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  1. #Labour minister demands #English #councils stop #boycotting #Israel or face legal action

    Several local authorities have voted to introduce a boycott on firms complicit in #Israeli #WarCrimes, supply arms to Israel or benefit from occupation of #Palestinian #territory

    Communities Secretary Steve Reed warned councils they could be at risk of being sued by suppliers who lose money; they could face paying 'damages'

    thenational.scot/news/25738256

    #fascism #ToxicLabour #authoritarian #UK #genocide

  2. Raise #UK Commons Standards and thus Trust in Government

    The House of Commons Modernisation Committee must bring forward proposals to raise standards for #MPs and rebuild trust in #Parliament.

    It can’t stay sitting on its hands while the public’s trust in Parliament continues to erode.

    #Petition:

    secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/

    #ToxicLabour #RedReform #corruption #DemocracyNOW #ToxicStarmer

  3. #Labour and #Greens tied, Find Out Now poll finds

    #ToxicLabour #RedReform

    Intention voting tracker showed Labour under Keir #Starmer at its lowest ever level – 15% of the vote share.

    In June 2019, when the party was led by Jeremy #Corbyn, its lowest vote share was 23%, according to Politico.

    thenational.scot/news/25548058

    #ToxicStarmer #DemocracyNOW #ProportionalRepresentation #PR #voting

  4. Palestine Action “not close” to terror group, Scottish board found

    A #Scottish counter-terrorism board found that #PalestineAction’s activities fell below the threshold to be considered #terrorism before the group were banned by #Labour, The National can reveal.

    It appears that #Police #Scotland concluded the group’s activity was well below the terrorism threshold.

    thenational.scot/news/25543064

    #ToxicLabour #RedReform #StarmerNotLabour #DemocracyNOW #ProportionalRepresentation #PR

  5. Exiled #HongKong dissidents fear UK to restart some extraditions with the city puts them in danger as Hong Kong authorities use any pretext to pursue them

    Amendment to UK extradition law passed on Tuesday over 5 years after Britain & other countries suspended extradition treaties with Hong Kong due to China's crackdown on pro-democracy movement & its imposition of a #Beijing-designed national security law

    theguardian.com/law/2025/oct/1

    #ToxicLabour #RedReform #China #ChineseAggression #HumanRights

  6. UK Government department has been delivered giant novelty cheque in #protest over proposals to hike #NHS drug costs

    Campaigners pulled the stunt at Department for #Health and Social Care headquarters in London on Monday to highlight opposition to proposed changes to drug price guidelines that would hike #costs to offset the effects of Donald #Trump’s #tariffs.

    thenational.scot/news/25539667

    #ToxicLabour #RedReform #SaveOurNHS #PeopleNotProfits #HealthCare #greed #Labour #Starmer #StockholmSyndrome

  7. Worried about rising #bills and getting by? Keir #Starmer has the answer: try chewing a flag!

    The PM wants to talk about patriotism when the issue that is really affecting people is the #CostOfLiving.

    If he doesn’t wise up, that #dissonance will sink him

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #RedReform #ToxicLabour #NotListening #NotActing #NotLabour

  8. Bid to overturn #PalestineAction ban through #Scottish courts launched

    It is a maxim in Scots law that the law cannot be #absurd. To claim that #Palestine Action is a #terrorist organisation is plainly absurd

    This #proscription is #politically motivated in support of a #genocide and it is poisoning Scottish civil society. Entirely #peaceful #protestors are being #arrested and charged as #terrorists

    thenational.scot/news/25532647

    #Gaza #Scotland #Indy2 #Freedom #FreeSpeech #RedReform #ToxicLabour

  9. #Labour minister defends mandatory #ID for 13 y/o

    Stop #RedReform

    #Starmer to widen plans for #DigitalID which he said would be used primarily to tackle illegal migration, to include public services like benefits & bills payments

    In response to petition against the measures (signed by more than 2.8mil) the Govt said system would cover everyone aged 16 or over but will consider if this should be age 13 and over

    thenational.scot/news/25533569

    #PoliceState #Surveillance #ToxicLabour #StarmerOut

  10. Private COVID jabs lead to concerns about creeping #privatisation #NHS

    #Covid boosters now available to purchase

    But this announcement raised concerns about both #cost & accessibility of these vital #medicines

    There worries it’s another example of how patients are increasingly bridging the gap in #healthcare provision, paying out of pocket for #prescription drugs or services that the NHS no longer provides or can’t provide promptly

    theconversation.com/private-co

    #ToxicLabour #SaveOurNHS #betrayed