Andrew Thatcher

A photograph of Suleiman al-Obeid, former captain of the Pakestinian national football team, killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food.

I admire Mo Salah's restraint.

"Farewell". Really?

Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.

if I ever go properly "screaming about nothing in particular in the street" mad it will be due to having spent too much time having read about the opinions of men who have absolutely never cared about women's rights for one moment in their lives but decided to pretend just for the sake of racism

Sometimes I feel a level of female rage that’s so visceral, it’s best left

I always enjoy reading the TripAdvisor London Forum because I'm fascinated to see what foreign tourists expect, what they ask about and what surprises them. I thought this post from someone from Texas was a really lovely and cheering comment about riding the tube late at night

The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.

Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.

The wealth gap – and the health trap What drives the differences in population health among rich nations? Kate Pickett on the lower “wellbeing-adjusted” life expectancy of more unequal countries

“We found that countries with higher levels of income inequality are associated with higher rates of obesity, diabetes, mental illness, asthma, drug use and infant mortality” – @profkepickett.bsky.social of @equalitytrust.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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Congratulations, sir! Appearing on South Park is an honor, indeed. Not only have you "finally made it", you had the best line of dialogue in the show.

Good luck with your love of furniture and your continuing EPSTEIN Cover-Up,

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Hugely important topic in media criticism

Via @brianstelter.bsky.social: The Financial Times recently dubbed it "the great crime paradox:" Violent crime rates are falling, both in the US and the UK, "but a growing share of people think levels are rising."
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EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR by Our Apocalypse Staff HELENA HANDCART THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode. It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services, not to mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed). Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).

No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.

This is a key table to understanding public opinion on migration. *When confronted with the real trade offs* people go for protecting the NHS and the economy over reducing migration.

The problem as per the rest of the thread is many don't believe those trade offs exist.

Heartfelt Apology Robs Man Of Cherished Grudge

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Can South Yorkshire become the healthiest region? South Yorkshire launches bold 10-year plan to tackle dire health inequalities and become the UK’s healthiest region – ‘Health is Wealth’

✍️ Can South Yorkshire become the healthiest region?

South Yorkshire launches bold 10-year plan to tackle dire health inequalities and become the UK’s healthiest region – ‘Health is Wealth’

By Alan Walker

WHEN IS IT NOT SMALL BOATS WEEK THO??
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When is it wealth inequality week, eh?? WHEN DOES THAT COME AROUND?

Tempers appears to have simply asserted/assumed the man must be an asylum seeker without the right to work (because he was delivering to a hotel containing asylum seekers) and Timothy seems to have assumed that he is a hotel resident by just sharing the social media clip + Tempers assumptions

I originally thought it a good thing when dog-whistling politicians finally allowed their racism to show overtly. I thought they’d be seen for what they were, booted off the media and thrown out of their parties. I was a fool.

Language on immigration in UK news and politics found to have ‘shaped backlash against antiracism’ Pattern of ‘hostile language’ in media and debates likely to describe people of colour with less sympathy, report says

Language on immigration in UK news and politics found to have ‘shaped backlash against antiracism’.
Pattern of ‘hostile language’ in media and debates likely to describe people of colour with less sympathy, report says
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To be a columnist at the Times is to be paid a large sum of money to write a paragraph as absurd as this

How does housing affect living standards in the UK?

As well as being most families' largest expense, the affordability, availability and quality of housing are all important.

Take a look at our indicators to find out what's happening today👇
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'Returning elective care to the 18-week standard will be a significant challenge. The inequalities uncovered in the NDL’s and NHS England’s analyses show that doing this equitably will be an even greater challenge.' Tom Prendergast and Charles Tallack The Health Foundation

New analysis from our Networked Data Lab reveals stark inequalities in elective care waiting lists.

In this blog, Tom Prendergast and @charlestallack.bsky.social​ explore how deprivation, ethnicity and digital exclusion are key barriers to equitable recovery⬇️

https://bit.ly/4lZ2PPL

BREAKING: We're suing ICE for unlawfully targeting and arresting people who show up to court for their immigration hearings.

We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out of Homelessness - OtherWords A new Trump order calls for arresting and ticketing unhoused people. My state tried that — and homelessness just got worse.

President Trump’s order criminalizing homelessness is cruel and doesn’t solve the housing crisis.

People need housing, not fines and court orders.

It’s almost too perfect that the billboard behind these two confused Waymos says STOP HIRING HUMANS

Definitely. As it says somewhere in the thread the sound is so distinctive. I just assumed it was a commercial helicopter and I was hearing the echo from the walls so didn't look up initially.

Chinook flying over Temple

Over Temple yesterday! Very Central London

Luke Tryl was a Tory spad in the Education department during the austerity years. He now spends his time reporting how reform voters say nothing works. It's fairly clear who he has more in common with.

Carney says Canada plans to recognise a Palestinian state in September The move would make Canada the third G7 state to do so, after the UK and France said they will make a similar move.

Canada to recognise Palestine in September, subject to governance reforms, commitment to 2026 elections without Hamas, says PM Carney.

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Why would you turn him back on again?!?

The Blanche/Maxwell meeting itself is the evidence of additional corruption and collusion by the very same criminal enterprise that is now “investigating” itself.

What a surprise.