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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu now says the shocking images of Gaza’s completely flattened landscape aren’t the result of months of Israeli airstrikes, artillery, and systematic bulldozer operations but because “Hamas booby traps every single building.”

They lie and they lie and they may lie...

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Gordon Brown is right on child poverty and gambling, and also so very wrong as well I note that the FT has reported: Ministers should raise taxes on the gambling industry in order to fund removing the two-child benefit cap and lift half a million children out of poverty, former prime...

Gordon Brown is right on child poverty and gambling, and also so very wrong as well www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08... Unless we properly understand how tax works, we can get so much wrong in our society, and Gordon Brown does not understand tax.

Politics latest: Rushanara Ali resigns as homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister after reports claimed she hiked rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds just weeks after the previous tenants' contract ended.

BREAKING: Rushanara Ali resigns as homelessness minister

news.sky.com/story/politi...

Only Palestinians will decide who governs them: Jordanian official <article data-history-node-id="426873" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/only-palestinians-will-decide-who-governs-them-jordanian-official" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/only-palestinians-will-decide-who-governs-them-jordanian-official" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Only Palestinians will decide who governs them: Jordanian official</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8">A Jordanian official told Reuters on Thursday that Arabs "will only support what Palestinians agree and decide on" after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel wanted to hand over&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;to Arab forces that would govern it.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Only Palestinians will decide who governs them: Jordanian official - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/only-palestinians-will-decide-who-governs-them-jordanian-official

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After we and others say we'll recognise palestine, Netanyahu declares he intends to totally control gaza

And a deafening silence from our politicians and other western politicians

Spot on

Surely, all is well?
BP just found another huge oil deposit to exploit...

The #ClimateCrisis is NOW
Wake up world!

🚨 BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly told the DOJ she “never witnessed Donald Trump engage in any concerning behavior,” per ABC News.

This comes after Trump gave Maxwell limited immunity and moved to a minimum-security “prison”

She’s been paid off. This is overt corruption.

Ofwat chief executive to step down ahead of regulator’s abolition David Black’s decision comes amid intense scrutiny of water companies and criticism of the sector

Ofwat CEO to step down ahead of water regulator's abolition.

Ofwat has failed but that shouldn't overlook failures of law & govt oversight.

Changing heads and names of regulators won't do.

Need to end privatisation, put customer/employee elected directors on board, let them vote on exec pay.

Legally, there isn't the slightest basis to the complaint, even on the most extreme possible interpretation of the Supreme Court judgement. A shop floor is not a single sex space, regardless of whether they sell bras or not. This is just hatred and spite, unleashed.

A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive

This is what the biggest war crime of the 21st century looks like

And western governments, including the UK and US, are utterly complicit

They must be made to pay alongside their murderous Israeli 'allies'

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

JK Rowling tweeting got a boycott of M&S, stretching facts to the breaking point, and making the world a worse place for absolutely everyone.

The employee asked the girl and her mother if they needed help shopping. That’s it. That’s all. The misinformation, the insinuations (because the facts are inconveniently benign) are EXACTLY what was done to lesbians in the 80s. This is the product of hate and fear, not reality.

#FreePalestine
Long live the resistance 🍉🇵🇸

💥BOOM! @bsky.app just hit 38 MILLION users! Let’s keep going!

Most Israelis not bothered by reports of suffering and famine in Gaza, new poll shows <article data-history-node-id="426824" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/most-israelis-not-bothered-reports-suffering-and-famine-gaza-new-poll" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/most-israelis-not-bothered-reports-suffering-and-famine-gaza-new-poll" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Most Israelis not bothered by reports of suffering and famine in Gaza, new poll shows</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>The vast majority of Israelis say they are not troubled by reports of famine and suffering in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-gaza" target="_blank">Gaza</a>, a new&nbsp;<a href="https://en.idi.org.il/articles/60357" target="_blank">poll</a>&nbsp;released by the Israel Democracy Institute shows.&nbsp;</p> <p>The survey shows that 79 percent of Jews in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;were not troubled, or troubled at all, whereas 86 percent of “Arab” respondents were somewhat or very troubled by the reports about the war on Gaza.</p> <p>“Arab” respondents in the survey refer to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;citizens of Israel.&nbsp;</p> <p>When the question was broken down by political affiliation, it shows that there is far greater concern among the left for the suffering and hunger, with 70 percent showing concern, whereas only 32 percent and six percent among the centre and right, respectively, are personally troubled by the reports.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/most-israelis-not-bothered-reports-suffering-and-famine-gaza-new-poll-shows">Most Israelis not bothered by reports of suffering and famine in Gaza, new poll shows</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

Most Israelis not bothered by reports of suffering and famine in Gaza, new poll shows - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/most-israelis-not-bothered-reports-suffering-and-famine-gaza-new-poll

As Keir Starmer announces a returns agreement for asylum seekers with France, something we haven't had with the EU since Brexit

In 2015 Keir Starmer called for safe and legal routes

It's now 2025, Keir Starmer is Prime Minister, why isn't he establishing safe and legal routes?

Faridge will be furious + demanding to do a press round in the morning...🤔

Israel is a pariah state

There's no coming back from committing #Genocide, #EthnicCleansing, #CollectivePunishment

No reputational clawback when #IsraeliWarCrimes include the murder of medics, journalists + aid workers, the targeted shooting of starving CHILDREN + rape of detainees

Israel is dead

Labour thinktank offers sponsorship packages to meet and influence ‘key policymakers’ Prospectus lists opportunities for businesses to meet MPs and ministers and ‘shape the discussion’, says report

This is why so many people say that politicians are all the same

Absolutely despicable, but not at all surprising from Starmer, Reeves and Co

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

Guardian headline: “Gaza is like the aftermath of an apocalypse”

“Gaza is like the aftermath of an apocalypse”

Neil Woodford and his investment firm fined almost £46m over fund failings FCA also bans former star stock picker from holding senior manager roles and managing funds for retail investors

Scandals in the City

Neil Woodford & Woodford Investment Management provisionally fined £46m for failures in management of the Woodford Equity Income Fund.

Invested in illiquid assets in chase for profits.

Since then govt deregulated, FCA consumer protection duties weakened.

Next scandal?

They are not sending their best people

Fresh fruit & veg is worth £billions to our NHS
City greenery is vital in combatting air pollution
Climate change is about to make food prices soar

3 reasons why Angela Rayner's policy
of rescinding the Allotment Act
rather than promoting them
is madness

punishing the poor
to avoid
#TaxTheRich

What’s going on Israel’s domestic politics 👇

➡️ Ultra-Orthodox Jews were imprisoned for refusing to enlist, In response, The global Ultra-Orthodox community is calling to "rip-off draft orders"
➡️ Families of hostages were beaten up by the Israeli Police, dozens injured yesterday in Tel Aviv riots

Noticing a pattern here.

Elon Musk's X 'played central role' in stoking racist riots, damning study finds Amnesty International analysis found X's algorithm prioritises posts that are most likely to contain lies and hatred - and say nothing has changed amid heightened tensions

“Amnesty International analysis found X's algorithm prioritises posts that are most likely to contain lies and hatred” - Why is the British Government still using it???
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The violence was so bad a policeman attempted to take control over his friend who went completely nuts

At least 3 protesters are under hospitalisation and tens of others are Injured

The struggle won’t stop ✊