Azarm

Chief Pharmacist at @nhs. All views are my own. RTs are not endorsements.

[Zeteo UK @zeteouk]

Did Starmer lose Labour's base over Gaza?

@ShehabKhan on why Starmer's Gaza comments triggered a backlash inside Labour and drove some progressive voters away from the party.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Brilliant news and not a moment too soon! 👇🏼

[Zeteo UK @zeteouk]

“We are about to enter another hugely chaotic time in British politics.”

@mehdirhasan and Zeteo UK’s political editor @ShehabKhan discuss the upcoming battle for Labour Party leadership between former MP Andy Burnham and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

[The Rest Is Football @RestIsFootball]

Thank you @MoSalah ❤️

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

The most important film of our time. ⬇️

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

Buy tickets here:

https://t.co/CNOWLpi8xi

[Azarm @Azarmo313]

Letby trust pays £1.4m damages to ex CEO - BBC News https://t.co/36ilJV1jOs

[Sovereign Media @sov_media]

THE BRITISH, FRENCH AND DUTCH EMPIRES WERE THE WORST!

In this exchange on Mehdi Hasan's Head to Head with Nigel Biggar, post-colonial sociologist Gurminder K Bhambra dismantles a core myth used to rehabilitate empire: the idea that all empires are essentially the same. Her intervention is historical, precise, and deeply human.

Bhambra challenges Nigel Biggar’s claim that empire is a universal and morally neutral feature of human history. She argues that this framing deliberately erases a crucial distinction between empires of incorporation and empires of extraction. The Ottoman, Mughal, and Chinese empires governed through incorporation, integrating populations into administrative, economic, and social systems. European empires, by contrast, were built around extraction; wealth was siphoned out, societies were reorganised for profit, and human life was treated as expendable.

She grounds this distinction in one of the most basic measures of governance: food and survival. Famines occurred across history, but their causes matter. Under Mughal rule, Bengal did not experience mass famine deaths over the course of four centuries. Under British control, the East India Company presided over a famine that killed more than 10 million people while continuing to extract taxes. During World War II, under direct British rule, another famine killed an additional 3 million. These were not natural disasters; they were policy outcomes.

Bhambra’s point is simple and devastating. Empire is not an abstract idea. It has material consequences. Who eats, who starves, and who profits are political decisions. To flatten all empires into a single category is not scholarly neutrality; it is moral evasion.

Her analysis exposes how colonial violence is often rewritten as inevitability, progress, or tragedy without perpetrators. By restoring historical specificity, Bhambra refuses that erasure. This is not about guilt or virtue. It is about truth, accountability, and recognising that millions died not because of scarcity, but because extraction was prioritised over human life.

@VoxUmmah
@venanalysis
@qiaocollective
@ProgIntl
@KawsachunNews
@OrinocoTribune
@blkagendareport
@SoberaniaPod

[The Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) @cfmmuk]

📢 NEW REPORT:
A year-long analysis of BBC coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza reveals a pattern of bias, double standards & silencing of Palestinian voices.
Despite 34x more Palestinian deaths, Israeli fatalities received 33x more coverage per death.

DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT HERE
📄 https://t.co/JlZX4uSpB1

#BBCBias #Gaza @BBCNews

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Finally, my book "Quando il Mondo Dorme" (Rizzoli, 2025)- which became a bestseller in Italy
& has been translated in over 15 languages already - will be available in English soon.
My voice on Palestine will continue to travel far and wide.

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

What's our excuse? We've watched the people of Gaza endure horror after horror, yet their hearts remain attached to the book of Allah. They memorize it, live it, embody it to the world. What's our excuse?

[Mirza Shahzad Akbar @ShazadAkbar]

🚨🚨🚨
Yesterday at approximately 8:08 a.m., I was attacked at my home by an unknown assailant dressed in what appeared to be construction or waste-collection attire. The individual asked, “Are you Shahzad Akbar?” and immediately began assaulting me. The incident occurred in the presence of my family.
Emergency services were called, and I was taken to a local hospital, where I received medical treatment and was later discharged. I sustained facial injuries, including bruising and a fractured nose.
The police have taken cognizance of the matter and have assured me and my family that they are actively investigating this targeted attack and will work to apprehend both the perpetrator and those behind it.

On the advice of the authorities, I am not at liberty to share further details at this stage, including CCTV footage or photographs, as doing so may compromise the ongoing investigation.
I have full faith in the rule of law and in British law enforcement to carry out their duties. I also urge the British government to ensure that England remains a safe place for everyone, including dissidents such as myself.

I want to make one thing absolutely clear: if my views, political comments, or even my ‘face’ is not liked by anyone, such cowardly acts will only strengthen my resolve rather than silence me. Violence will not intimidate me or deter me from speaking out. I will continue to expose corruption, human rights violations, and the erosion of democratic norms in Pakistan.

P.S. Any images circulating on social media purporting to show my injuries are fake and AI-generated.

[PTI Canada Official @PTIOfficialCA]

‘Who is Imran Khan?’ 🧵

The acclaimed sportsman, philanthropist, human rights activist, advocate for peace and the former Prime Minister of Pakistan who is being kept in solitary confinement periodically to mentally torture him, as he refuses to yield to the oppressive military regime.

#FreeImranKhan

[PTI @PTIofficial]

When asked by @ryangrim about the conditions of her own imprisonment, @Aleema_KhanPK chose instead to highlight the plight of thousands of political prisoners in Pakistan. Some have been held under General Asim Munir’s regime for months, others for years, and some have even died in custody. #AsimLaw

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇵🇰 ISOLATED, MONITORED, AND TORTURED: IMRAN KHAN IN A HIGH-SECURITY PAKISTANI PRISON

Every time Imran Khan’s sister, Uzma Khan, visits her brother in Adiala Jail (a high-security prison in Pakistan), the situation feels worse.

But this time, she walked into something completely different.

She says Imran told her he had been tortured and kept in total isolation for four weeks, with cameras placed around his cell so no guard could speak to him.

Their visit lasted barely 20 minutes before police rushed them out, and he used those last moments to warn her that if anything happens to him or to his wife, the responsibility lies with Asim Munir (Pakistan’s Army Chief).

For Uzma, it was the first time she had ever seen her brother this angry, this disturbed, and this cut off from the outside world.

"He was very angry and very disturbed.

He told me 'they have tortured me, they have kept me in isolation'.

For four weeks he said total isolation, nobody to meet him.

There are about six cameras around his cell to ensure that no policeman is able to talk to him.

He said 'make sure you tell everybody that Asim Munir is responsible for whatever is happening to me'.

This is the first time I saw him so disturbed."

@PTIofficial, @Aleema_KhanPK

[Yalda Hakim @SkyYaldaHakim]

Did you follow what was going on in Pakistan this week?
It was a BIG couple of days and I break that all down on my podcast with @RichardEngel and guest @sayedzbukhari who gave me a full update on Imran Khan.
Watch the full episode here + subscribe ⬇️
https://t.co/UeOzpEooLK

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Aleema Khan on her brother Imran Kahn’s Ongoing Detention w/ @ryangrim

https://t.co/eFsif1Oxpd via @YouTube

[Tell MAMA UK @TellMamaUK]

What? Have we reached this poisonous point in social dialogue on this platform? Disgusting!

@Nus_Ghani is British, has played a significant role in the life of politics and this country and is a public servant who has selflessly given much to public life.

Politicians elected to Parliament have the guts to stand in elections. If you are that riled up, do the same.

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

We’re in a national crisis of Islamophobia in the UK, with skyrocketing levels of hatred.

A year after the 2024 racist riots, the time to act is now. We joined Parliamentarians to mark #IslamophobiaAwarenessMonth and are encouraged by the cross-party interest in this vital #HumanRights issue.

Much more needs to be done, and we must do it together.

@AfzalKhanMCR, @NadiaWhittomeMP, @jeremycorbyn, @CatherineWest1, @MarshadeCordova, @PutneyFleur, @GillFurnissMP, @PaulaBarkerMP, @rach_hopkins, @AndyMcDonaldMP, @PeterKLamb, @gareththomasMP, @MattWestern_, @Jim4Dartford

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Drop Site’s @RyanGrim shares an update about the lawsuit we’re fighting, filed by a top BBC editor, over an investigation we published last December by Owen Jones.

We stand firmly behind our journalism and will defend it vigorously. We’ve already spent about $40,000 defending our reporting, and thanks to your incredible support, raised $100,000 in the last day.

But significant legal fees and liability insurance costs still lie ahead. We can only keep fighting if we have the resources to do so. To help us continue, please consider making a tax-deductible donation at the link below. If we win — and we fully intend to — we’ll likely be able to recoup our costs and refund those who would like their money back.

🎥 Watch Ryan’s full comments on The Majority Report: