Very interesting. Who indeed?

👍🏻TL;DL: Delia walked so Nigella could run

Mick Lynch is 💯% right. There is not one single example of a successful Privatised Infrastructure or utility service.

Today, Labour has confirmed public ownership of the railways will be in its manifesto.

Privatisation has transformed our railways into engines of extraction for investors and overseas state enterprises. Public ownership can deliver a future of rail prosperity.

(Chart: 2020)

6-year-old Sara Yasser Abu Ewemer is one of the victims of countless Israeli airstrikes carried out on Gaza last night.

Just 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution.

Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders.

Ban their products. Hit them with extra taxes to fund recycling and cleaning
theguardian.com/environment/20…

How many deaths and graves will it take for our political leaders to wake up? Read my full piece here: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

One more time with feeling: The fear is not AI is so good it can credibly replace human creators at the same level of quality—it's that it will be deemed good enough by bosses and clients, who will choose the cheaper, shoddier option. That's the process that's already begun here.

'I believe Israel does have that right.'

History will damn the warmongers theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

3. Keir Starmer threatened MPs who supported Stop the War & called for peace in Ukraine with withdrawal of the whip.

4. Keir Starmer wrote to all Labour’s general election candidates urging them to mark St George’s Day “with enthusiasm” & to fly the flag across the country. 3/3

1. Keir Starmer told Labour MPs not to attend picket lines in support of striking workers.

2. Keir Starmer gave instructions that Labour MPs should not attend pro-Palestinian / Stop the Genocide demos. 2/3

Just today realised there's loads of people I'm no longer following who I'm absolutely sure I used to & never unfollowed. Shit website.

Huge fan of George of Lydda. Always have been.

There's so much wrong with academia, but it remains a privilege to work in a profession where you don't have to use LinkedIn.