just got back from the israeli democracy rally. amazing turnout. thousands of people holding hands and chanting “less overt genocide is possible”

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By "I stand by Israel", @dpjhodges means 'support for a genocidal rampage' consisting of - 10,000s of slaughtered civilians, many kids - mass destruction of civilian infrastructure - starvation - torture - rape These people must be held to account.

Keir Starmer's political director Luke Sullivan joins Headland to "help clients to better understand and engage with the new government as it strengthens its partnership with business" Who are those clients? Just Eat, Anglian Water, lobby group CityUk ... headlandconsultancy.com/news/prime-min…

True, nor should he have said a word about Corbyn

Israeli Carly Rae Jepsen Hey I just met you And this is crazy But your house is mine now Cause I’m Israeli

Lower than vermin

Similar vibe to Quentin Skinner’s haunting methodological advice: “There’s no substitute for omniscience”

"If the legal advice had said there's a breach of international law, he should have shut down all the licences" Former Foreign Minister, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, on the process for approving arms export licences after the UK partially restricts arms sales to Israel. #Newsnight

Well, it looks like Yahya Sinwar’s fall vacation in Florida won’t be happening after all

How to get 33.7% of the vote

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Watch this excellent video from Oxfam & Save the Children UK and support their call to end all arms sales to Israel now.

“Vote share and count doesn’t count, I am very smart, and this take will age very well”

A very striking & good poster in Marseille.

“Zhou had natural eloquence and charm, a personality often described as magnetic. But power in China had often radiated from what was hidden, not what was seen; authority from what was written, not what was spoken.”

“The study also warned that levels of extra warming projected to hit Europe by 2035 would amplify food inflation by 30-50%.” carbonbrief.org/five-charts-ho…

Promised myself I would never listen to Runciman's "ideas" podcast but no Chris Clark appearance can be missed

Sarah Sackman, the Solicitor General, has written a letter attacking the government's legal decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel and then leaked it to the right-wing press. Surely Starmer has to sack her.

Labour’s strategy was “not being the Conservative government in power for 14 years”, so probably not