Declaring “no quarter” is a war crime. Pete committed a war crime this morning. bsky.app/profile/bcfi...
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Declaring “no quarter” is a war crime. Pete committed a war crime this morning. bsky.app/profile/bcfi...
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.
Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.
But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.
this means it is not open for transit
BREAKING: BOOTS ON THE GROUND. The pentagon is sending a Marine Expeditionary Unit of up to 2,500 to Iran. 1/ www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Abingdon Abbey Northcourt (Vale of White Horse) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 43.7% (+3.3)
🌍 GRN: 32.5% (-2.1)
➡️ RFM: 13.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 6.8% (-7.3)
🌹 LAB: 3.2% (-7.7)
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Green.
Changes w/ 2023.
Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of Gaza detainee abuse
Coming up on 30 years since the Dunblane school shooting massacre (13th March 1996) and watching another documentary about it. The families wanted to end legal handgun ownership and we passed those laws. We’ve not had a school shooting since. I ache for all Americans who cannot get this done there.
This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology
www.ms.now/news/trump-i...
The Mandelson Files released today are damning.
The fact that Starmer appointed Peter Mandelson knowing that he had continued a relationship with Jeffery Epstein after his conviction in 2008 shows serious lack of judgement.
This release is only the beginning of this scandal for the Government.
We can all agree that I'd look fantastic on a £5 note
This is a series of posts very worth reading! It reveals the total emptiness of the Trump war!
UKRAINE HAS DRIVEN 12km INTO RUSSIAN LINES AMD REGAINED 400KM IN THE SOUTH EAST
The ISW has finally confirmed its assessment that Ukraine - which has seemingly stopped its advance for now, presumably to consolidate its gains, retook 400kmsq and penetrated 12km
into Russian held territory on the
💥 Professor Vernon Bogdanor writes for @financialtimes.com:
"An electoral system should do two things: ensure that the majority rules and that significant minorities are adequately represented.
First Past the Post achieves neither."
📑 In his speech about the Representation of the People Bill, @ollyglover.bsky.social quoted an open letter from 50+ academics, warning about the dangers of FPTP.
➡️ Read it here: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
As part of the Liberal Democrat run Watford Council’s 10‑year Rediscovering the River Colne project, major habitat restoration works, in partnership with Groundwork East, will begin at Radlett Road Recreation Ground in March 2026.
www.watford.gov.uk/news/article...
Have your say: Ed Davey has urged King Charles to scrap his US trip as Trump’s attacks on Sir Keir Starmer put the state visit in question trib.al/w5j8i2t
The Enquirer November 1710 Jonathan Swift There is one essential point wherein a political liar differs from others of the faculty; that he ought to have but a short memory, which is necessary according to the various occasions he meets with every hour, of differing from himself, and swearing to both sides of a contradiction, as he finds the persons disposed, with whom he has to deal. In describing the virtues and vices of mankind, it is convenient upon every article, to have some eminent person in our eye, from whence we copy our description. I have strictly observed this rule; and my imagination this minute represents before me a certain great man famous for this talent, to the constant practice of which he owes his twenty years' reputation of the most skilful head in England, for the management of nice affairs. The superiority of his genius consists in nothing else but an inexhaustible fund of political lies, which he plentifully distributes every minute he speaks, and by an unparalleled generosity forgets, and consequently contradicts the next half-hour
He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; so that if you think to refine upon him, by interpreting every thing he says, as we do dreams by the contrary, you are still to seek, and will find yourself equally deceived, whether you believe him or no: the only remedy is to suppose that you have heard some inarticulate sounds, without any meaning at all. And besides, that will take off the horror you might be apt to conceive at the oaths wherewith he perpetually tags both ends of every proposition: though at the same time I think he cannot with any justice be taxed for perjury, when he invokes God and Christ, because he has often fairly given public notice to the world, that he believes in neither.
3Some people may think that such an accomplishment as this, can be of no great use to the owner or his party, after it has been often practised, and is become notorious; but they are widely mistaken: Few lies carry the inventor's mark; and the most prostitute enemy to truth may spread a thousand without being known for the author. Besides, as the vilest writer has his readers, so the greatest liar has his believers; and it often happens, that if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no farther occasion for it. Falsehood flies, and Truth comes limping after it; so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late, the jest is over, and the tale has had its effect: like a man who has thought of a good repartee, when the discourse is changed, or the company parted: or, like a physician who has found out an infallible medicine, after the patient is dead. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13169/13169-h/13169-h.htm#link2H_4_0022
Jonathan Swift on Political Liars > 300yrs ago:
"The superiority of his genius consists in nothing else but an inexhaustible fund of political lies, which he plentifully distributes every minute he speaks, and by an unparalleled generosity forgets, and consequently contradicts the next half-hour"
Trump says US Navy sank Iran's warship off the coast of Sri Lanka because "it's more fun" to sink ships than capture them.
The gulf between what people think of Tony Blair commenting on war in the Middle East & what Tony Blair thinks people think of Tony Blair commenting on war in the Middle East is positively Badenochian.
BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.
This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.
(🎥 Vahid Online)
Has anyone told him that while the US and Israel haven’t signed Protocol 1 of the Geneva Conventions, the U.K. has, which covers current attacks on energy and water infrastructure. Nor have they signed Rome Statute so, like Epstein files, maybe only Brits will be held accountable
Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
timesofoman.com/article/1691...
At this point the United States is no different than Russia. All the money is spent on war and the enrichment of Oligarchs, while the everyday citizens suffer.
Don't worry. It can only be used to shoot down incoming drones threatening UK allies
Surely they demonstrated they had no values (other perhaps than self-interest) when they joined the Administration
Someone came into the library where I work and asked me if we had a book about Pavlov's dog and Schrödinger's cat.
I said it rang a bell but I wasn't sure if it was there or not.
Kemi Badenoch slagging off Labour because HMS Dragon can't sail until next week due to dockyard work time restrictions.
IT WAS BADENOCH'S PARTY THAT PRIVATISED THE FUCKING DOCKYARDS AND AGREED TO THE WORKING HOURS!!!
The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.
