Simon Bell

Trump’s toxic, racist video surpasses previous levels of debasement www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Stop the water stitch-up! Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say. I’ve signed the petition to stop this wa...

Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say.

I’ve signed the petition to stop this water stitch-up and demand a public consultation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Remastered Ae Fond Kiss released for Burns Night. streaming on all platforms.

MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’ Exclusive: Health select committee chair says UK government’s ‘naive belief’ Trump is a good faith actor ‘could cost UK taxpayer billions’

MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Not with you on this. We already give our info to countless companies.

Hundreds protest outside Disney HQ over ‘un-American’ Kimmel suspension Demonstrators condemn CEO Bob Iger and fellow executives for ‘bending the knee’ to Trump administration

Hundreds protest outside Disney HQ over ‘un-American’ Kimmel suspension www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Musk’s Grok AI bot falsely suggests Met misrepresented footage of clashes with far right Police forced to rebut misinformation amplified by Allison Pearson as Musk accused of inciting violence at London rally

Musk’s Grok AI bot falsely suggests Met misrepresented footage of clashes with far right www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’

Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests

Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Andy Burnham says government needs ‘reset’ to become more decisive Greater Manchester mayor also suggests the cabinet needs to more ‘pluralistic’ and less London-centric

A way must be found for Andy Burnham to be leader after he says government needs ‘reset’ to become more decisive www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour insiders form new centre-left network in bid to change party’s direction Exclusive: Andy Burnham-backed Mainstream group will inevitably influence looming deputy leadership contest

Labour insiders form new centre-left network in bid to change party’s direction www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’

Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Beautiful day in Gunnersbury Park

Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Peter Hain says UK government ‘digging itself into hole’ over Palestine Action Peer opposed banning group and says fellow Labour peers and MPs are regretting proscription

Peter Hain says UK government ‘digging itself into hole’ over Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

As peaceful protestors are arrested for holding placards, starving Palestinians are being shot in the street.

This will go down as one of the most shameful moments in British legal history.

No amount of suppression can hide the truth: our government is complicit in genocide.

Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn’t be allowed to vote Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’

Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn’t be allowed to vote. Morons like him shouldn't be in government! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pro-Palestine protester threatened with arrest takes legal action against Kent police Laura Murton seeks damages and apology after police said her demonstration expressed support for banned Palestine Action

Pro-Palestine protester threatened with arrest takes legal action against Kent police www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

London councils to lose millions in funding despite high poverty levels Ministers face backlash after analysis of proposed shake-up finds more than 10% drop in finance for some areas

Deprived areas to lose millions in funding despite high poverty levels. WTF!! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

£22bn of water bill hikes will go to private investors - not cleaning up rivers Investors will see their returns from water bills double over the next five years

Imagine borrowing someone’s credit card, spending it on yourself.. then charging them for the privilege.

That’s the scam of privatised water.

Households foot the bill for upgrades, but £22bn will go to investors and creditors.

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UK homelessness minister faces calls to resign over tenant eviction claims Rushanara Ali accused of hypocrisy after claims she evicted tenants from east London property before putting up rent by almost £700 a month

UK homelessness minister faces calls to resign over tenant eviction claims - can't Starmer get anything right?!! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Joe Biden says US is facing ‘existential’ fight with marginalized groups ‘dramatically under attack’ Former president says some politicians watch deportations of legal immigrants with ‘glee’ in speech to National Bar Association gala

Joe Biden says US is facing ‘existential’ fight with marginalized groups ‘dramatically under attack’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Rachel Reeves considers overruling supreme court in £44bn car finance scandal Exclusive: Chancellor could step in if justices uphold entirety of ruling over commission paid to brokers

Reeves should support the victims not the perpetrators!
Rachel Reeves considers overruling supreme court in £44bn car finance scandal www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I have watched the debate in Parliament today, and am happy to report that the Labour Party is not dead, as I feared, but alive and well living in the back benches. Every speaker today is worth 10 of those charlatans on the front bench.

I was both moved and impressed by her speech

‘Worse than anything under the Tories’: changes to welfare bill anger disability campaigners Government concessions fail to appease disabled people’s groups, concerned that disabled people in the future will be condemned to poverty

‘Worse than anything under the Tories’: changes to welfare bill anger disability campaigners www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Labour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare bill Amendment intended to kill off legislation that would cut benefits could be backed by up to 100 Labour MPs including senior figures

Labour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare bill www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘He’s moving at a truly alarming speed’: Trump propels US into authoritarianism A senator handcuffed, people snatched in public, military deployed – Trump’s slide to authoritarianism has come quicker than critics feared

The death of America. 'He’s moving at a truly alarming speed’: Trump propels US into authoritarianism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Today, more starving Palestinians were lured into “aid distribution sites”.

They went in hope that they might find a bag of flour.

They were gunned down and murdered instead.

What utter inhumanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.