Chris Barrow

Publisher of Brum Blues Gigs Gig Guide

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Read it yourself: The UN report on Israel targeting Palestinian children stands up to scrutiny. Irfan Chowdhury and I write for Middle East Eye:

https://t.co/t6RdharBCX

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

I have written to Hamish Falconer after his shocking and disgraceful response to my question about Israel’s illegal settlement expansion.

Baseless smears won’t change the truth: this government is complicit in apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide.

[UN Human Rights Council Investigative Bodies @uninvhrc]

Israeli forces have killed over 20,000 children & injured 44,000 more since 7 Oct. 2023, Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the @UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel, told reporters today. #HRC62

More on their new report ➡️ https://t.co/gK2KhtlgFb

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

The possibility that Josh Simons could be close to Andy Burnham's government raises some very serious questions.

Should a man who waged factional warfare, spied on journalists and then resigned in disgrace really be at the centre of Government?

Feels very Starmer 2.0

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Ash Sarkar on #PoliticsLive "The role of private equity in our social care system" @AyoCaesar 👏

"We've got a hugely expensive social care system. Adult and children social care is a massive part of local authority budget"

"It's part of the reason why so many local councils are in debt"

"And private equity is just siphoning money out of the system"

"In just three years, in three regions of England, private equity sucked out £250 million in profit"

"Something that Andy Burnham and whoever his pick of chancellor might be, is to say, we're not going to have such a huge role for private equity in the social care system"

"We're going to have strong limits on how much profit can be extracted"

"We're not going to have leveraged buyouts where private equity uses a tiny bit of their own money and then loads the company with debt"

[Jake @JakeOnRailways]

3 years on from my first attempt, I've decided to have another go at making a railway version of the BBC News Countdown.

Quite happy with it, I tried to highlight more of the railway industry than I had in the original attempt, also tried to get pacing better with the cuts.

[Save Station Street, Birmingham @OldStationSt]

The UK’s oldest working cinema forced to close and sit rotting away for 2 years

The birthplace of Heavy Metal forced to close and sit rotting away for almost 12 years

A decade of civic neglect for the UK’s most important grassroots arts street. A failure of civic leadership.

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan end up having a 'Jagger-Off' over lunch.

THE TRIP (2017)

[Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics @IPhillips79]

Carry On Regardless - Joan Sims in wine-tasting scene

Beautifully played every role and had natural comedic flair. Director Gerald Thomas played a practical joke on her here, filling her glass with neat gin so when you see Joan necking it her shocked reaction was real! 😂

[Zeteo @zeteo_news]

Big News: Zeteo UK is here! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[James Hogg @JamesAHogg2]

I'm my third and final post in tribute to the great Stanley Unwin, I give you what is basically magic mushrooms for the ears! 

Professor Unwin meets the voice of Bill and Ben, Peter Hawkins, in a feature for the TV show, Points of View.

Greetings and welcode. Deep joy.

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

I have signed this letter in the hope that the government will at last act and bring forward a complete ban on trade with the illegal Israeli settlements as a start to a comprehensive sanctions programme.

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

An exhilarating conversation between three national treasures. What a brilliant idea! Why has noone arranged this before?

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

The UK government has barred Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from entering the country over their criticism of Israel.

Meanwhile, war criminal Isaac Herzog, whose statements were cited in the ICJ genocide case against Israel, was welcomed at Downing Street with open arms.

I’ve written to Shabana Mahmood demanding these bans be reversed immediately:

[Dr Ellie Chowns MP @EllieChowns]

Once again the UK govt condemns Israel's actions and says they are prepared to take further action - then fail to do so.

This inaction is unacceptable. Ban settlement trade, sanction Netanyahu, stop all military cooperation with Israel, punish war crimes.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

It would be bad for public confidence if there was a suspicion that large corporate interests are buying access to the Government via the Tony Blair Institute.

My letter to the cabinet office. 👇🏼

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

On July 1st, energy bills are set to rise by an average of £221 per household.

With millions already struggling while corporations profit from rip-off Britain, Hannah Spencer MP has written to the Chancellor calling for urgent action.

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

🆕My latest column for The Nerve has dropped:

“Over 2000 British Citizens have served in the IDF during the Gaza War. Our Government Doesn't Want To Know’”

It’s time the U.K. Government fulfilled legal obligations & investigated.

Please read and share.

LINK HERE https://t.co/gn7xVQoFCs
@thenerve_news

[createstreets @createstreets]

Quite right. Windows matter.

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Netanyahu handed Smotrich control of West Bank in the coalition agreement three years ago. Under int'l law a military occupation must govern in the interests of the occupied, not the occupier. Smotrich governs the WB in the interests of settlers alone:

https://t.co/KoVDm0yrsY