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In the past few days, Israel has banned entry to five foreign journalists working for publications seen as critical of Israel. What does that say about the rest? That Israel knows it can trust them to pull their punches. They'll be even more careful about what they say from now on.

We’ve seen this script before. This Labour government won’t take action for the people who so desperately need change right now.

Hope many of the people filmed in this brilliant documentary have now had their collars felt ... Will Turning Point UK be proscribed as a terrorist group?

“Israel is a very racist country, its government routinely commits horrific crimes” was a humdrum opinion, fifteen years ago: never uncontroversial, but well within mainstream though. Now, our whole political/media class believes it is insanely extreme. Who is it that has been radicalised, here?

Unison is “surprised and disappointed the Home Secretary refused the opportunity to hear from a care worker who would be directly affected by the proposals” Shabana Mahmood refuses to meet with those impacted by her cruel policy. Pathetic. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

I’d say his greatest political trick was destroying most of the Gaza Strip while the world’s most stridently malicious liberals relentlessly screamed abuse at anyone who objected to it

So many in my profession have this man’s blood on their hands. The ingrained racism of the British media killed Jason Arday

Here’s Chapoman Matt Christman in 2017, after that torchlit fascist rally in Charlottesville. We’re almost ten years later now. Does anything here sound wrong? I would say no, it is not wrong.

Why do they do that all the time?

Miatta can clearly see right from wrong but she's rowed into line twice with a Labour government siding with Shell and Donald Trump on climate vandalism, and into line now on cruel immigration reforms. What is the point of Labour if they can't even do the basics to protect people and the planet?

Well said @zackpolanski.bsky.social 👏👏

It took me a while to realise the clear assumption here was: we have been in a temporary awkward patch that will be resolved in a near future when there are no Palestinians in Gaza or the West Bank to have solidarity with. Once they’re gone, it’s back to “normal”.

This is genuinely embarrassing for the BBC and for anyone with "cyber correspondent" as a job title. Everyone involved with this should be cringing inside out.

I saw a screenshot of this and had to go and check if it was real. How can you be the BBC’s cyber correspondent and not have heard of PHP before yesterday? *And* now be talking confidently about it on the news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

Might it be quicker if we gave a short list of places where it is appropriate to protest and make statements? Because it appears to be quite literally nowhere.

On the left, yesterday: Inquiry finds Government failures allowed Covid to spread like wildfire in care homes On the right, 5 years ago: me writing in @theipaper.com on those Government failures

Greece has joined the European protests in France, Spain, Italy and Albania. We are sick and tired of billionaires and their blatant theft.

NEW | On Melanie Phillips et al. HORNY FOR CIVIL WAR Riots in France triggered feverish fantasies of chaos closer to home in the British right-wing press. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/horny-for-...

UK Chancellor rejects calls to raise Capital Gains Tax. UK wages taxed at 20%-45% + NIC. CGT 18%-24%, no NIC. Subject to ifs and buts: Denmark 27%-42% Norway 37.84% Netherlands 36% Ireland 33% Finland 30%-34% France 30%-34% Sweden 30% Spain 30% UK hits workers, showers gifts on the rich.

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"

The Energy Secretary says North Sea drilling “won’t take a penny off energy bills.” The Health Secretary says summer heatwaves put pressure on the NHS. So where’s the Government’s impact assessment? If they don’t have one, they should delay the decision on drilling for oil & gas until they do.

You cannot claim national self-determination at the expense of another group. And yes, that is racist.

Once again I ask: who was it, exactly, who thought these people were just ordinary working class people with genuine concerns? Who was it who said that calling them racist was middle class snobbery?

What mask?

In memory of Ariane Daniela Forster aka Ari Up, founding member and singer of The Slits, who died much too young on October 20, 2010 at the age of 48 in Los Angeles while fighting breast cancer. Photo by Yulian Yewdall #punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #ariup #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd

It might save time if the Sensible Moderates put their heads together and gave us a list of things that *aren’t* ancient Soviet plots and who *isn’t* engaged in a secret conspiracy against Britain

Well done to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for refusing to be put onto the defensive. Zack (and the Greens) have nothing to apologise for. If 2015-2019 taught the left anything, its that these people are not operating in good faith. Don't give them an inch.

The Supreme Court burns to the ground in Albania, Parliament and the Department of Education has been stormed, the Prime Minister is in hiding and the country is effectively in the hands of the rebels. Albania rejects blatant corruption and their country being sold.

Just a tiny tiny tiny group of mates all getting each other on their TV shows to tell each other the pig people have had it too good for too long.

Encapsulates the problem with the British press - many propagandists, very few actual journalists. The Telegraph, The Sun, the Daily Mail, like GB News or Talk TV, don't really do journalism, they mostly just do political propaganda for their favoured party

Most of the half that say they would are all over 65 and believe they would dodge any fighting

(1)This is where Burnham joining an opportunist attack on The Greens leads - Lambeth Labour Group loudly declaring "Zionism is not Racism" - what, never ? Not when it means thugs burning Olive Groves ? Or the IDF systematically destroying hospitals ? IMO the motion is flawed , but this is much worse

I mean it’s not a vetting problem, is it? It’s that it’s a racist party, run by racists, with racist policies, for the benefit of racists. The fact that it turns out to be full of racists is not a glitch

The fun part is that all of their media friends knew very well they were lying, and thought they were on the inside track for the scam. Which gets suddenly very awkward, when the public puke blood with fury at Sir Keir.

Yes: Labour lied about their programme for government, which was scything cuts to benefits, brutal crackdowns on people they hate and total concession across the board on “culture war” issues, which means: giving the Sun and the Mail everything they demanded. You got fucked, they got important jobs.

So you can buy Mein Kampf in UK but not Sally Rooney? What a bunch of complete arseholes in Gov in UK.

Repeat after me: 1) PIP isn't an out of work benefit. It is a benefit paid to disabled people to pay for the extra costs of living with a disability. 2) Some PIP claimants work. Some PIP claimants will never able to work at all. 3) Impoverishing people doesn't get them closer to employment

"The purpose of the genocide convention is to prevent genocide.." Navi Pillay with a message for everyone who says countries don't need to act because a court hasn't found Israel guilty of genocide

One from the archives Sally Rooney in 2024: ".. we are witnessing an unfolding genocide.. the roots of this particular tragedy are in the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine & the apartheid system.. keep protesting.. it is the least that we can do"

Pretty much what I would expect in a country that screams in enraged terror for a week about the very idea that Zionism may be racist, while entirely failing to ask whether the project itself is at all racist, despite the genocide, massive destruction, land seizure and ethnic cleansing

Two weeks until the budget and here's what we're facing: The worst squeeze in living standards since 1961. The cost of renting to rise by 4% or 5% a year Household energy prices set to jump by £276 We need serious action not tweaks or half measures. That means 👇

63% of voters back wealth tax for mega-rich. Wealth tax can be: Tax on accumulated wealth Higher rates on dividends & capital gains Mansion tax Investment income surcharge Cap tax relief on pension contributions by the mega rich What will Chancellor get-off his bended-knees?

"[the attack] took place around 4am.. while people were asleep.. targeted a residential apartment.. killed a 33yo woman while her daughter was caught in the flames watching her mother burn" Meanwhile the UK media pretends a motion declaring zionism is racism is the problem

The Spectator has deleted all the articles written by Lola Salem, Michael Gove’s ex-girlfriend. Michael Gove is the editor of The Spectator.

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"