DavidC

DavidC

@pumpchimp.bsky.social

Made in Sheffield Trade Union rep Environmentalist Green party member Occasional antiques dealer Farting in the face of adversity My views are my own

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Believe it or not, this is the same party that built the NHS, the welfare state and a million council homes from the rumble of World War 2. Embarrassing.

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social

Jon Kay to Jonathan Reynolds: "You're planning to remove import taxes from products like chocolate, gherkins, marmalade. Your own figures say that will save the average household 40p a week. At a time when [bills] are going up, do you really think people are going to notice 40p a week?"

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Insanity strikes again. 50 British peers have called on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to bar US rapper Macklemore from entering the UK ahead of pro-Palestine concert. Should read: 'British peers stuck in their colonial past' - the very worst of us. www.newarab.com/news/uk-peer...

newarab.comUK peers seek to bar Macklemore ahead of pro-Palestine concertFifty House of Lords members have moved to block the rapper’s entry before his Wembley show, targeting his fundraising for the Palestinian Youth Movement

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Sparse antisemitism in schools considered more heinous than mass murder of 22,000 children, or as teh BBC would put it unbiased verified balance meme via James Branch

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Excellent letter supporting Zack Polanski showing Green Party support all over the UK helping ensure he doesn't succumb to the same #ItWasAScam antisemitism Labour traitors & billionaire press lies which ended Jeremy Corbyn's leadership not least to scupper #TaxTheRich & #GreenNewDeal policies

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Israel dominates the Palestinian city of Hebron where a quarter of a million Palestinians live in order to protect 850 illegal Israeli settlers. Israel is now destroying the homes of 1,500 Palestinians as collective punishment. This is a war crime.

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👉REVEALED -- The British man who fought for Israel in Gaza by Hamza Yusuf, Dania Akkad, Shaimaa Marwan, & Phil Miller Exclusive: Jonathan Burman was photographed in front of a burning school which was attacked by Israeli troops www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-the...

declassifieduk.orgRevealed: The British man who fought for Israel in GazaExclusive: Jonathan Burman was photographed in front of a burning school which was attacked by Israeli troops

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Buried on page 30 of Sir David Bellend's report into antisemitism in schools in the UK it explicitly says there hasn't been a rise in antisemitism, only in anti-Israel sentiment The conflation of antisemitism with anti-Israel sentiment is intentional, and frankly sickening.

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Jackdaw offers just 27 jobs, 35 million tonnes of carbon, and no change to energy security or bills. Greens offer a different vision. Our own homegrown, renewable energy, creating thousands of British jobs and investing in our children's futures. join.greenparty.org.uk

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Boulton: "Clearly there is a difference between being Jewish & being pro Israeli, those things inevitably do get conflated in peoples minds" Theres nothing inevitable about conflating Jews with Israel. Its being done deliberately by people like you to smear critics of Israel as antisemitic

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social

Adam Boulton: "she, in common with a lot of people in Ireland is taking a very strong pro Palestine & I have to say anti Israel & anti Jewish stance" Adam, can you provide evidence that Sally Rooney is taking an anti Jewish stance? Or are you, in fact, lying to smear critics of Israel?

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What is it about centrists that makes them so gullible? Everyone I know, knew Burnham would not be a left wing PM. He has never been left wing. He hasn't ever pretended to be. But loads of people just refused to believe that the widely predicted Thatcherite mess we see unfolding, was possible.

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Today's decision by Labour to approve new drilling in the North Sea is climate vandalism. It's a betrayal of all of our futures, and Labour has abandoned all credibility in the fight against climate change. This is a victory for Shell over the people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

bbc.co.ukUK government approves Jackdaw gas field, and says production will start this month - follow liveActivists say approving the gas field will raise carbon emissions - while the developers argue it is important for the UK’s energy security.

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Will Labour next week in the budget tell us sad stories about "difficult decisions" and how there's "no money left?" Or will this Labour Government challenge the broken economic thinking that has lead us to this place? And tax the assets of multimillionaires & billionaires? 👀

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I applaud Rabbi Mohsie Inge for saying this & I repeat this until I'm blue in the face. ''Zionism is fuck all to do with Jewish identity & it is NOT every Jewish person's ideology''. Netenyahu is nothing more than a dictator & needs removed from office to allow Israel to learn about compassion.

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This company has been a financial black hole, sucking up money for too long. Andy Burnham previously said that public ownership for Thames Water "is what should be done". But now he's PM... Nothing. Tumbleweed. Come on Labour. Let's hear your ideas, at least! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

theguardian.comThames Water asks for £2.4bn more to avoid going bust this year or early 2027Water company tells creditors it will not survive long enough to agree refinancing deal without more money

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This is what Revolution against the Filthy Rich looks like... www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

theguardian.comWhole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ by protests, says mayor, as France demonstrations continue – Europe liveFrance’s worst protests in years saw buildings set ablaze across the country and record numbers of people arrested
The Scales ⚖️@shakethescales.bsky.social

Hundreds of thousands of young people are protesting across France demanding... increases in wages and pensions, as well as the reintroduction of a wealth tax... In the UK, we moan privately and tug our forelocks in public.

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Israel killed over 200 Palestinian journalists, you stayed quiet. Israel killed over 20,000 children, you looked away. Israel commits a genocide, you muttered: "we will wait for the courts to decide" How many must die? How many must suffer under Israels regime before you speak out #UKGovernment #EU

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Several elected officials condemned the attack on Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine, who was beaten and injured by masked Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Levine was treated for broken vertebrae, a broken rib and lacerations throughout her body.

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Luton priest Luke Larner responds to Conservative MP Blake Stephenson describing his town as a 'no-go zone' for white people.

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This is what the founder of Palantir really thinks of our NHS. Why are we giving them £330 million of NHS contracts - when they have nothing but disdain for our National Healthcare system?

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Goodall vs Goodwin, a man so immersed in the study of radicalisation that he appears to have become radicalised himself. He cannot see the truth staring him in the face. He has become an example of the very phenomenon he studied. Seemingly immune to reason and unable to recognise what he has become.

Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

It’s now a tsunami of racist, sex-pesting horror from Reform. Nonsense about “unfair targeting”, “disgruntled former employees”, “being provoked”, “vetting issues”, “banter” and being “on medication”… just make it worse. Bye bye Farage. It’s been shit knowing you. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/483...

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It’s now a tsunami of racist, sex-pesting horror from Reform. Nonsense about “unfair targeting”, “disgruntled former employees”, “being provoked”, “vetting issues”, “banter” and being “on medication”… just make it worse. Bye bye Farage. It’s been shit knowing you. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/483...

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Andy Burnham thinks the Green Party passing a conference motion in line with a UN motion years ago, is worse than continuing to provide arms and intelligence to enable genocidal Israel to continue destroying homes and killing at least 22,000 children meme via Bheard media

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"Do you think Israel has a right to exist?" @zackpolanski.bsky.social is spot on. No state has a right to exist. Did Rhodesia? Does the UK? And this was🎯"The status quo right now is a one state apartheid state where Palestinians do not have the same freedom as Israelis, & that's racist"

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Thames Water asks creditors for another £2.4bn. Up to 30% of TW revenue covers financial costs. Debt spiral deepens problems, it borrowed to pay dividends. Hedge funds funding TW, hoping to asset-strip, hike bills, govt bailout. Let it go bust. Nationalise permanently.

theguardian.comThames Water asks for £2.4bn more to avoid going bust this year or early 2027Water company tells creditors it will not survive long enough to agree refinancing deal without more money