I sympathise with Guardian readers, many of whom must be very confused by the news of a suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford after the Guardian has repeatedly said the UK government is an "opponent" of the war on Iran and has "refused to be drawn into the conflict" @medialens

Given the record breaking summer we've just had in the UK, I would strongly recommend Stephen Markley's climate novel The Deluge, which is one of the most important books I've ever read

Burnham could end up being more radical than expected but Hettie O'Brien's assertion that the prime minister has "strongly held principles" is laughable theguardian.com/news/ng-inte…

This is a golden opportunity for the climate movement to have a big impact on the debate: "Andy Burnham has plunged the plan for a third runway at Heathrow into doubt by privately telling MPs he has always opposed the project..." ft.com/content/0206443e-a4ca… @GreenRupertRead

'Anti-war campaigners slam Burnham’s arms support for Saudi Arabia'. Has any other national UK newspaper published criticism of Burnham supporting Saudi Arabia? morningstaronline.co.uk/arti… @medialens

"Mamdani overcame relentless hostility from the city’s power elite". My Q&A interview with Theodore Hamm about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City morningstaronline.co.uk/arti… @orbooks

Protest works. It's too late, and not enough, but the Foreign Secretary has confirmed the pro-Palestine movement in the UK played "an important role" in the government's change of direction hansard.parliament.uk/common… @medialens @stillawake

The propaganda timeline always starts with official enemy "them," attacking "us" or our allies and client states

My new Q&A interview with @HammerDaily about Zohran Mamdani, the new Mayor of New York City morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…

Ed Miliband served in Starmer's cabinet for 450 days while the UK military was flying daily reconnaissance missions over Gaza for the genocidal Israeli military He could have resigned at any time. It would have had a huge impact. Like Wes Streeting, he chose to abide by collective cabinet responsibility and serve in a government that was participating in genocide His action against Israel now only deals with West Bank - and completely ignores UK role in the Gaza genocide Do no venerate any of these people. They chose their careers over trying to stop the genocide. They should be investigated by ICC

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Interesting BBC radio documentary (from 1987) about UK-US intervention in the Greek civil war at the end of WW2 bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033jvj… @stillawake

'Labour’s new powers for customers to hold water companies to account are a “stitch-up”, campaigners have said, as utilities firms have been advising on how to implement it.' theguardian.com/business/202…

'More than 130 legal experts, including 18 king’s counsel (KCs), have written to Andy Burnham saying that sanctions on Israeli settlements “fall far short” of Britain’s obligations under the international court of justice’s (ICJ’s) finding' theguardian.com/politics/202…

Phillipson: Lab decided not to get involved in the US war on Iran Lab have let US planes take off from UK bases to bomb Iran & as PM Keir Starmer boasted that within 2hrs of the war starting RAF pilots were shooting down Iranian missiles. Does that sound like not being involved?

Could there be a clearer example of how capitalists discipline speech? And this isn't even "the free market." Audiences were willing to pay for tickets to see Macklemore on the bill. THEY weren't canceling tickets. Property owners just vetoed consumer preferences.

The Guardian's foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall urges NATO to threaten to bomb military sites in Russia. Hugely dangerous, of course theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Deeply disappointing. Assisted Dying and improved palliative care are not alternative options - we urgently need them both. theguardian.com/society/2026…