Andrew James

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 "Religion distorts a person’s relationships with their fellow humans for better or worse. It places in between them a barrier that has been manipulated by centuries of flawed, misguided or actively malevolent, hucksters."

BBC happily interviews lots of Zionists saying they are offended and fearful about Green Party rehashing a 1975 UN motion saying Zionism is racism But not Palestinians living in apartheid Israel about discrimination they face in jobs, housing, education every day of their lives meme via Dave Toller

"climate crisis, technological dependency and threats by hostile state" all seem like the primary responsibilities of a government, but Lab's answer.. Climate - drill more ff Tech- employ Palantir & build US data centres Hostile state- cosy to Iran bombing Trump www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Francesca Albanese on why the perpetual conflation, by dishonest politicians like Andy Burnham, of Zionism and Judaism is dangerous.

Boyhood Blues shining bright 🩵

The goal of Israel in Gaza and in the West Bank is the same: Elimination.

Yet another vindication of leaving Labour after 40+yrs of defending the indefensible As suspected Burnham is Starmer with PR Owned by Finance Capital Lab is dead as a solution to the challenges of the country & the world This is the end of the honeymoon Any decent 'Still Labs' must now Go Green asap

Navi Pillay on #C4News: "The Genocide convention, which was passed in 1948, places a peremptory obligation on every state.. they are obliged to take action to prevent genocide wherever it is occurring or is about to happen.. its time now that they carry out these obligations"

People are only upset with looting when the rich people aren't doing it. And they are doing it ALL the time.

Public sector workers are warning that they are already on the frontline of extreme weather: “Approving Rosebank would not be ‘pragmatic’, it would outright arson”👇

'Reform stating they are 'anti-racist' is like a dog walking on its hind legs - it is not done at all well, but one is surprised to see it done at all!' with thanks to SJ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

An amazing historical example- Lancashire mill workers in 1862 experienced famine due to their solidarity against slavery. A reminder that it wasn't the 'English' who were colonialists it was the English ruling class. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

"Incredibly big and clear drop in online support for Reform, after Russian data centres destroyed. Only one conclusion, Reform have support from Russia whether they know it or not." via Dale Vince

The hypocrisy of the UK govt laid bare. Defence minister @lukepollard.bsky.social (talking about the Houthis & Iran): "You are responsible if you fire a missile at a civilian target.. countries should not have their civilian infrastructure targeted by extremists or by another state"

This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇

“So who is the real extremist, who is the the real racist: Zack Polanski or Nick Robinson?” jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-the-bb...

A centralised 'nationalisation' of water is not enough. I must be publicly owned but also controlled by the people who are affected by each regional company- consumers, environmentalists, employees, tech/managers. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is a message for @andyburnham.bsky.social

New football financial regs still there to defend the 'status quo'- ie: the clubs that are already wealthy: www.youtube.com/shorts/u_CXF...

Thread shut- All billionaires are bad. Totally agree with banning them all- equally! Your billionaire gives money to Trump so don't mention children & Epstein. And no-one supports Trump without supporting his attempted destruction of democracy, his wars & vital support for Netanyahu. Ban them all!