Over £10,000,000 of public money has been spent policing the proscription of Palestine Action.
The Labour Party has spent £700,000 defending the ban in court - and will spend more appealing the ruling that it’s unlawful.
That money could fund more than 3,500,000 free school meals.
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Just been awarded UK government contract without competition. 🤬
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My jaw dropped at this quote
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Meta should be destroyed and the earth should be salted where it once grew.
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Did Keir Starmer's Government Just Accidentally Admit Its Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes?
Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public, appear to acknowledge for the first time that Israel's actions have broken international law
🔴Did Keir Starmer’s Government Just Accidentally Admit Its Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes?
Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public, appear to acknowledge for the first time that Israel’s actions have broken international law
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/13/d...
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stop the boats version of Radcliffe who himself is a migrant (moved to Monaco to avoid tax) but actually taking money out from UK
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Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
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“Maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation... potentially a good thing for the species... is the fundamental fact that everyone dies at some time. make it [impossible] to ask so why not earlier. if the brain discards unused neurons, why [should] society keep their equivalent”
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Over 2,000 Britons served for Israel amid Gaza genocide
Exclusive: Declassified obtained data on the number of UK nationals in the IDF. We are publishing it for the first time
❗️The revelation that over 2,000 Britons served in the IDF during genocide raises major legal questions for the UK.
The International Court of Justice has advised all states they are obligated to refrain from helping Israel maintain its occupation.
www.declassifieduk.org/over-2000-br...
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Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years
Public opinion polling agency says decision ‘solely based on Gallup’s research goals and priorities’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
shoot the messenger, or self censor in this case
"Trump’s second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, which is among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The US president started his second term with an approval rating of 47%."
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to exonerate Donald Trump in the Epstein case in exchange for clemency. Journalist @carolecadwalla.bsky.social notes this “naked transactionalism” mirrors Jeffrey Epstein’s own business model of running a “global trade in favors” among the rich and powerful.
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I feel this in my bones as a professor
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The study, co-authored by @jmbecologist.bsky.social and published in Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, calls for improved monitoring combined with Indigenous knowledge to guide action.
Read more about the study: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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While Amazon touts the surveillance state enabled by its Ring cameras, remember...
Amazon's U.S. tax bill dropped by 87% in 2025, mostly thanks to Trump's tax cuts.
Meanwhile, its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion — and it announced 30,000 job cuts.
Is this the world we want to live in?
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“There is a reason why Mandelson kept returning to government, despite sackings for his over-enthusiastic relationships with plutocrats. He was brought in to do the dirty work. The governments in which he served could loudly claim to be doing something, while subtly and simultaneously undoing it.”
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Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
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