An event is planned to be hosted in London proudly promoting the sale of land on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. This is obscene. I've called on @MayorofLondon and @YvetteCooperMP to stop the event and for this govt to take real action on illegal settlements.

Fantastic news! The billionaires have their media. We need these independent alternatives!

Why is it preposterous? To control profits, via prices and protect millions of Brits. We do it in energy, lets do it in food next, then banking. People first, profit second. theguardian.com/business/202…

Words don’t seem enough to convey our thanks to you all for making our debut @minacktheatre performance such a memorable and moving event for us. This concert will remain in our minds and hearts for a very long time ❤️ 📷 Stefanie Tendler

I wrote about one of the East India Company's two occupations of Kharg Island in my book Return of a King. The Company actually occupied Kharg twice: once from 1838-1842, on the orders of Lord Auckland (shown below) when they eventually withdrew in confusion after the disasterous Retreat from Kabul. Then the Company occupied Kharg for a second time from 1856-7. This time they pulled out again, due the outbreak of the Great Uprising of 1857, and the Highland regiments who had occupied it under Sir Jamew Outram were rushed eastwards to break the Siege of Lucknow. On both occasions, occupying Kharg seemed like a good idea at the time, but proved a strategic dead-end. It showed that the Company could project power into the heart of the Persian Gulf at will, but it also highlighted their inability to translate naval dominance into lasting political stability in the region. Shame our current leaders seem unable to learn the lessons of history...

We’ve arrived! #Australia

Happy Christmas all! Our new video in collaboration with @TheTonyChristie is The Wexford Carol! It’s one of the oldest carols in the world, dating back to the 12th century. youtu.be/u3YqHkRIDe4 #TheGreatIrishSongbook

Australia here we come!

Check out this great version of The ‘Wexford Carol’ Tony Christie’s homage to his Irish roots. It’s beautiful! 🇮🇪 youtu.be/u3YqHkRIDe4

Irish Eurovision winner McGettigan to return trophy via @RTENews rte.ie/entertainment/2025/12…

Beyond a joke - this hideous failure of privatisation, this company that has pumped £billions out of our economy to foreign owners while pumping billions of litres of sewage into our rivers - this company on the brink of bankruptcy, wants to reward top execs with £millions in bonuses….you have to be kidding - I suspect they are not. telegraph.co.uk/business/202….

Our new single 'The Wexford Carol' is released TODAY! This track is taken from 'The Great Irish Songbook Volume II' Today is Bandcamp Friday and if you pre-order the album today, you ensure that your album arrives in time for Christmas TC & Ranagri X

THIS IS NO WAY TO TREAT OUR VETERANS PRIME MINISTER Defence Secretary John Healey told the nuclear test veterans in opposition “On behalf of the British Labour Party I’ve said to our veterans your campaign is our campaign…There is no good reason, there is no good moral reason, there is no good military reason for withholding the COMPENSATION other countries have had” Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told the veterans “Myself and my Labour colleagues are calling on the Secretary of State for Defence to…liaise with the treasury to set up an appropriate financial COMPENSATION program for veterans and their descendants as America, France, Australia, China, Russia Fiji and the Isle of Man have done” Minister for Defence Readiness Luke Pollard said “We need to see not only the recognition for our nuclear veterans but also the COMPENSATION that they deserve” He said the Conservative Government’s failure to give them COMPENSATION was “really dumb” Despite expressing his "gratitude" to the veterans in opposition, after becoming PM, Keir Starmer has made no public comment on the nuclear blood test programme and more than a year since Labour came to power, there is no compensation scheme, no recognition beyond a commemorative medal which was authorised by the Tories and a "thorough" review of the archives promised to Parliament by Mr Healey has been given no budget with which to find answers. Our nuclear test veterans - to whom this country owes a huge debt of honour and gratitude, most of whom are now in their eighties and with chronic ill health - are calling on the Prime Minister to meet with them & honour the commitment which his party to them in opposition. In opposition you shook their hands Prime Minister. I won’t let you shake them off now.

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Pre-save is here, and the first single from #thegreatirishsongbook Volume II with @TheTonyChristie hits the world on Friday 7th November. Give it a click and a share, it costs nout! 😊🇮🇪😎distrokid.com/hyperfollow/to…

Well done @GaryLineker … great footballer, great presenter, top bloke

Zack might very well be Britain's second green populist - he very much gets the concept and embodies it well, diff between him and me is he leads a party and that’s exciting. Right wing populists have been showing us how it’s done for a while now, time for a green one, someone that talks like a Farage or a Johnson, but without the lies….:)

Hey @KNEECAPCEOL, any chance you could put your shoulder against this? @salviharps chng.it/SmcqJw7Xfr

Tune in to @BBCRadio2 tonight at 9pm (Wednesday 18th June) or catch up on @BBCSounds! Ranagri live session with the one and only @themarkrad #thefolkshow

Global money men control the press - they hate it that the EU is a rules governed entity and has passed laws that curb the avoidance of tax through offshore shell companies. That was what Brexit was all about. Not fishing, not agriculture - mobster money