Retired teacher: Philosophy, History. republican, humanist, grandad, Green socialist. For PR and constitutional reform.
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On September 17, 1948 - the day after Count Bernadotte submitted his report advocating Palestinian right of return - four Lehi operatives ambushed his motorcade in Jerusalem and killed him.
Bernadotte was not a random diplomat. He was the man who had rescued over 30,000 prisoners from Nazi concentration camps through negotiations with Heinrich Himmler in the final months of the war. He saved more Jews from the Holocaust than almost any other individual.
His final report to the UN Secretary-General stated: 'It would be an offense against the principles of elemental justice if these innocent victims of the conflict were denied the right to return to their homes, while Jewish immigrants flow into Palestine.'
The man who saved 30,000 Jews from Nazi death camps was assassinated by Jewish extremists for defending Palestinian rights.
The brains behind the assassination: Yitzhak Shamir - future Prime Minister of Israel (1983-1992).
Israel arrested and tried some Lehi members for the murder. They were pardoned almost immediately.
UN Resolution 194 - adopted December 1948 - affirmed the right of return for Palestinian refugees. It has never been implemented.
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Over 50 activists shut down BAE Systems' F-35 rear fuselage factory in Blackburn, denying deliveries, subcontractors, and workers access to the site for over 4 hours.
F-35 fighter jets are used by the Israeli occupation military to kill children in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran.
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Pat McFadden on #GMB boasting about welfare reforms [cuts]
Lest we forget, this is the man who claimed £40,000 on expenses from the taxpayer for renting a home in his constituency despite the fact that he owned the home next door (which he rented out, pocketing the cash)
Canada should honour its connection to Greenland, whose inhabitants speak an Inuit language v similar to those spoken in NE Canada.
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🚨HOLY COW: In footage Republicans don’t want you to see, Jack Smith confirms Donald Trump was the CAUSE of January 6.
They released it on New Year’s Eve to bury it. Let’s get it everywhere.
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Keir Starmer's police state latest
After Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb left the protest
The police arrested the only black man at the protest (who also happens to be an NHS doctor)
Why won't you report this madness? @krishgm @vicderbyshire @PaulBrandITV @Peston ?
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
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You can’t watch this video and not hate Israel.
Israeli soldiers EXECUTE two young Palestinian men at point-blank range AFTER they surrendered near in the northern occupied West Bank.
This apartheid must end. Boycott and shun everything to do with it.
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Reporters filmed an Israeli official—who was plotting to "take down" UK ministers—secretly promising £1m to Labour MP Joan Ryan
Not only was there no legal investigation—it wasn't reported by 1 UK paper
Everything you're fed about Russian interference is actually true of Israel
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This BBC and Parliamentary Culture committee hearing into the BBC’s dodgy editing of Trump’s ‘insurrection’ speech? It’s a joke. The real inquiry should be into the BBC’s coverage of the Labour Party during Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership in the years 2015-19. Bias, misrepresentation, editorial malpractice, anti-Corbyn propaganda and outright contempt and hostility towards Corbyn personally that was off the scale. That’s the real inquiry that needs to held but it never will. @BBCPolitics @BBCNews @itvnews @Channel4News @BBCNewsnight
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If Reform's Nathan Gill taking money from Russia is bribery, why is Smeeth and Nandy and Hodge and Starmer and Rayner and Lammy and Cooper taking money from Israel not bribery?
What exactly is the difference?
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The latest Israeli post "ceasefire" massacre in Gaza reduced to a chirpy 28 second clip on the main BBC evening news.
The viewer is left with the impression both sides are equally guilty of ceasefire violations and that the claims and counter claims of the 2 sides are equally credible.
If the BBC actually believes this it is criminally incompetent. The BBC continues to play its part in creating a permissive environment for genocide.
This is journalism that kills.
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“It isn’t people seeking sanctuary who are tearing our country apart. It’s toxic, racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants for crises they did not cause.”
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
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I feel disgust for this Labour government, that promised to protect nature when they were in opposition, and are now determined to destroy environmental protections.
No-one voted for this.
@UKLabour @Keir_Starmer @EmmaforWycombe @NaturalEngland @SteveReedMP
Yesterday, the @GOVUK ignored pleas from the public, civil society and cross-party parliamentarians and stripped vital wildlife protections from the Planning & Infrastructure Bill. This is hugely disappointing, but we are not giving up. (1/3)
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Apparently we can't afford to help President Lula save the rainforest, but we can afford to pay Drax to burn 250 year old Canadian trees…
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🇮🇱An Israeli soldier proudly shared drone footage of himself flying a weaponized drone straight into a Palestinian family’s home, laughing as he terrorized civilians for sport.
He filmed their fear like it was entertainment. No one knows what happened to that family.
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Basic professionalism is to ask a guest to explain themselves when they declare something of this gravity.
I think large swathes of the BBC no longer even know what that looks like.
Probably first time in my life where you think it might not have a future.
Lord Glassman on BBC #Newsnight allowed to call the former Labour leadership ie: Jeremy Corbyn “Racist” without any challenge whatsoever. Incredible lack of any basic journalistic integrity.