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The Thought (For The Day) Police are here!
BBC apologises after Jenrick accused of xenophobia: bbc.com
A shocking indictment of Ealing Labour Council from a young black woman.
When I was in primary school the air pollution was so bad, it stopped me from going to the local park,” she says
The same legal scholars who would never question Israel’s right to exist as a state - despite its own contested borders, ongoing military occupation, and complex governance issues - are suddenly very concerned about technical legal criteria when it comes to Palestinian statehood.
Last week Starmer proscribed Palestine Action. Yesterday he advocated the ultimate Palestine action - recognising it as a state - while simultaneously making that recognition dependent on Israel continuing its genocide of the Palestinian people.
Starmer’s actions on Palestine were unforgivable https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07/30/starmers-actions-on-palestine-were-unforgivable/ I am stunned, shocked and appalled by the continuing support Starmer is offering Israel, because that is what he really did yesterday.
Look away if you’re not interested in reality, right and wrong, or changing it. And yes, that’s politics.
Israel admits no proof of Hamas systematically stealing UN aid. [original NYT article with its misleading url.]
Israel destroyed over 1,000 aid trucks, leaving supplies to rot.
Documentation of American and Israeli forces murdering Palestinians seeking aid.
The pattern is clear: Israel used false claims about Hamas aid theft to justify a blockade that has created mass starvation, while simultaneously destroying aid shipments and shooting people trying to get food. This is the very definition of collective punishment and using starvation as a weapon of war. It’s a war crime.
This is so messed up!
‘Yves Bonnet, the intelligence chief who tried to negotiate Abdallah’s exchange in 1985 and is now a member of the far-right National Rally, said he was “treated worse than a serial killer” and that “the United States was obsessed with keeping him in jail”.
‘According to a report in Le Monde newspaper, no Palestinian prisoner – even those condemned to life imprisonment in Israel – has served more than 40 years in jail. Abdallah served 41.’
Pro-Palestinian convict freed by France after 41 years: bbc.com
Save Ealing Children’s Centres campaign raised over £5,000 in just eight days to begin legal action against Ealing Council to prevent closure of ten and of the borough’s twenty-five children’s centres.
An audio summary of my satirical take on what it’s all about.
This explains why our government is so keen to suppress dissent.
The UK 'House of the People' parallel parliament - 50 people nominated by their communities and 50 people selected by democratic lottery - has agreed 5 top priorities for political action:
1. Tax wealth by removing tax loopholes and closing tax havens
2. Slash political corruption by banning lobbying, gifting, and second jobs in politics
3. Establish a Future Generations Act which priorities people and nature over GDP
4. Implement an immediate embargo on all arms, trade and support for Israel and other countries which violate international law
5. Grant councils power to repurchase disused homes and protect renters’ rights.
URGENT support to fund a legal challenge to Ealing Council’s decision to close 10 children’s centres.
Perceval House W5: Where Local Democracy In Ealing Goes To Die
: davidmarsden.info
Added a new chapter to my Ealing Council takedown:
The Engagement Paradox - The Council Leader had perfected the art of simultaneous engagement. He could tweet about “absolutely committed to engaging, listening and compromising” while sharing photos of residents protesting his refusal to engage, listen, or compromise.
URGENT support to fund a legal challenge to Ealing Council’s decision to close 10 children’s centres.