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Donald Macintyre

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Journalist-- Middle East, UK politics etc. Former Jerusalem correspondent of the UK Independent, author of "Gaza: Peparing for Dawn" now updated for Kindle as "Gaza: Past. Present. Future."

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Labour response bsky.app/profile/sund...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026
There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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Jon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He keeps saying it, but that does not make it true. Ukraine is not the reason the war continues. Russia started the war. Russia continues to fight the war. Russia can stop the war tonight. Ukraine is defending itself and the US people are on their side. Only Trump and his cronies are not.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
One thing "The Social Reckoning" does really well is to explose the utter hollowness of Zuckerberg's "free speech" argument.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 08/10/2026
I know everyone’s jaded and exhausted by the continual parade of madness, but this is the president of US openly inciting racist violence against an entire community of immigrants. (w/ alt text)
The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing.
They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help — and leave the rest to us! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wow this is quite something if right, which I assume it is www.ynetnews.com/article/rjap...
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Britain threatens to expel 27 Israeli diplomats over Jerusalem consulate closure
London warns it will expel one Israeli diplomat for each British envoy forced out of East Jerusalem unless Israel reverses closure; move could cripple embassy operations as relations deteriorate over ...
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Meanwhile the UK Greens' passing of the ritualistic "Zionism is Racism" motion today will help no-one. And Zack Polanski's absenting himself from the debate is a fairly breathtaking cop-out for a party leader.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My review for the Britain Palestine Project of Eyal Weizman's book Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide. britainpalestineproject.org/book-review-...
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BOOK REVIEW – Ungrounding: the Architecture of Genocide | Britain Palestine Project: Recognition is the Beginning
By Eyal WeizmanVintage PublishingISBN 9781911717331£20.00 Review by Don Macintyre Since there are few more dynamic man-shaped environments than that long operated by Israel in occupied Palestinian ter...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The UK now needs to introduce political spending limits across a parliament, not just for election campaign years. Otherwise, its election spending rules could fall over. Current rules: parties have a limit (about £34m) for 12 months before an election - but no limits outside the 12 month period.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A bit more from the West Bank newsroom.observer.co.uk/cr/AQjcjBUQ-...
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No man’s land
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ahead of Ed Miliband's promised "comprehensive reset" of UK policy on Israel, read @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social's in-depth report from the small village of Um al-Khair in the West Bank, for @prospectmagazine.co.uk >> www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
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‘They want us out of Palestine’: On the ground in the West Bank
The intimidation inflicted by Israeli settlers on villages like Umm al-Khair makes clear why Palestinians believe international intervention cannot co...
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If this was a comedy movie about a crazy President it would be hilarious. Sadly it isn't.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
4 was revealed to be pressuring the US Navy to embark on a multi-billion dollar redesign of aircraft carriers to fit his aesthetic idea of what a World War II warship should look like. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Navy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferences
The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more resemble those from World War II. Such a change could cost billions.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
3 scaled back joint military exercises with South Korea for reasons including “my very good relations with Kim Jong Un” of North Korea and South Korea’s failure to join the war against Iran. (North Korea has a long history of joint missile development with Iran) www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump says US scaling back joint military operations with South Korea
Trump cites his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader in deciding to downsize the exercises.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
2. Threatened to “bomb the shit” out of Oman which has been a main diplomatic channel between the Us and Iran www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Trump says Iran should surrender, threatens to bomb Oman
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran should surrender to end a war with the U.S. as talks between the countries remained ​stalled.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Day in the life of POTUS. Inside 24 hours Trump 1 posted an AI- generated video of himself showing an appreciative George Washington round the giant vanity ballroom he is putting major energy into getting the Supreme Court to pass www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Trump bizarrely chats with President Washington in AI ballroom tour
President Trump shared several seemingly AI-generated images of himself along with George Washington over the weekend
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USpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 30/06/2026
Gaza Is Costing Democratic Incumbents Their Seats
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Gaza is costing Democratic incumbents their seats
Pro-Palestine House candidates won primaries in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and lead in Colorado.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"a new [British] prime minister has a unique opportunity to unite most of Labour behind a more progressive policy than his predecessor." thenewworld.substack.com/p/what-the-n...
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What the next PM must do on Israel-Palestine
The change of leader in No 10 gives a chance for the UK government to reset its position on perhaps the most difficult foreign policy question of all
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Keep eyes on Gaza.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
RIP Roy Hattersley. A lifelong Labour Party big beast and a true social democrat in the best sense. His "Who Goes Home" one of the funniest and most perceptive books about about 20th century British politics.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Once the nationality of the perpetrator of Monday's horrific attempted murder in Belfast had been revealed -as he had demanded-- Farage retweeted a boast about Reform's planned ban on ALL Sudanese from entering the UK. Nothing so far condemning last night's racist thuggery in the city.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The failure of FIFA--not to mention individual FAs for example in Europe--to call out the US on this is pretty enraging. Leaves a sour taste around the World Cup. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
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Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Small story on "ordinary" people's honesty even in these crazy times. I left my wallet --containing cash, credit card driving licence etc, on an 88 London bus. Just collected from Stockwell bus garage totally intact. The (presumably) driver or cleaner who handed it in not known. But thank you!!
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Far-right Netanyahu Adviser Caroline Glick Tasked With 'Relocating' Gazans www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-04...
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Far-right Netanyahu aide Caroline Glick tasked with 'relocating' Gazans
A Source Who Spoke to Haaretz Said Netanyahu's International Affairs Adviser Unsuccessfully Approached Somaliland and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in an Effort to Transfer Palestinian Populati...
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USpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 29/03/2026
The Palestinian Question Is Still the Core of the Middle East Conflict
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The Palestinian Question Is Still the Core of the Middle East Conflict
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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Walid Khalidi obituary
Historian who played a key role in persuading the Palestinian leadership of a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Just caught up with this. Springsteen nails it as only Springsteen can.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This is a great piece.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The NYT, leading on the $1bn "fee" for joining Trump's "Board of Peace", understandably airs speculation that it "could even be aimed at creating a U.S.-dominated alternative to the United Nations Security Council." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
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$1 Billion in Cash Buys a Permanent Seat on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This reads like a spoof but if it's authentic, and I'm told it is, it's gobsmacking. www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Three days is a long time in geopolitics right now but this from earlier in the week still worth a read. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Iran in Crisis: Time for a Change from Within | International Crisis Group
Once again, Iran is experiencing nationwide upheaval and, as on past occasions, the state has responded with brute force. This time, however, U.S. threats of military intervention create additional da...
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This is a devastating film on every level whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
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Buy cinema tickets for The Voice of Hind Rajab | BFI Southbank
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This, like so much else emerging from Iran, is horrifying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tehran morgue videos show the brutality of Iran's crackdown on protesters
Distressing footage reveals nearly 200 bodies with one victim identified as young as 16.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Jonathan Dimbleby, in his new introduction to his and Don McCullin's 1979 "The Palestinians" observes “a growing tendency to regard what they used to consider a fine nation in peril from multiple enemies as a rogue state under demonic leadership” www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...
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Amid the ruins
It has been ten years since I was in the rapturous audience for the highlight of Gaza’s first film festival – a glossy feature about Mohammed Assaf and
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Yes! Salutary, this. www.independent.co.uk/voices/iran-...
independent.co.uk
Stop calling Iranian protesters ‘foreign‑backed’ – they’re not puppets
As Iranians, particularly the women, risk everything for freedom, too many in the West prefer conspiracy theories and scepticism to solidarity – and are repeating the language of the regime they claim...
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This seems to explain why HSBC, the biggest British bank and one of the top ten in the world, blocked modest donations to individuals in Gaza who I have known and worked with for 20 years and have absolutely nothing to do with Hamas. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
haaretz.com
Israeli and foreign banks block aid to Gaza, pushing donors into crypto
Several Financial Institutions Fear That the Money Will Reach Terrorist Organizations and Are Legally Obligated to Prevent This
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
An, exemplary, human being, in every way. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, visits the community of the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza City, ahead of Christmas Mass he will deliver there. lpj.org/en/news/pres...
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USpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 19/12/2025
Marco Rubio Stands by Cuts That Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People
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Marco Rubio Stands by Cuts That Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People
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Jonathan-FL #HumanRightsForEVERYONE @amerliberal.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
‘A Chilling Assertion’: Trump Officials Falsely Claim Citizens Must Carry Immigration Docs to Prove Their Status “There is no legal requirement that US citizens carry papers or have proof of their citizenship on them,” said an attorney at the ACLU Northern CA. www.commondreams.org/news/bovino-...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The FT notes that delusional claims about London from Trump, Musk and others are having a reputational impact. The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Just seen “It was just an accident” Jafar Panahi’s brave and riveting film bringing in the most human of ways to the screen the brutal repressiveness and corruption of the Iranian regime and the courage of "ordinary" Iranians who oppose it at such personal cost. Definitely my movie of 2025.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Maybe someone can explain why it isn't seriously irresponsible for the ICC to let this drag on for so long. www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-lim...
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ICC 'in limbo' as chief prosecutor's fate uncertain ahead of member states assembly
UN inquiry into allegations against Karim Khan missed October submission date with no explanation as key annual meeting by International Criminal Court's governing body due to begin
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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This is about the best breakdown on the restrictions of foreign reporters into Gaza, and how outlets like NPR report the conflict: with the excellent, tireless work of our Palestinian reporter, Anas Baba. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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Barred from Gaza for 2 years, international journalists are still fighting for access
Israel's Supreme Court has again pressed the government to explain why, more than two years into the war, it still bars independent journalists from entering Gaza.
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LDH @ldh.fr · 26/11/2025
🚨🚨🚨 La #LDH dénonce la persistance de frappes israéliennes sur les populations civiles #gazaouïes malgré l’accord de cessez-le-feu. Le #génocide doit cesser et la justice être rendue aux victimes, pour qu’une paix durable puisse enfin se construire.
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Gaza : au moins 345 personnes tuées depuis la mise en œuvre du cessez-le-feu du 11 octobre, selon le ministère de la santé local
Le ministère de la santé de la bande de Gaza a rapporté mardi que 17 corps (trois nouveaux morts, 14 corps récupérés des décombres) sont arrivés dans les hôpitaux du territoire palestinien au cours des dernières vingt-quatre heures.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This is good for no one. European academic boycotts of Israel have intensified despite the Gaza cease-fire, with a new report warning they risk sending Israeli academia into "dangerous isolation www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Academic boycott of Israel persists despite Gaza cease-fire, report finds
A Report by Israel's Association of University Heads Found That European Academic Institutions That Cut Ties With Israel After October 7, 2023, Have Yet to Restore Them, With a Quarter of the Boycotts...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/11/2025
the price of populism
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Peter Etedgui, a Jewish former classmate of Nigel Farage, says he is angered by Reform leader claiming his recollection of racist bullying is untrue. Two former classmates bsck Etedgui's challenge to Farage's (partial) denial among 20 who recalled Farage's conduct then www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Yesterday, millions of voters refused to go along with the cruelty of the Trump regime. They repudiated the formula Trump and his billionaire backers have used to distract and divide us. Democrats must build off of this moment. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true…
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
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Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'
The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company.
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