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There is a lot of ill-informed commentary out there suggesting that the Afghan leak superinjunction is a story about transparency vs safety. That is not true, or at least it is not the full picture. Read the court judgments. This is a story about secrecy protecting some but

For the thousandth time, ‘Israel says’ is not journalism.

Except some may have died *because* of the secrecy. See below. One of the many reasons we should have a full inquiry. x.com/lewis_goodall/…

Shapps also says he couldn't tell the Intelligence and Security Committee, which is used to handling the most sensitive information in the heart of government , because then there was a risk of news of the leak spreading

On May 21st 2024 Mr Justice Chamberlain lifted the superinjunction in time for the general election. He said the "stifling of public debate" was not justified. The government appealed the decision and it remained in place

So many questions left unanswered in the Shapps interview 1) No satisfactory answer on ISC involvement. It wasn't the courts who decided, it was ministers. Hundreds of officials were across Whitehall were aware of the leak. This would have been Parliament's only means of

The Right, THEN : "Shamima Begun at 15 was old enough to know the consequences of their actions." The Right, NOW : "Voting at 16? But these kids aren't old enough to know the consequences of their actions !!"

It's Richard Branson's birthday today, so here's the story of how Virgin Records was one of progressive music's most pioneering labels in the 1970s... loudersound.com/features/a-bri…

This won’t go away: The British people have been kept in the dark for two years economist.com/leaders/2025/0… from The Economist

Pope Leo asks Netanyahu to end ‘tragic’ Gaza war after church strike: Patrick Hudson reports thetablet.co.uk/news/pope-leo-…

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Had the privilege of playing with the big man at both St Mirren and Hibs. A brilliant defender but an even better person. I still remember his strength to come back from back to back acl injuries to fulfil his dream of playing for Hibs. Get down if you can. Legend 💚

An outstanding edition of Folk on Foot featuring Chris Packham and Martin Simpson. Thank you to all at Folk on Foot for raising the bar yet again! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fol…

"Water companies have ‘cheated us out of £84 billion’ – Feargal Sharkey." And they have. channel4.com/news/water-com…

I'm going to try a little experiment. It's just gone 9:00am, London and parts of southern England are under an "Amber" weather warning, let's how long it takes for the sewage dumping to start and how it progresses over the next few hours. Oh look, it's only been raining for a

"Expected to recommend that Ofwat should be abolished in its current form and replaced with a new regulator that would have more powers to improve the environmental performance of companies.." Let's be very clear about this, any suggestion that Ofwat lacks authority or power is

Which part of your Judeo-Christian tradition compelled you to order - at cost to the tax payer- a mural of Childrens Disney cartoons to be painted over at an asylum centre for Children ?

Well that's odd. 24 hours ago The Westmorland Gazette posted a story about swimmers getting sick while taking part in the Great North Swim on Windermere. Apparently sewage was being dumped into the lake at the time. 1 day later the article has disappeared from their website.