'British leaders have made a decision to support the United States or at least not demur from the United States in a war on the global institutions which were set up after 1945, in order to prevent a recurrence of the horror of World War Two" Peter Oborne speaking to

"By the age of 70, he who doesn’t read will have lived only one life. He who reads will have lived 5000 years. Reading is immortality backwards." Umberto Eco, January 5, 1932 – February 19, 2016.

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“Alcohol makes other people less tedious, and food less bland, and can help provide what the Greeks called entheos, or the slight buzz of inspiration when reading or writing…” —Christopher Hitchens

Dr. Gabor Maté reframes ADHD with profound compassion: In stressed families, a highly sensitive child absorbs the tension → tunes out as a survival coping mechanism. These kids often have deep empathy, warm hearts, and hidden talents — but crave emotional security above

Pippa Crerar Pitiful analysis of a degraded politician

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No staff, no equipment, no medicine: a doctor on returning to Gaza after 665 days in an Israeli prison | Gaza | The Guardian theguardian.com/global-develop…

Cooper's government has arrested 1,000 people for saying they oppose genocide

Just heard news from pro Palestine activists that they’ve ended hunger strike in the context of the Government denying contract to Elbit. They’ve also secured meetings with prison officials about their health and conditions. I pay tribute to the dedication of the hunger strikers.

Why is James Schneider a 'Former adviser to Jeremy Corbyn' but Salma Shah is a 'Former Conservative special adviser' rather than e.g. 'Former adviser to Sajid Javid' Thats a rhetorical question. We know why.

An unelected Lord, appointed “antisemitism adviser”, now feels entitled or even qualified to explain antisemitism to a Jewish national party leader. To add to all this - he's not Jewish. Truly rabbit hole stuff.

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Hillsborough, John Charles de Menzes, Stephen Lawrence - nobody resigned, nobody was fired, nobody lost their pension. Banning Macabi fans - forced retirement, public humiliation, and formal investigation. This country is under Israeli occupation. No doubt about that at all.

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The great irony of the Chagos deal is that it was done for the USA. Nearly 60 years ago, Britain expelled the Chagossians in a crime against humanity to clear the way for a US base on Diego Garcia. The Chagos deal today is so the US can keep it.

Renowned Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci was born on this day in 1891. “The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.”

Brian Eno: anyone who'd leave the UK because they have to pay a bit more tax arent the least community minded Lord Bethell: "but they are the wealth creators" "They're not the wealth creators. The wealth creators are the people who make things.. who keep society running"👏👏

It took Greenland not Gaza for Mark Carney to call time on the international rules based order. This is a fundamentally racist equation, as I explain in my new column for Middle East Eye: middleeasteye.net/opinion/carney…

This guy was calling Corbyn’s office ‘Stalinists’ because they wouldn’t give him a safe seat in Vauxhall. But here he can see the logic. Is it any wonder the public is so surprised at political events when people like this are the bedrock of broadcast coverage?