Reposted by Clare MDavid Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 13hI thought it was a core principle of Western liberalism (e.g. US Declaration of Independence) that it is people that have inalienable rights, not states or system of governance. And if a system of governance denies or violates people's rights, the people have the right to change it. 3428
Reposted by Clare MNatalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 15hThe Home Office is accused of giving false hope to the people of Gaza after it emerged that a new safe route for Palestinian refugees will only be open to those who have already escaped to Lebanon or Jordan, for “a very small number of extremely urgent cases” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comUK accused of giving people of Gaza false hope over new refugee safe routeOnly ‘very small number’ of people already in Lebanon or Jordan will be referred, says organisation running scheme 0127
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026👀 ‘Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, an experienced jurist who chaired a United Nations commission that concluded Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "her efforts to promote peace and international law."’ 010
Reposted by Clare MBDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It’s time to end medical complicity in Israel’s ongoing and longstanding atrocity crimes against the Palestinian people. Boycott Teva. 03812
Reposted by Clare MBDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Palestinian-led BDS movement salutes the Royal College of Nurses Unions for their moral courage and thanks all civil society groups who made this victory possible. 322490
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I suspect Burnham will be looking at having to form a coalition at the next GE. Unless he wants to be the next Kamala… 100
Reposted by Clare MDoctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 09/10/2026Three years on, Israel continues to asphyxiate #Gaza. With Israeli forces now occupying approximately 65 per cent of Gaza, the ‘Yellow Line’ is further restricting where Palestinians can live, putting people at risk of being shot and disrupting aid. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-th... 18767
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Where did you get 7 years from? I haven’t seen anything on timescale from Burnham, grateful if you’d share source. 100
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I’m adding green plus grey plus a chunk of red, if we must add colours. Exciting that politics is changing! Just need that PR thing… 100
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Not really a fan of Polanski, but credit to him, he’s gouged a major chunk out of the Labour vote in a safe Labour seat. Now the Greens need to keep Burnham to his word on Proportional Representation 😎😎😎 210
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026She also claims to believe that God sees everything. That would surely include God noticing her Govt has been signing off F35 parts to Israel and God having arial view over a decimated Gaza 🤷🏻♀️ I’m intrigued to know how she is certain that what she is doing is right. 110
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just listened to this in full. Mahmood playing dumb and it doesn’t wash. She knows that the support for PA isn’t simply an expression of ‘support for Palestinians’ it’s about the fact that PA tried to stop a genocide, which the UK Labour Govt is STILL complicit in through the sale of arms to Israel. 111
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Israel has unleashed it’s Pedantry Battalion. The ‘war’ must be fought on every possible front: 010
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The ‘war’ is being fought on many fronts. Truth is the ultimate enemy: www.972mag.com/israel-ai-ch...972mag.comIsrael’s flailing chatbot armyNo longer able to rely on traditional lobbying, Israel is pouring huge funds into ‘cognitive warfare’ aimed at manipulating the responses of AI platforms. 000
Reposted by Clare MAlison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Inside the Tel Aviv Scrabble club waging war against The National www.thenational.scot/news/2662048... subscribe to the The National app here: www.thenational.scot/subscribe/thenational.scotInside the Tel Aviv Scrabble club waging war against The NationalHUNDREDS of IPSO complaints appear to have been submitted against The National by members of a Scrabble club in Tel Aviv. 224
Reposted by Clare MRTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 08/10/2026The 'Bendy Tree' in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, has won this year’s UK Tree of the Year contest.rte.ie'Bendy Tree' in Co Down wins Tree of the Year competitionThe 'Bendy Tree' in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, has won this year's UK Tree of the Year contest, organisers have announced. 37522
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh wow, first the RCN, now the Royal College of Pharmacy cuts ties with Israeli Pharma Co Teva. RCN sited ‘a number of Teva Pharma’s operations which have been the subject of legal sanction and public scrutiny, that are not in line with [our] values’ 1:8 drugs to NHS from Teva #BDS #BoycottTeva 130
Reposted by Clare MDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026BREAKING 15 people face arrest outside Elbit’s UAV-Tactical Systems factory in Leicester for peacefully holding signs. The Israeli Elbit owned factory on the doorstep of Leicester residents makes and exports parts for Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing. 514567
Reposted by Clare MThe Hind Rajab Foundation @hindrajabfoundation.be · 08/10/2026🚨The @hindrajabfoundation.be has filed an ICC complaint calling for an investigation into Israeli officials, medical professionals and the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) over the death, torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees at Sde Teiman. ➡️ More → bit.ly/3TqVf7B 19953
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Weird, because Police Scotland didn’t think they met the criteria for counterterrorism (source - Private Eye) More BS from Labour. 010
Reposted by Clare M+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 08/10/2026Israel’s flailing chatbot army No longer able to rely on traditional lobbying, Israel is pouring huge funds into ‘cognitive warfare’ aimed at manipulating the responses of AI platforms. By Aharon Porath www.972mag.com/israel-ai-ch...972mag.comIsrael’s flailing chatbot armyNo longer able to rely on traditional lobbying, Israel is pouring huge funds into ‘cognitive warfare’ aimed at manipulating the responses of AI platforms. 03514
Reposted by Clare MDavid Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My experience of the left over 25 years? It's a fringe (albeit a loud one) that's indulgent of e.g. Hamas. For most of us, we focus on the UK & its allies because that's what we can affect with our work. We see condemnations of actors who are bad, but whose actions we can't affect, as mere posturing 4353
Reposted by Clare MDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 07/10/2026🇵🇸 At least 92 Palestinians have died in Israeli torture prisons & military detention camps over the 3 years since the genocide began, according to a new report from the Palestinian Prisoners' Society & the Commission of Detainees' Affairs. That count covers... www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia... 29651
Reposted by Clare MDr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🧪🧪 Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove reveals -- Find in Spanish cave provides rare window into the domestic lives of our closest relatives www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNeanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove revealsFind in Spanish cave provides rare window into the domestic lives of our closest relatives 0117
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A complete failure to engage his glutes, or indeed ‘swing’! I don’t think he’s very good at following instructions. Testosterone supplementation isn’t going to fix that. 000
Reposted by Clare MParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified. 441556414
Reposted by Clare MMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 07/10/2026In Gaza, an entire generation of children born into the genocide has no memory of how life was like before, and doesn't know about the world outside Gaza's walls. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/the-... #Palestine #Israelmondoweiss.net 04735
Reposted by Clare MCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏theguardian.comDrax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flightsExclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year 27735301
Reposted by Clare MNicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Seen from the viewpoint of politics, truth has a despotic character. It is therefore hated by tyrants, who rightly fear the competition of a coercive force they cannot monopolize Hannah Arendt 082
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My brain box brother Wiggy is in town so I took him for his favourite aperitif: 030
Reposted by Clare MSpelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Had some road signs made to reflect the new average age of UK terror suspects under a Labour government 18316
Reposted by Clare MDavid Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Edward Said's essay "Zionism From The Standpoint of its Victims" is a one of the best examples of how this issue can be discussed in a way that generates more light than heat. Characteristically for Said, it's a critique that is simultaneously compelling, principled, nuanced and empathetic. 2328
Reposted by Clare MGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires I discovered via an FOI request that DEFRA’s commitment in the National Adaptation Programme to run a “wildfire risk programme” since 2023 “was not brought into effect”. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comRevealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfiresFOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear 18348190
Reposted by Clare MLawyers for Palestinian Human Rights @lphr-lawyers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Repeated delays in bringing lifesaving medicines, prosthetics and more from Israel into Gaza risk having devastating consequences on Palestinians who urgently need them in the war-torn enclave, says UN World Health Organization news.un.org/en/story/202...news.un.orgGaza: WHO appeals for massive aid influx ahead of winterRepeated delays in bringing lifesaving medicines, prosthetics and more from Israel into Gaza risk having devastating consequences on Palestinians who urgently need them in the war-torn enclave, the UN... 21010
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Brilliant live too. I have 3 copies of Rumours on vinyl. They are all scratched in different places. 010
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Is the UK Govt going to stand by and allow the Shrivelled Gibbon in the White House to attempt to deny and obstruct the right of UK citizens to appeal in their own courts? What a mess. This is what happens when you get into bed with the Devil. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comPalestine Action crowdfunder for UK supreme court challenge blocked due to US sanctionsExclusive: CrowdJustice platform says US firm Stripe, its payment processor, ‘cannot support accounts or transactions’ linked to group 020
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Why ‘NAZA’ terrifies Israel’s liberal elite: “The film shatters ‘respectable’ Israelis’ illusion of moral superiority: The most prestigious, highly educated soldiers are the primary culprits of genocide.” www.972mag.com/why-naza-ter...972mag.comWhy ‘NAZA’ terrifies Israel's liberal eliteThe film shatters ‘respectable’ Israelis’ illusion of moral superiority: The most prestigious, highly educated soldiers are the primary culprits of genocide. 010
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“It is unthinkable that…healthcare organisations continue to enter into commercial relationships with companies linked to sustaining state systems accused or found by international bodies to involve grave violations of international law, including crimes against humanity, apartheid and genocide.” 000
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Royal College of Nursing cuts ties with Israeli drug company Teva: “Britain’s nursing union has cut its ties with an Israeli drug company over the firm’s links to the country’s military and track record of corporate misconduct.” 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 #BDS #BoycottTevatheguardian.comRoyal College of Nursing cuts ties with Israeli drug companyBritain’s nursing union axes Teva UK as commercial partner over links to Israel’s military and corporate track record 100
Reposted by Clare MProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A tree that's had long experience of the wind. From this morning's dog walk #wales 1545
Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A must watch: @channel4tv.bsky.social #Dispatches. On the extent of the UK Government’s complicity in Israeli War Crimes and Genocide. And still they are selling arms, silent on genocide and using Terrorism laws to silence protest. www.channel4.com/programmes/b...channel4.comBritain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed: DispatchesDispatches reveals how the UK government responded to alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza 002