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There is a tipping point - the hundredth monkey - where knowledge passes into the collective consciousness and all members of the group acquire that knowledge.

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I love this!
I'm going to watch this video whenever I feel down. These young people are our future and they recognise Corbyn for the decent, honest, principled man he is. Seems Bercow does too. Plus Corbyn's humble smile makes me melt.
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Israel didn’t even allow them to remove their belongings. The soldiers showed up first thing this morning, threw stun grenades into the apartments and made everyone leave. Then they brought in their bulldozers and demolished everything. The “reason”? Improper building permits. The real reason: because they can. This is what American politicians support. This is what American taxpayers are forced to pay for. Evil is the only appropriate word.
Israeli authorities demolished five homes today in the West Bank town of Biddu, leaving 110 Palestinian civilians homeless.
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We do not need Andy Burnham’s permission to investigate Britain’s role in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. He refused an inquiry. 80,000 people answered him in thirteen days. Truth does not need the Prime Minister’s signature. It needs 100,000 of ours. Sign: petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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I do not understand this: If Russell Brand can be correctly convicted, why can literally nobody from the Epstein files be convicted.
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Over 40 children killed by the israelis in a month: many images are missing: I don’t understand a world that thinks this isn’t an atrocity
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Dan Hodges says Israel supporters like him need to reflect. This is a man who said Palestinian kids can just go to hell. Dan now realises the US is going to turn on Israel. That Gaza will be recorded as an abomination. And that he will be damned.
I think those of us who like to think of ourselves as friends of Israel need to reflect on this. And lashing out and branding people "demented" is not helpful to that process.
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This is what you get when you elect a property developer as your president.
Trump speaks out after a historic midterm wipeout: "We ordered the marble for the floor. The marble is a really significant marble. It's a vein that people have been after for 50 years. And the owner of the quarry didn't want to sell it."
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A woman held a sign saying ‘I support genocide’ at a London protest against the proscription of Palestine Action, without appearing to face arrest. That’s because holding a sign expressing support for genocide is not, in itself, grounds for arrest under UK law.
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The bombs that the United States used against Iran were loaded onto planes at RAF bases in the UK, if you were wondering why the Iranians see us as the enemy. It's because we are. Starmer and Burnham have put a target on all our backs.
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They created the largest group of child amputees in the world, block wheelchairs and prosthetics, and restrict treatment. It’s just endless cruelty.
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Unbelievable. Police arrested 30 ppl on terrorism charges for signs quoting tweets from @SarahHelm1, wife of Britain’s National Security Adviser, whose own posts were not found to break any laws. Our entire juridical system, destroyed by Labour to protect Israel’s genocide.
BREAKING: Around 30 peaceful protesters have been arrested outside the Supreme Court for holding signs objecting to the ban on Palestine Action - using the words of a recent post by Sarah Helm, wife of the govt’s national security advisor (which police determined “did not meet the criminal threshold”)
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Today’s Supreme Court hearing on Palestine Action is a huge moment for free speech and the right to protest in this country. The government has debased itself by upholding this absurd and draconian ban. Opposing genocide is not a crime. De-proscribe Palestine Action now.
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At the Supreme Court, counsel for Huda Ammori were interrupted by hostile contradictory judges 147 times/245 minutes @CraigMurrayOrg
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Everyone and their mother watched us being attacked by a settler in the West Bank. But when journalists get attacked, the attack itself is rarely the real story. The real story is WHY they got attacked. What were they reporting on? Here is what we were reporting on: andreyx.substack.com/p/why-d…
We were nearly killed two days ago. Settler-terrorist Tomer Liani bashed my head against the ground repeatedly, then the IDF and police blocked the ambulances and prevented hospitalisation. All because we caught the settlers locking locking a gate to more than 20 Palestinian communities, trapping entire families. We exposed Tomer Liani, Shimon Atia and Nevo Nadalski directly committing crimes against humanity in Masafer Yatta, and we were punished by the Israeli police and court for this. Israeli state terrorism in the West Bank is at its peak, and the authorities are doing everything to keep Palestinian voices silent.
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Mayors will get new powers over how water companies are run under new “regional water councils”. It won't resolve the crisis. Water will remain privatised, companies want profits, pay dividends, fleece customers. Let companies go bankrupt, nationalise cityam.com/mayors-to-get-new…
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“No more military aid to the extremist government in Israel… what they’ve done to the Palestinians is genocidal…” Bernie Sanders tells BBC Newsnight. The presenter is quick to interject that “the Israeli government would deny they’re extremist…” Why are we still doing this?
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Does nobody in @UKLabour see what a complete laughing stock you have become with this? Russia is laughing at us. China is laughing at us. Every country in the world, apart from Trump's USA and Israel, think we are completely off our trollies. And they are right.
Outside the Supreme Court, where the Palestine Action appeal hearing closed for the day, a man was arrested for saying, "In the UK, it's a crime to say, I support Palestine Action". Police reportedly said it was due to the length of the pause between "crime to say" and "I support.."
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Outside the Supreme Court, where the Palestine Action appeal hearing closed for the day, a man was arrested for saying, "In the UK, it's a crime to say, I support Palestine Action". Police reportedly said it was due to the length of the pause between "crime to say" and "I support.."
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ARRESTED WITH SARAH HELM'S WORDS A woman has just been arrested outside the US Embassy in London for holding a sign with words mirroring the ones that the National Security Advisor's wife tweeted, and for which @metpoliceuk declared "did not meet the criminal threshold".
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"It's fine, he wasn't a Reform politician when he was allegedly raping a whole bunch of women and girls" is quite a wild take
Can we just be clear about George Madgwick please. His offences were committed 2008-2021. George Madgwick was not a Reform UK councillor (or any kind of councillor) in 2008. The alleged offences cover the period 2008–2021, but his involvement with Reform UK came much later. whocanivotefor.co.uk Key timeline from election records and reporting: • He was first elected as a councillor in May 2021, standing as an Independent for the Paulsgrove ward on Portsmouth City Council (he founded the Portsmouth Independents Party). hantsandsolent-ca.gov.uk • He had previously stood unsuccessfully for UKIP in a 2019 Portsmouth local election and as an Independent in the 2019 general election. whocanivotefor.co.uk • He joined Reform UK around July 2025 (he posted in July 2026 that he had joined “one year ago this week”). @georgedmadgwick • He was elected to Hampshire County Council (North East Havant) as a Reform UK candidate in the May 2026 elections and became the party’s group leader there. portsmouth.co.uk Reform UK itself only came into existence in 2021 (as a rebrand of the Brexit Party, which was founded in 2018–19). Madgwick therefore had no connection to the party in 2008.
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These pictures of Reform councillor George David Madgwick posing alongside Nigel Farage, Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman, Zia Yusuf and Laila Cunningham were taken after his arrest. He has now been charged with 35 offences, including rape and offences involving indecent images of children. The question is why he was still being paraded alongside the party's most senior figures after his arrest?
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