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Original email to Andrew. DCUK's 70 questions. Dear Andrew, Thank you for your reply. With all due respect, I do not believe your email confirms whether you will put the questions to the Government. Are you going to put these questions to the Government? I believe they are important questions, and I believe the government should answer them. I look forward to your reply. Sincerely, — Ryan Sent from Proton Mail Android -------- Original Message -------- On 14/08/2025 09:46, GWYNNE, And...

Dear Andrew Gwynne, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to urge you to raise several critical questions to the UK Government regarding its stance on the situation in Gaza and related foreign policy matters. These questions were sourced from a recent news article and address concerns about potential war crimes, foreign policy, intelligence sharing, arms exports, military cooperation, lobbying influences, and humanitarian aid. Below are the questions I would like you to put forward: ...

[Almost] Everything I know about economics I know from Garys Economics. Today's lesson... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTlUyS-T-_4 ...

I'm not an Oasis fan. I own the albums, I don't own the t-shirt (or bucket hat). But Oasis fans are a special group of people. I had the honour of spending an evening with them in Heaton Park. I returned home with no voice and clothes drenched in alcohol. If you have a chance to see the Oasis Live '25 tour, I recommend it. ...

Insightful comments on Kurdish support for Israel, and thinking about the future. Recommend watching if you have a chance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mydu6gkO4Y Middle East Eye continues to produce amazing content on their YT channel. I wish they would introduce RSS to their website, though. #RSS4ever. My laptop exploded in the heat FYI. ...

PDFs: Pretty Documents, but Frak. Nobody asked for this... but I'm writing it anyway. TLDR PDF signing: Firefox PDF compression: QPDF Tools PDF arranging: PDF Arranger PDF metadata: Paper Clip PDFs are a daily part of my life. My letters to clients are now mostly password encrypted PDFs attached to an email. My client statements are all finalised and saved as PDFs. Thanks to one of a series of Practice Directions, all of my bundles are bookmarked OCRed A4 documents with a clickable inde...

USA commits [another] war crime Disclaimer I'm no fan of Iran. As somebody who believes in human rights, it should be obvious. Unfortunately, we live in an age where obvious statements and disclaimers are necessary. In that spirit, I also declare that I'm not a fan of Hamas, the current Israeli government, the current US government AND the current UK government. According to the law of common sense, I'm actually prohibited from discussing my opinion of Keir Starmer. UN Charter, use of force a...

Climate change is a natural process, but there is nothing natural about the changes we are experiencing. We are in a climate emergency and we are burning the future of our children day by day. Source: https://showyourstripes.info/l/europe/unitedkingdom/manchester ...

What type of superhero are you? Take the Safe Passage Superhero Quiz: https://form.typeform.com/to/IJooGIOj I'm an advocate. ...

Donate to Amnesty International (UK) and get an Amnesty International Rainbow Bracelet. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/donate/rainbowbracelet ...

I do not use Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Twitch, Twitter, Snapchat or WhatsApp. I do use LinkedIn, Mastodon, Signal, Wire & XMPP. ...

Deletion Day #1 Acknowledging my privilege at being able to take this actions, today I deleted the following accounts: Adobe Amazon Google* Meta (Facebook & Instagram) Microsoft Twitch Twitter xBox I haven't used any of these accounts for a very long time, but I kept them open because I hoped they would improve. Proton, I love Standard Notes, but you are going on my watchlist because you have said some unnecessary things recently. 📃👀 More unnecessary accounts to be deleted soon, but ...