Mike Tomlinson

Reactions to 'Britcard'

Brian Feeney on unionism's antipathy towards equality:

Spot on from @tcollins.bsky.social

Superiority complex

(from Irish News)

Free Marwan Barghouti (from Observer)

"On incitement to genocide, the Commission concludes that Israeli President Isaac Herzog, PM Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have incited the commission of genocide and that Israeli authorities have failed to take action against them to punish this"

"The Commission therefore concludes that the State of Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza as a group, namely for the acts enumerated under articles II(a)-(d) of the Genocide Convention"

"The Commission finds that Israeli security forces have perpetrated sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians in Gaza since 7 October 2023, including rape, sexualised torture and other forms of sexual violence."

UN Commission: "Far from enabling & ensuring the provision of aid, the Israeli security forces have continued to prevent the entry of all humanitarian assistance to Gaza & to target humanitarian aid convoys and aid workers inside Gaza, in flagrant disregard of the ICJ’s orders."

UN Human Rights Office Global update by UN Human Rights Chief Volker TürkRead the story

UN Commission: "the widespread and systematic targeting of children is part of a strategy to destroy the biological continuity and future existence of the Palestinian group in Gaza, thus part of the intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza."

UN Commission: "The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza."

Israel committing genocide in Gaza - UN commission An independent UN commission has concluded that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

UN Commission: "The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza."
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

How the UN could act today to stop the genocide in Palestine As a key deadline approaches in the United Nations General Assembly, a little-used UN mechanism, immune from the US veto, could bring military protection to the Palestinian people - if we demand it.

'High level' UN Gen Assembly meetings begin next Monday (22 Sept). Int human rights lawyer and former UN official @CraigMokhiber argues that genocide in Palestine can be stopped using the Uniting for Peace mechanism to bypass any Security Council veto: mondoweiss.net/2025/08/how-...

"I was shouting ‘down with Balfour’,” says the wealthy industrialist, referring to the 1917 Balfour declaration, a promise by the British government to Zionists to help them establish a Jewish homeland on the land where Israel now stands.
“And then they shot me.”

English right attack Good Friday Agreement

"It’s not really that difficult to get your head around why people in Derry would be opposed to the British armed forces peddling their wares at a jobs fair."

"Hilary Benn, like all British secretaries, is captive to the advice and control of Britain’s intelligence services. In effect, no matter what his initial intentions were, he has been nobbled." Mark Thompson - essential reading on legacy

Why Nigel Farage Can’t Just “Remove” Human Rights from the Good Friday Agreement When the Reform UK leader casually suggests renegotiating Ireland’s peace agreement, he reveals a dangerous misunderstanding of how…

Oh look, it’s this gobshite again. 💀

Here’s another take down / explainer ✍🏼💭

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#Britain #Brexit

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"Black applicants are more than twice as likely to be denied a US mortgage as white counterparts declaring the same incomes, according to a Financial Times analysis of public data that shows people of colour still face hurdles to home ownership despite laws aimed at ending such disparities."

Kitty O'Brien: "The video of me being beaten went viral because I’m white, but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab and other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past two years.”

A bake sale for Palestine down the N'Ards Road has pulled out of East Belfast because of threats 🙃🙃🙃

Carbon capture set to be less useful in tackling climate change, scientists warn CO₂ stored underground will be at risk of leaking back into the atmosphere, study finds

Carbon capture set to be less useful in tackling climate change, scientists warn. British govt has committed £21.7bn to this initially, which will become £264bn by 2050. on.ft.com/3V0vrwe

Sumud flotilla: 'All eyes must remain on Gaza'. (Irish Times letter)

Ex-EU officials recommend: "Prohibiting data centres and platforms based in Europe from receiving, storing or treating data originating from Israeli government or commercial sources relating to the Israeli government’s presence and activities in Gaza and elsewhere in the occupied territories.”

An important update from Francesca Albanese, special UN Rapporteur on Palestine.

The flotilla fully complies with International Law. Any attempt to violate the flotilla’s mission is a violation of International Law which @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu has said she will uphold.

Empty words, Ursula?

New interview with Greta Thunberg in Barcelona yesterday by Middle East Eye.

The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza

US bars Palestinian leader Abbas and 80 officials from annual UN meeting as allies pledge statehood Britain, France, Australia and Canada vow to formally recognise Palestinian state at summit

US bars Palestinian leader Abbas and 80 officials from annual UN meeting as allies pledge statehood

Ireland and Palestine: the roots of resonance - Bill Rolston, 2025 This article argues that, despite major differences across time and space, there are similarities between the colonial experience of the Irish in the mid-sevent...

Prof Bill Rolston on Ireland and Palestine: the roots of resonance. Race and Class open access
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Irish Unity: Prof Colin Harvey arguing that we must ditch the notion that "a British Secretary of State will awaken one day and benevolently trigger a referendum after absorbing the latest polling evidence over breakfast. That is not how it will work."

"It is depressing how much EU and UK leadership has lost its moral compass when it comes to direct action against the Israeli regime. Now is the time for a real response, and where it hurts. Stop the renewal of the bonds and enact the Occupied Territories Bill." (Irish Times letter)