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Merielle Ghali

@merielleg.bsky.social
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All views are personal and do not reflect any organisation I might have worked for. Arsenal fan and passionate about equality and fairness.

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Merielle Ghali @merielleg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Millions of people are facing conflict, displacement and devastating humanitarian crises - we cannot stay silent. Demand the UK Gov uphold international humanitarian law and fund support. Sign the petition: www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
oxfam.org.uk
Oxfam GB | Break the silence on humanitarian crises
Millions of people are facing conflict, displacement and devastating humanitarian crises - we cannot stay silent. Demand the UK Gov uphold international humanitarian law and fund support. Sign the pet...
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Merielle Ghali @merielleg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🤔Could the £250k of public money spent on the Clacton by-election be put to better use? If you agree Reform UK should match that amount with a £250k donation to NHS charities, sign the petition now 🏥👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Farage: give the Clacton by-election money to the NHS
🫰The Clacton by-election cost us £250,000. 🏥This petition calls on Reform to donate that amount to the NHS. Add your name now if you agree👇
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"Is the British empire widely taught in British schools? The data says no" www.middleeasteye.net/news/data-pr...
middleeasteye.net
Is the British empire widely taught in British schools? The data says no
Recent criticism of remarks by Green Party leader Zack Polanski and historian William Dalrymple saw a resurgence in the debate on imperial history in the UK education system
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/07/2026
World Central Kitchen condemns air strike on aid driver, calls for accountability amid escalating Israeli violence.
aljazeera.com
Israeli attacks on Gaza kill six people despite ‘ceasefire'
World Central Kitchen condemns air strike on aid driver, calls for accountability amid escalating Israeli violence.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
NEW @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social reveals tonight that the Met Police have been investigating donations to Reform UK from fraudster George Cottrell's mother. The investigation has been ongoing since last year and two people have been interviewed by police.
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Jess Asato MP @jessasatomp.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The ability of Grok to strip women and children was not an accident. Safeguards could have been built into the chatbot, but its creators chose not to. I'm launching this High Court claim to pursue accountability for those choices.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Prince William, heir to the UK throne, collected £2.5m rent for rat-infested Dartmoor prison via the Duchy of Cornwall. The Duchy owns multi-billion property, runs businesses, pays no corporation & capital gains tax. The Duke voluntarily pays income tax but details are not known. archive.ph/NjkbH
thetimes.com
William’s secrecy over Duchy of Cornwall’s jail tax is tone-deaf
Heir to the throne has collected an estimated £2.5 million in rent from the taxpayer for rat-infested and abandoned Dartmoor Prison
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🤷Літ🤦 хоче спекти пасочку 👍 @lithra.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
#UkrainianView Let's talk about toxic people using obvious example. Epstein. Recently, I was asked why Ukrainians are aggressive towards a star who "just visited a party of a daughter of a russian propagandist". Because by visiting the criminal's location we _normalise_ this location.🔽
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Blue Resister 🇺🇸 @geo-resists.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Trump: “The six Supreme Court justices who ruled against my tariffs were influenced by foreign interests.” He said that while inspecting the $400M private jet that Qatar gave him. 🫤
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
England water company bosses raked in £15m+ in pay/perks last yr. £900m dividends paid. Customer bills up 26%. Companies have 1200 criminal convictions. Fines not collected. Sewage dumping killing people. No exec prosecuted. End the scam. Must Nationalise.
mirror.co.uk
Water company bosses rake in £15million bonanza while bills and pollution soar
Before a hard-hitting Channel 4 television drama about the water industry hits our screens, research has shown the ongoing rewards for company bosses and their owners
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
UK biggest companies rack up debt to pay dividends to private equity owners. $2.7bn debt-fuelled dividends over the past 5 years. Darktrace, Aggreko, Homeserve and Signature Aviation facing higher debt. Courting disaster. Successive govts failed to reform corporate governance. archive.ph/0qIvA
thetimes.com
Delisted companies taking on debt to fund $2.7bn dividends
Darktrace and Aggreko are among former London Stock Exchange stalwarts to have generated payouts for private equity owners
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This may have been missed today. More than 150,000 adults with disabilities should have at least £400 a year extra to help with living costs under changes announced by the government
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The Purple Pimpernel @thepurplepimpernel.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
It’s worse than a cover up, they are trying to blame others for that of which they are guilty. Congress will interview Hilary Clinton but not Donald Trump. In what world does that make any sense?
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The Purple Pimpernel @thepurplepimpernel.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Green candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, Hannah Spencer, to Matt Goodwin: “You spent so long Matt, I think, researching far-right extremism that you did get a little bit confused and thought what you were reading was an instruction manual,” Priceless!
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
64% of the UK public view the Reform UK leader unfavourably, up from 59% in June 2025, according to new favourability ratings published by polling company YouGov Some 27% approve of Farage, down from a peak of 32% in May and August last year www.ft.com/content/2bcb...
ft.com
Nigel Farage’s popularity dips as Reform UK surges in polls
YouGov figures point to challenges ahead for populist party’s leader as he seeks to win backing from more voters
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The Purple Pimpernel @thepurplepimpernel.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Six million documents and not a single new prosecution. The “biggest, most powerful” cover-up in history, as the President might put it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’
Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’
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The Purple Pimpernel @thepurplepimpernel.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
“Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control.” Trump — the Peace President. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...
theguardian.com
International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds
Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Peer demands independent investigation into DWP prosecution of subpostmasters. Over 100 were prosecuted by DWP for alleged frauds. What accounting system did it rely on? Were they bullied into confessing? Govt promised a review a year ago. Nothing done. Must end the scandal.
computerweekly.com
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water have nearly 200 criminal convictions between them. On 6 August 2024, Ofwat announced fines of £47m and £17m for sewage dumping. Headline grabbing fines not paid, will never be paid. Companies claim to have invested.
leftfootforward.org
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
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The Purple Pimpernel @thepurplepimpernel.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Without foreign money and a complicit UK media, Nigel Farage would still be working in the City as a low-level commodities trader. And the United Kingdom would be an altogether greener and more pleasant land. Even the odd sunny upland.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Why isn't this a major news story?
Churchwarden linked to
foreign-born billionaire is
behind £200k Reform gift
The man whose firm made the donations will
not discuss where the money came from, nor
his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not
hold citizenship


Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor
Saturday January 31 2026, 8.00pm, The Sunday Times


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A churchwarden from Potters Bar who works
for the family of a highly secretive,
Kazakhstan-born billionaire can be revealed as
the man behind £200,000 of donations to
Reform UK.,


John Richard Simpson is a 59-year-old
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Trump says 'very dangerous' for UK to do business with China. Trump tariff terror pushing countries into new alignments. it is economic pragmatism for countries to build trade links with China, the second largest economy. Hypocrisy: US trades with China and Trump himself will visit China soon.
bbc.co.uk
Donald Trump says 'very dangerous' for UK to do business with China as Starmer lands in Shanghai
Sir Keir says
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Shadow banks quizzed over meltdown threat, hidden losses from false valuations. Shadow banks (includes private equity, hedge funds and private credit) are unregulated. Enmeshed with pension funds, insurance, banks, industry. Red lights flashing. UK govt pushing more deregulation. archive.ph/3wZbj
telegraph.co.uk
‘Shadow banks’ quizzed over meltdown threat from hidden losses
City watchdog investigates as private credit boom triggers alarm bells
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 30/01/2026
The govt's confirmed plans for a new 1st time buyer savings to replace the LISA & Help to Buy ISA. This is a snippet from my new podcast on what it means, especially if you’ve already got a LISA or H2B, listen on www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/..., Apple, Spotify & all usual pod players
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
"Farage's own version of copying Trump's ICE, to form in the UK, which would cause serious violence and even murders and that would mean anyone of any race, no one would be safe, even children, is it really worth the serious risk to all of the Reform/Tory Uk supporters?" via Angel Stroyan
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Chump And ICE Are Losing Support. They Are Underwater......
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Tim Walz needs to ban ICE from Minnesota, if they return State Police need to arrest them and detain them just like ICE detains innocent citizens.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Person shot by ICE appeared to be brandishing a phone.
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The Purple Pimpernel @thepurplepimpernel.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Are all the imbeciles who pretend Americans are freer than us, paying close attention I wonder? What worth free speech if you‘re dead? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Man believed to be 37-year-old US citizen shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis
Fatal shooting comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was killed by federal immigration agent in city
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Just want to point out Richard Nixon got impeached for bugging a hotel room. Donald Trump is literally sending his private army out to murder US citizens.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Nigel Farage, has proposed a mass deportation plan called "Operation Restoring Justice," which includes creating a "UK Deportation Command" modelled on the U.S. ICE. Don't vote Reform unless you want innocent blood on UK streets like we see in the USA.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Sentenced to death and executed in the street for peacefully protesting, by the evil US regime.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Customer complaints over water bills up by 50% in England & Wales. Don't be fooled by social tariffs, cost passed to other customers. Billions extracted in dividends, exec pay; fines announced, not paid; customers fleeced. No one protects people. Privatisation is a scam.
theguardian.com
Customer complaints over water bills surge by 50% in England and Wales
Number of households complaining rises to 16,000 in 2025, with Southern Water the biggest target
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
UK banks poised for bumper bonuses. Good news for some. Banks could reduce profit margins, pay more on savings, but don't. Banker bonus cap abolished, capital requirements being reduced, recklessness enriches. No govt would let big banks collapse. What would the next bailout cost?
ft.com
Banks poised for bumper bonuses this spring
Complete the FT’s bonus survey and see how your payout will measure up
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Trump’s government has unequivocally crossed a threshold now where even well -documented truth is irrelevant and the murder of US citizens by the state is formally sanctioned. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’
Video evidence reviewed by Guardian shows Alex Pretti, killed by agents in Minneapolis, held a phone, not a gun
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Shabana Mahmood: "Our model has always been policing by consent, and I think that is an incredibly important differentiation between the way we do policing in this country and where it happens elsewhere in the world"
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see. Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him. It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/01/2026
Labour must avoid a ‘psychodrama’ over Andy Burnham, warns Mahmood
theguardian.com
Labour must avoid a ‘psychodrama’ over Andy Burnham, warns Mahmood
Home secretary is chair of party’s NEC, which will decide if Greater Manchester mayor can seek return to parliament The Labour party must do all it can to avoid a “psychodrama” over Andy Burnham’s possible return to parliament, Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has warned. Mahmood is chair of Labour’s national executive committee (NEC), which was due to meet later on Sunday to decide whether Burnham should be allowed to seek selection for the Gorton and Denton byelection, which would involve him giving up his Greater Manchester mayoralty. Continue reading...
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The man ICE officers shot and killed in Minneapolis is 37 yr old Alex Pretti Mr Pretti is a US citizen and worked as a nurse 10 shots were fired. The video of what happened is out there
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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Keir is right to demand an immediate apology. Trump’s words are disgusting. My brother served in the Middle East. To denigrate his service, and that of every British soldier, especially those who were wounded or never made it home, is offensive. It’s an insult to our country.
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Jill 💙🌊🌊💙 @pumpkin061.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
ICE arrested four houseless Indigenous men of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in Minneapolis—men who were living under a bridge. Since then? Silence. No updates. No confirmation of where they’ve been taken. Let me ask the obvious question: Where does Trump want to deport Indigenous Americans to exactly? 1/
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“Please, have mercy." 💔 Yesterday in Minneapolis, an autistic woman was violently abducted by ICE goons.
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“A majority of [Greenland’s] population fears being absorbed into the United States and seems to be drawing closer to Denmark, viewing it as the best protection from Mr. Trump.” Trump, the new predator, is doing for European solidarity what the USSR did 77 years ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
nytimes.com
‘We’re Not Stupid’: Greenlanders Fear What a U.S. Takeover Would Mean
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Trump: ‘We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not’. "I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don't do it the easy way, we're going to do it the hard way." US Constitution has failed to control the felon. The world is heading to a dark place.
cnbc.com
Trump: ‘We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not’
Trump said that if the U.S. doesn't take action on Greenland, "Russia or China will take over" the Danish island territory.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Renee Good, “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” Officer as he shoots her, “Fuckin’ bitch” The problem is the murderous Right.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Donald Trump just said "We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not." This is what happens when you lie down for a bully, they walk over you.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The world's richest 0.1% took just three days to exhaust their annual carbon budget The UK’s richest 1% produced more carbon pollution in eight days than the poorest 50% used in a year. We can't afford the rich - they produce corruption, poverty, environmental degradation; destroy democracy.
theguardian.com
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I don’t think people realise how awful it is in Ukraine right now. Yesterday my friend posted how it’s -9 and because of the power cuts - due to Russian attacks - she has no heating. This is in Kyiv. And this is the day after a mass missile & drone strike killed four people.
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Global warming is a hoax but we want Greenland because the Arctic Ocean is melting because of, er, um, global… The idiocy of Trump’s lying laid bare.
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