@iwasid
Bookish. Amateur philosopher of the worst kind. Political animal who still believes we can build a better world for all. Banner is the Red Sand sea bell, tolling. Assuming people are fundamentally good. Standing up for Palestinians.
According to Private Eye, since 2019
NHS maternity care budget £18billion
Maternity negligence claims £27.4billion
so successive privatising governments
which refuse to #TaxTheRich
yet say there's no money for our NHS
are letting mothers & babies die
in substandard neonatal units
to enrich lawyers
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CCTV video showing the moment a missile struck next to a boys’ school in Iran’s Qazvin, causing panic amongst students and staff, has been released by IRGC-affiliated media.
Iran blamed the attack, which reportedly took place during the first day of the war, on the US and Israel.
"Netanyahu’s goal is clear – regime collapse and state implosion." "Israel couldn’t care less about the future…[or] the stability of Iran.”
There’s this feeling that if gay Palestinians are murdered for the immutable characteristic of being gay then that’s reprehensible, but if they’re murdered go the immutable characteristic of being Palestinian that’s fine
Pretty sure that aint "kiss"
Dana Bash • @DanaBashCNN X.com 1/7 I just got off the phone with President Trump where he rated the war with Iran at a 12 or 15 out of 10. He told me, "We're doing very well militarily - better than anybody could have even dreamed."
Sometimes the level of stupidity is too much. It’s like listening to the permanently drunk guy at the end of the bar.
"Britain’s 2nd-richest family have begun giving money to Reform UK after years of supporting the Conservatives.
"A company linked to the property tycoons David and Simon Reuben donated £100,000 to Nigel Farage’s party-the first time the brothers have given to any party other than the Tories." Times
WAR CRIME BY THE US.
An unarmed Iranian ship was takIng part in an Indian naval exercise, alongside the US.
The US withdrew and torpedoed the Iranian ship.
THEN the US refused to rescue the sailors, letting them drown.
This is treachery, cowardice, cruelty and a war crime of the highest order.
Of course, as with any large group, aggregates can be damgerous.
Depleted oil reserve leaves US exposed as Iran war pushes up prices ft.trib.al/vQLjYIK
Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.
"Israeli defense minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that the decision to assassinate the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was taken in November, far predating the breakdown in the nuclear programme negotiations that Donald Trump claimed led to the US launching a preemptive strike on Iran."
So it now appears based on many media reports that we bombed a girls elementary school and killed 175 people, and right after that Hegseth was beating his chest in a press conference saying we weren’t going to worry about “stupid rules of engagement” anymore.
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.
When the Prime Minister spreads lies about people - there are consequences.
He's made some outrageous smears. It's debasing our politics.
Anything to try to quieten dissent about the US and Israel starting an illegal war.
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It is absolutely heart breaking watching years of relationship building, interface and quality monitoring NHS work just recklessly binned (along with many of the staff) by this government for no good reason.
Nowhere is perfect, but this makes me extremely grateful for the huge changes that have happened in philosophy of science, the women who worked for them, and the allies who worked alongside.
I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders.
I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward
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Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew
Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew https://theonion.com/aide-wearily-begins-5th-explanation-of-why-trump-cant-pardon-prince-andrew/
The Steve Bannon emails demonstrate that has been very much the case for a while.
Interesting that he uses this expression 'not going after arrows, going after archers' - exactly the unusual (?) term used by Badenoch at PMQs. As with Trump's repetition of her linkage of Starmer's policy with the G&D by-election there seems to be two-way traffic in sticks with which to beat the UK
This morning in seminar I was explaining to students that a key difference between Enoch Powell and mainstream 1960s Tories was his plan for financing re-emigration. An hour later a student put her hand up and told us all that this had just been announced. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Screencap of New Statesman article by Shabana Mahmood: "I spent three days at a refugee camp. Here's what I learned.
And here is that article...
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Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
Dear Shabana,
Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
Stripping support from people seeking safety while continuing to ban most people from working is outrageous.
People seeking asylum receive £1.40 a day in hotels, or £7 a day in houses. These poverty-inducing levels of support push people into exploitation and irregular work to survive.
I only registered Orius there. He seemed to be making the fair point that the wider population can't claim complete innocence.
Don't get me started on marshmallow "fluff" mind. That stuff is a breach in the fabric of the universe 😀
Starmer "will stand firm in his principles".
He hasn't got any though, so another empty claim.
#Iran2026
This year's Adolf Grünbaum Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Wayne Myrvold. Visit our website for more information: https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/annual-lecture-series-wayne-c-myrvold/ #philsci
#1930s, Labour style.
