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Corbyn hits back at Rayner’s war on allotments Former Labour leader and vegetable-growing fan accuses Housing Secretary of ‘trying to put a nail in the coffin’ of a long British tradition

Is this Government going to put the nail in the coffin of the joy of digging ground for potatoes on a cold, wet February Sunday afternoon?

The battle for the grass roots is on!

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

There are 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK.

Meanwhile, there are more British billionaires than ever before.

I think we should tax the rich to lift children out of poverty. Why is that such a radical idea?

He's right.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.

Here's Home Sec Cooper with the Israeli ambassador who endorsed the complete decimation of Gaza ('every school,every hospital, every home'). Yvette doesn't count such language as terrorism. The other photo is 83 Yr old Rev Sue Parfitt. She calls for an end to genocide. Apparently THAT is terrorism.

CEO pay at UK’s top companies is 52 times that of typical worker, report finds High Pay Centre thinktank says median pay of FTSE 350 chief executive was £2.4m in 2023-24 financial year

NEW: Our latest research shows that pay gaps at the largest UK companies between CEOs and their employees are as wide now as they were 5 years ago, with a FTSE 100 CEO paid 78 times more than their median employee.

Has the time come for a maximum wage?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"National march for Palestine. End the genocide. Stop arming Israel. Stop starving Gaza. No war on Iran. 12 noon Saturday 21 June. Russell Square to Whitehall."

📢Join us this Saturday to call on the British government to end its support for nuclear-armed Israel. No more nuclear hypocrisy! #StopArmingIsrael

⏰ 21 June, 12PM
📍 Russell Square, London

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.

Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star.

PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇

Britain tests hypersonic missile engine in ‘milestone’ for UK defence New engine could power a cutting-edge cruise missile with a bigger range than a conventional rocket

It's another example of Britain working in lock step with Trump. Deadly new hypersonic missiles will make the world more dangerous and make us poorer. #WelfareNotWarefare #MealsNotMissiles
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Declassified government documents reveal US forces in Britain are exempt from nuclear safety rules

More coverage of our legal letters to the MoD, which uncovered that all US military bases in Britain, like RAF Lakenheath, are shockingly exempt from nuclear safety regulations. Keir Starmer must announce that #NoUSnukes will be welcomed in Britain!

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/decl...

A seed picture from the 1800-1900s. The picture is made using seeds, and grains. It shows two figures, a woman in a dark shawl and a man in a coat and hat, sitting outside a cottage with door and a window. Wiltshire Museum.

This #folklorethursday the theme is garden folklore and we would like to share this picture made almost entirely of seeds! The scene depicting a man and a woman sat inside a cottage was created in the late 18th century. The types of seeds include Nettles, poppy, gypsophylia and cultivated lettuce!

Jeremy Corbyn (left) standing next to - and looking at - Tony Benn (right)

Tony Benn would have turned 100 today.

A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.

We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.

Dinton Park and the Neo-Grecian Philipps House. The park is perfect for a stroll in rolling parkland or stopping on a bench to admire the views. Look out for ancient trees on the north-west slopes and woods. It's owned by the National Trust. SP3 5HH - car park on site but no toilets. Entry is free.

US tells European companies to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-diversity order Move signals push by American president to widen his ideological campaign abroad

In response to the letters from the US Embassy in Paris, someone close to the French finance minister said: “This practice reflects the values of the new US government. They are not the same as ours”

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Arresting Quaker women for non-violent protest and breaking into a meeting house to do so. The first time anyone has been arrested in a meeting house in living memory. Despicable behaviour from a Labour government’s Home Office/the Met Police.

Storming a Quaker Meeting House with weapons drawn is something that is so abhorrent and unacceptable that I am still struggling to comprehend it tbh.

To discuss the issues raised in our new report on civilian casualties from use of drones in African conflicts we will be holding an online webinar at 7pm (UK time) on Wed 26th March. Register for free -> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/death-on-d...
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Emmanuel Macron is currently having lunch with Mark Carney in Paris. Interesting that the new 🇨🇦 PM chose 🇫🇷 as his first overseas trip, before heading on to 🇬🇧. Canadian friendship hasn’t felt this precious to Europe for a long time

Disappearing farmsteads - Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre A volunteer for Wiltshire Buildings Record shares her experience of working on the Farmsteads Project to record changes in farm buildings.

In our latest blog, Claire shares her experience of working as a #volunteer on the Farmsteads Project for #Wiltshire Buildings Record. Her work involves updating photographs of farm buildings, some taken in the 1980s and some as far back as the 1930s. wshc.org.uk/disappearing... #architecture

Thames Water has been given a £3 billion bailout, paid for by you and me.

Why should households have to pay for the mess that Thames Water got itself into, just so execs and shareholders can protect their profits?

There is a better solution: take water into public ownership.

Gaza’s cultural heritage has been devastated by the conflict with Israel – this is how we’re documenting the damage Around 50% of heritage sites in the Gaza Strip have been damaged, with many structures near-demolished.

...of Archaeology & Cultural Heritage, the Centre for Cultural Heritage Protection (CCHP, Bethlehem) & universities at Oxford (EAMENA), Southampton & Bradford are recording damage. Michael Fradley, Andrew Petersen & Bill Finlayson write about it here, Nov 2024 2/2
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‘I will spend my life rebuilding’: Gaza’s heritage sites destroyed by war Palestinian experts and British archaeologists say more than two-thirds of heritage, cultural and archaeological sites in Gaza have been damaged

As well as its historic importance, built heritage is critical to identity & belonging. The widespread damage to historic structures & museums in Gaza is appalling. The Guardian article doesn’t name archaeologists, so here they are: the Palestinian Dept... 1/2
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Cutting from The Morning Post, Friday, March 17, 1871, with the headline 'Ancient Archaeological Remains'

Could he recommend means of protecting remains like those at Dorchester (Oxon) and Wimbledon Common, noting that in France funds were available for this? Bruce replied that he'd received a petition from the Archaeological Society and would be happy to help in any way… apart from granting them money

Lionel Dawson-Damer ('Hippy') as portrayed in a caricature for Vanity Fair by James Tissot, 1871: a bearded man sitting with crossed legs

Henry Bruce as portrayed in a caricature for Vanity Fair by Carlo Pellegrini, 1869: a balding man with sideburns standing and looking thoughtful

Heritage protection before Lubbock in The Morning Post #OTD in 1871 - a question in the Commons to the Liberal Home Sec, Henry Bruce, from a Tory MP, Capt. Dawson-Damer ("a man of leisure who had retired from the army and was not involved in high politics") about the destruction of ancient camps…

GWR Socks

GWR Socks – STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway: https://giftshop.micro.blog/2025/03/12/161137.html

Trump is setting the US on a path to educational authoritarianism While we watch students getting handcuffed, vague new guidelines create a culture of fear over teaching our history

“The guidelines invite students to report their teachers and their school administrators for not adhering to a state-imposed ideology about history”

Today, mothers and fathers in Gaza are mourning their children because governments across the world did not deem their lives worthy of protection.

Poster with logos of Palestine Coalition. text reads: "Emergency protest. Stop bombing Gaza. Tuesday, 18 march, 6pm. Downing Street, London"

🚨 Emergency demo - TONIGHT, 18 March

⏰ 6PM
📍 Downing Street, London

Israel has resumed its bombing of Gaza, killing at least 400 Palestinians overnight. Join us to call on the UK government to immediately #StopArmingIsrael and to push for a full #CeasefireNOW!