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“This war has been no help to the people of Iran. It risks leaving them in a more destabilised country with a worse regime.”

Siân Berry discussing the conflict in Iran on #BBCQT.

Hypocrite.

Today I asked ministers to deny* that the number of jury acquittals in protest cases was a factor in the Government’s dangerous attack on jury trials.

*They did not do this

jessicaelgot.bsky.social 52 minutes ago NEW - The Hereditary Peers Bill has passed in the House of Lords, finally passing the government's major reform that has been fought every step of the way, despite being manifesto pledge. It passes now only because the government offered the Tories more life peerages.

It passes now only because the government offered the Tories more life peerages.

*sigh*

Sit down. I have something to tell you. You need to calm yourself.

Zack Polanski is not in charge of NATO. Honest, he isn't. Look it up. He really isn't.

But the shocking revelations don't stop there. Ready?

He is also not in charge of pan-European defence arrangements.

I know. I fell off my...

And jury trial unites us all

Above politics- a quote from Sir G Cox speech

What an amazing speech by MP & criminal barrister Sir Geoffrey Cox -on the vital importance of trial by jury.
It’s about 19 minutes- well worth looking it up. He argues that it is a great example of social justice & is above politics.
The @greenparty.org.uk support trial by jury too. #TrialByJury

You can, in fact, end this war by bombing. Bombing Netanyahu.

I always try not invading places and I always end up not getting shot

Think about it. Employers, fellow workers, employment conditions, student loans poverty, sanctions, climate anxiety are making people ill. Extremist views openly expressed, prejudice, bullying, threats to rights, gender policing, hatred and thuggish toxic masculinity make workplaces unbearable.

Yes, more people are being signed off for mental health problems.
No, it doesn't follow that doctors (or patients) are overdiagnosing.
Government needs to look at why life in the UK is making people ill.

British man charged in Dubai for alleged filming of Iranian missiles Foreign Office officials are understood to be supporting his family.

I have always struggled to understand why people would even visit Dubai.
BBC News - British man charged in Dubai for alleged filming of Iranian missiles
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK troops at Iraq base shot down Iranian drones, John Healey says British forces based in Iraq shot down two drones overnight, Defence Secretary John Healey has confirmed.

I know they say keep your enemies close, but I'm struggling to understand why UK troops are risking their lives defending Iraq. My only guess is, oil. How many hospitals is this costing us?
BBC - UK troops at Iraq base shot down Iranian drones, John Healey says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Students, graduates, friends and family: here's a chance to tell the government what you think about their unfair plans for student loan repayments 👇

Let's see if we can force another U-turn...

I'm not so sure, I've a sneaking suspicion he's acting daft.
bsky.app/profile/saul...

U.S. Air Force B-1 And B-52 Bombers Now Striking Iran From The UK The U.S. Air Force now operates three distinct bomber aircraft, all of which can trace their development back to the Cold War.

US bombers loading up on UK airstrips before raining down bombs on Iran.

Parliament wasn't consulted - and polling shows huge numbers oppose it.

When do MPs get a say over our involvement in this war?

www.forbes.com/sites/peters...

I think I might just do the pools instead.

It's entirely intentional. Trump (and Netanyahu) hate Brown Muslim people a great deal more than they hate white Russian people.
He's just cranking up his racial hatred dial a couple of notches, and that sees concerns about Putin, & the invasion of Ukraine, pale into comparative insignificance.

This is how a city improves the standard of housing and the standard of landlording. 👇

EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year Don't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia.

“EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year”

Writing for Zeteo from inside of prison on International Women’s Day, Leqaa Kordia asks us not to forget the female detainees being held and mistreated in ICE detention camps.

Spain's migrants welcome amnesty: 'It will help us in every way' Madrid cites humanitarian and economic reasons to give undocumented workers legal status.

It is that easy to do the right thing. That easy to allow people who want to build a life and contribute to society. That easy.

The Labour government chooses cruelty because it wants to, not because it has to. It chooses to destroy lives.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Of course it's only "low quality evidence" when you refuse to take patients, particularly those that belong to minority groups, at their word.

When he was about 5, my little brother drew Elvis with his guitar ...

(yes, it all looks a little unfortunate and the wink really doesn't help)

Universities don’t just reflect inequality, they can reinforce or interrupt it. The real question for leaders is whether access remains a core value or a convenient casualty.

I think this might be on to something, and I suspect it lurks behind Labour’s current rhetoric of “tough choices.” A leader is the one who’s willing to hurt others for the greater good. So if you’re not hurting someone… you’re not a leader?

Absolutely fantastic.
This is the kind of person we need as our PM, so that we can make hope normal again and start taking this country forward.
#VoteForHope #VoteGreen

Israeli military drops charges against soldiers charged with abusing Palestinian prisoner The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an encounter partially caught on camera.

BREAKING: The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee.

Spotted in the other place, “Our survey said : “….

#NigelFarage chasing the zeitgeist again

Keir Starmer's position is seriously in doubt now.

New Green MP Hannah Spencer gives first speech in Parliament YouTube video by PoliticsJOE

Hannah Spencer, my MP (for Gorton & Denton), brought a tear to my eye, with her maiden speech in the House of Commons.
Truly inspirational. 💚👏
#VoteForHope #VoteGreen
youtu.be/ETW5MUKuEj0?...

Danny Dyer.