Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.
Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.
We live in Orwellian times.
Is anyone asking what is the structure that is coordinating UK and other forces in the Mediterranean and the Gulf? What is the chain of command? Is it a free for all? Or is the US involved?
This article was amended on 5 March 2026. An earlier version said low-skilled workers would “receive immediate access to welfare and social housing” if Labour did not make them wait longer to apply for settlement. In fact, settlement status only gives people the eligibility to apply for welfare and social housing, it does not give them instant or automatic access to such benefits. This has been clarified. From breaking news to huge investigative proje
Guardian has now [after my complaint] corrected Mahmood's deliberate & incendiary false claim settlement gives immigrants "immediate access to welfare and social housing".
Good for Gdn but embarrassing/shameful that Home Secretary deliberately misled the public for political gain like this.
"The Met Police may want to intimidate us into contributing to the govt's closing off of the right to protest... We will continue to hire space to explicitly nonviolent groups, with appropriate checks in place, just as we always have." – Clerk of Westminster Quakers www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026
Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.
STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
What is it about non-violent protest that the govt fears so much that they have to raid a Quaker Meeting House? Again.
Perhaps having your complete loss of moral direction exposed is too uncomfortable.
Democracy dies without dissent.
This ghoul has finally been fired. But make no mistake, Stephen Miller is still in charge of DHS and especially ICE.
This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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It looks the well-paid and ought to know more journalists of the @thenewsagents.co.uk need to go back to school and learn how cabinet government works in the UK. The idea that some cabinet ministers have influence over the PM should not be an alien one.
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NEW: A group of Hollywood execs are running a smear campaign against "The Voice of Hind Rajab" to stop it from winning an Oscar.
The group has ties to the Israeli government & received support from foundations of Russian oligarch Len Blavatnik & Casey Wasserman (both featured in the Epstein Files).
Just a reminder that everything Carney has done is consistent with him being in favour of war in the Middle East.
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Now Mandelson’s Global Counsel will no longer be holding dinners for its clients, top civil servants and politicos, will there be fewer lobbyist-brokered meetings with government? Hospitality registers for new cabinet secretary Antonia Romeo suggest not.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Your regular reminder than a large majority of voters - and overwhelming majority of Labour voters - favour giving settled migrants access to the welfare state after five years or less. The Home Secretary is not reforming rules in line with public opinion. She is doing the opposite.
So the "imminent threat" was… a Vibe?
Utterly cruel, pointless and harmful. It does not minimise how bad Conservatives were to say Labour are now the most anti-asylum government in most people's living memory. This prevents people feeling any sense of safety and security after fleeing persecution.
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“We cannot say that the United States’ actions are against international law, but we condemn Iran’s retaliatory actions as against international law,” is neither a coherent nor a compelling position.
this policy is cruel and will make minimal difference to immigration numbers (as refugees are only a small % of overall immigrants, and most of them come from countries that aren't going to be safe any time soon [e.g. eritrea;afghanistan]).
It will actively harm integration and finding work.
A strike in Iran hit a Girls school in Manib with the semi-official Tasnim news agency reporting more than 80, including children, were killed. This strike was geolocated by researchers including @ntabrizy.bsky.social , @chrisosieck.bsky.social and @annonemo.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/chri...
In case you're wondering why so many of the "woke is ruining science" dudes are part of that vile circle.
Includes comment from Netpol
I don’t think people understand what’s this means: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE BLOCKING ALL WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, INSULIN PUMPS, GLUCOSE MONITORS, CPAP MACHINES, NEBULIZERS, BEDS, CRUTCHES, COMODE CHAIRS, BED SORE PRESSURE PADS, CHAIR LIFTS, OXYGEN TANKS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT, to name a few.
British policing, an institution that for decades has been infamously guilty of unreformable institutionalised racism, will somehow magically ensure the inbuilt racial bias in AI is "minimised". Sure. Not one critical voice was included in this news report either www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A few days ago Trump made it easier to use pesticides such as Roundup (despite ongoing legislation over substantive health risks), now his so called EPA make it easier to pollute with mercury. He may want his name on every building/street/monument etc but his legacy will be environmental damage
ICE agents are paid a bonus for anyone they seize and that includes tourists- read this account from a retired tourist held for 6wks despite a valid visa and seriously think do you need to go to the States? World Cup and Olympics are huge issues imo
Same here. EHCPs can be terminated at any point.
In our lifetimes we’ve witnessed HIV, Ebola, SARS, MERS, Covid and others.
Hard to take that our learning point for the next ones is to close eyes and hope for the best…
Passport queue arriving at Krakow airport was nearly 3 hrs just now because of the new EU Entry/Exit System. Not much fun. Be prepared to wait if you are not EU and travelling to the EU, basically.
Shabana Mahmood abstained on the original vote to proscribe PA. And a reminder that she has a majority of 3421. Independent candidate came second and currently being investigated for fraud so unlikely to stand again and Greens got 3,478 :)
I have joined nearly 100 parliamentarians to call on the Government to reconsider its rejection of compensation for 1950s women for maladministered state pension age changes. The Ombudsman was clear: injustice occurred, compensation should follow.
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A piece by me about SEND, behind a paywall I’m afraid. Basically: stop blaming the kids.
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