The new Rector of University of Glasgow Ghassan Abu Sitta finished his address with the immortal words of Bobby Sands MP…

“Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.”

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The introduction of voter ID was a voter suppression tactic and it could still work. If you know any young people - I don't - make sure they understand what they'll need to vote.

bestforbritain.org/voter_id_mrp_s…

WHO team goes through the rubble in Khan Younis - previously known as the “town with the palmtrees” - checking health facilities

Very disappointing update from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, revealing a further delay to the publication of the Phase Two report. It will not be ready before the 7th anniversary and no new date has been given for its publication

grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/news/april-202…

More recognitions of Palestine incoming. Worth bearing in mind that it is already recognized not just by a plurality but by a majority of states.

Looks like IMF board has approved some very important behind the scenes changes to its policy around dealing with official creditors in debt restructuring. As scooped by the US Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs! home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

Ghassan Abu Sitta is the new rector of our university. He gave one of the most memorable talks about the necessity of resisting the Israeli genocide I have ever heard - one full of hope, solidarity and condemnation against all forms of racism. This happens at a university 1/

“You understand that I’m a semite myself, right?”

While speaking to Channel 4 in an interview that was published on Thursday, Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef responded to antisemitism accusations and said such accusations have become “devoid of anything, of meaning”.

We ignore Zelensky’s warning at our peril ! Putin has been at war with the West for 10 years, if he wins in Ukraine, Europe is next…

We need to provide Ukraine with everything they need, everything we have in our stockpiles to stop Putin in his tracks !

No British politician paid price for complicity in the Indonesia, Rwanda, Bosnia or Myanmar atrocities. This will have informed Cameron and Sunak’s calculation that they can ignore International Court of Justice over Gaza. I write for Middle East Eye:

middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-ga…

There is simply no reason to believe that Arron Banks has any sort of hard inside information to *know* 10 Tory MPs *would* join Reform the day Nigel Farage became leader, though be can predict it could be something that *might* happen, or just think it a good headline to push

'The most senior IDF commander dismissed for his role in the drone strike which killed seven aid workers in Gaza is a settler who signed an open letter in January calling for the territory to be deprived of aid.'

telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Well, I finally got the shot this afternoon: A Nightingale singing his heart out right in front of me!!
Enjoy!
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Portugal's Catholic Church to compensate sexual abuse victims reut.rs/4aSq7AG

Gaza is distracting attention from Putin’s systematic destruction of Ukraine’s power generation infrastructure — horrible numbers here via BBC News (UK)

Ukraine war: Key power plant near Kyiv destroyed by Russian strikes bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Furious diplomatic activity underway to contain the fallout of Israel's presumed airstrike on Iran's embassy in Damascus and Iran's expected retaliation. British, German and Australian foreign ministers have been on the phone with their Iranian counterpart urging restraint.

Five thousand children with gender-related distress awaiting NHS care in England dlvr.it/T5Ndv8

By the same token, Iran has the right to defend itself against Israel. Israel launched an unprovoked attack against Iran. It is not clear why the West should defend it from the consequences.

Fine but are you making the same point to Israel that just bombed a diplomatic premises, belonging to Iran?

🧵New: Government officials and analysts who spoke with @timeofisrael pointed to a series of factors that helped explain why the flashpoint city managed to defy Haniyeh’s hopes and Biden’s fears of violence in Jerusalem over Ramadan (1/20)
timesofisrael.com/despite-hamass…