Ian Sinclair

Reality check re: Angela Rayner: "She has also been engaging with the City in recent months, in an attempt to reassure that she would not lurch leftwards – instead sticking to Labour’s election manifesto and, crucially, Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules" theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

'Turkey asks Britain's MI6 to STEP UP protection of Syria's Sharaa' [my emphasis added] reuters.com/world/middle-e… @ElwinWay @medialens

More gaslighting from the Guardian on Starmer and Iran, this time from Parliamentary Sketch Writer @JohnJCrace. @medialens @kennardmatt

By arguing Starmer is "with public opinion" and "very much opposed" to the US-Israeli war on Iran, the UK media is gaslighting the public - my new @M_Star_Online article morningstaronline.co.uk/article/media-… @STWuk @martinrw @kalahar1

"The mainstream liberal media has been gaslighting the British public about Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the war on Iran" - my new article morningstaronline.co.uk/article/media-… @medialens @SaulStaniforth @ElwinWay

'The media is gaslighting the public on Starmer and Iran' - My new @M_Star_Online article featuring @Kevin_Maguire, @kennardmatt, @AdHaque110 and @obelhansen morningstaronline.co.uk/article/media-…

Any journalist writing “defensive strikes” without quote marks when describing US bombs dropped on Iran from UK bases…is not a journalist, but a propagandist for war and terrorism

"In a survey last fall, Chronicles, an independent Russian polling start-up, found that 59 per cent of Russians aged 18 to 29 would support a withdrawal from Ukraine without achieving Mr Putin's stated goals" nytimes.com/2026/02/24/wor…

Interesting article from Rebecca Solnit on the influence of feminism on contemporary politics and events theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Gaza Tribunal finds the UK has been complicit in the Gaza genocide morningstaronline.co.uk/article/report…

'Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods are off-limits to the public, buried government documents show.' theguardian.com/environment/20… #righttoroam

On 28th February, the United States bombed Shajareh Tayyebeh school in southern Iran and killed at least 180 people - mostly children. It is likely they used Tomahawk missiles to bomb 3 times. Components of the missiles are made in Raytheon's factory in Glenrothes, Scotland.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham insists the union can support Palestine AND workers at BAE Systems - she's dead wrong By @jjgjourno thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

'The United States and Israel are bombing Iran's critical energy and civilian infrastructure, marking an escalation in the military campaign against the Islamic republic, experts say' - Radio Free Europe rferl.org/a/iran-oil-civ…

Something I wrote in 2022: 'If Vladimir Putin is to be tried as a war criminal, why not Gordon Brown?' ianjsinclair.wordpress.com/2022/04/11/if-…

One to bookmark for later. "It could be the making of him" - Emily Thornberry on Starmer and Iran theguardian.com/politics/2026/… @medialens @ElwinWay

Mr Corbyn said the report will “help cement the government’s legacy as a participant in one of the greatest crimes of our time.” morningstaronline.co.uk/article/report… #GazaGenocide‌

'The junk food ad ban intended to curb childhood obesity will affect only 1% of the £2.4bn spent annually on advertising food and drink, and may prove a “paper tiger”, ministers have been told.' theguardian.com/politics/2026/…