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Doctors in a hospital in Gaza try to save the life of a Palestinian girl who sustained severe injuries in an Israeli attack that hit her and killed her father on their way to her preschool.

Israel's attacks on Palestinians in Gaza have continued despite the ceasefire agreement.

07.03.2026 22:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 300 ๐Ÿ” 190 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

๐ŸšจCONTACT YOUR MP NOW before itโ€™s too late - tag them to this film and ask them to oppose the Prime Ministers appalling plan to undermine and restrict this fundamental cornerstone of our democracy

07.03.2026 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 115 ๐Ÿ” 61 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Itโ€™s what all the legal community says. The courts are dilapidated, leaking and not sitting enough. Somethings need doing, but not this.

07.03.2026 17:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Abolition of right to a jury takes away basic civil rights, will not save time or help with court chaos. It will only pass because the Tories support it, putting Lammy and Labour into a trap of their own silly making. How many mistakes can they make?

07.03.2026 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The front page of The National. The headline reads: THIS IS THE HUMAN COST. The photo stretches across the front and back pages of the paper and is the aerial view of 100 freshly dug graves for the murdered schoolgirls of Minab, Iran

The front page of The National. The headline reads: THIS IS THE HUMAN COST. The photo stretches across the front and back pages of the paper and is the aerial view of 100 freshly dug graves for the murdered schoolgirls of Minab, Iran

NEW: US & Israeli have bombed a 4th school.

Shahid Hamedane School in Tehran was hit today, following schools hit in Minab and Parand, Iran.

And The National in Scotland seems to be the only newspaper in the Western world giving these war crimes appropriate coverage.

Tomorrowโ€™s front page๐Ÿ‘‡

06.03.2026 22:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 304 ๐Ÿ” 222 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Israeli attacks on UNIFIL peace keepers tonight. Irish service men were not directly hit, but they aided their counterparts from Ghana. This will further deteriorate Irish Israel relations.

06.03.2026 22:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 417 ๐Ÿ” 214 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face โ€˜political earthquakeโ€™ in London Exclusive: Senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could put Labour in fourth place in capital in May

Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face โ€˜political earthquakeโ€™ in London

Senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could put Labour in fourth place in capital in May

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

06.03.2026 19:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 249 ๐Ÿ” 85 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

The strange thing is when I spoke to people who worked with her at DIT, they said the opposite: that she listened to advice and could be persuaded when presented with new evidence.

One theory is that on topics which bore her, she'll just go with what she's told. Laziness masked as consideration

06.03.2026 15:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 45 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countriesโ€”including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

06.03.2026 12:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 9726 ๐Ÿ” 4652 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 555 ๐Ÿ“Œ 627
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We paid an ex-Tory MP to lobby for our fake Chinese firm - and authorities did nothing Investigation finds no rules were broken. It just goes to show how few rules there are.

Last week, UK lobbying regulator closed investigation into ex Tory MP Ben Howlett

We offered Howlett money to work for a fake Chinese investor. He introduced us to a dozen Labour MPs

Regulator didn't even speak to us. Our system is broken

New, by me: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-paid-an...

05.03.2026 12:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 541 ๐Ÿ” 337 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
 This article was amended on 5 March 2026. An earlier version said low-skilled workers would โ€œreceive immediate access to welfare and social housingโ€ if Labour did not make them wait longer to apply for settlement. In fact, settlement status only gives people the eligibility to apply for welfare and social housing, it does not give them instant or automatic access to such benefits. This has been clarified.

From breaking news to huge investigative proje

This article was amended on 5 March 2026. An earlier version said low-skilled workers would โ€œreceive immediate access to welfare and social housingโ€ if Labour did not make them wait longer to apply for settlement. In fact, settlement status only gives people the eligibility to apply for welfare and social housing, it does not give them instant or automatic access to such benefits. This has been clarified. From breaking news to huge investigative proje

Guardian has now [after my complaint] corrected Mahmood's deliberate & incendiary false claim settlement gives immigrants "immediate access to welfare and social housing".

Good for Gdn but embarrassing/shameful that Home Secretary deliberately misled the public for political gain like this.

05.03.2026 16:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 612 ๐Ÿ” 259 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Home Office may forcibly remove child asylum seekers from UK in handcuffs Move is part of scheme to target families for expedited voluntary removals before enforced removal proceedings Children may be forcibly removed from the UK in handcuffs to โ€œovercome noncomplianceโ€ as part of new proposals Home Office is considering to send more asylum seeker families back to their home countries. Since coming into office, the government has pledged to deport more migrants and has increased both voluntary and enforced returns, although some of those who have left the UK voluntarily did so without informing the Home Office. Continue reading...

Home Office may forcibly remove child asylum seekers from UK in handcuffs

06.03.2026 10:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Those proud bastions of free speech Reform UK banned @willhaycardiff.bsky.social from their manifesto launch because they are scared of the scrutiny he would provide. Imagine what these cowards will do in power.

06.03.2026 08:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 143 ๐Ÿ” 46 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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If you're no longer on Twitter, you are likely missing all the vile Reform-adjacent stuff the Home Office are pumping out on their official account...

05.03.2026 23:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Again, Farage, Badenoch and their fellow travellers on X are wildly out of touch with the public on Iran.

Even the majority of Reform supporters oppose their position.

05.03.2026 13:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1109 ๐Ÿ” 401 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41 ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

New research out from 38 Degrees: "Despite much public discussion on the threat of Reform UK, for every 10 voters Labour is losing to Reform or the Conservatives nationally, they are losing 16 to the Greens, Liberal Democrats, Plaid or SNP; a group of voters labelled โ€˜progressive defectorsโ€™"

05.03.2026 17:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 50 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Deluded. Labour lost about ten points during the course of the 2024 campaign. A strategic triumph it was not.

05.03.2026 11:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 423 ๐Ÿ” 99 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
Reform fury as someone else wins
by Our By-election Editor
Tim Shipsink
The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost
comprehensively to someone else.
"It's totally unfair and rigged,"
said Goodwhinge.
"I shouldn't
be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost."
Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me.
Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X.
"We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families."
Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice.
They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green."
Reform leader
Mr Farage,
speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said,
"It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either."

PLUMBER DEFEATS
MATT GOODWIN

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I've stopped the cock

Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble sayingโ€ฆ I've stopped the cock

Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.

05.03.2026 07:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 4362 ๐Ÿ” 1452 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 92 ๐Ÿ“Œ 79
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Petition: Act to ensure Bills backed by MPs & public can complete all stages in Parliament We want the Government to do everything in its power to ensure that when bills are supported by MPs & the public, they have the time to complete all their stages in Parliament. We believe this is impo...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

05.03.2026 09:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflictโ€”and 9000
miles from North Americaโ€”makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

04.03.2026 17:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 13487 ๐Ÿ” 4967 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 541 ๐Ÿ“Œ 296
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Once you start torpedoing ships in international waters, that are not involved in conflict, you cease to have a limited theater of war.

You have taken a war global.

Every single US asset and citizen, worldwide, just became a target.

Catastrophically reckless.

(๐ŸŽฅ Department of War)

04.03.2026 17:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 379 ๐Ÿ” 175 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

It does seem that too many of the men who get made a Sir are sleazebags. (Dyson, Ratcliffe etc)

04.03.2026 11:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have absolutely no idea what Trump is trying to accomplish in Iran, or how he plans to accomplish it, and the fun thing is that neither does he!

That's why the constitution does not give the President the authority to launch wars without Congressional approval.

03.03.2026 17:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 3858 ๐Ÿ” 673 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 295 ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
02104-25 Fraser v Telegraph.co.uk - IPSO Ian Fraser complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that Telegraph.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editorsโ€™ Code of Practice in an article headlined โ€œWe earn ยฃ345k, but soa...

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something

Confirms their story titled: โ€˜We earn ยฃ345k, but soaring private school fees mean we canโ€™t go on five holidaysโ€™ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used

www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

03.03.2026 13:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1634 ๐Ÿ” 793 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73 ๐Ÿ“Œ 90

The lies. The lies.

03.03.2026 14:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have complained to the BBC about Lyse Doucet who keeps repeating the US government phrase of โ€˜taking outโ€™ rather than assassinating people. Killing people is still killing people, no matter who they are. They are not โ€˜taken outโ€.

03.03.2026 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sweden is driving down the punitive abyss (update) Sweden is lowering the age of criminal responsibility and growing its use of prisons

Update on Sweden lowering age of criminal responsibility and creating child jails

francescrook.substack.com/p/sweden-is-...

03.03.2026 11:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My Guardian is delivered to my door every day early in the morning!

03.03.2026 11:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lib Dem Lisa Smart MP in last night's democracy bill debate: "Unlimited donations mean unlimited influence. They corrode public trust and distort political priorities. Until we cap donations, we will continue to have a democracy that is for sale." (there's still no plan for a cap on donations)

03.03.2026 10:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 98 ๐Ÿ” 34 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chinaโ€™s high-rise hog farms go international Livestock producers tout benefits of rearing pigs in multistorey buildings

In China, there are 26-storey towers - filled with hundreds of thousands of pigs. Now other countries are adopting the same type of "farming" ๐Ÿคฎ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

03.03.2026 10:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3