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Tom Jolliffe

@thomjolliffe.bsky.social
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Old crock. Climate action vital for our Earth. Progressive UK European opposed to Brexit insanity and Trump's fascism. Human rights for all. Oligarchs are an obscenity. Respect for all living species. Centre Left. Hope not Hate. No chat unless I know you.

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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Questions remain for Green Party Leader Zack Polanski” says Chris Mason but he has no questions whatsoever for Reform leader Farage, thrashed by Greens with only 1,612 votes vs 8,928 🤷‍♂️ Are voters turned off by #FaragesFishyFiveMillion by all the sleaze & corruption Nah that’s not important to BBC
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"I'm aware that Mr Farage's political judgement has been a bit off lately, to put it politely 🤭. But you'd think even he would've realised that Zia Yusuf has become a dangerous liability!" via Christopher Warner
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Mind responds to the findings of the Fonagy review
The UK government has published their independent review into the prevalence of mental health conditions, autism and ADHD, led by Peter Fonagy.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nailed it. 🔨
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK aged 7 having fled the war in Somalia with her family. She has thrived. Leader of Camden council and now the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. A narrative that runs counter to all we are told about refugees. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Britain has stopped believing in freedom of protest alanrusbridger.substack.com/p/britain-ha...
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Britain has stopped believing in freedom of protest
Recent police raids show the authorities are clamping down not just on protest, but the very idea of it
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Gina Jolliffe @gina72.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
RN liars spout the sort of lies we get in the UK from reform/restore fash. It's bollocks, guys! A video garnered hundreds of thousands of views. Created by Vincent Lapierre, a figure associated with the far right, the film depicts a small town in the Creuse region ravaged by crime and insecurity. 👇
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A shameful result of the work of those who supported Brexit. This can only get worse. Division and hatred is now accepted and the Tories are apeing Reform. (THe Times is paywalled). www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
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Verifying Device
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Gina Jolliffe @gina72.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#ITVracing, you should cover the sad demise of Jean-Claude Rouget's training career and business. (You're always in a hurry to cover RIP's as sentimentally as you can. Perhaps a real-life French story has passed you by.)
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
for nothing nowadays. Barney Ronay is doing a "For Brutus is an honourable man" act re Burnham. Claims to like him. No-one must be more politically pure than Barney Ronay. No comments are allowed generally. It's aimed at the USA and Australia. It dumped Carol Cadwallader. Marina Hyde is leaving.
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For some "reason" Barney Ronay only allows a chosen few to comment on his posts. He's now turning the feeding frenzy on the anonymous panel verdict (chosen by Arsenal shareholder and member, Michael Rosen KC) into a weapon against Andy Burnham. Guardian stands www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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The football horse that Andy Burnham rode in on is now bucking his vibe | Barney Ronay
PM’s contortions over the Manchester City verdicts have landed him with an early test of what he wants to stand for. Realpolitik, or real values?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...
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Most TV is Just This Now
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Pep Guardiola First Message Since Man City Verdict
Pep Guardiola Backs Manchester City After Premier League Financial Rules VerdictPep Guardiola has responded after Manchester City were found guilty on all…
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba... The Times is paywalled. I never understood why people treated football as if it was a religion and subordinated their lives to what is, essentially, a prejudice towards one club or another. It is not rational.
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Andy Burnham: I don’t want to lose Manchester City owners
Plus: Pep Guardiola says he is standing behind the club more than ever while Premier League rivals want case closed before end of this season
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A French court on Wednesday sentenced 6 men to between 6 and 10 years in prison over the deaths of at least 31 people in the Channel in November 2021, the deadliest accident involving migrants. The court described it as “caused by individuals driven by greed, with utter disregard for human life".
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Watson, who is IMO a Tory in all but name, a traitor who has sold his soul to Thiel, a man who has nothing bit contempt for democracy has now threatened Clive Lewis, the democratically elected MP who more than anyone, has drawn our attention to this evil company.
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Something very strange and disturbing is happening in this country, of which Braverman is just the most pitiful example. iandunt.substack.com/p/the-return...
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The return of race politics
Ethnic minority politicians on the right are engaged in depraved acts of self-hatred, in order to capture a movement which will never accept them
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You have to get a very long way through this BBC report before you learn which party runs the council which took the decision to close all these nurseries www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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South Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating'
Councillors confirm that all 10 Stanley's nurseries in South Tyneside will close by July 2027.
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Gina Jolliffe @gina72.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Palantir probably doesn’t hire a former deputy leader for his coding skills. But access? Access to networks across party and government, and to doors behind which Palantir would fight to keep a £330m NHS England contract and a £50m Metropolitan police contract?" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Chris @oakymoron.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Very arrogant Hopefully a custodial sentence awaits www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after alleged dinghy slashing in Channel
Far-right activist who was filmed appearing to slash boat with blade is refused bail as he denies charges
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Derelict Albert Dock in Liverpool in the 1980s - before European Union money made it the thriving Liverpool tourist attraction it is today.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Funny how Farage & the far right keep lying about the ratio of non-white & Muslim rapist & paedophiles and never mentioning horrific abuse by all white gangs ... memes via Chris Payne
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Gina Jolliffe @gina72.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One of the deadliest introductions ever heard: 'And now, a new BBC radio 4 comedy show' and another 'Now, direct from the Edinburgh Fringe' and 'Yes, it's Mrs Brown's Boys.' or Dad's Army on permanent repeat or Last of the Summer Wine,ditto. Take your pick, all stale and unfunny
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump, the Putin puppet, tells Ukraine to stop hitting the energy sector. Some may remember that Trump said the war would be over in a day. And there would be no more "stupid" wars started by USA. Blowing up the Iranian Government at the behest of mad mass killer Netanyahu was supremely wise, no?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The only 4 constituencies where rejoining the EU wasn’t the preferred option were those of Lee Anderson, Farage, Tice and Lowe. In those 4, the top answer was ‘don’t know’. Confirming that Brexit has no real support at all. Not surprising for a total shitshow. And makes red lines seem very silly.
Independent front page. 

Voters across Britain back rejoining EU
Reversing Brexit is most popular option in 646 of 650 constituencies, finds new electoral survey of 12,000Bar chart showing
Which EU relationship respondents most wanted the Uk government to propose

EU membership 35%
Single market 6%
Customs Union 5%
Uk govt position  18/19%
Starts quo 8/9%
Don’t know 16%
Loosen ties 11%
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We haven't progressed much, or at all, since uneducated people believed that harmless women caused cattle deaths or indeed, further back in time, that trees could harbour malice, etc. It's all downhill now, thanks to half-wits and social media. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘Just cut the wires’: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners
Sensors that monitor vehicle volume are said to be ‘electronic assault weapons’ by the ‘Blade Runners’ group
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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This Israeli election could be the country’s last – this week I saw that for myself | Jonathan Freedland
Spend time on the ground and you see how high the stakes are for next month’s contest – for Israelis and Palestinians alike, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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‘It’s difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment’: criticism mounts over Trump’s media ban - as it happened
This live blog is now closed.
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tom Watson is just in it for greed, top and bottom. He has abandoned any principles that he had when deputy leader of the Labour Party if he ever had any. Embarrassing set of flannel to justify his greed.
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Of all the important matters that should concern M.P.s. this takes the biscuit for being the most insignificant piece of trivia. Follow up: why England haven't won the football World Cup for 60 years, as that it's had, every time, the best team on the planet? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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UK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPs
Digital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC bosses and music industry experts
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary
Shabana Mahmood says she wants to distinguish between far-right extremism and legitimate local concerns over asylum sites
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Raheem Sterling’s bleak tale a reminder of absurd path young footballers face | Jonathan Liew
The winger was one of the first big-money academy transfers, part of a child labour market that has barely been questioned
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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The AfD won a shock election in Germany. Elon Musk was thrilled
The billionaire and the party have developed a symbiotic relationship to spread their far-right views both in Germany and the US
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival | Editorial
Editorial: Keeping people in charge means little if supercomputers determine the evidence, choices and time on which their decisions depend
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We will miss it when it has been vandalised and destroyed and need to do more to protect and defend it. I don't trust Brittin one little bit www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...
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‘A completely unique opportunity’: the secretive process that will decide the BBC’s future
The long read: Every decade, the BBC’s continued existence must be secured through an elaborate multi-year negotiation with the government. But what does charter renewal actually involve – and will it...
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Technology has created our modern world but politicians still think it was them. Now the tech bros actively want to change government mostly to empower themselves and the politicians are still in denial.
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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From black-clad agitators to an appeal for ‘Tommo’s Mum’: an unsettling week with the Patriot Platform
A militaristic operation with features of influencer culture, the new anti-migrant movement seems to show a shift in tactics and rhetoric
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.
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Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The book emerged from this article. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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IDF soldier filmed shooting Palestinian in leg amid West Bank settler standoff
Incident is latest to raise questions over Israel’s ability or willingness to stop violent settlers in occupied territory
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
why the fuck haven't the serious fraud squad done so? Why have the police not been investigating? It's not as if they haven't had plenty of chances to do so. What have the police been doing? Sweeping it under the rug? Colluding?
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Well done, Milliband and Labour. First signs of the Labour Government doing something about the appalling, murderous regime which the Israeli Government has become, carrying out its atrocities against the Palestinian civilians with impunity. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Ed Miliband has overturned decades of Foreign Office inertia on illegal Israeli settlements
Foreign secretary ends UK’s feigned helplessness with sanctions and condemnation of ‘ethnic cleansing’
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fascist garbage washing up amongst the flotsam of the tide at Poole. RNLI will not be prevented from carrying out their immensely praiseworthy and valuable mission rescuing all those at risk in the sea, without fear or favour. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Police working to protect RNLI in Dorset amid opposition to small boat rescues
Charity vows to keep helping asylum seekers in Channel despite abuse from rightwing activists and protest at HQ
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Senior UK rabbis come out in support of sanctions on Israeli settlements
Spiritual leaders stress diversity of views within Jewish community and warn against inaction on settler violence
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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‘It’s a good start’: prominent Israelis welcome UK sanctions on illegal settlements
Ed Miliband’s intervention was ‘inevitable’ after Israeli government and security failures, say former ministers and diplomats
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Tom Jolliffe @thomjolliffe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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I believe in a two-state solution in the Middle East. That’s why we’re taking action to keep that hope alive | Andy Burnham
Our sanctions aren’t about the Israeli people, but about the unacceptable policies of the Israeli government, and the suffering they cause Palestinians, says the UK prime minister Andy Burnham
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