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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
🎄And we're now on Day 9 of 12 Days of Democracy! Today's Santa - @femi-oluwole.bsky.social - will reveal another reason why we need a fair voting system in 2026. Let's talk about... Hope. ⭐️
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The West Midland Police threatened to arrest me for criticising the Reform Party, after I reported a threat to my life.
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CENSORSHIP: Police threaten me for criticising Reform UK
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
🚨POLICE CORRUPTION UPDATE 🚨 West Midlands Police: Officer Ratcliffe's threats against Femi were "unhelpful". THIS. IS. CORRUPTION!
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West Midlands Police: Officer Ratcliffe's threats were "unhelpful"
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Adnan Hussain, independent MP for Blackburn, said: “Remand is not punishment. It is not meant to break bodies or silence dissent. “Yet we are witnessing conditions so severe that these young people feel driven to risk death simply to be heard.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Minister says government not mistreating Palestine Action activists on hunger strike
Commons leader denies allegation and says government ‘not trying to break bodies’ after doctor said prisoners were dying
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
These are not people serving sentences. They are people awaiting trial. And yet the conditions they describe – prolonged pre-trial detention, restrictions on communication, isolation – are indistinguishable from punishment. www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
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In Common: Palestine Action saga reveals the fiction of the law
Good evening! This week's edition of the In Common newsletter comes from Megan Davidson, policy communications officer at Common Weal.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide. When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble. Happening under a Labour Government.
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Denied bail for minor criminal damage (spraying paint on aircraft used in a genocide), 8 courageous prisoners are on hunger strike & close to death. Is the UK gvt willing to sacrifice Britain's reputation for liberalism to aid and abet Israel's genocide? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Few facts about the Palestine Action protesters on Hunger Strike 1. They never attacked anyone with sledgehammers (That was a different group) 2. They didn't commit aggravated burglary, they didn't attack anyone, they didn't even steal anything 3. They shouldn't be in jail
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The arrest of Greta Thunberg for peacefully opposing genocide and supporting those on hunger strike is wrongful and disturbing. This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services. Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt. While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn. That's how privatisation 'works'.
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Dr T🎃ny K👻inth @tonykainth.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Lindsay Hoyle’s dad was a founder of Friends of Israel. He travelled to Israel on a “solidarity visit” in 2023. He has refused to release his email correspondence with Israeli politicians. Hoyle has no business being the speaker of the house.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Ah yes, I well remember our hard work on behalf of the fishing industry. Out of 42 Fisheries meetings while I was an MEP I could only be arsed to attend 1. Then we screwed the whole fishing industry with Brexit, so well done us.
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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B heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
We now live in a country where eight political prisoners on hunger strike are denied ambulances, access to lawyers, family, and their constituency MPs. We have Labour ministers refusing to meet the Hunger Strikers lawyers, families & MPs! #StarmersBritain 🇬🇧🤐 #LiftTheBan #PMQs #FreeTheFilton24
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
My suggestion to the BBC has been that every day in prime time they broadcast a 10 minute extract of a recent Trump speech, unedited, in all its shambling incoherence, until he agrees to withdraw his lawsuit and pay costs. And he has to hand the cheque to Sadiq Khan.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/12/2025
The food deal with the EU will boost our exports, cut costs for importers and bring down prices on supermarket shelves. 💯
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Tory Fibs @toryfibs.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
• 8 UK prisoners are on Hunger Strike and in some cases have been so for 42 days. Please do not let them die.
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Skwawkbox @skwawkbox.org · 08/12/2025
Supporters asked to flood BBC with texts to support hunger strikers...
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Supporters asked to flood BBC with texts to support hunger strikers
URGENT - supporters of the political prisoners on hunger strike are urged to ask the BBC to stop their deadly silence on Palestine
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Palestine Action Policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested: A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time. www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
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Palestine Action policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
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Support the Hunger Strikers @occludedfront.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Please act now! Day 39 of the hunger strike! UK toolkit to support the 7 hunger strikers docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Video: friend reads letter from political prisoner Gib dying on hunger strike www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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Video: friend reads letter from political prisoner Gib dying on hunger strike
As a political prisoner wastes away on hunger strike, his friend reads his words aloud — exposing a justice system willing to let him die
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Babs 🩵🐝⌛️🦋🔻 @babs05.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
'Greta Thunberg sent solidarity to the eight individuals on hunger strike in British prisons, demanding that the government meet their calls for immediate bail, the right to a fair trial, the de‑prescription of Palestine Action, and an end to censorship' x.com/QudsNen/stat...
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Babs 🩵🐝⌛️🦋🔻 @babs05.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
(cont'd) 'They have been held in prison for a year without trial and are now on their 42nd day of hunger strike, threatening their health. Thunberg urges the government not to ignore their demands, while continuing to press for the shutdown of Elbit Systems.' x.com/QudsNen/stat...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Greta Thunberg supports the UK Palestine Action prisoners.
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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
There appears to be some kind of news blackout on a 43 day hunger strike in Britain currently. Or did I miss it? Much as I love Greta, she shouldn’t be my only news source on this. #r4today #PalestineAction
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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Activists unfurled banners outside the BBC offices in Glasgow, Scotland, demanding the broadcaster break its silence on eight pro-Palestine political prisoners currently on hunger strike in UK prisons, and calling for urgent media accountability over their cases.
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Oxford & Thames Valley SWP @oxswp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Up to 100 protestors, including members of Oxford’s Your Party, rallied in the city centre this Sunday in solidarity with the Filton 24 hunger strikers. Oxford resident Amu Gib is one of the eight prisoners on hunger strike. More buff.ly/Y4YOIbh via @YourPartyOxford
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Adrian (TheGoonVO) @thegoonvo.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
why do we know the names of the 15 people slain in Australia and not any of the names of the Palestinian Solidarity Activists who are in the middle of the largest hunger strike under the British flag since 1981? that's not a rhetorical question, baby that's a real live query ... anyone??
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
What the hell is wrong with Lammy? He's showing no humanity or compassion. Ignoring the hunger strikers won't make them go away, that's not leadership it's cowardice. He's unfit to be an MP.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Alongside fellow Green MPs and Peers, I have written to the Justice Secretary to express my serious concern about the wellbeing and conditions of the hunger strikers. Five of the strikers have now been hospitalised - it is clear Lammy must take urgent action to prevent tragedy.
Dear David,
 
We are writing to express our concern about eight prisoners who took action in solidarity with Palestine in August 2024. Amu Gib, Qesser Zuhrah, Heba Muraisi, Jon Cink, Teuta Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed, Muhammad Umer Khalid and Lewie Chiaramello are all being held on remand: none has been convicted. They are all on hunger strike, some since 2 November, in protest at their prolonged pre-trial imprisonment, censorship of communications and alleged mistreatment in custody.

We share concerns about the length of time they have been detained without trial. Some of the protestors have already been imprisoned for over a year and we note the assessment by UN human rights experts that terrorism powers were misused to circumvent normal legal protections, with this being a potential cause of excessively long pre-charge detention (ref). We are also worried by reports about their treatment and support the call on you made in Early Day Motion 2386 (ref) to intervene urgently to ensure their treatment is humane and their human rights are upheld.
 
To that end, would you:
 
•	ensure the hunger strikers are not denied clinical monitoring or hospital access; 
•	instigate an immediate review of the remand/bail decisions in these cases; 
•	confirm that counter terror powers are not being misapplied to protest activity.
 
These protestors must also be guaranteed their right to a fair trial – the decision since their arrest to proscribe Palestine Action puts this seriously at risk. We would therefore like to know what measures you are putting in place to ensure such a vital cornerstone of our justice system is upheld, both in relation to the charges brought against these specific prisoners and more broadly in relation to offences committed by others acting in solidarity with Palestine.
 
Lastly, we urge you to meet with the families and loved ones of the prisoners on hunger strike – we understand you have not responded yet to representations they have made, and trust you will be o…
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Eight people who took action in solidarity with Palestine have been on hunger strike since 2 November in protest at their prolonged pre-trial imprisonment, censorship of communications and alleged mistreatment in custody. Five have now been hospitalised. David Lammy must respond.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Day 41 of Amu’s hunger strike. Still, the Justice Secretary refuses to meet with me.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Merry MAGA Christmas - High Resolution Download. £1 with whole amount going to Refugee Action Charity 👇👇👇 we.tl/p-R0X1uM5obu
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Solidarity with the hunger strikers. It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction. All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT) The price of aid cuts.
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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Labour have bottled it, they’ve cancelled the elections. Undemocratic and incompetent - aka Labour’s new normal. Greens are on the rise. Join us, help us take the first Mayor of Sussex and Brighton! Let’s build our future of hope together. join.greenparty.org.uk
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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
By all means investigate Farage for alleged fraud in Clacton, but why was Labour Together allowed to get away with not declaring donations for years?
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Nev Riley @nevriley.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo... So #LabourTogether who have in the past kept their funders secret eg Trevor Chin (awarded medal for services to Israel) & a private health exec, are now looking for a new puppet leader. Foreign countries / business wants, will come before Brits need. #labour
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Labour Together 'plotting' to replace Starmer
A LABOUR right-wing think tank that ran Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign is canvassing party members on candidates to replace him — in a suspected plot to prevent a left shift after next May’s l...
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Seventy percent of Britons say UK should boycott Eurovision over Israel's participation - www.middleeasteye.net/news/70-perce…
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Seventy percent of Britons say UK should boycott Eurovision over Israel's participation
Eighty-two percent of British people believe Israel should be excluded from competition in 2026, after the European Broadcasting Union gave Israel the green light to compete
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Not only is Eurovision welcoming Israel (while banning Russia for the same reasons), but they’re willing to let go of Spain, Slovenia, Ireland and the Netherland, countries that have not committed war crimes. Eurovision is willing to self-destruct just to protect Israel. Boycott Eurovision.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
This is how Spanish TV announced the boycott of Eurovision If Russia is banned for what they're doing to Ukraine, surely Israel should be banned for what they're doing in Palestine? When is the UK going to boycott Eurovision?
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Eurovision is normalising Genocide, and we should NOT be silent about it. #BoycottEurovision
Green Party: "BOYCOTT EUROVISION"
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Re: #Eurovision Is Russia still banned? Good. But not Israel? Even as Israel continues its #GazaGenocide, illegal settlements and violence in the #WestBank and attacks on #Lebanon. I guess Eurovision is all about Europe. I wish Australia would also boycott. #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, and Slovenia ditch 2026 Eurovision, scorning Israel's Gaza-enabled spot amid vote-rigging whispers and journalist killings. #Eurovision #Austria
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ESC Discord @escdiscord.com · 04/12/2025
🇳🇱 BREAKING: Netherlands withdraws from #Eurovision 2026, following the results of the EBU General Assembly today.
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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide
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