academic, study inequalities of class, gender , ethnicity, passionate socialist ex Labour councillor.Hate Tories. Free Palestine. climate sction. adore cats๐ป
It took me a long time to realise how undemocratic and corrupt the U.K had become, because I was brought up to think we were a beacon of honesty. As soon as I took up politics seriously - as opposed to being a street activist- the scales fell from my eyes.
I had a comforting Guardian-BBC view of the world well into my middle-age
Then I began to see the reality more clearly
Now I think-
UK does not have a meaningful democracy
UK elite is infested with corrupt practices
UK MSM is at very root of the sickness of our body politic
There's no 'antisemitism crisis' and there never was.
British Jews are not 'unsafe' from people demanding a
#GazaCeasefire
: many of those demanding it are Jewish.
This panic-factory needs shutting down, it's dangerous.
Stop believing trash, start checking facts.
#ItWasAScam
Iโve added some actual FACTS to this SHOCKING response from Prime Minister
@RishiSunak
to the crisis facing our schools. If like me youโve had enough of this Governmentโs absolute bull**** RT this widely
#PMQs
Powerful scenes from
#Bath
โs
#FreePalestine
protest today.
Hundreds attending a memorial procession, holding up placards saying 'remember their names' to honour the 13,000 innocent children slaughtered by Israelโs collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza.
Please honour them
๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ Spain has sent another 10 million euros to UNRWA in Gaza today, and it has tripled its funding to Palestine in recent months to around 50 million euros.
@JamesKroeger5
Prof Kroeger this is an absolutely brilliant piece of analysis. The best Iโve seen. I had become steadily aware of the interpolation of Zionist lobbying & money into our societal systems but had not grasped HOW this was achieved. You have pulled it together & explained. Thanks .
@BenPBradshaw
targets of Adolf Hitlerโs government:
Gays
Roma
Jews (incl my family - grandparents murdered at Auschwitz, parents came here as refugees)
Iโve been drawing the parallel for years and getting abuse!
Wake up UK!
#braverman
#humanrights
And here is another childless cat lady who believes her life and contributions to society have been fruitful not destructive like those of Trump and Vance
Noor Harazeen is one of the strongest people I met in Gaza. She covered every war from 2008/9 Cast Lead until now, 2023/4. The trauma is too much for all these brave people ๐
On July 23 Johnathan Brearley CEO of Ofgem said โWe will clamp down on Energy Companies making excess profits.โ
One month later he raised the cap so they could make more profit.
He gets paid ยฃ300,000 and he sits around working out how much he can rip you off.
How about calling for an end to arms sales from the UK to Israel? Why havenโt you commented on the findings of the ICJ which ruled that it is plausible Israel is committing genocide? Why have u done nothing to try & stop the slaughter of almost 30,000 people since October?
@RobertLindsay
You are so right Mr Lindsay.this awful man who has been fostered especially by the BBC is responsible not only for Brexit but for giving racism and bigotry legitimacy in our once tolerant nation
Being a Conservative donor makes it more likely that you willโฆ
Win a government contract.
Receive a peerage or a government job.
Be invited to private meetings with senior ministers.
This isnโt hidden corruption. Itโs blatant.
I think the Stonehenge incident was a mistake ( I am a climate activist) BUT I cannot stomach a man who thinks that spraying paint on old stones is more of a crime than slaughtering thousands of children and babies .
@Keir_Starmer
Keir Starmer did not hesitate in his calls to bring climate protesters to justice, but continues to equivocate over Israeli breaches of international law in Gaza.
I'm still having meetings in schools with children who don't have coats. Charles III wants a full coronation with all the gold trimmings.
#AbolishTheMonachy
Stop bombing Yemen! Nobody has voted for this or promoted this. This is the action of a weak PM and a brainless Defence Secretary trying to curry favour with deluded gammons ๐ก๐ก๐ก๐ก
I am obsessed with the 7100 children that Israel has killed over the last few weeks and the ones that it is killing as I am typing these words. How dare you not be obsessed by this too? Where is your humanity? How is your heart not broken?
Children are included in this humiliation round up! The like of this has never ever been seen before, streamed onto our screens! Where on earth is humanity! We must not be quiet! People of conscience, rise up!
#FreePalestine
I welcome Rishi Sunak's decision to attend COP27.
But his U-turn will count for nothing unless he reverses the rest of the Tories' eco-cidal agenda.
Make polluters pay. End subsidies for fossil fuels. No new coal, oil or gas. We need a just transition to renewable energy, now.
Activist JEWS AGAINST GENOCIDE have handcuffed themselves to the German Embassy in Dublin. We are here with all big hearted Jews and anti-Zionist groups to support their action against Germany's unconditional support of Israel!
#FreePalestine
UK Chancellor considers scrapping bankersโ bonus cap as part of deregulation.
It was introduced to curb reckless practices/frauds which boosted bonuses but wrecked the economy.
Govt says wage rises are inflationary but bankers' loot isn't.
โWe donโt have to be unequal, it doesnโt have to be unfair, poverty isnโt inevitable. Things can, and they will, change.โ
@jeremycorbyn
Sept 2015. The hope we felt on that day. I will neither forget nor ever forgive those in
@UKLabour
who destroyed our hope
#NeverVoteLabourAgain
Dr Refaat Alareer
@itranslate123
has been assassinated now by Israel. Refaat is one of the founders of
@WeAreNotNumbers
and a very good friend. He authored many books and wrote tens of stories about Gaza.
Refaatโs assassination is tragic, painful and outrageous. It is a huge
THE PARLIAMENT THAT IS BEING OPEN TODAY, IS COVERED IN BLOOD.
We are only going to carry on resisting. Police intimidation and repression is not going to scare us when thousands of lives are being lost, and are on the line.
You can support those taking action by donating ->
@ecomarxi
Thanks Tiberius. You have summed upthe situation accurately &succinctly . I would add that part of this awful capitalist neoliberal scenario is ensuring that the working clsss is too exploited and anxious to resist while also wooing them with consumerism, football & reality tv
All my life I've fought and dreamed of a Labour landslide, now it's becoming a reality it's my worst nightmare! This collection of Starmer and his assortment of backstabbing bastards have already sold their souls to big business and Netanyahu! "STARMERGEDDON!"
In
@TheGreenParty
we will defend our National Health Service and give both the health service & social care along with research & science the public investment it deserves.
Wes Streeting seems to think this is "left wing bleating."
Our debate with
@MetroUK
๐๐ผ
Jeremy Corbyn is head and shoulders above the three leadership candidates. We need to keep him, with all his experience as leader of the opposition.
Unprecedented times require unprecedented measures.
@revoltinghippie
Hypocrite . He has made it clear he doesnโt want socialists im
@his
party and has suspended expelled and defamed us. Does he really expect us to vote for him???๐คข
Keir Starmer the Liar
Ian Austin the Liar
Rachel Reeves the Liar
Wes Streeting the Liar
Luciana Berger the Liar
Shabana Mahmood the Liar
Ruth Smeeth the Liar
Tom Watson the Liar
Margaret Hodge the Liar
Lisa Nandy the Liar
Liz Kendall the Liar.
I wonder if it ever crosses his mind that warmongering, flag shagging and playing soldiers are total Tory tropes?
I could never vote for this kind of pathetic posturingโฆ
People of conscience are protesting outside the Zionist Embassy in Dublin right now. We have had enough of the slaughter! Dana Elrich, get out, out, out!
I will be voting for
@TheGreenParty
at the next election.
If youโre uncertain, just listen to the brilliant
@ZackPolanski
.
Follow him and listen to what he has to say. Heโs excellent.
I'm really disappointed the Tories just blocked my Free School Meals for All Bill, but I'll keep fighting until every child gets a hot, healthy meal each day ๐๐ฝ
Person of the year for me
Mick Lynch
For representing his members views unapologetically.
For standing up in the face of a media barrage and being reasonable.
For challenging the right wing media gov narrative
For saying what a lot of us are thinking.
@RMTunion
@forumeditor
@MrsLandDB
@Seanchuckle
@Fanxxxxtastic
@The_TUC
I totally agree . TUC attendees will have booked accommodation and transport. They are not rich people and we are all facing financial demands. What has the Queen ever done for trade unions anyway? A bad decision.
Six more people have died in the Channel trying to reach a place of safety.
Shame on our government for creating the market for these perilous routes.
And shame on many in our media for stoking racism, hatred and fear.
Where is our humanity?
This is my Socialist Leader and Peopleโs Prime Minister ๐ด
#JeremyCorbyn
๐ด
talking about workers and pandemic. Heโs the only Politician who really cares about working people ! โ
I've always had an unease about charity, despite donating regularly myself, but struggled to articulate where it came from. Then I read this quote from Clement Attlee & thought, ah that's it. That's exactly it. Charity is a sign of precariousness. No one shld live precariously
This is the crux. The planet is crucially endangered . Yet our corrupt, cronyist and incompetent government care not one whit. They are in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry and all they care about is MONEY and POWER
Climate breakdown is real. UK govt should be all out investing in green energy - getting homes properly insulated saving us all fortunes on energy bills - what is obvious is that this Tory govt is funded by fossil fuel industry and they are ripping us all off . This govt is
This is what Jeremy Corbyn had to face leading up to GE 2017 :-- 100% of the Tories 100% of the media 66% of his own Parliamentary Party 60% of the House of Lords 30% of his Staffers And he still recorded the highest share of the vote since Attlee's 1945 landslide!