I reviewed Presser by Gabriella Boyd at CAMPLE LINE for Apollo Magazine

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Later today, Ghassan Abu Sitta will be installed as Glasgow University Rector in Bute Hall.

I’ve written about why his landslide election matters for Tribune.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/the-pa…

Even the most famous and influential filmmakers need to leverage the stardom of actors to get funding for their films.

From the people who brought you a permanent right-wing majority on Labour’s national executive committee

Conrad Landin About the same percentage of MSPs signing as the % of MPs in UK Parliament signing similar EDM (i.e just over 10%)

Though most of those signing in UK Parliament are SNP and Labour - so surprising not higher in Scottish Parliament given composition
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Quite astonishing that only 13 MSPs have signed this motion opposing arms sales to Israel. It was the right thing to be demanding at the start of the bombardment of Gaza but it's even more so now. parliament.scot/chamber-and-co…

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As reported in Tribune, Abdi Duale, who sits on Labour's ruling National Executive Committee, is also a lobbyist representing Palantir, the spy-tech firm assisting Israel's Gaza genocide. tribunemag.co.uk/2023/12/labour…

Israeli spokesman turns down the chance to apologise and says Israel is a democracy with a free press... this week Israel approved legislation that can ban foreign media with plans to stop Al Jazeera broadcasting. The media outlet whose journalists Israel has killed.

Killed Trying To Feed Starving Kids.

Israel killing another seven aid workers in Gaza, including three Britons, is today’s @DailMirror splash.

A British aid worker has been killed by Israeli bombardment, but fear not - Luke Akehurst is voicing concern that we don’t know what Essex University did after becoming aware of posters bearing the logos of the PFLP and Turkey’s Maoist insurgents.

When ISIS murdered a British aid worker, David Cameron pledged to hunt down the barbaric killers responsible. When Israel does it, Rishi Sunkak defends them.

A good run through here about the Hows/Why's of Starmer sucking up to Murdoch- it isn't because Times/Sun influence voters directly as much as Murdoch backing encourages 'Wary Investors ' and the BBC to treat Starmer nicely, and he's happy to be the policy-lite guy they want

The absolute state of Germany right now.

This gay man who fled Iran got in touch with me.

Because he backed a ceasefire in Gaza, non-Jewish Germans racially abused him.

They then demanded he put the Israeli flag on the door of his shop.

What do you even say?