Alex Hall Hall

Why? Why on earth would she do that? Allotments are wonderful. Is this a true story - or, this being the Telegraph, a story twisted and exaggerated?

This is behavior from Soviet times - forcibly incarcerating government critics in psychiatric prisons.

Nigel Farage is right about London. I was there yesterday and there was a gang of men armed with sticks, waving them about, while a huge crowd cheered them on.

Kamala Harris puts her finger on the saddest part of the past half-year (apart from the hundreds of thousands of lives needlessly lost by eliminating #USAID):
♦️It's not the assault on democracy. We knew that was coming.
♦️It's the fact that most institutions have decided to #SurrenderInAdvance.

Spode!!!!! A classic….

Donald Trump is a pathological liar

This is a write up of a recent webinar, in which I share my views on threats to American democracy under Trump; joined by @richardcorbett to consider implications for UK/Europe. In short - it’s bad. Very bad. I also think Republicans will rig 2026 elections, and Trump try to run for 3rd term.

That’s great, but words are wind. Are they going to caucus with Democrats now? Are they going to vote for impeachment? Will they stop confirming his nominees? Will they do something - anything - to rein in the Mad King and restore the rule of law? Or are they just “concerned” again?

Others have noted that this means foreign-born people are LESS likely than UK-born people to be in prison. What I want to note is that The Times is now referring to foreign-born UK citizens as ‘foreigners’. This includes Boris Johnson, Sir Mo Farah, Emma Watson, Rory Stewart and little old me.

That Melanie Phillips is a lunatic conspiracist bigot and racist is not remotely shocking. But the fact that the Times continues to employ her should be.

Horrifying events continue in Georgia

Since I campaigned for my friend, Nabil, I am messaged constantly by others also in desperate need. If there’s anyone out there who can support this family, please do…

Yes.

This has been awful to watch. Like all the countries succumbing to bullying and signing lopsided trade deals; and the media paying out to Trump to avoid lawsuits. Trump is like a mafia Don. He’ll keep coming back for more. Institutions shd band together and collectively refuse to play his game.

"Putin has a very thin skin..." An interview with George Robertson on the defence review, Ukraine and what he discussed with Putin when NATO Secretary General

“I think the European Union posed a bigger threat to Russia and to Putin than did NATO, because the European Union changes countries fundamentally while NATO is a defence arrangement. The European Union was a real challenge to the Putin model”
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...

The WaPa headline says: 60,000 Gazans were killed. 18,500 of them were children. These are some of their names. Then follows an enormous list of small print names

Thousands of small print names interspersed with some photos of some of the child victims

NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.

The Washington Post has just published every single known name.

A seminal moment.

Trump Made 'Mistake of Historic Proportions' on Ukraine Says His Former Ambassador The United States' former ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, tells Alexandra Hall Hall that she couldn't "in good conscience" execute the President's plans for the country

🔴Trump Made ‘Mistake of Historic Proportions’ on Ukraine Says His Former Ambassador

The United States’ former ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, tells @alexhh.bsky.social that she couldn’t “in good conscience” execute the President’s plans for the country

bylinetimes.com/2025/07/28/t...

Yes, indeed, now that you point that out, it’s everywhere.

Yes. It’s a genocide. It's no repeat of the Holocaust, but it’s reasonable to view Gaza as a genocide underway.

Simply superb article and reasoning here by @arthursnell open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

Israel won’t face EU penalties over Gaza suffering — yet A Brussels plan to suspend Israel’s participation in the Horizon research program needs to win more backing from countries.

First, we dripfed weapons to Ukraine - enough to fight, but not to win; now, we slow roll pressure on Israel, when every day counts in terms of the famine. Always, too little, too late. 😡😡😡whttps://www.politico.eu/article/israel-war-in-gaza-humanitarian-crisis-eu-penalties-horizon-research-program/

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Message from my friend, Nabil, in Gaza. He says he hears about the international pressure on Israel to get aid into Gaza, and says he hopes it can be delivered “with humanity and dignity.” If you want to support him, please help here gofund.me/a9bb473c

My friend Nabil and his family in Gaza are hanging on in there. The money we have raised to support them is literally saving their lives. Please support, if you can www.gofundme.com/manage/save-...

Here it is www.gofundme.com/manage/save-...

Says man, casually, heading off for another round of golf, fulfilling his challenging role as “leader of the free world”. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡<€>|}>€|\#€~\€%{{€>||£€*~\€€|\%>

My friend, Nabil, does not want to die. He doesn’t want his wife and six children to die, he doesn’t want his friends and neighbors to die. He doesn’t want the Israeli hostages to die. He doesn’t want Jews to die. He just wants food to eat, a shelter to live in, and to live his life, peacefully. 😡😡😡

Firefighters cover civilian children with their own bodies during last night's russian attack on Kharkiv

We don’t know what to do for the best so we have been making donations to @msf.ca & @warchilduk.bsky.social & @medicalaidpal.bsky.social

My inbox is flooded with desperate requests like this. It’s heartbreaking. Please support, if you can. All of us also need to keep pressure on our govts to take stronger action against Israel and get more aid into Gaza.