Political journalist & media consultant. Long-time @LobbyXI football team veteran skipper. Welshman.
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Rob Merrick retweeted
This is the most neutral summary I’ve seen of the Minnesota murder by ICE. It has ALL angles, it syncs them together, and shows the lead up and aftermath… if you watch this all and still think those shots were justified - you just might be a psychopath.
Rob Merrick retweeted
A word on @AllisonPearson free speech row and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. Today on @TheNewsAgents, we asked her to appear. She said ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
You gotta love a free speech warrior
Rob Merrick retweeted
"There is no protection to anyone"
@UNWateridge describes the harrowing reality for families seeking refuge at this @UNRWA school - children with amputations, burns & permanent scarring.
The school has been struck by Israeli airstrikes twice & endured countless shelling. The situation is unimaginable.
Rob Merrick retweeted
Today the @CommonsIDC heard harrowing evidence on the use of drones in Gaza, targeting and shooting civilians, including children @UNWRA @MedicalAidPal @PalestineRCS @hrw
Rob Merrick retweeted
Just 700 social rent homes built in England last year due to Right to Buy impact, new RSH data shows dlvr.it/TFrHYp #ukhousing
Rob Merrick retweeted
Any Situation Room for this?
Today, @VP and I met in the Situation Room with the U.S. hostage deal negotiation team following the murder of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five other hostages by Hamas.
We are devastated and outraged. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes.
We also discussed next steps in the ongoing effort to secure the release of hostages and bring them home.
ALT President Biden and the Vice President meet with a national security team in the White House Situation Room.
Rob Merrick retweeted
"The world is failing to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty because politicians have become servants of the super-rich instead of their own citizens," @Oxfam's @AmitabhBehar told @Rob_Merrick in an interview for @devex.
devex.com/news/sdgs-were-doo….
Rob Merrick retweeted
'I saw a kid getting stabbed, and I tried to save her'
Abdullah is a security guard working nearby and intervened in the attack - he tells Sky News he "heard a scream", then "jumped on" the man who was attacking the child
Full story ➡️ trib.al/IhTOZaD
📺 Sky 501
Rob Merrick retweeted
An immigrant surgeon has just given me a knee replacement, an immigrant nurse took my blood, an immigrant nurse took my X-rays, an immigrant physio helped me to exercise, an immigrant cook fed me. I would be nowhere and nothing without immigrants. Thank you to all of them.
Rob Merrick retweeted
Government homelessness stats published today show:
⚫️117,450 households are living in temporary accomodation - the highest since records began in 1998
⚫️74,530 households with kids are living in temporary accomodation - the highest since records began in 2002
