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Rod Hick retweeted
This is a brief reminder that the Call for Streams for the 24th ESPAnet Annual Conference is now open.
The deadline for submissions is the 16th of January 2026.
More information at: iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e…
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Some reflections from me on today's Autumn Budget statement open.substack.com/pub/rodhic…
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Just 5 days ago, Keir Starmer welcomed Isaac Herzog into 10 Downing Street.
Today, a UN Commission has found that:
“Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have incited the commission of genocide.”
Genocide.
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In explaining Mandelson’s departure as ambassador govt says when it appointed him it didn’t know the extent of his relationship with Epstein. But we reported on it back in 2019 (see below). Only cursory due diligence was required…The decision to appoint him was a matter of political judgement.
At the time we aired this we got an enormous amount of legal pushback…Now we see the full extent of Epstein’s friendship with the man he called “Petey” @TomPorterC4
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🚨BREAKING -- We asked Israeli president Isaac Herzog if he is a war criminal as he walked along Downing Street for a meeting with UK prime minister Keir Starmer.
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This is what happens when a government has total impunity to commit war crimes again and again and again and again and again.....
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The Israelis bombed a hospital - again - then they bombed those emergency responders who went to rescue the injured.
Dear Prime Ministers and Presidents, how much more documented and live-streamed evidence of genocide do you need to witness before you will act?
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It means what it says, @nytimes: that the Israelis have being starving Gaza, just as Netanyahu & his cronies always promised. It also means that you have been covering up a carefully engineered genocide for close to two years & have been helping manufacture consent in the US establishment for serious War Crimes.
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We need to treat Israel as we did apartheid South Africa.
Under Netanyahu Israel has become a rogue nation that breaches international law with impunity.
Words of condemnation won't cut it, we need meaningful sanctions, and a policy of isolation until Israel changes course.
A former Scottish first minister has urged the UK to impose sanctions on Israel like those used against apartheid South Africa in the 80s
@HumzaYousaf said the UK must cut ties with parts of Israel's economy "associated with the genocide in Gaza" politicshome.com/news/articl…
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Clear pattern emerging: impact of new taxes on private schools, non-doms and large farms is smaller than typically suggested.
Initial tax data allays fears of non-dom exodus from UK on.ft.com/47qAXzu
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Yvette Cooper’s actions as Home Secretary have brought shame and disgrace on herself and on the Labour Party. She has violated the most basic norms of a democratic society. If she had a shred of decency she would resign and remove herself from public life.
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When we learn the true number of people killed by Israel in Gaza, it will echo down the ages.
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Air drops provide a fraction of the amount trucks do. If Israel allowed the UN to do its job, there would be no starvation. Trucks of food are there waiting to be delivered if Israel permitted.
BREAKING: Israel to allow foreign countries to drop aid into Gaza from today, a senior IDF official tells Sky News
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