Mike Ogden

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

Just when you thought Keir Starmer's Labour Party couldn't get more illiberal, or more like the Tories...
"Change", my left foot.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Trump-supporting billionaire prevented from filling lake on UK estate during drought Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman acted legally, but residents complained to Southern Water

An excellent example of the environmental cost of billionaires.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain.

The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.

That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.

Absolutely incomprehensible.

Anti-Islamic biker gang members hired to run security at controversial Gaza aid sites More than 10 Infidels MC members deployed to sites run by US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

Anti-Islamic biker gang members hired to run security at controversial Gaza aid sites www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.

“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

I guess when your police force is occupied arresting anti genocide supporters they can't spare resources to arrest criminals.

September 1, 1939

I sit in one of the dives
On Fifty-second Street
Uncertain and afraid
As the clever hopes expire
Of a low dishonest decade:
Waves of anger and fear
Circulate over the bright
And darkened lands of the earth...

To be clear what happened here.

Israel bombed a hospital.

They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.

Then they bombed it again.

This is known as the 'double tap'.

You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights imminent deportation to Uganda Abrego's lawyers filed a new lawsuit seeking to stave off another deportation after he was taken back into custody on Monday.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is fighting his imminent deportation to Uganda.

And like clockwork, there is David Lammy's handwringing tweet.

I bet they’re shitting themselves in Tel Aviv over Lammy’s latest “horrified” tweet.

He continues to arm Israel and refuses to improper sanctions.

Prison awaits.

Exclusive | Pentagon Has Quietly Blocked Ukraine’s Long-Range Missile Strikes on Russia The Defense Department has withheld approval for attacks as the White House has sought to entice Moscow to open peace talks.

The Pentagon is blocking Ukraine from using long-range missiles to hit Russian military targets.
No wonder Putin still thinks he can win the war
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

How obscene. One man's ego. From the Guardian:

"Trump’s arrival in Scotland has required the biggest security operation since Elizabeth II died in 2022. More than 5,000 police and security personnel are involved in the four-day visit"

Remember all that fulminating in the billionaire press about "free speech" (ie their freedom to abuse Muslims, trans people etc with impunity)? Now that people are being arrested for speaking about an issue of the utmost gravity, the self-appointed guardians of liberty have fallen strangely silent.

Two people worth listening to!

Moving the Population in Gaza is a Manifest War Crime We wrote this essay to fulfill our human, conscientious, and civic duty, as Israelis – and as Zionists – who have expertise in areas related to the IDF’s order.

"Evacuating the entire population? Call it ethnic cleansing, call it transfer, call it deportation, it’s a war crime.”

Originally published in @haaretzcom.bsky.social

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How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possible, says Guasrdian columnist George Monbiot

Obscene ideas are injected into public life with "humour" ... and then enacted. My column this week is pegged to the recent calls in the Spectator to murder people at Glastonbury, and on GB News to starve and shoot disabled people.
You could call it wink murder.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We have had a report saying two women walking up to a protest today at BAe Samlesbury were stopped by Lancashire Police and advised to remove their t-shirts that say 'Free Palestine', as it may "breach the proscription order".

And so it begins.

This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read:

“I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years.

Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say The outdoor cafe was frequently used by journalists, activists and local residents.

And on it goes. Israeli politicians using UK media to stoke up outrage around Bob Vylan & Kneecap must be laughing their heads off at how easy it all is. I think this brings the Palestinian death toll *since the Glastonbury performance* in to triple figures.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you use your platform to support the IDF in its campaign of mass slaughter, you will suffer no consequences to your career.

You can support genocide, and no newspaper will demand your arrest.

But it’s those who support this historic crime who are the actual monsters

‘Kill shot:’ GOP megabill targets solar, wind projects with new tax

Senate Republicans stepped up their attacks on solar and wind energy projects by quietly adding a provision to their megabill that would penalize future developments with a new tax.

The Russians, who have been murdering Ukrainian civilians and bombing cities for three years, are suddenly very worried about "gross violation of international law" and "global and regional security"
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/22/r...

‘Death is complicated and kaleidoscopically beautiful’: Jerskin Fendrix on his emotional new album – and life after Oscar success The British composer broke into Hollywood as Yorgos Lanthimos’s go-to guy on Poor Things and more. But his heart remains in Shropshire – the backdrop to his ambitious, grief-stricken latest record

I find it really annoying reading a review, wanting to buy, only to learn, at the end, it will only be released in 4 months' time!

"Death is complicated and kaleidoscopically beautiful’: Jerskin Fendrix on his emotional new album – and life after Oscar success" www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

The Israeli government has shown that it is not prepared to stop until every Palestinian in #Gaza is dead, disabled or displaced. Every day in which it is still armed and supported by Western states, our own included, is a stain on international law.

The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran | Owen Jones Israel is the main source of terror and instability in the Middle East. But the west continually turns away from this reality, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

"The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran "| Owen Jones www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A Quiet Betrayal: The Largest Public Lands Sell-Off in Modern History There is no shortage of chaos emanating from Washington these days.

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This is the politicization of law enforcement. It's not about "immigration," it's about demonizing cities and winning elections

California Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed at Noem presser The senator was stopped and shoved back by multiple men.

BREAKING: California Sen. Alex Padilla was detained and handcuffed during an altercation at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference.