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Launch an inquiry into U.K. role in Israeli operations in Gaza! Please sign and share… petition.parliament.uk/petitions/78...
Geoff Smith
@fogcat.bsky.social
Grumpy old git, socialist (no NOT Labour!), dog & cat dad, stockpiler of pitchforks & torches.
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Launch an inquiry into U.K. role in Israeli operations in Gaza! Please sign and share… petition.parliament.uk/petitions/78...
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I've just signed, get enough signatures at least they will have to discuss it (not optimistic about it changing anything but public discussion would be good)
A petition demanding Andy Burnham’s govt launches a public inquiry into the UK's complicity in the Gaza genocide, has reached 10,000 signatures. "Now, let’s get it to 100,000 to force a debate. "The public deserves to know the full scale" - Jeremy Corbyn petition.parliament.uk/petitions/78...
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Now it's certainly possible that I wasn't aware in the past but it seems that in a few years BBC News has destroyed its reputation.
BBC report sanitises the overt racism: It notes that organisers warned marchers not to talk to journalists, then gives the "anti-immigration group"'s own sanitised description of itself. It does not report they chanted "England for the white man" in the streets. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Replying to @sundersays.bsky.social
BBC report sanitises the overt racism: It notes that organisers warned marchers not to talk to journalists, then gives the "anti-immigration group"'s own sanitised description of itself. It does not report they chanted "England for the white man" in the streets. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It seems targeting British school children for the crime of protesting against genocide is far more important to Friend of Israel Andy Burnham than prosecuting a British volunteer in the Israeli army who helped burn down a Gaza school murdering Palestinian children
👉REVEALED -- The British man who fought for Israel in Gaza by Hamza Yusuf, Dania Akkad, Shaimaa Marwan, & Phil Miller Exclusive: Jonathan Burman was photographed in front of a burning school which was attacked by Israeli troops www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-the...
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“You might wonder how the report could get it so badly wrong?” “Well, let’s take a look at the author, Sir David Bell. He sits on the council of the Academic Group for the Study of Israel and the Middle East—a charity whose main focus is to oppose BDS” www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/here-is-pr...
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By saying ‘he put it back’ Trump’s admitting that Musk took down Starshield in the first place. So either a trillionaire private citizen can now decide the future of an entire European country or Trump is lying about having ordered Musk to do it in order to aid Russia.
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🚨 Matt Hancock must face consequences! 🚨 'Matt Hancock must be removed from the Privy Council, stripping him of his “Right Honourable” title.' - Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK ❤️ Please sign their petition www.change.org/p/strip-matt... Video: Part one 🧵
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And what are the chances of this getting on TV news?
"They can start cutting people's faces up. They can stab someone. They can shoot someone." EXCLUSIVE: Our hidden cameras capture the leader of Turning Point UK organising a fake rally for a foreign government and helping arrange a murder-for-hire with loyalist paramilitaries.
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And CEO pay up 8.6% in the last year alone
@labouruk.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social @10dowingstreet.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @5news.bsky.social @news.sky.com @edmilibandmp.bsky.social @politics.mirror.co.uk The state of the UKs economy alongside wages increase .
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The violence experienced by our colleague, barriers to reaching medical care and growing restrictions imposed on Palestinian communities are not coincidental. Read our statement: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
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Fucking hell, that's one hell of a land grab. So even if your robots.txt file excludes crawlers they are giving themselves the rights to ignore that. And does "create test credentials to access" mean hack?
So if you have a link to your website/gallery/work on instagram Zuckerberg can go and absorb it all and you can't complain? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Israeli🇮🇱Settlers attack a European diplomatic delegation w/French, Polish, Belgian diplomats, & smash a diplomatic car near Tayiba village, E of Ramallah. Will you #ACT now @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social SUSPEND the EU-ISRAEL AA … @euronews.com
Utter bastards
Again 😡 Israeli 🇮🇱 settler kill 20 + sheep and goats in Kafr Malik, NE of Ramallah. Where is you voice (& why aren’t you helping homeless…animals in Gaza) @peta.org @humaneworldorg.bsky.social @humaneworlduk.bsky.social @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com
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