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[simon shadbolt @SimonShadbolt]

@SangitaMyska @ChtyCommission
Amy comment? Is this legal?

[jude martin @judecambridge]

Private Eye:

[simon shadbolt @SimonShadbolt]

@LBC @NickFerrariLBC Well the Ripper made deliberate efforts to cut around and remove the heads of Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, and Mary Jane Kelly.
So British culture ?

[simon shadbolt @SimonShadbolt]

@SaulStaniforth @mehdirhasan "i don't know those reports but there are other reports on the other side".
What on earth does this mean?
If you don’t know these reports how do you know that there are ones to counter these independent reports?
Mr Frost - what is the “other side”? Please post.

[LoubyLou 🇬🇧🌹 @Duddiesmum]

@SaulStaniforth @SkyNews @JayneSeckerSky I assume you are 100% sure that these 20 people were militants or do you just believe everything the most 'moral army in the World' tells you. Give it a break will ya!

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

More than 30 UK charities are found to have funnelled millions to illegal Israeli settlements. ‘Labour’s Melanie Ward said that if gift aid were claimed against the donations in the usual way, it would mean taxpayers had subsidised illegal settlements to the tune of £5.6m, a situation she described as deplorable’ - @guardian @melanie_ward

[simon shadbolt @SimonShadbolt]

@PippaCrerar @jessicaelgot @kiranstacey “Pippa, with respect, you appear to have moved well beyond reporting and into advocacy” (Gordon Fielden)
Spot on!
Is there any reason you have moved away from journalism?
Certainly lost a lot of respect for you and The Guardian.

[simon shadbolt @SimonShadbolt]

@Wittal_Bubster2 @implausibleblog That quote is part of a tradition of chancellors handing over.

For example Tory chancellor Reginald Maudling, who bounced down the steps of the Treasury in 1964 to tell Jim Callaghan: “Sorry to leave it in such a mess, old cock.”

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

The Israeli military is extending its already sweeping forced displacement orders in Lebanon by telling residents in the Christian enclave of Tyre for the first time that their area is earmarked for attacks after claiming Hezbollah activity. The enclave has been spared strikes up until now. The Leb army investigated area last week and ruled out Hez presence 🧵

[USS Liberty Veterans Association @usslibertyvets]

A dynomite telling telling of our story in such a short amount of time. The story NO other member of Congress will even listen to.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

59 years ago today, Israel attacked the USS Liberty in international waters. 34 crew members were killed and 174 were wounded by the IDF.

Today, I spoke on the House floor to honor the fallen and to recognize the survivors who were present in the gallery.

[simon shadbolt @SimonShadbolt]

@KevinASchofield Isn’t that “prepares to try and oust him” ?
What evidence do yo7 have that this is a given?
Strange bit of journalism that doesn’t consider the alternatives.

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

Syed at his best. Uncontested malign disinformation is at crisis levels. But David Yelland’s coda is also on the money. The British right wing print media laid the foundations- it’s part ( and the Leave campaign) should not be forgotten.

[andy twelves @andytwelves]

Always take MattGPT’s “analysis” of school data with a pinch of salt - remember how he completely misunderstood and misrepresented primary school kids language data…

[simon shadbolt @SimonShadbolt]

@Hamza_a96 @BBCNews
Perhaps to meet your impartiality rules you could mention the 10,000 + Israel violations of the 2024 agreement, as reported by the UN (UNIFIL)
Any reason why you didn’t ?
Isn’t that in your Royal Charter?

[simon shadbolt @SimonShadbolt]

@Telegraph Is this the same Kristina Murkett who wrote in The Telegraph
“Disadvantaged white pupils fall behind because of parents, not schools” in January 2026

[simon shadbolt @SimonShadbolt]

@drdavidajames Despite the taxation there is still roughly the same number of independent schools in England now as in 2023.
Roughly 2450.
Can’t see this number reducing to nil over 10 years.
Around 80 private schools close anyway every year in England - on average over the last decade.

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger on Brexit: “Putin would have been absolutely delighted by our decision.”

“So would Xi. France has effectively eclipsed us. Brexit has marginalised us.” Most striking of all: “Just nobody mentions the UK.”

Very sad that Sir Alex Younger, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, born on July 4, 1963, died of pancreatic cancer on June 2, 2026, aged 62

[Mike H @mikoh123]

Keir Starmer - The grieving family have asked us not to respond in the way the leader of reform has responded. They have lost their son in the most appalling circumstances. They make a simple pledge free m us not to exploit that..his response is to appeal for rage.
#pmqs