Erdoğan pardons man sentenced to death (later commuted to life in prison) for his role in burning down a hotel full of intellectuals as part of an Islamist mob, killing 33

Britain's political class ladies and gentlemen - by far the public's preference for chancellor is 'Don't know' at 69%

Were you wondering how crazy Iranian diaspora politics is?

Nika Nikoubin, that girl who stabbed her American date, saying it was to revenge Trump's killing of Qassem Soleimani?

She has now published her autobiography... and has apparently come out to support Reza Pahlavi??

Hearing reports that following on India and Turkey's 'wildly popular' renaming of their countries in the diplomatic arena, Rishi Sunak is looking at having the UK renamed the Albion Empire:

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Labour Party members in 2020 voted for a soft left leader who would combine softened Corbyn-era policies on the economy with managerial professionalism and they've now got a shadow cabinet dominated by Blairites who are to the right of the Tories on the economy.

'The homophobes and conservatives are trying their best to marginalize LGBTQ+ people and free women in general - it doesn't work when we are together'
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'This isn't the first final we've played, nor the first psychological warfare we've had'
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Well, if you say it then it won't work, will it?

A lot of the foreign coverage of Syria focused on “who are the radicals and who are the moderates?”

But some of the worst damage was caused by totally non-ideological fighters, opportunists and sellswords and gangsters who exploited the revolution to loot or settle scores.

To be clear, Ebrar Karakurt has never propagandised her sexuality (not that it would be wrong if she did).

She literally put photos on social media of her with her girlfriend.

The Islamists are trying to create a storm around someone simply living their life.

Awful people.

Tbh, you could avoid this whole 'controversy' and the whole problem of expensive uniforms by just abolishing them altogether. Most of the world seems to manage without them.

Good read on the massive fracas that is going on in Deir Ezzor:
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Avichai Shorshan, an Israeli settler who sparked outrage after being filmed harassing a Palestinian child, was invited by Ian Austin, a crossbench peer in the British House of Lords, to speak in the UK parliament in 2019 ⤵️
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Elon Musk is liking posts from neo-Nazis.

The armed settler filmed this week violently detaining a Palestinian child was actually hosted at the British Parliament by Ian Austin in 2019.

Hagar Shezaf has reported in Haaretz that avihai shorshan has been harassing Palestinian children for years as they graze sheep.

'They park at the entrance of the homes. Some of them are under 12 years old, under the age of criminal responsibility. They go in, look in the refrigerator, or at our phones. What can we do? The occupation is everywhere.”
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