Jonathan Theobald

Seen this @bscgscotland.bsky.social ?

There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here?

For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)

2025: Yvette Cooper suspends the rights of child refugees to come to the UK, effectively rejecting Article 8 of the ECHR

2016: Yvette Cooper making a passionate plea for child refugees to come to the UK

Cooper spent over a decade speaking up for child refugees, now she rejects Article 8 of ECHR

Attn Kier Starmer

45/130 Resolution of the UN General 14/12/1990

Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial domination, apartheid and foreign occupation by all available means, including armed struggle

It’s a lesson he’d have been taught young.

Here’s Deuteronomy 7.2

More than likely that Trump’s 6 Jan rioters also got plenty of previous.

UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief Volker Türk says the Home Office proscription restricts right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding up a page from Private Eye magazine

Whatever next?

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

.@prospectmagazine.co.uk While @davidlammy.bsky.social rings his hands over the slaughter in Gaza, the UK trains Israel’s military, the RAF hosts the head of the Israeli airforce & the RAF sends 100s of spy flights over the killing fields.

Why is the UK press silent about UK military support?

Meanwhile….

#Genocide
#Gaza

Our Médecins Sans Frontières staff are being killed in Gaza. Why are UK ministers enabling that? | Natalie Roberts Britain has a duty to act morally, and stop supporting this genocide, says Médecins Sans Frontières UK executive director Dr Natalie Roberts

. @therestpolitics.bsky.social Medicins Sans Frontières is accusing the UK government of helping Israel commit genocide in Gaza.

How long do you think David Lammy can keep dodging MSF questions & putting his fingers in his ears?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@therestpolitics.bsky.social Why has the UK press been almost silent about the hundreds of RAF flights over Gaza?

Is a D Notice in place? If so, is UK national security seriously at stake?

Left: Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says what Israel is doing in Gaza is a genocide, says Israel is using hunger to annihilate the legitimate state of Palestine

Right: Starmer has moved on from saying the situation in Gaza is 'intolerable' in 2024, to now saying in 2025 that it is 'utterly intolerable'

At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people

@mediaconfidential.bsky.social Does a D Notice cover the hundreds of flights over #Gaza by RAF spy planes?

If not, will you kindly discuss the UK media’s blackout of the subject?

Thank you

perfect comedy timing from the Speaker at #PMQs calling Nigel Farage after Starmer promises to go after “the fraudsters, the grifters, the con artists no matter who they are” 😄

@therestpolitics.bsky.social In 1947 Israel’s founding fathers were bombing & killing British soldiers in Jerusalem’s King David hotel. But 10 years later the 2 countries were allies in the Suez debacle.

What explains the strength of UK support for Israel & the indifference to Palestinian lives?

I am FoI'ing the BBC on some issues to do with Israel-Gaza. DG Tim Davie told MPs on Mar 4: “Part of what I have tried to do for the BBC is to be a guardian of true impartiality through thick and thin, and that requires being completely transparent.“ But the BBC has so far withheld this information

@arusbridger.bsky.social The protesters who broke into Brize Norton & spray painted RAF planes claimed they are flown in support of slaughter in Gaza.

Is this true?

If so, why do we see so little in the press about the use of RAF Akrotiri to support Israel?

Here’s a chance to make something special

The Israeli government has shown that it is not prepared to stop until every Palestinian in #Gaza is dead, disabled or displaced. Every day in which it is still armed and supported by Western states, our own included, is a stain on international law.

Think it’s too hot to work today? 🌡️🥵

Our report ‘Whatever the Weather’ recommends the government introduce a maximum indoor working temperature of 30C

Originally recommended by @tuc.org.uk, it would incentivise employers to keep workplaces cool while avoiding health impacts to workers

Private Eye NUMBER CRUNCHING £9bn Boost to the UK economy by 2040 due to UK-EU deal, according to the government £100bn Brexit's economic cost to the UK economy per year, according to OBR estimates

Christ… red lines are so expensive.

(Private Eye)

Perfect

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Fifty years ago I bummed my way from London to Afghanistan & picked up a few words on the way.

The only one that has stuck was “chai” which was the same from Turkey eastwards.

Guessing “cha” comes thanks to army slang.

Your recommendation much, thanks.

And it’s a-pargeting I shall go.

That’s good to know, thanks.

And now I’ve learnt the meaning of the word pargeting I shall seek, whenever possible, to include it in conversation

Sounds fascinating even if there is little call for such skills in Peterborough.

More interesting story in Edinburgh, Bath, Brighton & other cities rich in classical architecture, I imagine.