Heroes. Every single one of them.
Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper, David Lammy — and the rest of this Labour government enabling genocide — aren’t fit to lace their boots.
I took this photo of the brilliantly funny & kind Alexei Sayle in Nov 2023. He’s been at every protest against Israel’s atrocities since then
Alexei didn’t wait for an ‘international consensus’ that the genocide was “wrong” in the weasel words of Starmer. Alexei knew; we all did
This is such a disgrace, it’s almost beyond belief. The Met & other police forces are willing accomplices, sure, but the blame lies principally with @Keir_Starmer, @YvetteCooperMP & this utterly shameful Labour government. They are digging their own grave.
Hundreds of thousands of people have arrived at Downing Street to tell Keir Starmer loud and clear: end the British government’s disgraceful complicity in Israel’s genocide 🇵🇸
Is this democracy? Sixteen vans, forty cops for one lone woman in Cardiff with a sign against genocide, supporting a direct action group who oppose arms dealers making billions from it. She apparently offended the sacred right of arms companies to sell death unmolested.
I’ve just finished marching on the Palestine demonstration & have come to Parliament Square where people are being arrested for peacefully protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action. It’s a disgrace that people are being arrested for upholding our democratic rights.
David Lammy: "We must also praise the courage of ordinary Russians taking to the streets of Moscow, in St. Petersburg and beyond, under the threat of repression, to show their opposition to this despot"
In what world can sitting peacefully in parliament Square be considered terrorism?
This is insane. This is state coercion and control. This is dictatorial. This is fascistic.
Shame on Labour. Shame on the Met.
🚨 This is what 26 years of Labour has meant for Wales. 👇
🏴✊ It’s time for new leadership with Plaid Cymru - a government that will always put the needs of Wales first.
In the eyes of the British State this lady is the same as an ISIS supporter.
Disgusting and shameful @YvetteCooperMP — you will be remembered by history for this, and this alone.
The TB Truth Journey: What a Decade Has Taught Us. Over the past ten years, we’ve followed the science, the data, and the reality on the ground — and the truth is clear: if badgers play any role in the transmission of bovine TB, it is negligible to zero.
Bovine TB survives, thrives, and spreads within cattle herds — often hidden in plain sight. The outdated government restrictions and testing regimes are tying the hands of those trying to stop it. It’s like being asked to play football for England with your boots laces firmly tied together.
We’ve seen cattle pass the standard skin test over 30 times that are infected with TB. This highlights the massive flaws in current detection methods. In contrast, our approach has shown that you can eliminate TB from herds in just a few years — if you dare to look properly.
An “inconclusive” result doesn’t mean an animal is in the clear. On the contrary, it strongly suggests that the animal is infected and is a carrier.
Bovine TB is a hidden threat. It doesn’t always reveal itself and only becomes detectable at specific stages in the pathogens life and only with certain tests. The situation is like a pantomime: while everyone’s shouting at the badgers, someone should be yelling, “It’s behind you — in the cattle!”
The government is phasing out the badger cull — because it hasn’t worked. After all these years, bovine TB is still present at similar levels. The cull failed to tackle the real problem because it was never the the badgers fault.
The truth is that farmers, cattle, and badgers have all been let down in such cruel ways.
It's time to allow vets to do their jobs, using every available tool, including advanced diagnostic tests, to find and eliminate infection at its true source: in the herd and not in the clan.
Anne Brummer CEO Save Me Trust
Stop Starving Gaza. This weekend, in Aberystwyth, a town of just 14,000 people, over 1,000 citizens marched in a powerful Red Line protest for Palestine with a clear message for the UK government: Stop Arming Israel. Sanctions now.
(Photos: Palestine Solidarity Aberystwyth)
Extremely pleased to see my book on the eminent Welsh poet Gillian Clarke in the latest catalogue from the University of Wales Press. Pursuing new and timely perspectives, it is the first study of her work in its entirety and of its relevance for our anxious times.