Yearly Archives: 2025

British and Irish bars join hands to condemn Lammy’s jury plan

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The four bars of England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are ‘standing as one in opposition’ to the UK government’s proposal to restrict the right to a jury trial. 

Lord chancellor and justice secretary David Lammy will next year attempt to push through proposals to deal with what he has described as a ‘courts emergency’. Under his ‘swift courts’ plan, judges in England and Wales will sit alone to hear cases with a possible sentence of three years or less. 

The proposal, which will require primary legislation, has attracted widespread criticism. Now the bars of England and Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland have expressed its ‘deep concern’ and urged the government to change course.

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Hunger striker supporters smash Labour Party HQ windows and cover building in red paint

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Labour’s London HQ covered in red paint, December 29, 2025

A NEW activist group for the Palestine Action hunger strikers covered the Labour Party’s south London headquarters with red paint and broke windows today.

Justice For The Hunger-Strikers took action a day after reports that the prisoners are losing the ability to speak and stand without passing out.

A spokesperson for the group said: “Today is day 57 of refusing food for hunger striker Heba Muraisi.

“Their condition is critical, but the Labour government has failed to intervene in any way to save the lives of unconvicted prisoners, who face harsher treatment due to the policitised nature of their detention and the proscription of Palestine Action. 

“We hold the government and the Labour Party responsible for the welfare of the hunger-striking prisoners, and we will take direct action in support of them, and in solidarity with the Palestinian people, whose blood they have on their hands. 

“The carelessness and callousness of this Labour government will not shield them, and we will continue taking action until there has been justice for the hunger strikers and for the Palestinians.”

Eight activists went on hunger strike while awaiting trial for alleged break-ins or criminal damage. Four continue their protest.

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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
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Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
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UN experts urge UK to protect lives of pro-Palestine hunger strikers

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Supporters gather with banners and slogans outside the Royal Courts of Justice while the judicial review of the Palestine Action ban under the Terrorism Act continues inside the building in London, United Kingdom on November 26, 2025. [Zeynep Demir – Anadolu Agency]

United Nations experts have called on Britain to protect the lives and rights of detained pro-Palestine activists who are on hunger strike.

In a written statement issued on Sunday, the UN experts said that eight pro-Palestine activists imprisoned in Britain have been on an open-ended hunger strike since 2 November. 

They expressed deep concern about the detainees’ lives and their fundamental rights.

“We call on Britain to protect the lives and rights of detained pro-Palestine hunger strikers,” the statement said.

The experts noted that “Hunger strike is often a measure of last resort by people who believe that their rights to protest and effective remedy have been exhausted.”

The statement warned that the health of the hunger strikers has deteriorated significantly as they enter their second month without food. It stated that they face “critical risk of serious complications, including organ failure, irreversible neurological damage, cardiac arrhythmias and death.”

The UN experts urged British authorities to “ensure timely access to emergency and hospital care when clinically indicated, refrain from actions that may amount to pressure or retaliation, and respect medical ethics.”

OPINION: From Guantanamo to UK prisons: In solidarity with the hunger strikers

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Genocide denier and Current UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is quoted that he supports Zionism without qualification. He also confirms that UK air force support has been essential in Israel’s mass-murdering genocide. Includes URLs https://www.declassifieduk.org/keir-starmers-100-spy-flights-over-gaza-in-support-of-israel/ and https://youtu.be/O74hZCKKdpA
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
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‘This is our future,’ climate adviser warns as 2025 to break heat records

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Rising temperatures in the UK will become “the new normal”, a leading government climate adviser has warned, as she called for more to be done to prepare for the impacts of climate change.

It comes as the Met Office revealed 2025 was on course to be the UK’s hottest year since records began, with climate change continuing to drive higher temperatures.

With just over a week still to go, the average UK air temperature across 2025 is on track to end up at about 10.05C, which would edge out the current record of 10.03C from 2022.

“This is our future, encapsulated in data,” Professor Rachel Kyte told the BBC.

“Now the question is ‘how are we going to prepare ourselves and build our resilience to this?'”

A lack of rainfall and persistent warmth left the country vulnerable to droughts and wildfires through the spring and summer.

While temperatures vary naturally from year to year, scientists could not be clearer that human-caused climate change is driving the UK’s rapidly warming trend.

“The pollution [carbon dioxide] we’ve put in for the last 20-30 years is now what is driving this warmth, and so not curbing emissions well enough means we’re going to continue to see these kinds of impacts,” Prof Kyte, the UK’s special representative for climate, said.

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Donald Trump urges you to be a Climate Science denier like him. He says that he makes millions and millions for destroying the planet, Burn, Baby, Burn and Flood, Baby, Flood.
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Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.
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