‘Why Me? Why Now?’ would have been a much better title for Liz Truss’s book than ‘Ten Years to Save the West’

#OnThisDay twenty-one years ago British photojournalist and peace activist Tom Hurndall was shot in the head in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, by Israel Defense Forces sergeant Taysir Hayb. Tom was left in a coma and died nine months later.
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Good thread. The inequality we should care about isn’t intergenerational — but a growing class divide between those who own property, and those who don’t

After six months of war in #Gaza , Arwa Damon was finally allowed in, to find a war being waged mainly against children. This is her dispatch for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/gaza…

Safety warning issued after motorhome is blown down a hill during Storm Kathleen. The incident happened near Shieldaig in Strathcarron last weekend as the storm hit the Scottish Highlands. Luna Motor Home Hire #NC500 pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highla…

ex-RBS chief executive Fred Goodwin, colleague Mark Fisher, Peter Phillips and “RBS ambassador” Jackie Stewart at Bahrain Grand Prix on 12 March 2006. Phillips, then aged 28, was hired to oversee the bank’s £200m F1 sponsorship budget a few months earlier.
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Last week I went to Germany to present my research at an academic conference. Shocking to find out that our newly elected university rector can't do the same thing. I hope University of Glasgow will speak out about this.

Sorry to interrupt, Keir. But with the exception of the Navy, many of our armed forces aren't keen in Trident on the grounds that it is (a) useless and (b) siphoning badly need resources away from conventional defence.

Haaretz journalist Chaim Levinson says the unsayable on #IsraelGazaWar .

“The war’s aims won’t be achieved, the hostages won’t be returned through military pressure, security won’t be restored and Israel’s international ostracism won’t end.”

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Bloody hell, Edward Henry KC is tearing former Post Office managing director Alan “I knew nothing” Cook to shreds at #PostOfficeInquiry .

Ex Post Office boss Alan Cook says he was unaware the organisation initiated and conducted prosecutions of its own staff. As managing director in 2006-10, he was running the show when 200 subpostmasters were criminally prosecuted #PostOfficeInquiry news.sky.com/story/post-off…

“It's about time that those that can stood up for young people, rather than punching down.”

Why Glasgow needs more rain gardens

This is an absolute tour de force from Mariana Mazzucato who sometimes seems to leave her hosts Steph McGovern and Robert Peston standing! #TheRestIsMoney youtu.be/OmgguxulbFg?si…

Science secretary Michelle Donelan used £34,000 of public funds to cover the cost of settling a libel action from Heriot-Watt University Professor Kate Sang, who she ludicrously accused of being a Hamas supporter. Pippa Crerar theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Fallen star fund manager Neil Woodford had a “defective” understanding of his responsibilities in the run-up to the collapse of his £3.7bn Equity Income Fund, Financial Conduct Authority says. via Emma Dunkley ft.com/content/c61865…

Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death for role in country’s biggest-ever fraud, after being found guilty of embezzlement, bribery and banking rule violations. Some $12.5bn was embezzled though prosecutors say damages amount to $27bn. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…