Former UK Ambassador @FCDOGovUK and Director @wfd_democracy | Trustee @KingsHeadThtr @Kaleidoscope_T | Cymro | MPP @Princeton | 🌈

Joined July 2014
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RT @MayorofLondon: One city. 9 million people. All of us Londoners. We will never be divided.
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The window to avert a massive global hunger crisis is rapidly closing. Must-read from the @guardian on the food security timebomb that will go off if fertiliser cannot pass through the Strait of Hormuz: theguardian.com/world/2026/a

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Important to watch this interview in full, of Oman foreign minister and mediator in US-Iran talks, as Israel and US launch strikes against Iran. He outlines key achievements attained in negotiations, ahead of more talks that were scheduled next week... will talks still proceed? Hard to imagine but not impossible.
WATCH: After meeting with Vice President JD Vance, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi – a key mediator in the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks – tells @margbrennan "the peace deal is within our reach.” He also said, “I don't think any alternative to diplomacy is going to solve this problem.” See the full interview.
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NOW - Sarah McBride: "At the end of the day, transphobia, homophobia, misogyny, and sexism are all rooted in the same prejudice... and it's why threats toward trans people are threats toward all women."
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What a photo. Don’t turn your eyes from Iran.
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24 Sep 2025
This morning, a new multilateral initiative! Leaders of 20 nations will meet at the UN on how to restore information integrity, institutions of democracy, climate justice, and narrow the gap between rich and poor. Led by the global south, Democracia Siempre is supported by more than 40 Nobel laureates. Here's background: #UNGA80 gob.cl/en/news/democracy-alw

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Applications are now open for the second cycle of our partnership with the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. Fully funded UK Master’s & PhD scholarships are available for study that will improve the lives of LGBTI people across the Commonwealth. commonwealthequality.org/sch

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In 1980 every country in South America was richer than China. Now China is richer than almost all of the South American nations. Source: instagram.com/p/DDw5R9voYHa/

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Hay que apoyar los espacios culturales
PARA SALVAR UNA CIUDAD HAY QUE APOYAR SUS ESPACIOS CULTURALES đŸ“ŁđŸ‘‡đŸœ Es mentira que el centro estĂĄ muerto, todavĂ­a hay vida, resistencia y por sobre todo ganas de ver al Casco HistĂłrico de AsunciĂłn en su mĂĄximo esplendor. SĂ­ es cierto que estĂĄ abandonado.
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Feliz dĂ­a la amistad! Happy friendship day - one of Paraguay's gifts to the world #Angiruara
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“Los papeles pueden ser rotos. Leídos con segundas, hasta con terceras y cuartas intenciones. Millones de sentidos. Pueden ser olvidados. Falsificados. Robados. Pisoteados. Los hechos no. Están ahí. Son más fuertes que la palabra. Tienen vida propia. Atengámonos a los hechos”.
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We're lucky to have her! @sofiberrin @KingsHeadThtr
14 May 2025
Sofi Berenger (@sofiberrin) has been permanently appointed as executive producer and chief executive of the @KingsHeadThtr, after three years helping to lead the organisation 👇 thestage.co.uk/news/appointm

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A very funny reflection on politics and personalities via 1970s Labour. The Gang of Three at @KingsHeadThtr worth a watch — and not just for the eyebrows
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16 Apr 2025
White privilege doesn’t mean your life is easy. It means your skin isn’t the reason it’s harder.
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No me lo puedo creer. Una persona tan cålida y maravillosa. Una gran actriz. Una pérdida tan terrible. Mis pensamientos estån con su familia, amigos y seres queridos.
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Great seeing teams, joining activities, and meeting partners during this trip to Sri Lanka đŸ‡±đŸ‡° Maldives đŸ‡ČđŸ‡» Solomon Islands 🇾🇧 and Bangsamoro, Philippines đŸ‡”đŸ‡­. I’m very proud of our work across Asia-Pacific: locally led, politically informed, adaptive, inclusive and transformative
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Trans rights have not “undermined
 gay rights”. Gay rights were won with the leadership of trans people, especially trans women. Please do not speak for us.
This 'why do you care about a tiny fraction of the population?' line is, and always was, utterly ridiculous. Gender ideology has undermined freedom of speech, scientific truth, gay rights, and women's and girls' safety, privacy and dignity. It's also caused irreparable physical damage to vulnerable kids. Nobody voted for it, the vast majority of people disagree with it, yet it has been imposed, top down, by politicians, healthcare bodies, academia, sections of the media, celebrities and even the police. Its activists have threatened and enacted violence on those who've dared oppose it. People have been defamed and discriminated against for questioning it. Jobs have been lost and lives have been ruined, all for the crime of knowing that sex is real and matters. When the smoke clears, it will be only too evident that this was never about a so-called vulnerable minority, notwithstanding the fact that some very vulnerable people have been harmed. The power dynamics underpinning our society have been reinforced, not dismantled. The loudest voices throughout this entire fiasco have been people insulated from consequences by their wealth and/or status. They aren't likely to find themselves locked in a prison cell with a 6'4" rapist who's decided his name's now Dolores. They don't need state-funded rape crisis centres, nor do they ever frequent high street changing rooms. They simper from talk show sofas about those nasty far-right bigots who don't want penises swinging around the girls' showers, secure in the knowledge that their private pool remains the safe place it always was. Those who've benefited most from gender identity ideology are men, both trans-identified and not. Some have been rewarded for having a cross-dressing kink by access to all spaces previously reserved for women. Others have parlayed their delicious new victim status into an excuse to threaten, assault and harass women. Non-trans-identified leftybros have found a magnificent platform from which to display their own impeccably progressive credentials, by jeering and sneering at the needs of women and girls, all while patting themselves on the back for giving away rights that aren't theirs. The actual victims in this mess have been women and children, especially the most vulnerable, gay people who've resisted the movement and paid a horrible price, and regular people working in environments where one misplaced pronoun could see you vilified or constructively dismissed. Do not tell me this is about a tiny minority. This movement has impacted society in disastrous ways, and if you had any sense, you'd be quietly deleting every trace of activist mantras, ad hominem attacks, false equivalence and circular arguments from your X feeds, because the day is fast approaching when you'll want to pretend you always saw through the craziness and never believed it for a second.
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Some ideas from Day 2 of DAP 2024: 💡Inclusion of women, youth and minorities is the heart of representation 💡Leaders must represent diversity and connect with people 💡Electoral systems must enable everyone to run, not just the wealthy or connected #DAP2024 #DemocracyCan
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