Report: Palestine Action's retrial is rigged against them.

Reportedly:

the jury must not know the trial is for terrorism charges & that long prison terms are possible;

UK media are banned from reporting the above;

the 6 must not explain their motives for damaging Israeli weapons factories.

Arguably, Palestine Action is being targeted bcz of its effectiveness & in providing a model for activism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkzxhQU6QIM

#UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Israel #news #PalestineAction .

Reeves steps up criticism of Trump’s Iran war, branding it a ‘mistake’

UK chancellor tells US audience she is ‘not convinced that this conflict has made the world a safer place’

The Guardian

“The question is not whether you like or dislike the Iranian regime – I strongly dislike the Iranian regime – but how to achieve the change that you want to achieve," Reeves said.

She went on to add that #Iran did not currently have a nuclear weapon and the best way to prevent the #Tehran regime from getting one was through diplomacy rather than conflict."
#Iranwar
#UKpol
https://www.itv.com/news/2026-04-15/im-not-going-to-yield-starmer-responds-to-pressure-from-trump-over-iran-war

In Donald Trump, we have had a taste of what Farage’s Britain would look like

What is unfolding in the United States is not an isolated phenomenon. It is a warning of what happens when populism meets power.

The London Economic

Yall, I think #Brexit may have been a bad idea 😅

#Brexit #EUPOL #ukpol

UK Palantir commons debate is tomorrow.

Here's something you could do, if you fancy.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bAf63NKBI9o

#Palantir #UkPol

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Really liking the idea of all kids getting free school meals. Significant reduction in admin bother, and removes stigma for the kids who need them. Nice one Green Party.
https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/04/14/greens-announce-measures-to-end-the-affordability-crisis-and-normalisation-of-foodbank-use/

#GreenParty #poverty #FreeSchoolMeals #UKPol

Greens announce measures to end the affordability crisis and  ‘normalisation’ of foodbank use  - Green Party

The Green Party has warned that the use of foodbanks in the UK has become ‘normalised’, pointing to the fact that around 6.5 million people a year turn to charitable food providers and that one in five people doing so are from a working household [1].  In 2025, 2.9 million emergency food parcels were provided to people facing hardship across the UK between April 2024 and March 2025, with more than […]

Green Party

RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116409191109599856

Even Keir Starmer is weakly muttering "No, I won't" to Donald Trump on his demands over the Strait of Hormuz

Probably helps that we don't have the boats to help with anyway....

#Trump #KeirStarmer #Starmer #UKPol #UKpolitics