Weaponized drones are reshaping conflicts, increasing risks for civilians. On this topic, Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC president, shared at the Munich Security Conference 👇🏽

“This additional £130bn per year [of military spending] ... has not been set by Britain's security needs ... it was set by the US and will mean we have fewer resources for other key priorities ... mak[ing] our country weaker over the long run.”   Khem Rogaly on LBC News. 👇

Privatisation of children's services is a disaster Vulnerable children should not be a source of profit

@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social on Starmer: "He knew full well of Mandelsons involvement with Epstein from the beginning" JC also points out when he challenged the role of Epstein back in 2019 politicians & the press were more concerned about his pronounciation than what he was accusing Epstein of doing

One benefit of Reform is that they've rocked the boat of centrists, waking them up to the concept of electoral reform. FPTP has always been flawed but now its faults may affect THEIR lives, true to form, they're asking questions that of course no sensible person has thought of asking before.

Huda Ammori is scathing about Yvette Cooper, & rightly so. Cooper banned Palestine Action in order to protect companies supplying arms to Israel during a genocide, and in doing so attacked the rights of every single one of us. And all of it was unlawful.

BREAKING: government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism law ruled UNLAWFUL This matters for everyone. For years, the right to protest has been under sustained and deliberate attack. Thousands of people have been arrested for something that should have never been a crime.

John McEvoy: "one of the most cynical things I have seen.. its incredible to see, for the first time, a cabinet minister in the govt has admitted to Israels war crimes only to [try &] preserve their own political career. That says everything you need to know about Starmers govt"🎯

@zackpolanski.bsky.social tells Aaron Bastani that the party with the positive message of hope who can stop Reform in Gorton & Denton are the Greens, not Labour

"... as soon as you shift the frame to, these are politicians who've been bought & paid for by oil & gas, arms trade companies, private healthcare companies, gambling companies, their behaviour makes absolute sense" @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Labour. Spot on.

Hold up a placard saying 'I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action' and get arrested as a terrorist. Go to Israel, join the IDF, and commit war crimes in Gaza. No problem! John McEvoy on how British people committing genocide & protesting against genocide are treated.

John McEvoy from @declassifieduk.org reminds us that not only have high ranking Israeli military figures been welcomed to the UK on multiple occasions during Israels genocide, but the British state has protected them from any legal action while they're here.

@declassifieduk.org has revealed that over 2,000 Britons have served in the IDF during the Gaza genocide @owenjones.bsky.social asks John McEvoy, what does the law say about participating in a foreign army that's perpetrating war crimes?

The government's official probe into the Daily Mail/Telegraph takeover is a critical test of our democracy. The deal would give Lord Rothermere control over almost *50%* of national print and 1/8th of online news reach - it must be stopped: www.mediareform.org.uk/blog/dmgt-tm...

🤯60% of Wes Streeting's donors are from private health. Good to see your texts with Mandelson. The public also has a right to know if health policy is being driven by unaccountable lobbying Wes Streeting, release your messages with private healthcare. weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...

Herzog asks, if you're protesting against Israel why aren't you protesting against Iran? Is the Australian (or the UK) govt supporting the Iranian regime? Are they providing military assistance to the Iranian regime? Are they arming Iran?

To understand how monstrous the US blockade on Cuba is, think about the endgame. What are they trying to achieve? The goal is clearly to starve people to the point where they are too weak to resist an invasion, or so desperate they are willing to accept US control.

For too long, Britain has blindly followed the United States as it indulges in disastrous imperial fantasies around the world. It’s time to forge a different path. My piece for The Morning Star. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...

Lab MP Georgia Gould is asked if theres a problem with how everyone in politics seems to be interconnected Gould, the daughter of Lord Gould (a key figure in NewLabour), who as a child used to go on hols with Alistair Campbell & his family & Mandelson, says there isnt a problem

Prince William is in Saudi Arabia, acting as a high level arms salesman. His disgraced uncle, Andrew, also worked with the Foreign Office to promote relations with the dictatorship.👇 www.declassifieduk.org/prince-andre...

Found one of my kids' schoolwork in their bag. They were asked to design an AI chatbot avatar, and he drew "a piggy bank that eats computers". I had to applaud his beat poetry with finger clicks.

Assistant police commissioner Peter McKenna: "It was really quite precarious at times for our officers who were significantly outnumbered by the protesters and the people who wanted to act in a violent and offensive manner." #auspol #nswpol #PoliceViolence #HerzogNotWelcome

🚨BREAKING: UK hits new low on Global Corruption Index. It's clear, extreme wealth inequality is a threat to democracy & decency... 🧵1/3 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

I’m interested in how much the arts are defined and judged by each medium’s evolution and historical precedence, rather than each piece by its own merit. One train of thought that has carried me away involves comparing approximate equivalent sensory depictions. 1/11

Journalists – dead Aid workers – dead Children – dead Doctors – dead Rule of law – dead Call it what it is: Genocide.

A government enthralled to men and corporations drunk on power is the rot at the centre of the Mandelson scandal. Of all seven of the Nolan principles, openness can help build back the most trust. Every MP, like me, should release logs of all lobbying meetings.

The illegal and inhumane US blockade on Cuba is an appalling act of collective punishment on the island’s entire 11 million population. We call on the British government to break Trump’s siege and provide immediate humanitarian aid to the Cuban people.

Mandelson resigned in 1998 and 2001 and 2026. A resignation in politics is just a performative tool to turn the heat down a bit. You think these people make their money from a salary? It means nothing.

Hey, @politico.eu, shouldn't you include Tony Blair Institute's well-known links to petrostates & oil & gas companies in this report? And shouldn't you call him "oil & IT lobbyist" first, since he's been that twice as long as he was PM? www.politico.eu/article/tony...

#TrevorPhillips has been best friends with Peter Mandelson for decades and he recently confirmed they remain friends. Here he is today fronting Sky News's flagship Sunday morning politics show. How is this tenable, you ask? Thats the British mainstream media, folks.

My residents are sick of being let down by Thames Water. The company is dead in the water. The PM should deny the £16 billon rescue deal that is about to cross his desk and establish a public benefit company. I look forward to the opportunity to discuss this further with the Minister.

"I was lied to, I was lied to" Keir Starmer complaining about other peoples dishonesty.

11 MPs signed up against 14 years of illegal sewage👏 1 since I recorded this video 🎉 116 MPs to go 🧐 Please help by asking them to prove they're not "spineless public servants" weownit.org.uk/news/is-your... #117MPsewagechallenge www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFwp...

While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot. I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.

Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked. When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.

August 2019 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

On #GMB this morning Steve Reed says its easy to talk about Mandelson with the benefit of hindsight.

Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month" "That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group" "The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"

⁉️ Why are many of the richest Brits missing from the list of the highest taxpayers? Funny how that works.

@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social : "I can just confirm to the House, under my leadership [of Labour] Mandelson had no role, no influence & no part to play" It was precisely because Corbyn didn't represent the interests of the ruling class (like Mandelson did), that his leadership had to be destroyed

@zarahsultana.bsky.social : "This has only come to light because American authorities released the Epstein files.. if those files hadn't been released [Mandelson] would have sailed back into public life, shielded by friendly journalists and wealthy backers" 🎯

@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social : "The question is, fundamentally, one for the Prime Minister.. I cannot believe that when he was about to appoint Mandelson he wasn't made fully aware of all of Mandelsons record.. he would have known.."

If Ridge had made this statement a year ago, two years ago, five years ago, ten years ago, it would have been brave & principled & made knowing there would be a personal cost. But making it now? It's none of those things.

Millions of people around the world are living in poverty. Meanwhile, the rich and powerful commit heinous crimes with impunity. Our rotten political system rewards dishonesty, abuse & greed. It’s time to replace it with a real democracy that works for the many, not the few.

Astounded that 117 MPs think it's OK for Thames Water to pollute THEIR LOCAL RIVER outside legal limits until *2040* ⁉️ Thrilled that 10 MPs are saying no to this dangerous precedent 👏 Check out the list - tell your MP to say NO to #14yearsofsewage 👇 weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...

Israel has murdered more than 500 Palestinians in Gaza since it signed the so called ceasefire. One of the latest is a 3 year old child.

The US is gearing up to literally starve Cuba into submission. It is absolutely criminal and obscene. And this to a country that everyone knows poses *zero* threat to the US. The people of Cuba need our full solidarity in resisting this onslaught.

NOW: Massive march for second week in a row in Minneapolis for anti-ICE general strike.

The US has declared Cuba an "unusual and extraordinary threat", authorising new sanctions and tightening its illegal blockade. Trump is trying to starve Cuba into submission — and millions of people will suffer. This is economic warfare, plain and simple. Hands off Cuba!