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[coreythegremlin]

hey

mostly what I post and reblog is politics. mostly UK focused politics, trans stuff, a bit of marxist theory, and occasional lewd shit

all reactionaries, including transandrobros, are unwelcome here. otherwise, enjoy 💙

[athena5898]

(Quds)

The British Medical Association (BMA) voted to drop the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, for it has a “chilling effect” on free speech among healthcare workers.

The decision came amid growing concern that NHS staff have faced disciplinary action for expressing pro-Palestinian views or engaging in political expression related to Israel and Palestinians.

The motion calls for better protections for medical staff who face workplace penalties over their political or ethical views on international conflicts, including the Israel-Palestine struggle.

[khoesib]

People are asking for evidence that she didn't eat the gull (the average white brit has no thinking capacity) but there's proof that she asked a Facebook group for assistance in helping the gull (she asked for a ladder so she can put it back upon the roof) and there's a video with two men putting the gull back up on the roof with a ladder.

The fact is even if you showed people this they would be in denial because they already believe Muslims eat swans, pigeons and gulls and do not care for anything that says otherwise.

[coreythegremlin]

anne widdecombe opposed every pro LGBTQ measure during her two decades in parliament, including voting against gay marriage and against repealing section 28. another rightwinger down 🎉

[coreythegremlin]

Fourteen Years in Prison for Quoting Hamas? New Law Could Criminalise Journalists

Starmer is rushing legislation through parliament that experts say threatens free speech, public interest journalism and international human

Sir Keir Starmer’s historically unpopular and soon-to-be-replaced administration is using its last gasps to push through a new national security law that experts believe will pose serious threats to free speech, public interest journalism and the provision of international humanitarian aid. The new legislation, called the national security (state threats) bill, is intended to update existing national security legislation. It has been introduced by the current home secretary, Shabana Mahmood. Mahmood is widely seen as a hardliner in Starmer’s government, responsible for introducing tougher restrictions on the settlement rights of asylum seekers and immigrants. The bill has been rushed through the Commons and is now being pushed at pace through the Lords. The government wants to have the law on the statute books within weeks. The bill consists of two parts. The first gives the home secretary the power to designate foreign entities as being engaged in “state threat activity”, to be treated as “equivalent” to proscribed terrorist groups. The power to designate would rest entirely with the home secretary, unlike the proscription of terrorist organisations, which must be ratified by parliament.

The definition of “state threat activity” is extremely broad in UK law. It can refer to anything from sabotage to the nebulous “foreign interference”, covering any activity that threatens the UK’s “safety and interests”, or acts of “disinformation”. Together with existing legislation, the new bill will give the home secretary sweeping powers to designate entities that “interfere” with British politics undermining the “safety and interests” of the country. The second part of the bill criminalises collaboration with designated “foreign power” groups. This, too, is broadly phrased. The bill criminalises people or groups who “support, assist and obtain material benefits”, including information, from designated groups. It also criminalises any person who arranges or addresses a meeting that “supports” or “furthers the activities” of the designated group. Conviction under the offences would carry a prison sentence ranging from 10 to 14 years, matching punishment for existing terror offences. As it is currently drafted, the bill offers limited scope for an accused person to claim a “reasonable excuse” defence. The bill only requires that they “ought reasonably to have known” that their conduct would support a designated body. Ignorance of the law or of the designation of foreign groups cannot be cited as a defence.

[coreythegremlin]

so the canary got debanked with no explanation as to why. it's not shocking with them being a socialist news org but it does suck ass

[stillnaomi]

politicians in the UK can only get away with endlessly calling China a threat because they never have to explain exactly how China is supposed to threaten us. they get away with saying silly things about China gathering our data and having disputes in the South China Sea, or even just vague statements about China threatening the UK's interests, without laying out what those interests are. ofc it's the interests of british corporations that want to go on exploiting and looting the global south which are at stake, but it sounds bad to admit that out loud

[coreythegremlin]

£45 Billion for Big Pharma: UK-US Trade Deal Could Cost 291,000 Lives

A trade deal struck between Britain and the United States could force the NHS to divert almost £45 billion away from frontline healthcare ov

A trade deal struck between Britain and the United States could force the NHS to divert almost £45 billion away from frontline healthcare over the next decade to pay higher prices for medicines, according to analysis published in the British Medical Journal. Researchers estimate the consequences could be catastrophic, with 229,000 excess deaths by 2036 if health services are cut to meet the additional costs. If knock-on effects on adult social care are included, the death toll could rise to 291,000.

...The figures expose the real priorities behind the deal. While ministers describe it as a “landmark” agreement that will improve access to new medicines and protect British pharmaceutical exports from US tariffs, the cost is set to fall on the working class through an already overstretched health service.

Under the agreement reached last December, Britain committed to paying 25 percent more for new medicines over the next decade. The NHS in England will also double the share of GDP devoted to purchasing innovative medicines, rising from 0.3 percent to 0.6 percent.

According to the BMJ analysis, unless the government provides entirely new funding to cover those higher costs, £44.7 billion will have to be redirected from existing NHS budgets by 2036. That’s money that would otherwise pay for staff, hospital services, GP appointments, preventative care and treatment for long-term illnesses.

Researchers concluded that such cuts would disproportionately affect patients suffering from heart disease, respiratory illness, gastrointestinal disease and cancer.

This isn’t simply a debate about healthcare funding. It’s an example of how the capitalist state manages competing interests. While governments often claim there’s never enough money to properly fund public services, vast sums can always be found when the interests of powerful corporations are involved.

[coreythegremlin]

so we're at the axing infrastructure investments to increase military spending stage of imperial decline in the UK. not complaining about the decline but could we maybe not get more involved in the war against Russia or invade anyone else?

obviously the question's rhetorical because our ruling class is committed to imperialist violence, but god damn I wish we'd stop them already

[flufflesamy]

Happy handover day!! On July 1 1997, the British finally handed over Hong Kong back to China after a century of illegal occupation. Goodbye 鬼佬, and good riddance!

[tomoike2525]

tokyo street snap

[coreythegremlin]

new incoming leader, same labour

Britain’s likely next prime minister, Andy Burnham, has made his pick for the highly influential role of chief of staff: a pro-Israel lobbyist who until recently led a firm representing arms companies, private water firms and tech giants.

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Like Burnham, Purnell voted for the invasion of Iraq and against investigations into it. He was a member of Tony Blair’s cabinet and chaired the pro-Zionist lobby group Labour Friends of Israel between 2002 and 2004. Burnham joined the group in 2015.

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[hagiomoto]

[coreythegremlin]

you know you're living in a country that serves the interests of the working class when many students are so hungry by 11am that they're finding impossible to concentrate on their lessons

[coreythegremlin]

it's weird looking back that it's only around 11 years since Socialism re-entered mainstream political discourse in the UK. no wonder the movement's so underdeveloped. a generation of democratic socialists have seen Corbynism crushed by the state and the media, and their major demsoc org, Momentum, sabotaged by its leadership and made nonfunctional as a vehicle for change. a new generation of Marxists have not long started trying to rescue the UK's moribund ML parties from their errors, or else create new ones. new socialist media has become established, though varying wildly in quality. British socialism is crawling out of an abyss and starting to stand up, and if its few steps so far have been shaky, they've been providing necessary lessons to those involved

[coreythegremlin]

welcome to terf island

Analysis commissioned by Amnesty determined that the Times and Sunday Times, the Telegraph, the Sun and the Guardian published a combined 16,913 articles on trans-related topics between January 2020 and April 2025, an average of around nine per day. The Times and Sunday Times had the most with an average of 83.5 articles per month. The report noted the coverage was “entirely disproportionate” to the number of trans people in the UK, who, according to the 2021 Census, make up 0.5% of the population.

Furthermore, the research found that these articles usually excluded trans voices, and coverage was instead “dominated by politicians and anti-trans campaigners”. Across all four newspapers the views of “gender critical” individuals and organisations – who oppose trans-inclusive policies – were “regularly reported uncritically”.

“There is nothing balanced about the way trans people’s lives are reported,” said Chiara Capraro, Amnesty’s gender justice programme director.

“Anti-trans narratives dominate coverage and are often presented as fact, while trans people themselves are pushed to the margins or erased entirely.

“This is not happening organically. What we are seeing is a coordinated and increasingly well-resourced effort to roll back trans people’s rights and reshape public debate. The consequences are real, affecting trans people’s equality, safety and wellbeing across the UK.”

....the scale of negative coverage Amnesty’s research found is startling: thousands upon thousands of articles about trans issues, many of which question trans people’s fundamental human rights, did not include the voice or perspective of a single trans person. The only British trans people to feature more than eight times were murdered teenager Brianna Ghey and Isla Bryson, a trans woman who, before transitioning, had been convicted of sexual offences.

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[gremlingirlsmell]

so a few weeks ago i reported a very obvious terf. a new account otherwise entirely empty at the time, the most terfy terf to ever terf, having terf in the username, and being openly transphobic, transmisogynistic, and saying slurs: (there's more to the post but you get the gist)

and this was the response from tumblr support:

someone At Tumblr @support looked at this, presumably read it in full, and decided that it's fine but maybe they should put a content label ??? content warning for bigotry ???

There Is Someone (Or Multiple People) In Tumblr Support Right Now Who Openly Endorses Transphobia And Transmisogyny But Will Terminate Transfems' Blogs For Literally No Reason Given. At This Point It Might Even Be Unofficial Site Policy To Allow Twerfs But Nuke Transfems' Blogs