The 🇮🇱 flag was included in the London Eye New Year’s display. The Star of David wasn’t removed. The flags were small, animated and part of a sequence forming the Union Flag. Visibility issues affected several blue & white flags, not Israel alone. No evidence this was antisemitic
🚨 JD Vance is now claiming that when settlers arrived in the New World, they “found widespread child sacrifice” and that “Christian civilization ended the practice.”
Archaeologists and historians, including experts in North American Indigenous history, say this is a complete fabrication. There is zero evidence of widespread child sacrifice among First Nations.
This isn’t a slip.
It’s racist revisionism dressed up as patriotism.
And it tells you exactly how far they’ll go to rewrite history to justify oppression.
#OTD Friday 25th November 1983
4️⃣0️⃣ years ago
The first UK national TV appearance for The Fall.
The Tube, Channel 4
Introduced by Jools Holland & John Peel. Remastered clip.
Something to dance to, Smile!😍
#TheFall#JohnPeel
We are calling for all taxpayer-funded support for Boris Johnson, as a former PM, to be withdrawn.
Bereaved families should not be expected to subsidise the lifestyle of the man whose decisions led to the deaths of our loved ones.
Sign our petition: https://t.co/kqsrZnt6uo
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has found that the response of the UK government was a repeated case of ‘too little, too late'. Thousands died unnecessarily because of their inability to do the job they'd been entrusted to do.
You know those national appeals that have gone out in the past in aid of war victims? Is there a national appeal on behalf of the people described here (below), returning to their destroyed homes?
'Priti Patel, Suella Braverman and James Cleverly presided over a surge in the cost of providing accommodation for asylum seekers, which means the cost of ten year contracts, estimated at £4.5 billion in 2019, is set to rise to £15.3 billion by 2029.'
This is today — the Israeli army continues turning Palestinian homes to rubble during what’s supposed to be a “ceasefire.”
It’s deliberate destruction and collective punishment.
A Virginia couple has gone to court to try to block Trump from proceeding with the demolition of the White House's East Wing.
Charles and Judith Voorhees has filed a motion in Washington federal court, asking a judge to halt any further damage to the White House while the legality of the project is assessed.
https://t.co/0WYvnt151m
The Global Sumud Flotilla is still sailing, despite having been approached twice by unidentified vessels - believed to be Israeli navy - in the night.
Updates:
- It is now approaching 110 nautical miles of Gaza, close the point at which the Madleen was intercepted in June. (The Handala got closer than this, in July).
- Some participants have been able to get a little bit of sleep - which is good, as depriving them of this could be an Israeli tactic.
- The flotilla is currently 41 boats sailing together, with one more attempting to catch up (but some way behind).
- One boat diverged off course in the night, and has now been removed from the tracker, suggesting it has left the mission.
- Two observer boats, Shireen and Summertime, have hung back to avoid interception.
- Life Support, the Italian NGO boat, said yesterday that it would also stop at an agreed point, as its mission is to observe and support the flotilla, but not to go all the way. Marine tracking data suggests it stopped yesterday.
- The Italian naval frigate is believed to have left.
- Spanish media has reported that Spain’s boat may be keeping a distance from the flotilla, but remains nearby. It will reportedly continue to 24 miles from the coast of Gaza, where territorial waters begin.
- The location of Turkey's frigate is unknown.
He was known for his postmodern buildings in London, in particular the MI6 headquarters building in Vauxhall and TV-am studio in Camden https://t.co/5VhZpMuarz