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Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 38 since dawn - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-gaza-kill-38-dawn

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Happy birthday Mary Wollstonecraft, born #OnThisDay April 27, 1759, in Spitalfields, London. #writers

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Speechless. They have no conception of what this means, do they? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds Amnesty International UK is urging the government to stop its plans for benefit cuts – as the social security system is already 'violating human rights' www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

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My latest blog post. We won't mourn the death of the Tories as a major party, but they're getting replaced by something far worse. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/t...

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‘Thackeray also knew what kind of damage a gambling, irresponsible, large, male person could inflict on a wife or a vulnerable woman. And that's also really, really important, I think, for “Vanity Fair”.’ Colin Burrow in our ‘Novel Approaches’ series, on the podcast: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

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“…rather than a locked-room mystery in which the murder is an impossible crime, the detective is in (and becomes) the locked room, using cerebral means to reason his way into a solution to a genuine historical conundrum” – @sarahweinman.com on the fiction of Josephine Tey lithub.com/a-mystery-no...

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Westminster has just voted to block Scotland from having control over migration policy. The Scottish Parliament has been calling for a migration policy which meets Scotland’s needs - but Westminster said no.

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An Atkinson Grimshaw masterpiece for this weekend: 'Canny Glasgow', 1887.

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1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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www.thenational.scot/news/2511497... This would help to increase workforce numbers in areas hit hard by Brexit, such as hospitality, tourism, and the care sector. If passed, the bill would amend the Scotland Act 1998 to allow the Scottish Government to set up a Scottish visa.

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Rafah no longer exists. This is part of Israel’s plan to permanently occupy Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2025/04/rafa...

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"Seed Corn Must Not Be Ground" final lithograph of Käthe Kollwitz, 1942. The death of her son in WW1 and death of her grandson in WW2 obviously profoundly affected the artist. This print reflects the theme of a mother protecting their children from the horrors of war #WomensArt

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Another sad sign of BBC decline Who could think a heat pump is politically biased? Turning 'world’s most efficient home heating system into a culture war issue. What’s next – cancelling Gardeners’ World because of Monty Don’s support for peat-free compost?' www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

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ACAB. But there are no bigger bastards than the Metropolitan Police, a force of murderers, rapists, and pedophiles. But they draw the line at Palestine.

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✍️ The freedom for oligarchs to lie Is Starmer preparing to sell out Britain to the tech oligarchs? By Andy Brown @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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‘GDP growth in its modern neoliberal form has obviously come with severe disruption to community cohesion. It creates winners and losers – and the losers really, really mind.’ John Lanchester on what the government gets wrong about growth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Curse of Private Equity What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care. It devours - wage/staff cuts, price hikes, profiteering, asset stripping, low investment, tax dodges. It controls UK GP surgeries, NHS services, care homes, vets, supermarkets, water, rail, more. No happy ending.

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Interesting: the Board of Deputies of British Jews has suspended 36 members, essentially accusing them of antisemitism for signing a letter condemning genocide. #ItWasAScam is folding in & consuming itself... To be clear, opposing genocide isn't antisemitic; it's human. bod.org.uk/bod-news/sta...

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"The balance here is off the scale" The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits will deepen poverty and hardship, and push many further from work. Iain Porter, senior policy adviser at @jrf-uk.bsky.social gives evidence to the Work & Pensions Committee

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Why did UK media ignore Lammy's secret meeting with Israeli foreign minister? url:https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-did-uk-media-ignore-lammys-secret-meeting-israeli-foreign-minister

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UN says Israel has blocked all aid entering Gaza for 50 days - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-israel-has-blocked-all-aid-entering-gaza-50-days

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A horrendous experience. And hundreds if not thousands of people will not even have this platform to get their voices heard. All human beings deserve dignity and rights. www.tcj.com/u-k-cartooni...

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If you are anywhere near #camberwell today - why not visit Lala Books - have a browse, but a book, be lovely

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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —Arrested at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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No huge surprises in the top 10 SNP-voting constituencies. Except that the 10th highest one: Glasgow SW is predicted to be held by Labour. But only due to an inexplicable 10 point jump in the LibDem vote share. Some gains in Yes-voting strongholds such as W Dunbartonshire, Paisley & Glenrothes.

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China reduced extreme poverty rapidly, but Indonesia hasn't been far behind. From our data insights on Our World in Data: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

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Vile predators waiting to reap the fruits of genocide www.jta.org/2025/04/18/i...

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At European Movement Derbyshire we've drafted a letter for members to send to our MPs: "EM Derbys opposes unseemly US trade deal placing crude economics over moral leadership, rewards broligarchs who enabled populism and disinformation" Please share and adapt 1/ derby4europe.net/category/der...

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'Spring (High Hopes)' Paint on Canvas

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