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Kevin Burden

@kevinburden

Consultant working to raise standards in the media. Specialise in climate change, environment, social affairs. Now spending more time under bluer skies.

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Iran’s two longest-held female political prisoners, Zeynab Jalalian and Maryam Akbari Monfared, are being systematically denied urgent medical care despite serious and documented health needs. 🚨 Zeynab Jalalian, the only female political prisoner in Iran serving a life…

ICHRI's tweet image. Iran’s two longest-held female political prisoners, Zeynab Jalalian and Maryam Akbari Monfared, are being systematically denied urgent medical care despite serious and documented health needs. 

🚨 Zeynab Jalalian, the only female political prisoner in Iran serving a life…

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Please share with your networks. We are asking for donations from anyone who supports the work of the John Schofield Trust. Help us reach early career journalists who are diverse and talented but may not have the connections or privileges to break into the sector. Donate to…

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We are asking for donations from anyone who supports the work of the John Schofield Trust.

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Beds without people and people without beds

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The best way to get a promotion in the IDF is to commit blatant war crimes. Are we still going to pretend this is not a genocidal army? When are people going to fucking wake up?

Ben Gvir is making the job impossible for those claiming executing surrendered combatants is just a few bad seeds and we should "wait for an investigation." He didn't From Shireen Abu Akleh to more than 20k dead children to daily West Bank killings, this violence the norm.

Etanetan23's tweet image. Ben Gvir is making the job impossible for those claiming executing surrendered combatants is just a few bad seeds and we should "wait for an investigation."  He didn't

From Shireen Abu Akleh to more than 20k dead children to daily West Bank killings, this violence the norm.


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Excl w/@CharlieLRowan Cambridge vice chancellor says her university and others are speaking to Reform amid fears of Trump-style backlash against elites if Farage elected In leaked recording, Prof Deborah Prentice said it was “clear” Farage would model himself on US president


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I’ve always said it will be the Tories who undo Brexit eventually. Not Labour. Obviously now a bit complicated by their own undoing. But still. When the Telegraph can say it why not Keir Starmer ?

The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.

EdwardJDavey's tweet image. The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.


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A very weird 72 hours for fans of Brexit... First, one of the original Economists for Brexit gang admitted it was a disaster. archive.ph/2025.11.26-150… And today the Telegraph lined up behind that view too. archive.ph/2025.11.29-132… Are they trying to leave Labour holding the bag?

edwinhayward's tweet image. A very weird 72 hours for fans of Brexit...

First, one of the original Economists for Brexit gang admitted it was a disaster.
archive.ph/2025.11.26-150…

And today the Telegraph lined up behind that view too.
archive.ph/2025.11.29-132…

Are they trying to leave Labour holding the bag?
edwinhayward's tweet image. A very weird 72 hours for fans of Brexit...

First, one of the original Economists for Brexit gang admitted it was a disaster.
archive.ph/2025.11.26-150…

And today the Telegraph lined up behind that view too.
archive.ph/2025.11.29-132…

Are they trying to leave Labour holding the bag?

Kevin Burden reposted

❌CEASEFIRE VIOLATION: IDF troops identified two suspects who crossed the yellow line, carried out suspicious activities, and approached the troops in southern Gaza, posing an immediate threat. The IAF eliminated the suspects to remove the threat. In another incident in the…


Kevin Burden reposted

Octopus plays the piano — and no, it’s not AI Swedish musician Mattias Krantz bought an octopus at a Korean market, named him Tako, and decided to teach him to play a custom-made mini-piano. He adapted the keys for the octopus’s tentacles, and the reward for hitting the right…


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Costa Rica, once home to rampant logging, has now almost doubled the size of its rainforest. They turned it all around within a generation. It can be done. Protect people and the planet. #ActOnClimate #biodiversity #deforestation #rewilding #solutions


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Recommended listen: The BBC’s Climate Question podcast looked at the main outcomes from COP30 and discussed the “future of climate action” with a team of panelists. buff.ly/uzAaP6R


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The evidence about who Nigel Farage really is has been in plain sight for many years and yet the UK media, in particular the BBC will not rest until they have propelled him to No 10. Who funds him? Why do the media support him? Who wants him in power?

archer_rs's tweet image. The evidence about who Nigel Farage really is has been in plain sight for many years and yet the UK media, in particular the BBC will not rest until they have propelled him to No 10.  

Who funds him?
Why do the media support him?
Who wants him in power?

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Hours after a devastating fire in Hong Kong, three construction company executives are under arrest on suspicion of manslaughter connected to flammable materials - including bamboo and polystyrene foam - that may have allowed the fire to spread quickly. Meanwhile in UK, 8.5…

Grenfellnextkin's tweet image. Hours after a devastating fire in Hong Kong,  
three construction company executives are under arrest on suspicion of manslaughter connected to flammable materials - including bamboo and polystyrene foam - that may have allowed the fire to spread quickly.
Meanwhile in UK, 8.5…
Grenfellnextkin's tweet image. Hours after a devastating fire in Hong Kong,  
three construction company executives are under arrest on suspicion of manslaughter connected to flammable materials - including bamboo and polystyrene foam - that may have allowed the fire to spread quickly.
Meanwhile in UK, 8.5…

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Mark Damazer, speaking at an event, "suggested (Robbie) Gibb should have recused himself from judging the BBC output in relation to the Middle East, given that for four years, he was the beneficial owner of the Jewish Chronicle." @guardian

NEW: Toxic culture of distrust at BBC led to recent resignations, former deputy director says. Suggests Gibb should’ve recused himself over Gaza coverage. Mark Damazer is a figure people listen to on the BBC. Huge row still raging over bias claims… theguardian.com/media/2025/nov…



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An extraordinary turn of events. The chill wind of Trump litigation against media organisations working exactly as it is intended. And another example of the internal neurosis over a largely irrelevant Panorama edit resulting in *more* partial coverage of Trump, not less.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1



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"Distracted" Cartoon for Dutch daily 'Trouw'. Art: Tjeerd Royaards (The Netherlands) #ClimateChange

BettinaSRoss1's tweet image. "Distracted"

Cartoon for Dutch daily 'Trouw'.

Art: Tjeerd Royaards (The Netherlands)

#ClimateChange

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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities. Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/mic…


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Did you know that every single stretch of river in England designated as bathing water, bar one, has a "Do not swim" advisory posted?

Feargal_Sharkey's tweet image. Did you know that every single stretch of river in England designated as bathing water, bar one, has a "Do not swim" advisory posted?

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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.


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