Steve Pottinger

8 Dec 2024

Sometimes poetry needs to be political.

Bravo, Norway! 👏👏👏

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Left: President Trump insults Norway calling it a sh*thouse country Right: Visit Norway, the tourism board, trolls President Trump, displaying some of their best toilets on their Instagram 😅

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Normal Island News

@normalisland.co.uk

BREAKING: Netanyahu has announced that Brazil is just three weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon 👀

Absolutely 100% this.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Muslims and immigrants, despite all the lies we're told about them, have never presented a systemic threat to Western security, let alone to "Western civilisation". Instead, the threats come from our governments, especially in the US, and their grim alliances with capital and overseas dictators.

The Green Party of England & Wales

This.

Owen Jones@owenjones.bsky.social

Why have the media erased Palestinians from this conversation - and why can’t they see how racist that is?

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@greenparty.org.uk

Jackdaw is climate vandalism. Labour are putting Shell's profits before people and planet.

bbc.co.ukTurning the tides: Could hidden sea power energise UK coastal towns?Engineer David Mummery has developed a tidal energy generator that he says can change lives for people living in coastal communities.

This is a better blueprint for our future than Jackdaw. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social

The UK cannot have an inquiry into Gaza because it would prove conclusively that the UK has provided non-stop surveillance flights over Gaza, the pictures of which have been used for Genocide And that the UK has also allowed weapons to be produce non-stop in the UK to commit 1/2

Today's clearly my lucky day – I went for a swim in the pool with my phone in my shorts pocket. A recipe for disaster, I know. But the protective case... protected the phone. It stayed dry, I'm not shelling out on a new iPhone, and my stupidity hasn't had expensive repercussions. #Lucky #VeryLucky

A gentle read for your Sunday morning – if you're so inclined. stevepottinger.substack.com/p/slowing-down

This house has officially entered the season of Big Winter Stews. Comfort food at its best. 😊

@pandemonialists.bsky.social

We are still facilitating this. 🙁

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social

"3 year old Mariam Ahmed Ghanem is now being treated in hospital after suffering second degree burns. Both her mother & father have been killed in the war. There have been near daily attacks.." Meanwhile the UK media pretends a motion declaring zionism is racism is the problem

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poets and prattlers

This evening, we're back at Arena Theatre with Arena Nights. Next Tuesday, we're back there with PASTA. Not entirely sure whether Angus Young is coming, but he'd be very welcome.... 😊

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Up on the hillside, a man is riding a cow. Oh. No, it’s a horse. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

We follow the coast. An armada of turbines dance far out at sea. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

From a small island, train rolls onto the mainland. Also an island. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Comfy seat, sunshine, and the rhythm of the train. I… can’t… stay… awake. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

From a small island, train rolls onto the mainland. Also an island. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Came to this place once. It was SO disappointing. I’ve not been back since. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

This station may be all seventeen syllables without needing help. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Flying, this journey would take half the time. But look, where’s the fun in that? #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Now we’re running late, which could mean missed connection. Tension is rising. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train: two countries. Then taxi and ferry. Now train two, country three. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Outside a station we stop on a viaduct, stare over rooftops. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Sun breaking through clouds. Heron fishing at a weir. Gull catches a crab. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

The light is soft, grey, undecided. Could yet give up, go back to bed. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

We cross a river. Tidal. Mudflats. Ships hugging tight against quaysides. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Trees silhouetted against what might be the first stirrings of morning. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

The coastline creeps in to take a look at our train, slips back out to sea. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Phone changes network. Somewhere in the last few miles we crossed a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

The lass opposite - eyes closed, headphones in - pretends she’s somewhere better. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

We rattle onwards. The landscape, a mystery shrouded in darkness. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

The people chatting behind me could be talking about anything. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Other life choices might mean I’d be in bed now. That didn’t happen. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

The carriage fills up at this station. Commuters, laptops, screens, scrolling.

First train of the day, leaving in rain and darkness, will cross a border. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

Streetlights. Car headlights. Reflection in the window. And the urge to sleep. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

It’s still dark outside but on this station platform, half-awake workers. #haiku #poetry #TrainTravel

I, for one, am delighted to see that Prime Minister Burnham has made it a priority to stop the criminialisation of legitimate protest... Oh.

Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social

BREAKING Professor Peter Hallward has just been arrested on the National March for Palestine for holding a banner with a factually accurate legal statement on it. “In the UK it’s a crime to say I support Palestine Action” Help end the absurdity: www.wedonotcomply.org

Here. Have some good news. 😊

Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

Suella Braverman selling 106 copies of her book after all that publicity is so delicious.

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

This is probably one of the most helpful explanations about the Greens ‘Zionism is racism’ policy, and a useful counterbalance to some of the less accurate takes currently doing the rounds.

Annie Gottfried Cohen@annsplaining.bsky.social

Reading the news, it would be easy to believe that the Green Party has adopted a policy to expel its Jewish members, prevent them from attending synagogue or at the very least scrutinise their activities outside the party. *None of that has happened* 🧵

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Natalie Bennett

Today's the day: #VoteZack #VoteGreen to get London's first @greenparty.org.uk MP. Polls open until 10pm

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social

Great to catch up with the Camden New Journal. Tomorrow on the ballot paper in Holborn & St Pancras - a Green win means I'll be in Parliament pushing on housing costs, nationalising Thames Water and keeping oil & gas in the ground. Vote Green! 💚 youtu.be/bM4YgbS96Nw?...

youtu.beZack Polanski in Brighton – one of his few conference interviewsYouTube video by Peeps