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Communitarian social democrat. Roman Catholic. Interests in literature, history, philosophy and collecting vinyl records.

  • Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act

  • Yes, in the same sense that I deny the existence of unicorns. I'm also a unicorn-denier.

  • Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act

  • He's said a lot since October 7th and before it.

    A selection of more recent ones by running a search for his tweets using the word 'Hamas'

    https://x.com/richimedhurst/status/1802965814053670956

    Hamas' Qassam Brigades are guerilla fighters engaged in armed struggle against an occupying power, which is their right under international law.

    https://x.com/richimedhurst/status/1795133769172623378

    The only men on this planet willing to do something about children being murdered in Gaza are to be found in Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Resistance Axis. So obviously the Western Zionist media have no answer but to frame these Resistance fighters as "terrorists"

    https://x.com/richimedhurst/status/1794489366276194554

    Hamas have just captured a group of Israeli soldiers

    LOL

    https://x.com/richimedhurst/status/1792472920029012293

    Iran’s president and foreign minister have died.

    If it is an act of God, there is naught we can say. If it was an act of treachery, this will not deter or hinder the Resistance.

    Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah have always become stronger after losses like this.

    The struggle continues.

    https://x.com/richimedhurst/status/1785809457194188820

    Why do you denounce Hamas and Hezbollah?

    Do you also denounce the French resistance when you condemn the Nazis?

    I'm so bored of Westerners comparing the only armed front that Palestinians/Arabs have to their oppressors, and acting like this is some kind of nuanced comment

    https://x.com/richimedhurst/status/1781613656238620939

    They hate Iran, Syria, Hamas, Hezbollah, etc. because they fight back. Because they refuse to roll over when the Israelis and Americans snap their fingers.

    That is the only reason, and nothing else.

  • Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act

  • He also regularly writes for and appears on Al Mayadeen (Hezbollah affiliates), the Iranian Regime's Press TV, and Russia Today.

    And yes, you would be correct if you guessed his views on Syria's Bashar al-Assad based on this information.

  • Five jailed for taking direct action against Israel’s war crimes in Gaza

  • So it's not an Elbit Systems factory, it's a separate French-owned company which owner company has a separate contract with Elbit Systems, and the article doesn't actually say what this particular factory produces, who it sells to, or what the financial value of it is.

    Great. Really cleared that up.

    How much of the UK's annual total of £18.2m in arms exports to Israel comes from this factory?

  • Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act

  • Also if committing massacres made the PLO a terror group

    No, it's when you commit terrorist acts that you become a terrorist group. Like the PLO did, repeatedly, over many many years, and bragged about.

    Terrorists are by definition non-state actors.

    And yes I've seen the Pallywood stuff coming out of Gaza just like everyone else has. It's the same bullshit they pull every time they cross a line and find their shit getting pushed in by Israel like in Lebanon in 1982.

    receives billions in funding and weapons from the US and UK

    In 2023 total UK arms exports to Israel totalled £18.2 million. We do not provide them with foreign financial assistance.

    So you were only off by a little bit.

    In 2023 Israel received approx. £3.3 bn in foreign assistance from the USA, the large majority loaned to purchase US supplies of both defensive and offensive munitions. That same year, Egypt also received about £1.5 bn in foreign assistance from the USA, Jordan £1.7 bn, etc.

    As I said it is a form of political repression.

    Yes, that's why it's good

  • Farage set to make third visit to US in two months since elected Reform MP

  • Taking his day job seriously, I see

  • Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act

  • Five jailed for taking direct action against Israel’s war crimes in Gaza

  • What weapons?

  • Five jailed for taking direct action against Israel’s war crimes in Gaza

  • I don't agree with their methods or their objectives, so I don't see anything to praise here as 'brave'.

  • Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act

  • Only a handful of countries consider Hamas a terror group. Funnily enough these are the same countries that are complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

    Those are also more or less the only countries I'd trust to be able to correctly identify a terrorist group.

    This is a “leopards ate my face” law. It’s fine until you get caught up in it however unlikely that appears now.

    I simply don't support terrorist organisations. It isn't difficult.

  • Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act

  • I don't have a problem with any element of that law.

    I'm profoundly comfortable with people being arrested and imprisoned for substantial sentences for expressing support for Hamas and similar Jihadi terror groups.

  • Thames Water barred from billing customers for pension shortfall

  • Well, bit of good news for you there – included in Labour's Kings Speech was a bill to make CEOs of water companies individually criminally liable in egregious cases of sewage pollution etc.

  • Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act

  • Good, for months now he's openly expressed his support and encouragement for a proscribed terrorist organisation, i.e. Hamas. He's not ambiguous about this: he thinks October 7th was great and that Hamas should do it again. He literally travelled to Iran and posted photos next to IRGC rockets and missiles with the caption "Long live the resistance".

    He's not a journalist. He's a vicious antisemite who takes pleasure in attacking Jews and is a proud and unrepentant promoter and supporter of terrorism.

    Throw away the key. I don't know why he's allowed into the country at all.

  • Five jailed for taking direct action against Israel’s war crimes in Gaza

  • Tends to happen when you knowingly break the law

  • Starmer urges Iran to 'refrain from attacking Israel' in 'rare' phone call with country's president | World News

  • You realise that cartoon came from a far-right Neo-Nazi forum, right?

    And you realise what that does to this conversation?

  • Starmer urges Iran to 'refrain from attacking Israel' in 'rare' phone call with country's president | World News

  • No, I mean comparing the State of Israel to the Nazis.

    The World Jewish Congress link explains why that’s antisemitic. You should read it so you can work on overcoming your own bigotries.

  • Civil servants cannot wear ‘fetish gear’ to work, minister confirms

  • I cannot believe this even needed to be clarified in the first place

  • Bluesky: Social media site reports surge in new UK users after Elon Musk's riot comments

  • Yeah probably. Most ‘big’ accounts aren’t on Mastodon anyway though, they’re on Threads.

  • Bluesky: Social media site reports surge in new UK users after Elon Musk's riot comments

  • Neither Mastodon or Bluesky ever really clicked with me, although I’ve tried and will continue to use both, but I enjoy using Threads because there’s so much cool non-political content there. My feed is archaeologists or astronomists, historians writers and photographers. It being able to connect up to the Fediverse is cool too.

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    Stonehenge: Central Altar Stone from Scotland not Wales

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/c207lqdn755o
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    Urgent tests underway after Walsall canal cyanide spill

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cgrj2g29kzxo
  • British History @feddit.uk
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    The plague may have wiped out most northern Europeans 5000 years ago

    www.newscientist.com /article/2439016-the-plague-may-have-wiped-out-most-northern-europeans-5000-years-ago/
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    Attack submarines stuck in port waiting for maintenance

    www.thetimes.com /uk/defence/article/attack-submarines-stuck-in-port-waiting-for-maintenance-jmgs5kn3x
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    Almost 500 chemicals found in England’s rivers and groundwater

    www.theguardian.com /environment/article/2024/aug/06/almost-500-chemicals-found-in-englands-rivers-and-groundwater
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    Elon Musk calls PM ‘two-tier Keir’ over police response to UK riots

    www.theguardian.com /technology/article/2024/aug/06/elon-musk-calls-pm-two-tier-keir-over-police-response-to-uk-riots
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    Government ‘appalled’ that UNRWA staff may have been involved in Israel attacks

    www.independent.co.uk /news/uk/unrwa-government-israel-david-lammy-foreign-office-b2591970.html
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    Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders unite to condemn UK riots

    www.thetimes.com /uk/religion/article/christian-jewish-and-muslim-leaders-unite-to-condemn-uk-riots-90wfm7vdn
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    Catholic leaders condemn racist violence in Great Britain

    cruxnow.com /church-in-uk-and-ireland/2024/08/catholic-leaders-condemn-racist-violence-in-great-britain
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Nine UNRWA staff may have been involved in Oct. 7 attack on Israel, says UN

    www.reuters.com /world/middle-east/nine-unrwa-staff-may-have-been-involved-oct-7-attack-israel-says-un-2024-08-05/
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    IDF uncovers Hamas-built drive-through tunnel on Gaza-Egypt border

    www.telegraph.co.uk /world-news/2024/08/04/idf-uncovers-hamas-tunnel-for-vehicles-gaza-egypt-border/
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    Famine declared in Sudan’s Darfur

    www.semafor.com /article/08/02/2024/famine-declared-in-sudans-darfur
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    UK riots LIVE: Clashes break out in Manchester, Liverpool and Hull - boys as young as 11 arrested

    www.mirror.co.uk /news/uk-news/uk-riots-live-least-15-33386398
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    Lost area of Welsh rainforest to be returned to ancient glory

    www.theguardian.com /environment/article/2024/jul/15/lost-area-of-welsh-rainforest-to-be-returned-to-ancient-glory
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    Six people arrested after machete fight in Southend-on-Sea

    www.telegraph.co.uk /news/2024/07/31/machete-fight-in-southend-on-sea/
  • UK Politics @feddit.uk
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    Met Police failed to solve a single neighbourhood crime in 166 areas in three years

    www.mirror.co.uk /news/uk-news/met-police-failed-solve-single-33255376
  • Christians UK @feddit.uk
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    Report: 8,000 Nigerian Christians murdered in worst year for Islamist attacks

    catholicherald.co.uk /eight-thousand-nigerian-christians-murdered-in-worst-single-year-for-islamist-attacks-says-report/
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    Prayers for all affected by stabbings in Southport

    www.thetablet.co.uk /news/19090/prayers-for-all-affected-by-stabbings-in-southport