Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.

Shame.

Shame on those doing it.
Shame on those enabling it.
Shame on those doing nothing to stop it.

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BOOM!
South Australia's power prices have plummeted as they near 100% renewables, proving to the world that relying on wind and solar with battery back-up is possible, more reliable and costs people less.

THIS is how we avoid the next oil crisis.

#EnergyRevolution

Let me see if I’ve got this right:

In order to break Iran’s blockade of the Straight of Hormuz, the Cheesy Wotsit is going to… block the Straight of Hormuz.

Genius.

The Israeli professor that the BBC won’t interview YouTube video by Declassified UK

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Every life is precious.

Even foreign ones.

Forty-two years ago, we believed distance didn’t excuse indifference to famine.

Today, our government is helping create another famine and is complicit in a genocide.

This isn’t ignorance - it’s the abandonment of our humanity.

UK govt told to ‘release footage’ of ‘spy flights’ over Gaza launched from Cyprus The United Kingdom’s government has been told by a veteran of its Royal Air Force to “release the footage” of the flights launched from its Akrotiri air base in Cyprus over Gaza, which were allegedly ...

UK govt told to ‘release footage’ of ‘spy flights’ over Gaza launched from Cyprus | Cyprus Mail

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Secondary legislation on UK free zones meant ZERO Parliamentary debate, ZERO consultation with the public, and ZERO notification of the press.
This is why so many Brits have not heard of free zones, it's a corporate political coup!

Why is Keir Starmer so hellbent on digital ID? Two words: Tony Blair.

At @thenerve_news we’ve tracked Blair’s influence - & his billionaire backer Larry Ellison - behind a policy that nobody asked for & almost nobody wants.
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Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...

The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty

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Disappointed to hear a number of @LBWF employees saying they’re being fired and rehired just short of two years. @hignfy.bsky.social

Zohran Mamdani's full victory speech following New York mayor election YouTube video by Guardian News

Impressive.

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This is an excellent idea!!!

Follow the money.

What he said: 💯 🎯

The royal, formerly known as prince.

🤔

Minority representation on TV causes outrage There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television. Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg." She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce." "I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough. There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”

Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.

What the UK Did in Gaza is SHOCKING & no one's allowed to talk about it YouTube video by Double Down News

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BBC News reporting on Israel deliberating destroying Gaza infrastructure

Including a waste water treatment plant just before the ceasefire was announced, which legal experts say may be a war crime

BBC News, "In this world of rubble, they're finding many more dead Palestinians in areas the Israelis left"

Times Farage to abandon manifesto's big plans for tax cuts Extracts: Farage will break with his manifesto pledges of £90 billion in tax cuts as he attempts to bolster his party's economic credibility. The leader of Reform UK will promise not to reduce taxes before reducing spending, deep cuts to the civil service and a ban on borrowing to fund government expenditure in his first big speech on the economy next month. "Reform will never borrow to spend, as Labour and the Tories have done for so long; instead, we will ensure savings are made before implementing tax cuts. I will have more to say on all this in the coming weeks." Speaking on the campaign trail before the Caerphilly by-election to the Welsh parliament on October 23, he did not respond to demands to name his shadow chancellor but suggested he would soon be able to draw on backing from the business community. Several high-profile figures from industry have privately indicated they would be willing to serve in a Reform cabinet, party officials said Farage said: "We will be launching between now and the budget, a new campaign — an economic campaign ... it's going to be very impactful. It'll another high-profile individual coming into politics from outside of politics, who's been supremely successful in their world." Promising a "total change of attitude" on the economy, he said: "We are not a party dominated by corporate thinking. The Tories and La-bour are both dominated by corporate thinking." The IFS has questioned whether Reform's economic plans are credible warning last year that the party had overestimated how much it could save through spending cuts: "Even with the extremely optimistic assumptions about how much economic growth would increase, the sums in this manifesto do not add up." Right-leaning think tanks have also urged the party to set out more credible policy. The Institute for Economic Affairs last month called for Reform to "put some serious economic policies on the table".

Corrupt chancers urged to come up with an economic plan that isn’t utter bullshit. So, no tax cuts and austerity on steroids for a country already stuck in Farage’s Brexit dead end.
But hey, some super wealthy industry big (k)nobs will come on board to help con the little guy.

(Times)

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

More than 15% of people who voted for Brexit are dead.

Only 4% of people who voted against it are.

It is time for another vote, even if opinions haven't changed, they would lose 55-45%

👇👇

Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all

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Greta Thunberg: ‘We Are Not Heroes. We Are Doing The Bare Minimum’ YouTube video by Novara Media

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A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe

Imagine trying to impose a peace plan on two sides without taking into consideration one of the sides.
Then imagine doing it over and over for 75 years…
What did Einstein say was the definition of insanity? 🤦🏻‍♂️

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A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

UN expert says Israel’s war on Gaza is ‘genocidal campaign’, warns businesses of complicity YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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Suleiman Obeid – Answering Mohamed Salah’s questions about the death of the ‘Palestinian Pele’

In the month the FA decided taking the knee was no longer needed, the first game of the new PL season was marred by racism aimed at a Bournemouth player.
Meanwhile, interestingly, NFL reaffirmed its campaign of anti-descrimination messages.
Maybe the football should consider doing *more* not less.