“When people who oppose all forms of violence, who are trying to stop war and terrorism, are arrested on terrorism charges, nothing makes sense any more” - spot on from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Starmer asked to explain why recognition of Palestinian statehood is conditional.
Because he doesn't believe Palestinian lives are equal to Israeli lives.
Because he's totally lost his humanity in his bubble where he sees peoples lives as bargaining chips.
And because the man is devoid of all principles and compassion.
Next question.
Yaxley-Lennon is 42 and has connections with Bedfordshire, in case anyone is wondering.
And yet a government petition to end the sleaze languishes with just a few hundred votes.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
This. I've listened in real time to BBC Radio - in particular Radio 4 - devolving into a reactionary mouthpiece. The news segments are principally concerned with uncritically repeating racist, far-right narratives about immigrants. Two Minutes Hate, every hour on the hour.
Came here to say this ☺️
A map of countries that recognise the State of Palestine.
You can now add France… but apparently not the UK, Germany, Canada of Australia.
Shameful.
It's very telling what happens to the comment whenever I write on this subject. Every other week, the comments in my substack are witty, funny and kind. On this topic, they're bitter, vicious, demented.
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
I presume there is this tiny army of Very Angry Radicalised People sweeping the web and pouncing into the comment section of any article which is remotely sympathetic to trans people. So you quickly learn to write on the subject and then never, ever look at the comments.
Did anyone even calculate it? But even then you need to be absolutely sure of your inputs, and it looks like the information the jury was presented with was incomplete. That would then produce an invalid p-value.
Not that a jury would understand it anyway.
Except that the hospital was failing anyway, and had had a poor record in recent years regardless of Letby.
The perfect conditions for finding a scapegoat.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The only common denominator through all the unexpected collapses was Lucy Letby", which is true from the evidence that was presented. However it's now known that there were six further cases where Letby was not present.
It feels disingenuous then to say that statistics didn't play a part.
Juries are notoriously bad at interpreting statistics, especially when the statistics with which they are presented are selective (see article) and they were not told this. And juries themselves are amateurs by definition.
theconversation.com/experts-have...
Is it? It seems that a panel of international experts in neonatology and paediatrics, suggesting potential flaws in the original trial and evidence presented, disagree with you.
But you know best, I'm sure.
This would all easily be solved if only Britain would join Schengen (along with other obligations that would necessarily go with it of course).
Problem solved. Oh I'm such a genius. Why am I not PM?
These stupid people need to be kicked out in 2029.
It most certainly is!!
youtube.com/shorts/0y99j...
A councillor tried to stop another 24-hour gaming centre. Planning officers agreed with her but approved it anyway. Not by mistake – by law.
How this could be changed to stop them plaguing our high streets and harming vulnerable people ⤵️
This is the person Scottish Labour is lining up to defend, and who the entire GC movement has turned into their hero
The Courier reports on Sandie Peggie's racist posts, where she used the term "p*kis" and said that, following devistating floods, Pakistan looked like a "giant bowl of coco pops".
Sandie Peggie is supported in her case by Sex Matters.
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
This is a really good idea. I was lucky to go to a first school that had a swimming pool, and they made sure everyone in the school could swim and was happy in the water before going on to the next school. My later schools really didn't do much for swimming.
@plaidcymru.bsky.social
Has #Starmer only just realised that it's losing him votes? Is it cynical of me to think that this might be the only reason he's looking like he might lift a finger to help stop the #GazaGenocide?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Billionaires are why we have tech and jobs!" Wrong. Publicly-funded R&D is. Stop worshipping billionaires for what teachers, scientists, and taxpayers made possible.
💙 #MondayMotivation 🏳️🌈 #FBR #FBPE #Resistance #StrongerTogether #KindnessMatters #Motivation #Bluecrew
Supporting Palestine Action’s right to protest is not the same as supporting Palestine Action. It’s time for Keir Starmer to remember why human rights exist.
Read @clivestaffordsmith.bsky.social’s op-ed here: goodlaw.social/8idv
Supporting the right to protest is not the same as supporting Palestine Action, says human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith.
Read Clive's full op-ed 👇
goodlaw.social/8idv
Screenshot of Reddit headline reading “Reddit now censors LGBTQ+ content under Ofcom’s new ‘Online Safety Act’”
It’s important to protect children online, but tech firms and legislators must make sure that they don’t lock children out of material they have a right to access – and that the line between “appropriate” and “inappropriate” isn’t discriminatory.
