Author of 'The March That Shook Blair: An Oral History of 15 February 2003' (Peace News Press, 2013) and co-author of 'A Timeline of the Plague Year' (2021).
Joined March 2011
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Paraphrasing A.J.P. Taylor, John Pilger characterises the so-called quality press in the UK as "interdepartmental memoranda for the elite" bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00940… @medialens
Seems clear Matt Hancock and the Tory government misled the public and parliament theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
It's important to understand the climate crisis and defence spending are linked. "Ministers are preparing to slash the amount of money available to subsidise heat pumps as they look for ways to fund higher defence spending, sources have told the Guardian" theguardian.com/environment/…
'Insulating Britain’s homes and investing in heat pumps would do more to cut the cost of living, create jobs and boost the UK’s economy than drilling for new oil, research suggests.' theguardian.com/environment/… #climatecrisis
Good work here from Nesrine Malik: 'The UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage' theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Telling reporting from @cerenkardelen in the @M_Star_Online: "When asked to comment [about RAF Menwith Hill], the Ministry of Defence said it would be for US Public Affairs to respond, as the site is a US base." morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
I'm guessing @BBC6Music won't want to hear from any of the people physically attacked by Amy Winehouse in their callout asking listeners to get in touch with any stories about Winehouse? The anodyne reality propagated by the BBC on days like these doesn't do anyone any favours.
"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose—especially their lives" morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
Great overview of the life of US socialist giant Eugene Debs from @JoeEDwyer in the @M_Star_Online morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
Moving letter explaining why legalising assisted dying is so important theguardian.com/society/2026…
The Morning Star is different from other UK national newspapers: "Our demands must be clear: i) US troops, weapons and nukes out of Britain, ii) Britain out of Nato, iii) end British bases abroad." morningstaronline.co.uk/arti… @medialens
'Burnham, for all his “good vibes” at home, has been just as eager as Starmer to prostate himself to Trump and has continued the policy of allowing the use of British bases for US aggression.' morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
Lots of interesting bits of info in the SAS in Syria story in the Times - e.g. the SAS captured some suspects and took them to Foreign Office "approved" Kuridsh prisons archive.ph/pgrOU @ElwinWay
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One very noticeable difference between the @M_Star_Online and pretty much every other national newspaper in the UK is the Morning Star actively encourages its readers to participate directly in politics morningstaronline.co.uk/arti… @kernow4corbyn
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Like night and day. Guardian Diplomatic Editor: the UK is a "clear opponent" of the US war on Iran theguardian.com/world/2026/a…. @M_Star_Online editorial: "Britain is... wholly complicit in Donald Trump’s war" morningstaronline.co.uk/arti… @kernow4corbyn @medialens
The lack of support for additional taxes for social care always surprises me morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
Shocking. 'Private equity companies and sovereign wealth funds now own or partly own 11 of the 20 largest providers of fostering and children’s homes in England, as calls to ban “obscene” profit-making in children’s care grow.' theguardian.com/society/2026…
