… on a quiet day, I can hear her breathing

  • Corbyn and Polanski to attend pre-Budget march to Downing Street

    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/corbyn-and-polanski-attend-pre-budget-march-downing-street

    Jeremy Corbyn addresses campaigners from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign taking part in a protest outside Downing Street, London, September 9, 2025

    JEREMY CORBYN and Zack Polanski will take part in a March Against Austerity demonstration the day before the Budget next week.

    The former Labour leader and Green Party leader will call on the government to put a halt to cuts to council and public services on Tuesday.

    The demonstration organised by a coalition of trade unions, campaigns and councillors from across the capital will gather at 6pm on Victoria Embankment before marching to Downing Street.

    Mr Polanski said that PM Andy Burnham has said “he wants to bring back hope, but so far he’s all talk… We need to tax the super rich and end austerity.”

    Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC, NatWest Group and Santander are all set to unveil stronger third quarterly profits in the same week that Chancellor John Healey is expected to target them with a tax hike in his autumn Budget statement on Wednesday.

    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/corbyn-and-polanski-attend-pre-budget-march-downing-street

  • Greens back STUC plans for frequent flyer levy

    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/greens-back-stuc-plans-frequent-flyer-levy

    ‘We all want first-class public services and the frequent flyer levy is a direct route to funding them’

    THE Scottish Greens have backed STUC calls for a new tax on frequent fliers to cut the cost of travelling by bus and train.

    The plans, first outlined by the STUC’s landmark 2023 Raising Taxes to Deliver for Scotland report, suggested the levy could not only raise as much as £50 million and act as a progressive replacement for the present flat air departure tax.

    Scottish Green co-leader Gillian Mackay said the party “believe in taxing wealth, and protecting our planet.”

    “A frequent flyer levy would allow us to do both of those, while cutting the cost of public transport and investing in services that communities across Scotland urgently need,” she said.

    Arguing the cash raised could be “invested in cheaper train tickets, better public transport and continuing to cut the cost of bus travel until we have a service that is free for everyone,” she added: “With public finances under pressure, the answer cannot be to ask ordinary working people to pay more or accept cuts.

    …

    Article continues at https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/greens-back-stuc-plans-frequent-flyer-levy

  • 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. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel's genocide.
    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. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
    Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.
    Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.
    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.

  • UK universities worked together to suppress pro-Palestine activism, report reveals

    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-universities-worked-together-suppress-pro-palestine-activism-report-reveals

    Pro-Palestinian student protesters outside King’s College London during an inter-university march for Gaza in London on 7 October 2025 (AFP)

    British universities and security networks coordinated with government officials and private intelligence, Amnesty International says

    British universities worked together to suppress pro-Palestine activism on student campuses, a new report has revealed.

    Amnesty International on Tuesday published its Silencing Dissent report, which found that UK universities actively worked together to stop students protesting their universities’ ties to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

    Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosures examined in the report found that universities “were not acting in isolation when responding to Palestine solidarity protest, but are operating within a network which encouraged repressive responses”.

    FOI-obtained messages showed university administrators discussing disciplinary measures, including injunctions to stop protests and referring student protesters to the UK’s Prevent counterterrorism programme.

    …

    The report notes that at least nine universities received threat briefings from private intelligence firms, including Horus Security Consultancy Ltd, Mitie Intelligence Hub and the risk specialist Global Situational Awareness (GSA).

    Intelligence updates routinely classified non-violent student actions with severe threat levels.

    …

    Original article at https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-universities-worked-together-suppress-pro-palestine-activism-report-reveals

    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. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel's genocide.
    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. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.

  • Revealed: Palantir led secret review of how the MoD spends billions

    https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-palantir-led-secret-review

    The Ministry of Defence asked the controversial US tech firm how to fix its procurement rules. Its answer? Fewer obstacles for companies like Palanti

    Palantir led a closed-door review of how the Ministry of Defence buys software at the same time as the ministry handed the controversial US tech firm a £240m contract without competition, Democracy for Sale can reveal.

    The review, presented personally to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir’s UK boss Louis Mosley in February, urged the MoD to cut “paperwork”, relax scrutiny of new deals and expand existing contracts without fresh competition.

    Of the review’s 35 recommendations, only one was rejected outright. Internal documents obtained by Democracy for Sale – and published below this newsletter – show that the MoD subsequently reported significant progress in implementing the proposals.

    Palantir’s role in shaping MoD procurement policy was not disclosed to the public and was only revealed following Freedom of Information requests by this newsletter.

    Responding to our findings, Spotlight on Corruption’s Dr Sue Hawley called for “a full review by the National Audit Office as to whether the MoD is following conflict of interest rules”.

    …

    This a small excerpt from the article by Lucas Amin and Peter Geoghegan at https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-palantir-led-secret-review