#TheGooseRoad "A gem" Daily Telegraph "Gorgeous" The Bookseller Nominated for the Carnegie Medal Short-listed for the Branford Boase Award A girl's journey across war-torn France to save everything in her world that matters. Perfect for 11 readers amzn.eu/d/5yaBOB6

Please take 15 seconds to respond to the Govt consultation today! Link below.

Inviting Taliban officials to Brussels to discuss a migration deal sends a dangerous message that a regime can systematically oppress Afghan women and girls and still be welcomed as a diplomatic partner. This is the same regime that, last week, detained at least thirty women and girls in Herat for how they were dressed, opened fire on the people who protested their arrest, killed a child and injured others.  The Taliban’s system of gender apartheid has erased women’s and girls from public life — banning them from schools and work, severely restricting their freedom of movement and forcing them into marriage. Europe should not be considering deals with a regime responsible for one of the worst human rights crises in the world. rferl.org/a/eu-taliban-meeti…

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Just 3 days left to respond to the govt consultation on hunting!

It's absolutely standard journalistic practice & has been for years. Pearl-clutching, responses off.

Read this from @signalapp, one of leaders in tech privacy to understand the implications of Starmer’s announcement. This is going to hand even more surveillance powers to the very companies that already know way too much about us.

Defra Trail Hunting Consultation 🦊 If you do one thing for wildlife today, please do this NOW Please share this post and encourage your friends, family and colleagues to take part before the consultation closes on 18th June. Together, we can make a difference for Britain's wildlife. Have your say here: consult.defra.gov.uk/.../tra… Save Me Trust Link savemetrust.co.uk/our-work/a…

Special opportunity! Piss off one of the country's biggest fox hunting supporters in just 15 seconds! Respond to the Govt consultation on 'trail hunting' today using our handy tool!

Gut wrenching to see four young people jailed for direct action against an arms supplier to Israel. Years in prison for protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it. A truly dangerous attack on the right to protest.

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🚨The recent images of Dr. Hussam Abu Safyia are shocking evidence of Israel's abuse against Palestinian detainees. Dr. Abu Safyia has been arbitrarily detained for one and a half years without charges, while being physically abused and denied healthcare. His recent solitary confinement adds a further layer of concerns over his deteriorating health. Dr. Abu Safyia must be immediately and unconditionally released. Israel must release all Palestinians arbitrarily detained. States must pressure Israel to stop abusing Palestinian prisoners. #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya

A judge decided that they knew better than the jury. That is not how our justice system is meant to work.

There was a choice?

This absolute legend of a guy puts a sea turtle back in the water after being stranded in mud during a heatwave!

AI hallucinations = AI makes stuff up. Lies, fabricates, talks bollox.

Every boat that arrives brings a question along with the migrants: what kind of world have we built, if so many brothers and sisters must risk death to seek life? Human dignity demands legal and safe pathways, rescue and assistance, real cooperation against traffickers, effective protection for victims, serious processes of reception and integration, and policies that allow every person to live with dignity in their own land. We cannot grow accustomed to counting the dead. Human dignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border. #ApostolicJourney

You couldn't make it up, the farmer who filmed himself cutting silage in prime nesting season, yesterday put out a video blaming badgers for the decline in ground nesting birds. No joined up thinking. More on my FB page facebook.com/photo/?fbid=140…

Dystopian.

Horrible merciless practice.

Richard Burgon just exposed the most glaring double standard in British policy "Imagine if this weekend in London there was a Russian real estate event selling Ukrainian land. The government would ban it immediately. Instead, we have an Israeli real estate event openly advertising the illegal sale of land in occupied Palestinian territories. The government recognizes Palestine. Why isn't this banned?"