Alex Carlen

Reasonable amount of tweets about foreign policy, too many tweets about #readingfc.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

We must continue to support the inalienable rights of the people of Western Sahara.

I have tabled an EDM calling on the UK government to oppose Morocco's continued illegal occupation and to reaffirm the Sahrawi people's right to self determination.
https://t.co/kCp50GMx5R

[Mark Ames @MarkAmesExiled]

"Fighting between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia has erupted in the past fortnight with the Houthis mounting attacks against Saudi Aramco facilities."
Every article in center-left media has memory-holed how this started: when Saudis bombed Sanaa airport.
https://t.co/N7LR1w8RMb

[Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin]

Sudan: Children, recruited by the RSF, were trained by Colombian foreign fighters and forced to fight -- @AP
https://t.co/SeMP9AAudW

[Alex Carlen @AlexCarlen_]

Looking forward to the think pieces about how UEFA’s unity against FIFA is a model for European solidarity against the MAGA project more broadly - they would be right!

[UEFA @UEFA]

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National Associations

[Momentum 🌹 @PeoplesMomentum]

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[Alex Carlen @AlexCarlen_]

@RFCLatest Yeah without big additions we shouldn’t be expecting anything better than last year’s finish at best IMO.

[Alex Carlen @AlexCarlen_]

The particularly mad thing about FIFA is that Gianni Infantino is just a completely random bureaucrat, there is almost nothing distinctive about him. He never played professionally or coached, has zero legitimacy in the game yet has absolute power within the organisation.

[Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla]

EXCL: Labour peer Maurice Glasman wrote and recorded a song dedicated to Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Shah of Iran, and played it to him in a Parisian restaurant: https://t.co/GoqaWTlTtb

[MenchOsint @MenchOsint]

Saudi Arabia is about to raise the salary of its mercenaries based in Aden, Yemen.

From ≈ $27 to $266.

In my opinion, looks like they plan to start a war against Yemen's AnsarAllah very soon.

[Alex Carlen @AlexCarlen_]

Came after a request by the US

[Kevin Jon Heller 🇺🇸🇩🇰 @kevinjonheller]

The dominoes continue to fall in the wake of the Prosecutor's removal: Chad is withdrawing from the #ICC. Expect more to follow. https://t.co/DNXeyzScza

[Reading FC @ReadingFC]

Everyone at Reading Football Club is saddened to hear the news of the passing of Bill Oddie.

A guest of honour at many matches down the years, he became a much-loved figure at the club.

Bill's legacy will live on through his iconic chant among Royals supporters at the SCL Stadium and around the country for many years to come💙

[Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei @SAlwadaei]

REUTERS: Bahrain loses bid to block dissidents' spyware lawsuit in UK: https://t.co/LriaOJ9jIy

[Alex Carlen @AlexCarlen_]

If this is the case, I’m wondering why the Bank of England has not released Venezuela’s gold reserves that it confiscated at the request of the US in 2018?

[Craig Mokhiber @CraigMokhiber]

If any still doubted that Venezuela is now entirely under the neocolonial control of the US (beyond merely surrendering the oil) they can now put that doubt to rest. Venezuela’s withdrawal from the ICC days after the US launches its attacks on the ICC reveals that in addition to controlling the country’s resources, the US also controls Venezuela’s foreign policy. (The claim of “bias” is a smokescreen). Watch for more of this as the lawless US lines up more of its vassals against the Court. Let’s hope the free world will finally stand up to oppose this global assault by the US-Israel Axis. (And that the Venezuelan people will restore their sovereignty soon).

https://t.co/WlDdgAqPI5

[James J. Zogby @jjz1600]

Ireland passes a law banning the import of goods from Israeli settlements. The US response is to threaten that Ireland may be subjected to a US boycott designed to protect Israel (& its illegal settlements).
It’s all upside down insane.
https://t.co/OKJW3webJo

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

Vote on Russian proposal to extend the High Commissioner’s term only until end of December was largely defeated.
For: 19
Against: 71
Abstention: 52

However, during the debates, the US, Israel and Argentina attacked aggressively the UN Secretary General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

[Defend our Lawyers @DefendourLawyer]

Breaking: Following a judgment of the Court of Appeal this afternoon, the trial of Rajiv Menon KC due to start on 28 July 2026, has been stayed. Updates to follow.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

Job offer: your credit and debit cards will be voided, your bank accounts will be closed, Mossad and CIA will threaten your family, and your employer wont raise a finger to help you… unless you withdraw certain charges

Diverse applicants welcome!

[Rich Tedd 🛰 ✈️ @AfriMEOSINT]

1/🧵 The UAE's 🇦🇪 secret military base at Berbera Airport in Somaliland is nearing completion after a major 10-month expansion.

New SAM sites, radar positions, UAV/aircraft hangars and multiple underground structures/bunkers, likely for weapons & ammo storage have been built.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

This may be my pessimistic side speaking but I think the ICC Prosecutor will be removed despite being cleared and then good luck finding anyone who will take that job other than on the implicit promise to stop the Palestine investigation and withdraw the arrest warrants.