. Not on airborne risk, not on post infection risks, lack of testing, pretending asymptomatic is no longer a thing.

listening to these stories breaks me everytime, there's no training that can prepare you for these stories yet we've got to do what we can to help.

Last light of the day and the last #autumn leaves on the acers at #Bodnant Gardens Tal-y-Cafn @nationaltrust.org.uk 🍂🍁🍂