David Brown

Connect with yourself. Transparency. Rights. Reform

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

"These women and girls are tremendously resilient, courageous." Former State Department envoy Rina Amiri tells me how Afghan women and girls are fighting back against the "extreme and barbaric regime" of the Taliban.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Yorgen Fenech, a wealthy businessman accused of ordering the murder of the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has gone on trial in Malta, nine years after her death in a car-bomb attack.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

I led the team that prosecuted him & after his conviction expected him to be deported at the end of his sentence - I looked him in the eye & saw not an ounce of remorse - the Home Office need to find a way -it’s what his victims deserve, both the White ones & the South Asian one

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

The Israeli Foreign Ministry & IDF have been weaponising false claims against @pressfreedom to deflect attention from the 200+ journalists they’ve killed, many deliberately. Journalism is not a crime & the attacks on CPJ will only embolden Israel further

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

We should allow asylum seekers to work – so that they can support themselves and become part of our communities.

It’s these common sense solutions, not more performative cruelty, that will fix our broken migration system.

https://t.co/HbnahlOrLT

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Last year, world leaders allowed a brutal Sudanese militia to overrun the city of El Fasher and massacre people in it. Now that same militia, the RSF, is besieging the city of El Obeid and is poised to slaughter the half a million people inside. Good for @unreliefchief and others for speaking up.

The best hope, I think, for avoiding mass atrocities is for President Trump to call on the UAE -- which backs the RSF -- and insist it tell the RSF to back off. Trump's family does business with senior Emiratis, and the US provides weapons to the UAE. We have leverage. But neither Biden nor Trump was willing to use the leverage and speak publicly about the UAE financing a Sudanese militia that has engaged in mass murder and mass rape. And if we remain silent, there will be another slaughter soon in El Obeid.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

A British-Indian friend told me how Reform activists threatened to take away her family's passports if they get into power.

The rising tide of racism should worry us all. And the politicians who are stoking it must be condemned.

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

“Over the last decade, the consensus over climate action has shattered and there’s been a 186% rise in hate crimes against trans people. Meanwhile, channels like TalkTV have been trampling over duties of impartiality with a flood of misinformation and hate.”
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[David Brown @Davidvital]

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[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Good move !!!
#Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries | Academies | The Guardian https://t.co/7CZ9cqR9nO

[Drey @thedreydossier]

LIVE TONIGHT: The National Design Studio, the White House office that's effectively DOGE 2.0, has been secretly tracking Americans on the federal sites we use for passports, voter registration, and prescriptions. Once the Guardian confirmed my reporting, NDS did something remarkably bold the next day...

They shipped a "privacy" tool and started pushing the narrative that it's historic. But I've looked closely at what they actually built, and it is not what it seems.

Tonight I walk through exactly what it really does. Live at 7PM Central (8 ET / 5 PT).
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[Stop Funding Hate @StopFundingHate]

Today's GB News TV advertisers include @Shopify @LtdShowers @Haltonlifts @droylsdenglass @moneyfactscomp @AppealShading @WeAreBoxt @DormeoUK @AllClearTravel @whitescarcave @WeFix_London @its_co_uk @StiltzLifts @LeathersofaCo @myeasology @QuingoScooters @Reclaim_Nation @Tufferman

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

Yvette Cooper says the “situation in Gaza is desperate”. Now perhaps she’d like to tell us WHY?

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

If true that @andyburnham not taking media questions after speech today then good move. Speeches matter and when important should speak for themselves. A problem with Keir S communications was that he would make a speech, then take Qs and the broadcast journalists in particular would make it more about them and their “take” than him. If and when he becomes PM Burnham will be answerable to Parliament, not the showbiz style media coverage of politics. The blah factory will go into overdrive today with journalists interviewing each other about how they ought to be allowed to ask Qs. The speech itself is more important than anything they say before during or after. Setting the agenda vital from the off.

[The Citizens @allthecitizens]

From high-society Tory garden parties to street-level arson attacks, the Kremlin has spent years waging a cold war on trust itself.

It's time for a full public inquiry.

Full article ⤵️ (1/2)
https://t.co/4qvCptaQs1

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

“The Labour Party’s commitment to justice, freedom and security for Palestinians is unwavering.”

In which parallel universe is this true? #GazaGenocide‌

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

"They've silenced her.

"This is an attempt to punish someone who spoke the truth."

The "bizarre" moment @maitlis is forced to ask Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams to leave the studio.

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

"What the f*ck is going on, because this doesn't feel normal," says @maitlis.

META whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is under such a strict legal gag that she was asked to leave The News Agents studio

https://t.co/Ihs1876WFj

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

£22,500 an hour? When it comes to flogging gold, Farage is worth his weight in the stuff [quick scribbles on the back of an envelope] in less than half a day.

How much is he worth in visits to his constituency, though?
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[Brendan Cox @MrBrendanCox]

This is such important news & a tribute to the lives of Poppy, Ellie & too many others killed by their former partners.

Their mums Carol and Julie fought for this relentlessly & inspirationally. Well done to them and everyone at @KilledWomennw

https://t.co/jM9Jtz3xJi