Kelly Cheesman

Music:Tide lines, Skerryvore, Braw, Runrig, Take That, Rugby union

[Artur Nadolny @ArturNadol7566]

22 YEARS LATER AND NOBODY HAS ANSWERED FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO DR DAVID KELLY

His name was Dr David Kelly. Most people have forgotten him. They shouldn't.

He was a quiet, mild-mannered scientist who spent his career inspecting weapons facilities around the world.

He knew more about Iraq's arsenal than almost anyone alive.

In 2003, Tony Blair's @InstituteGC government published a dossier claiming Saddam Hussein could deploy chemical weapons within 45 minutes. That claim was used to justify a war.

Kelly knew the intelligence behind it was being exaggerated. He said so, privately, to a @BBCNews journalist.

That one conversation destroyed his life.

The government found out he was the source. Instead of protecting a man who had served his country for decades, they quietly let his name reach the press. He was publicly identified, dragged before two parliamentary committees, and grilled by his own employer.

His wife said he came home a broken man.

On the afternoon of 17 July 2003, he left his house for a walk in the Oxfordshire countryside. He was 59 years old. He never came back.

His body was found the next morning in woodland. A knife beside him. A blister pack of painkillers nearby.

Here is where it gets worse.

Tony Blair personally intervened to replace the normal coroner's inquest with a private inquiry run by Lord Hutton.

The original inquest was suspended before it even properly began. It was never resumed. To this day,

Dr David Kelly is the only person in England and Wales in living memory to have died in unexplained circumstances without receiving a full coroner's inquest.

Lord Hutton concluded suicide. Case closed.

Except eight senior doctors and a former coroner wrote to @thetimes saying the verdict was medically unsafe.

The wound found on Kelly's wrist, a severed ulnar artery, would not cause fatal blood loss in a healthy person.

There were no fingerprints on the knife. The painkillers found were not in a quantity that experts considered lethal.

The government's response, delivered by Attorney General Dominic Grieve in 2011, was essentially: the Hutton Inquiry was good enough, stop asking questions.

Think about that. A man quietly raised concerns about the biggest political deception in modern British history, a war that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He was publicly exposed, professionally destroyed, and found dead days later and the government personally made sure there would never be a proper independent investigation into how he died.

Tony Blair went on to become a Middle East Peace Envoy. He has a knighthood.

Dr David Kelly got a private inquiry, a rushed verdict, and a sealed post-mortem report that was not released to the public for years.

Nobody was ever held accountable. Not for any of it.

This story should be on the front page every single year. Share it if you think it matters.

Sources: @BBCNews @guardian @thetimes @PrivateEyeNews

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

This is not a detainment camp in World War II, nor a prison in the Holocaust, this is Gaza. A chilling reminder that history repeats.

A holocaust is happening right before our eyes and the world is silent

[Nadeem Ahmed @Muqadaam]

“When is the British government going to impose sanctions on Israel for its endless violations of international law?”

Retweet if you agree with Corbyn

[Kelly Cheesman @kelproth1982]

@wearetidelines sorry fellas, me again! I wonder if you could do your cover of ‘dignity’ tonight? Ah-puh-lease?! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶

[Kelly Cheesman @kelproth1982]

@wearetidelines soooo looking forward to the gig later! I’ll be the one cheering loudest…. ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶

[Kelly Cheesman @kelproth1982]

@wearetidelines ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Kelly Cheesman @kelproth1982]

@Runrig1973 Rory, what do you think of Tide Lines? I personally think they’re awesome, my first Scottish folk rock experience: Runrig, forever grateful ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶

[Nadeem Ahmed @Muqadaam]

“Enough. Stop equivocating. Stop aiding ethnic cleansing. Stop arming Israel”

Retweet if you agree with Corbyn

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Whether it's the UK, or the US, The Apprentice has a lot to answer for...

[Kelly Cheesman @kelproth1982]

@wearetidelines afternoon! Just wanted to let you guys know: you’re all absolutely freaking amazing! Keep making music, please, thank you! ❤️🎶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

A real shame if this photo went viral again today.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Stealing jewellery from refugees fleeing violence and persecution.

Echoing the darkest moments of Europe's past.

This Labour government is sick.

Don't vote for these monsters. Vote Green.

https://t.co/xLmes2qQjj

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

There's not enough words to describe the contempt we should have for a Labour Government who thinks people like this should represent them - let alone cabinet ministers.

Where are the MPs with decency and basic humanity? Where are their red lines?

Beyond time to speak up.

[Kelly Cheesman @kelproth1982]

Another fantastic evening of amazing music in Bristol with @wearetidelines you guys never disappoint, Thankyou! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶

[Howard Beckett @HowardRBeckett]

The Freedom Flotilla surrounded by 20 🇮🇱 vessels, 70 nautical miles off Gaza 🇵🇸 coast.

Piracy 🇮🇱 against 50 boats from 44 countries attacked in international waters

For seeking to stop a genocide

No western media outcry. Silence from western ‘leaders’

Share their bravery.

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

Mass murderer Tony Blair set to administer post-genocide Gaza

"War criminals are proposing a war criminal as head of.... Gaza." That was the verdict of Yanis Varoufakis over Blair's role in Gaza
https://t.co/xq9q0j3dLS

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

BREAKING: Israeli attack on flotilla underway 'within the hour'

A fleet of Israeli vessels are approaching the boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla as we speak - with crew saying an attack is imminent. @skwawkbox reports #GlobalSumudFlotilla
https://t.co/szSxeOGGaQ

[Howard Beckett @HowardRBeckett]

No one should be in any doubt.

The attack by 🇮🇱 on the largest Freedom Folitilla in modern history is act of terrorism in international waters.

It is an act of piracy.

It is a crime against Gaza 🇵🇸
An attack on freedom
An attack on humanity.

Israel 🇮🇱 is a terrorist state.

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

I've contacted the Foreign Secretary over Israel's interception of the Flotilla taking humanitarian aid to Gaza, which includes British citizens & ships sailing under the British flag.

Our Government must immediately condemn this & demand the safe release of all those on board.

[Sinn Féin @sinnfeinireland]

🚨BREAKING🚨
Sinn Féin Senator Chris Andrews has been illegally detained by armed Israeli forces in international waters while on board the Global Sumud flotilla.

The flotilla is a peaceful humanitarian mission carrying food and aid to Gaza.

@chrisandrews64