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Snow turns the Glenfinnan viaduct in the Highlands into a winter wonderland. Built from 1897 to 1901, the viaduct overlooks the Glenfinnan Monument and carries the West Highland railway line.

Loch Shiel, #UK

Photograph: Dave Johnston

@photography
#winter
#viaduct


Support your local media #cooperatives πŸ“’

West Highland Free Press: whfp.com/

The Bristol Cable: thebristolcable.org/

Norwich Radical: thenorwichradical.com/

The Ferret @theferret: theferret.scot/

Exeter Observer @exeterobserver: exeterobserver.org/

Leicester Gazette @thegazettecoop: leicester.news/

Talking Wales: talking.wales/

Salamander News (new, SE London!): follow @dorothystein for updates

#journalism #media #UK


#London, #UK

Musical instruments from a Swiss marching band await their collection for the Lord Mayor’s Show.

Photograph: Tony Goldstone

@photography
#music
#instruments


Llangollen, #UK

A canal boat passing over the Pontcysyllte aqueduct after snowfall.

@photography
#landscape
#winter


youtube.com/watch?v=6n7ReAAmr1…
βš οΈπŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊRussian defectors, Putin critics suffer mysterious, violent deaths | 60 Minutes (CBS News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #Spain #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine


'Mr Lammy, you are a genocide denier,’ says UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese
youtube.com/watch?v=a_VL18YzOf… (3 minute video, English Lang., No Paywall)
#ShameOnTheUK #ShameOnDavidLammy #DavidLammy #UKPolitics #Genocide #UN #UK #Israel #Palestine


#Brexit... The greatest con ever pulled on the #UK public.

We essentially imposed economic sanctions against ourselves. By adding #immigration to the equation, millions fell for #Brexit, but even after the unmitigated disaster it's become, millions STILL voted for #Farage at #GE2024!

#UnFuckinBeLIEvable πŸ™„


#UK lawmaker accuses #FIFA, #UEFA of applying 'racist double standards' to Israel amid ongoing war in Gaza: Israeli teams, athletes can join international sporting events but Moscow sanctioned immediately after 2022 war on Ukraine, says Zarah Sultana (Anadolu Agency, 2024-11-13)

v.aa.com.tr/3392656

#ZarahSultana
@palestine @israel


Northumberland, #UK

Forestry workers fell a 40ft Sitka spruce tree in Northumberland’s Kielder forest before it makes the 330-mile journey south to Westminster. The spruce was selected from Kielder forest’s 150 million trees to stand at the foot of Big Ben in Parliament Square this Christmas.

Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

@photography
#trees
#spruce
#Christmas


Acclaimed British surgeon Nizam Mamode breaks down briefly while testifying to the #UK Parliamentary Committee on International Development as he describes Israel's quadcopter drones picking off children who were lying on the ground after a bomb attack.

#Palestine #WarCrimes #Genocide


In February 2022, as #Russia invaded #Ukraine, hundreds of Western companies pledged to exit the Russian market in protest. Yet three years later, as the war continues, the #Kyiv School of Economics reports that of the 4,000 international companies operating in Russia before the invasion, only 440 – a mere 10% – have fully withdrawn.

euromaidanpress.com/2024/11/09…

#EU #US #UK


After #Trump re-election, #UK will lead efforts to save Cop29, says Miliband

Energy secretary says Britain must work on vital alliances with other countries following victory of climate-denier Trump

theguardian.com/environment/20…

#uk #Trump


It would be great to see this UK Government petition get over 10K signatures. Let's do it πŸ’ͺ

'Run a public information campaign on the climate crisis'
petition.parliament.uk/petitio…

#UK #ukpol #ukpolitics #Britain #UnitedKingdom #Environment #Climate #NetZero #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating


#UK: #Royal estates 'receive millions from public bodies and charities'


Source: bbc.com/news/articles/cg4l1lzv…

In the investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches and the Sunday Times, it is reported that the private estates of King Charles and Prince William hold contracts with public bodies and charities.


#crown #England #money #finance #Royal #tax #politics #economy #news #scandal #charity #Problem #Democracy #justice


Global Canopy, an Oxford nonprofit that works on climate, nature and human rights is hiring a graphic designer.

globalcanopy.org/jobs/graphic-…

#GetFediHired #Jobs #UK #Oxford #Design


When asked whether #Caribbean countries should pay #Britain for the 'benefits' that resulted from its colonial rule, #UK anti-racism activist Imarn Ayton turns the tables on white supremacist Jacob Rees-Mogg.
#Colonialism #Reparations


#Brexit is the gift that keeps on giving: #BrexitBritain has forgone Β£44bn in infrastructure investment since 2017

youtu.be/VVeB4Gte91Q?si=L4f2xu…

#BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU


A piece of cake

Birmingham, #UK

The cake artist Elza Baldzhiyska works on her creation of singer Taylor Swift, after it was damaged in transit while being transported to the Cake International show at the NEC.

Photograph: Darren Staples/AFP/Getty Images

Does it need CW for the horror content?

@photography
#CakeArt
#TaylorSwift


Last night, Jewish Network for Palestine founder Prof. Haim Bresheeth was arrested at a demonstration demanding the deportation of the Israeli Ambassador to the #UK

#JewsforPalestine #Genocide #Holocaust


This is what we used to call concentration camps and the #UK is going all in. #FreePalestine


Bet Hitler’s turning in his grave right now: β€œFuck man, I should’ve called ’em β€˜gated communities’ and it’d all have been fine.”

Leave it to these fuckers to rebrand slavery as β€œextended unpaid internships” next.

#israel #UK #UnitedKingdom #palestine #gaza #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #concentrationCamps #gatedCommunities mastodon.social/@micchiato/113…


The #unitedkingdom military won’t have to be the commandants of Israel’s new concentration camps for #Gaza because private #UK military contractors β€” who will be accountable to no one but their shareholders β€” will run the private prisons.


The #unitedkingdom military won’t have to be the commandants of Israel’s new concentration camps for #Gaza because private #UK military contractors β€” who will be accountable to no one but their shareholders β€” will run the private prisons.

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