So glad that Luqman Saeed - an academic at Ulster University - has written this piece about the Belfast riots. I hope I could write this clearly and perceptively were I under similar pressure right now.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...
@owenjones.bsky.social
Good to see this response from tolerant, inclusive #Derry.
A war crime and also strategic nonsense. Millions of Iranians are short of water — and the entire region depends on desalinization facilities that Iran could destroy. If we strike water facilities and they respond in kind elsewhere millions of lives are at risk.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
Interestingly, a widely held view across the political spectrum too.
Last year, I planted a little Derry acorn that had rolled across the path.
Today, it's a tiny oak tree.
7 years ago today, CRIPPLED was published. This morning, a lecturer emailed me to say a student had written their dissertation inspired by it.
I’m continually blown away by the impact this book has had and so grateful for how readers have responded - and are still discovering it.
I spoke to BBC Radio 4 about some of the ways UK charities are funnelling money to illegal Israeli settlements - and getting taxpayer subsidies for doing so.
This must end now; the Charity Commission have to act.
Hatred of migrants will destroy this country - unless it’s stopped.
An honour to write my first column for the newly launched
@zeteonews.co.uk 👇
zeteonews.co.uk/p/belfast-ri...
Just a wee reminder for anyone listening to politicians doing the ‘I condemn the violence but people have legitimate concerns’, shuffle, immigration in NI is 3.5% of the population. Most of them working in NHS, social care and other badly paid jobs.
The government must treat this as the emergency it is. Our sovereignty, democracy, and the lives of some of those who live here are threatened by a deadly combination of US billionaires, Russian interests and homegrown fascists. Step 1: Get the money out of politics.🧵
bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
bylinetimes.com
Andrew Fisher
Neil Hegarty
From a friend in Belfast.
Melanie Ward MP
Frances Ryan
In his first column for Zeteo UK, acclaimed journalist and author Owen Jones looks at how the lie about immigrants pushed by British media and political elites is fueling the violence we see today.
63% of Britons say the government is not tough enough on tech and social media companies
Too tough: 7%
Not tough enough: 63%
About right: 11%
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George Monbiot
Daniel Trilling
Northern Ireland saw a second night of unrest with police using water cannon on rioters, as the Belfast stabbing attack victim's family said they were "disgusted" by the disorder
YouGov
Northern Ireland saw a second night of unrest with police using water cannons on protesters, as the Belfast stabbing attack victim's family said they were "disgusted" by the disorder.
