Catriona Kay

Fine wine consultant/ Benfiquista / DUFC/ someone who believes sport can bring a lot of good to the world/views my own

[Catriona Kay @CatrionaKay]

@billykayscot Beautiful.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

It’s 3 years since those shameful scenes at Kabul airport as thousands tried to escape the Taliban. One of the most shameful failures of Western policy in my lifetime — the betrayal of a country agreed by Donald Trump and implemented by Joe Biden for domestic political reasons.

[Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا @SMohyeddin]

Please understand the times we are living in right now. Whole institutions are doing the bidding of Israel’s genocidiares. From the arts, to the banks, to our universities to our newsrooms, all are complicit.

👉 https://t.co/bZ2rQ9y7Xf

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's charity, mercy, or compassion.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Volunteer medic Oleksandra "Mike" Mulkevych was killed by a Russian drone in Kharkiv region.

It was the last day of her rotation and she was supposed to go home tomorrow.

Russians attacked the medical vehicle with an FPV drone, killing two volunteers and wounding two more in the next car.

Deepest condolences to Oleksandra's family.

[Catriona Kay @CatrionaKay]

Pure evil. The IDF & Israeli govt are committing daily atrocities against an unarmed, innocent populace. @POTUS shame on you forever for enabling this massacre with US bombs. Shame on all our govts for not doing more #CeasefireNOW

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Newborn twins in Gaza were killed with their mother and grandmother as their father went to collect birth certificates earlier today.

According to local media, the family had been displaced from northern Gaza and had sheltered further south.

https://t.co/8VXCbSd5II

[Billy Kay @billykayscot]

A week today, I'll be reading from Born in Kyle and the wonderful @RobynStapleton will be singing Ayrshire sangs like a lintie @edbookfest. It'll be braw, sae I hope tae see a wheen o ye there. https://t.co/iYoRDdTrHA

[Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini]

75 years ago today, the Geneva Conventions were put in place to protect civilians in times of wars.
They are the universal “Rules of War” meant to limit the devastating impact of wars & conflicts on humanity.
The one set of rules we “all agree on”, but do we?

In the past 10 months, these rules have been blatantly broken day in, day out in #Gaza by the Israeli Forces as well as the Palestinian armed groups including Hamas.

More concerning, Member States- party to the Geneva Conventions- have failed in their responsibilities to respect the conventions and ensure that parties to the conflict respect them under all circumstances.

Our shared values enshrined in the Conventions are at stake as is our shared humanity.
It is time to re-instate those values + re-commit to the Conventions. They are the compass of international humanitarian law.

The basics still apply:

- Civilians, women, children, detainees must be protected.

- Schools, hospitals, people’s homes, humanitarian + UN staff, facilities & operations must be protected.

#ceasefirenow #GC75 🕊️

[Maria João Kay @joao_kay]

Next Monday 19th of August at 16.15 👇

Billy Kay: An Ayrshire Legend | What's On | Edinburgh International Book Festival https://t.co/05Uqm4N4N1

[Catriona Kay @CatrionaKay]

#ArmsEmbargoNow #NetanyahuWarCriminal

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Over 100 people killed, mostly women and children. At a school. Massacred.

How is there no arms embargo on Israel? How do the people who express horror and revulsion when Putin and Assad do this sit silently by as Netanyahu does it?

Don’t look away:

[Maria João Kay @joao_kay]

#Heroesofthefreeworld
#PutinHitler

[. @jdpoc]

Lucy Connolly wants to see migrants burnt alive.

Lucy Connolly is a registered childminder with children of all races and ethnicity in her care.

Lucy Connolly is also the wife of a Conservative Party elected official.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

The longest sentence handed down to a violent racist rioter this week is shorter than the sentences imposed on entirely peaceful environmental protesters last month.
Labour must repeal the Tory laws that treat peaceful protest more severely than violent disorder and assault.

[John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) @Harryslaststand]

It always cracks me up when white English people say the problem is Muslims don't integrate to our society because having lived in Portugal amongst English immigrants I can assure white English people don't integrate for anything or anyone.

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

A reminder that, as a Government Minister, Robert Jenrick ordered the Home Office to paint over cartoon murals at a centre for unaccompanied children seeking asylum.

The dehumanisation of migrants doesn't happen in a vacuum.

Own it, and apologise for the part you have played.

[LBC @LBC]

'Shall I tell you why you don't remember that story? It was a black kid - and a white man had the sword.'

'Where were the riots' after the Hainault stabbing, asks @mrjamesob.

[Narinder Kaur @narindertweets]

Andrew Pierce just referred to Zarah Sultana has "that MP "
This is how WOC are often dismissed, belittled and frequently given no autonomy in society. No relevance. Nameless women to be ignored.
Can @GMB @ofcom again look into this please?

[Billy Kay @billykayscot]

Two weeks today, I’ll be talking about my memoir Born in Kyle,
and the brilliant exponent of Scots song @RobynStapleton will join me on stage @edbookfest. When we appeared @natlibscot it sold out twice, so get your tickets soon. https://t.co/iYoRDdTZx8

[Stephen Flynn @StephenFlynnSNP]

1) The fascists, racists and Islamophobes dragging their knuckles through some parts of England and NI do not have any ‘legitimate concerns’.

Their world is full of hate. It is not just to be pitied. It is to be rejected. Without equivocation.