https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpK_9GzSkWM&t=1s

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/greta-thunberg-gaza-liam-cunningham-israel-b2761834.html

@bratface said:

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/greta-thunberg-gaza-liam-cunningham-israel-b2761834.html

When I looked, the only UK outlets that I could see carrying the story were a very left wing site, who had it on Sunday and The Mirror (think blue collar Democrat) on Monday, honest! As well as the Indy, The Guardian (white collar Democrat) has now added a small piece. The BBC still has yet to mention it.

@M.LeMarchand said:

@bratface said:

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/greta-thunberg-gaza-liam-cunningham-israel-b2761834.html

When I looked, the only UK outlets that I could see carrying the story were a very left wing site, who had it on Sunday and The Mirror (think blue collar Democrat) on Monday, honest! As well as the Indy, The Guardian (white collar Democrat) has now added a small piece. The BBC still has yet to mention it.

I'm sorry I didn't include the link to challenge your statement, I just thought you hadn't had a chance to read it. I wonder why the BBC hasn't mentioned it? I went to their site & searched Liam Cunningham's name & came up empty. However, they did have a story about the 'first' attempt at the beginning of May. Weird.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx27z0r8n5do

@bratface said:

I wonder why the BBC hasn't mentioned it? I went to their site & searched Liam Cunningham's name & came up empty. However, they did have a story about the 'first' attempt at the beginning of May. Weird.

The UK press hardly reported anything about what has been going on in Gaza until that horrifying footage of a man burning in his hospital bed emerged. They still seem reluctant to give too much space to the genocide. One of the UK forums I post in regularly deletes any posts mentioning the horrors that are going on over there.

OTH, plenty of coverage of the terrible act that happened in Boulder, Colorado. Even to the extent of local news outlets running pieces on the BBC interrupting a show to break the news.

@M.LeMarchand said:

@bratface said:

I wonder why the BBC hasn't mentioned it? I went to their site & searched Liam Cunningham's name & came up empty. However, they did have a story about the 'first' attempt at the beginning of May. Weird.

The UK press hardly reported anything about what has been going on in Gaza until that horrifying footage of a man burning in his hospital bed emerged. They still seem reluctant to give too much space to the genocide. One of the UK forums I post in regularly deletes any posts mentioning the horrors that are going on over there.

OTH, plenty of coverage of the terrible act that happened in Boulder, Colorado. Even to the extent of local news outlets running pieces on the BBC interrupting a show to break the news.

IMHO, that just shows where their sympathies lie.

I don't think there's and love lost between LC and the BBC:

Speaking to journalist Mehdi Hasan, Liam Cunningham stressed that BBC News has approached him but that “there is not a hope in hell of me going on the BBC at the moment”. The reason is that BBC coverage of Israel’s genocide is “like watching a movie”, due to its apparent attempts at ‘evenhandedness’ and ‘impartiality’. And he asked the question:

Are we saying, due to impartiality, that if this was 1944 or 1945 when we discovered the horrors of Auschwitz, would we be contacting Heinrich Himmler for his take on the genocide? Because that’s what’s going on now. I find it astonishing.

Israeli commandos have taken command of the Madleen, the crew is being taken to Israel.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/4/madleen-gaza-flotilla-live-greta-thunberg-activists-to-arrive-on-june-7

https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-gaza-flotilla-greta-thunberg-b64e897fb37ee374e4494381304ff9be

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyg5x15n3zt

Was going to come here to post that!

Looks like Liam Cunningham isn't on the boat. Some reports say it was due to limited space, though I wonder if it was felt that he'd be better drumming up support on shore. The BBC have actually covered the diversion of the craft and been slightly critical of Israel's actions! A news search only shows coverage from the outlets mentioned above and Sky News rather than all major outlets, though.

@M.LeMarchand said:

Was going to come here to post that!

Looks like Liam Cunningham isn't on the boat. Some reports say it was due to limited space, though I wonder if it was felt that he'd be better drumming up support on shore. The BBC have actually covered the diversion of the craft and been slightly critical of Israel's actions! A news search only shows coverage from the outlets mentioned above and Sky News rather than all major outlets, though.

This is a statement from AJP Action, an American nonprofit supporting justice for Palestinians:

https://ajpaction.org/feeding-palestinians-facing-man-made-famine-is-not-a-crime-abducting-those-who-try-is/

https://ajpaction.org/

The media firestorm around the flotilla comes as in the UK, more than 300 Foreign Office staff who raised concerns about UK ‘complicity’ in Gaza were told they could consider resigning.

A staff letter was sent to David Lammy last month, detailing concerns about Israel’s involvement in Gaza.

A reply was sent from Sir Oliver Robbins and Nick Dyer, reading: ‘If your disagreement with any aspect of government policy or action is profound your ultimate recourse is to resign from the Civil Service. This is an honourable course.’

From The Metro (UK news outlet).

@M.LeMarchand said:

The media firestorm around the flotilla comes as in the UK, more than 300 Foreign Office staff who raised concerns about UK ‘complicity’ in Gaza were told they could consider resigning.

A staff letter was sent to David Lammy last month, detailing concerns about Israel’s involvement in Gaza.

A reply was sent from Sir Oliver Robbins and Nick Dyer, reading: ‘If your disagreement with any aspect of government policy or action is profound your ultimate recourse is to resign from the Civil Service. This is an honourable course.’

From The Metro (UK news outlet).