@Rob_Merrick

Political journalist & media consultant. Long-time @LobbyXI football team veteran skipper. Welshman.

 London
Joined February 2009
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Andy Signore
@andysignoreJan 8
This is the most neutral summary I’ve seen of the Minnesota murder by ICE. It has ALL angles, it syncs them together, and shows the lead up and aftermath… if you watch this all and still think those shots were justified - you just might be a psychopath.
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Replying to @ZoeJardiniere @narindertweets
This meme becomes more important every day.
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Jon Sopel
@jonsopel18 Nov 2024
A word on @AllisonPearson free speech row and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. Today on @TheNewsAgents, we asked her to appear. She said ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’ You gotta love a free speech warrior
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UNRWA
@UNRWA18 Nov 2024
"There is no protection to anyone" @UNWateridge describes the harrowing reality for families seeking refuge at this @UNRWA school - children with amputations, burns & permanent scarring. The school has been struck by Israeli airstrikes twice & endured countless shelling. The situation is unimaginable.
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Allow @g__j to help you with that answer, Tim #bbcqt
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Today the @CommonsIDC heard harrowing evidence on the use of drones in Gaza, targeting and shooting civilians, including children @UNWRA @MedicalAidPal @PalestineRCS ⁦@hrw⁩
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Just 700 social rent homes built in England last year due to Right to Buy impact, new RSH data shows dlvr.it/TFrHYp #ukhousing

Just 700 net social rent homes delivered in England last year due to Right to Buy impact, new RSH...

Official annual data published by the Regulator of Social Housing showed that just 700 net social homes were delivered in England due to the impact of Right to Buy.

insidehousing.co.uk
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Aric Toler
@AricToler4 Oct 2024
South of Gaza City: 2022 vs. last week Recent image via Planet
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I love Venn diagrams.
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Assal Rad
@AssalRad6 Sep 2024
Any Situation Room for this?
President Biden Archived
@POTUS46Archive2 Sep 2024
Today, @VP and I met in the Situation Room with the U.S. hostage deal negotiation team following the murder of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five other hostages by Hamas. We are devastated and outraged. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. We also discussed next steps in the ongoing effort to secure the release of hostages and bring them home.
President Biden and the Vice President meet with a national security team in the White House Situation Room.

ALT President Biden and the Vice President meet with a national security team in the White House Situation Room.

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"The world is failing to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty because politicians have become servants of the super-rich instead of their own citizens," @Oxfam's @AmitabhBehar told @Rob_Merrick in an interview for @devex. devex.com/news/sdgs-were-doo….

SDGs were doomed to fail from the start, new Oxfam chief warns

The “lofty ideals” behind the dream to end poverty lacked the political will to confront a global economy controlled by the superrich, Amitabh Behar tells Devex.

devex.com
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May your writing week be better than Kafka's.
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Robert Reich
@RBReich16 Aug 2024
"Ethnic enclaves"? The MAGA Republicans have gone from dog-whistle racism to full-throated White Nationalism.
Acyn
@Acyn16 Aug 2024
Vance: Has anybody seen the movie "Gangs of New York?." That is what I'm talking about, with these ethnic enclaves in our country, it can lead to higher crime rates.
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Sky News
@SkyNews12 Aug 2024
'I saw a kid getting stabbed, and I tried to save her' Abdullah is a security guard working nearby and intervened in the attack - he tells Sky News he "heard a scream", then "jumped on" the man who was attacking the child Full story ➡️ trib.al/IhTOZaD 📺 Sky 501
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Nicholas Shakespeare@dolphinsands8 Aug 2024
An immigrant surgeon has just given me a knee replacement, an immigrant nurse took my blood, an immigrant nurse took my X-rays, an immigrant physio helped me to exercise, an immigrant cook fed me. I would be nowhere and nothing without immigrants. Thank you to all of them.
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Government homelessness stats published today show: ⚫️117,450 households are living in temporary accomodation - the highest since records began in 1998 ⚫️74,530 households with kids are living in temporary accomodation - the highest since records began in 2002
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10,000 now at anti fascist rally in Walthamstow, East London.
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A massive turnout for an anti racism protest in Walthamstow, London. All over the country people are saying: No to racism No to violence Yes to unity. Don’t let the racists win.
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