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Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 retweeted
🇵🇸 🏎️@LewisHamilton:
Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton visited Egypt's border with Gaza on Tuesday to observe the humanitarian aid effort for the territory.
Hamilton toured the Rafah border crossing and Egyptian Red Crescent warehouses in the city of El Arish, which borders Gaza, during his visit, local authorities said.
The British driver was also briefed on the process of preparing and coordinating humanitarian supplies before they are transported to Gaza. The 41-year-old is a longstanding supporter of humanitarian and charitable causes.
Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 retweeted
Un 11 de noviembre de 1917, solo 4 días después de la Revolución de Octubre, el gobierno bolchevique establecía la jornada laboral de 8 horas y 6 horas para trabajos peligrosos, por primera vez en la historia.
En 1929, la jornada laboral en la URSS se reduciría todavía más a 7 horas y las vacaciones pasarían a ser pagadas para todos los trabajadores, el alquiler se decretó por ley en 1926 a un máximo de un 3% del salario del trabajador.
Más de 100 AÑOS después, esto sigue siendo una quimera bajo el capitalismo.
Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 retweeted
Lewis Hamilton visits the Rafah border 🇪🇬 to inspect aid meant for Gaza 🇵🇸
Lewis is forcing media to cover aid blocked from reaching Gaza 🇵🇸
Standing for the oppressed
There are those with elevated positions who are silent to genocide
Then there is Lewis
Shining a light.
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Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 retweeted
400,000 are out on the streets of Barcelona protesting for affordable housing.
People are sick of rip off landlords and astronomical house prices, all over Europe.
Tabloids like The Sun normalised sexualising underage girls like Charlotte Church and Emma Watson by counting down to their 16th birthdays.
Is this why people like Brand, Walliams, Chris Moyle and God knows who else thought it was acceptable?
theguardian.com/media/2011/d…
While Walliams and Brand are in the news, I’d like to know why Bill Wyman, who at 47 said of his future bride - then a child- Mandy Smith: “She took my breath away ... she was a woman at thirteen”. She said they had sex when she was 14. Married at 18. Why did he get a free pass?
How Britain’s already discredited security service fed on Sinophobia and destroyed an innocent man’s life because they wanted to make him an example to others.
Acquitted 'China spy': I was fall guy for security services bbc.in/3VkcnfZ
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Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 retweeted
Britain cannot credibly claim that it is imposing sanctions on Israeli settlements while letting contracts continue through the back door.
This is outrageous and frankly insulting to the public. We need proper sanctions on Israel, now.
aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/1…
Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 retweeted
Seems a great time to draw attention to Charlie Broker's excellent Russell Brand takedown in 2015
Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 retweeted
So let me get this straight.
The only thing publicly confirmed is that Jensen Huang admitted to having an affair.
The U.S. government has not publicly confirmed that the woman was acting for Chinese intelligence.
Nvidia says it has no reason to believe company secrets or national security were compromised.
And Axios still runs:
“The human side of China’s espionage operations.”
Amazing.
So the formula is now:
Chinese woman + affair + suspicion = confirmed Chinese espionage narrative.
Then bury the actual disclaimer halfway down the article under “Reality check.”
Headline first. Evidence later.
That is not journalism, it is Sinophobia with an editor.
Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 retweeted
That shoddy deal belongs in the bin.
It’s barely changed from the deal ministers already rejected: creditors pay £1bn to dodge sewage and leakage fines until 2030, then cash out on the stock market.
Nothing screams ‘neoliberalism’ like privatised water. Thames Water is the key to ending it and bringing water back into public ownership.
Don’t fudge this.
The BBC Israel Would Say Files. The full results are in for both broadcast and articles.
Analysis of 267 broadcast interviews between October 2023 and October 2026:
- BBC presenters put Israel's case, in Israel's name, to guests criticising Israel's conduct in Gaza in 252 separate interviews.
- They put the Palestinian case, in its name, to guests defending Israel's conduct in 15.
- To better portray this disparity, our compilation of the BBC defending Israel in their own words now runs at 48 mins 12 secs. Our compilation of the BBC defending Palestinians in their own words runs at 2 mins 38 secs.
- The plainest form, “Israel would say”, was put to critics in 75 interviews. “Palestinians [or any Palestinian group] would say” was put to defenders in 4.
- 10 of the 15 Palestinian cases came in the first six weeks after 7 October 2023, and 5 in the three years after. Presenters were still putting Israel's case to critics in 2026.
- The above point suggests an editorial shift to stop conveying what Palestinians are saying, but to continue conveying what "Israel would say".
Analysis of 1,618 written articles, from October 2023 to October 2026:
- When an article reported criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza, the BBC added Israel's position 49% of the time (1,771 of 3,648 claims).
- When an article reported Israel's claims, the BBC added a Palestinian or UN position 38% of the time (914 of 2,431). A Palestinian position alone: 25%.
- Put the two official sides side by side. When the authorities in Gaza made a claim against Israel, the BBC added Israel's position 58% of the time (334 of 575). When Israel's government or army made a claim, the BBC added a Palestinian or UN position 39% of the time (855 of 2,165).
- Article by article: 71% of the articles reporting criticism of Israel gave Israel's position at least once. 53% of the articles reporting Israel's claims gave a Palestinian or UN position.
- In other words, in almost half of the articles where Israel makes a claim, it goes completely uncontested.
The full report, including every single broadcast and article in the corpus, can be found here, completely free of charge: newscord.org/editorials/bbc-…
Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 retweeted
🚨BREAKING
The Financial Times has just revealed that Thames Water’s US hedge fund creditors are close to agreeing a ‘last and final’ deal to take over the company.
A handover to US hedge funds. A continuation of the privatised chaos. And a huge reward for the people who have run our water into the ground.
The deal would see them allowed to pollute our rivers and seas without consequence - in exchange for an upfront payoff.
This deal is absolutely outrageous, in every regard.
112 MPs have already called for special administration of Thames Water.
A cross-party group of MPs - who scrutinise the Environment Department - have said that the creditors’ proposal should be rejected and Thames Water should be brought into special administration.
And the former Environment Secretary rejected a previous version of the creditors’ deal in June. This new version is not better in any way.
@andyburnham promised to reverse Thatcher’s legacy of privatisation. He promised public control of life’s essentials.
This really is the moment of truth for Andy Burnham. If he allows the water supply of 16 million people to be sold off to US hedge funds - how can we take him seriously about any of his promises?
NO DEAL to the Thames Water creditors. Special administration now.
I realise it's unlikely to lead anywhere meaningful, but watching the House clerk read out Hegseth's impeachment charges will help me sleep more soundly tonight.
Palantir buying access
Cressida Dick working for Palantir raises the same concerns I’ve expressed about Tom Watson.
What does a company gain when it recruits a former Labour deputy leader or a former Metropolitan Police commissioner? Their experience, yes. But also their contacts, influence and the authority associated with the offices they held.
This ‘revolving door’ corrodes confidence in politics, public service generally and in institutions such as the police.
Read more here: thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
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This kind of predatory capitalism, bleeding a company like Poundland of its assets and throwing workers in the bin, should be made illegal. Why it is allowed tells us a lot about those who govern us.
Exclusive: In a message to staff, Poundland’s boss hails an £86m turnaround in the retailer’s fortunes.
But for almost two weeks, Poundland has been unable to buy new stock because its owner, Gordon Brothers, has restricted access to funding.
The business is selling what it has but cannot replenish its shelves. And administration looms.
What a mess. Full story 👇
itv.com/news/2026-11-08/poun…
