Sam Alston

Outrage at Israeli plan to take over Gaza City that could displace 1m Palestinians Germany says it will halt arms deliveries to Israel amid growing international anger over planned operation

This week we are reading the Torah passage Re'eh where Moses sets before us blessing and curse and urges us to chose live that we and our children might live.

This feels the opposite of choosing life

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How can Netanyahu think he is keeping Israelis safe from harm, when he is causing this much pain and humiliation, that will inevitably lead to revenge?

Deeply concerning to see this joke spreading from twitter

Just saying: we don't talk about this trend enough.

Yep your point the logical rational and responsible one.

It may thus just run sideways to the spirt of test cricket

The early 2000s want their energy policy back.

Because it had disastrous consequences then qnd surely will again

That said the image of woakes pant and Lyon limping out to save matches does feel such a key part of test crickets story

I remember a series of reports in 2023 that all predicted the changes following the Russian invasion would start to massively drive european gas demand destruction 2026.

This may be their vindication..

Was at this event as well. Nick Maynard speaking was one of the most powerful and horrifying testimonies have heard of what is happening. The contrast between what he was describing and the ongoing bustle of central Oxford around him was stark.

Really good post by People powered retrofit that clearly tackles to common confusions.

How you use your heating system, willingness and capacity to change this, effect saving for a heat pump.

It is simple to test if you need insulation with the heat pump.

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A Letter from Rabbis Worldwide - Please Sign Dear colleague, Deeply distressed by the news from Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, we are circulating this letter to rabbis around the world. We ask you to sign and forward it to colleagues and rab...

Very impressive letter signed up 150 rabbis around the world docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Bishop of Oxford, in purple robes, stands on steps with protesters holding placards. (via UK Friends of Standing Together) https://www.facebook.com/UKFOST/posts/pfbid0k76RJrrQQBNdrs8c39M9GiocWeZyLVeAcS5epzspoci4FFQybNt1oNRiRXSxRAJEl

A gathering in Radcliffe Square. with the bishop and those standing in vigil (via https://www.facebook.com/UKFOST/posts/pfbid0k76RJrrQQBNdrs8c39M9GiocWeZyLVeAcS5epzspoci4FFQybNt1oNRiRXSxRAJEl)

The Bishop of Oxford joined a vigil in Oxford on Thursday in remembrance of both Israeli and Palestinian children killed in the last two years. UK Friends of Standing Together support a progressive social movement in Israel which brings together Arabs and Jews.
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Why is #farmingtoday allowing the global warming policy foundation to come on and answer softball questions about their battery alarmism.

Why anyone got the global warming policy foundation at all at this stage after a decade of being proved wrong about everything

An Urgent Call to Action from UK-Based Israeli Citizens Please sign this urgent letter and circulate it amongst Israeli citizens living in the UK.

New letter from Israelis in the UK calls on the government “to act decisively towards halting Israeli aggression in Gaza and elsewhere, and securing a hostage deal. Adding to our last letter from May 8, 2025, we stress the importance of UK action on this matter” /1 actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...

What is happening in Gaza is the responsibility of Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump not an entire nation or race.

Surely the question should be what asylum system does not identify Afghans who worked with the British as refugees

Please any approach to remove this man from holding authority at this stage

I think this is a reoccurring problem for the Republicans

Reform tells energy firms it would scrap their clean power subsidies Richard Tice has written to firms giving them ‘formal notice’ that Reform would tear up contracts designed to boost green energy investment.

Blocking renewables, as Farage and Tice propose, props up UK demand for imported gas

Good for Putin, yes, but also very much in the interests of the US, the world's top gas exporter, which is massively expanding its LNG export infrastructure

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Labour dismantle your own majority challenge

This feels massively understated in the conversation

Going to need to build a lot grid infrastructure.

I missed you as well. I was typically running slightly late as well

What do British Jews actually think about Israel, and why does this matter? Research indicates a nuanced picture

Writing for Bright Green, @joshalston.bsky.social looks at attitudes towards Israel among British Jews, and what this means for the left.

Motion from Councillor Liz Brighouse The Children’s Society notes that transport poverty exacerbates other inequalities, with children from low-income families potentially missing out on school trips, extracurricular activities, or suffering poor school attendance. A 2025 report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies similarly identified that young people’s mobility is closely tied to long-term social and economic outcomes. This Council, being aware of the levels of child poverty in this county and the effect this has on the ability of families and young people to travel by public transport, asks the Cabinet to set up a Cabinet Advisory Group to consider a scheme to provide free or significantly reduced bus travel for children and young people up to age of 18. Such a scheme could be funded from fines from ANPR enforcement and would enable children and young people to get to school and college settings by enabling bus companies to develop routes to school that better meet the travel needs of families and children. This Council notes West of England Mayor Helen Goodwin has funded free travel for children up to 16 this summer. Note: The motion, if passed, would constitute the exercise of an executive function in which case it will be referred to the Cabinet together with any advice the Council may wish to give, in accordance with Rule 13.5.1 (i) of the Council Procedure Rules in the Constitution.

Oxfordshire Labour have submitted a motion calling for cheaper bus fares for children.

Great! But their numbers don't add up. Here's why:🧵

Park run massively unrelated and ridiculous community organisation

Excellent news