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Semi-retired British writer. Still doing Morning Star, Fortean Times, short stories. Weekly strange history newsletter: 'Rebel Britannia' https://rebelbrit.subs

Joined September 2011
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ARRESTED WITH SARAH HELM'S WORDS A woman has just been arrested outside the US Embassy in London for holding a sign with words mirroring the ones that the National Security Advisor's wife tweeted, and for which @metpoliceuk declared "did not meet the criminal threshold".
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Le festival de photo de sport de Deauville cède aux pressions pro-israéliennes et retire une photo prise à Gaza ➡️ l.humanite.fr/ADe
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"You were correctly outraged by how Ben-Gvir treated your nationals. Please think of how he treats ours. Ben Gvir gave barely a glimpse of the treatment reserved to Palestinian prisoners. Over 100 of them died in custody under torture or due to starvation and medical neglect in the last two years. They are subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment, assault, sexual abuse and rape. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of Palestinians who were detained and disappeared and their families ache every day not knowing what is their fate. The evidence of these horrors is undeniable, the perpetrators known and shielded."
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On behalf of their client, Zara Sultana, Bindmans Media and Information Law Practise Group requires that I publish the following statement on X, and that such statement must be clearly visible and pinned to my profile for a continuous period of no less than 24 hours: “On 30 March 2026, I published a post on my X account addressed to Zarah Sultana in which I stated that she encourages and incites violence and is friends with terrorists. Those statements are false. I was wrong and offer my sincere apologies to Ms Sultana for the harm and distress caused to her.” It is my very great pleasure to do this, and I reiterate my sincere and repeated offer to meet with Miss Zara Sultana in person to resolve our differences.
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“A toddler in Gaza released from Israeli custody has been returned to his family with suspected torture wounds.” Read that again.
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Tweet of the year?
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"If you don't like that, if you don't like the changes that we've made, I say the door is open, and you can leave". - Keir Starmer, February 15 2023
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The Onion never misses.
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The @BBCNews beggars belief
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist. Kidnap the foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it.
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Venezuela has oil. Greenland has rare Earth minerals. Luckily Iceland has only volcanoes, glaciers, and very average cricketers.
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An absolutely damning judgement against the charity which brought this case against Reginald D Hunter accusing it of using the criminal justice system for its own ends to try to get him cancelled
Judge quashes antisemitism case against comedian Reginald D Hunter bbc.in/4j8Zj4y
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There’s been a huge effort to use the banning of violent Israeli football "fans" to again push the false claim that any criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic. This news exposes how absurd that campaign has been. The people of Birmingham have a right to be kept safe.
BREAKING: Tel Aviv derby football match cancelled after riots broke out in and around the stadium trib.al/kdXA2Dr 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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"There's no Magic Money Tree"
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Condemn (verb) [new meaning]: to state that you disapprove while doing all you can to support.
The UK condemns Israel’s strikes on Doha, which are a flagrant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty, and risk setting back negotiations for a ceasefire, which is the only way to achieve lasting peace. Further escalation in the Middle East must be avoided.
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The German police brutally assault an Irish woman protesting against Israel's genocide. The German state is a disgrace. It committed genocide against the Jewish people - far from its only genocide. It forced Palestinians to pay the price, viciously silencing anyone who objects
What in the world is this?
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We agree. So when is the UK Government going to stop enabling attacks like these by suspending all arms transfers to Israel, including parts for the F-35 jets being used to bomb civilian targets?
Horrified by Israel’s attack on Nasser hospital. Civilians, healthcare workers and journalists must be protected. We need an immediate ceasefire.
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