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Sixes All The Way (@sixesalltheway.bsky.social) reposted
For Starmer & Labour Party fans - here you go. More evidence of just how autocratic & shitty your egregious Reform tribute act are. bsky.app/profile/owen...
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
#GoGreen
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Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
But we know what the UK 'mainstream' media will try to do to a man with principles!
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
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Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
That's a pretty clear mandate!
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
A Labour Party with a large majority could actually do something about media reform? Or at least sort out a BBC stuffed full of Cameron's Tories? ๐ค
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Know your scumbags #LabourRightWatch
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
CORRUPTION #Renationalise water
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Altogether now, what a ...
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
This guy is a f****** psycho. #Palantir #AlexKarp
Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social) reposted
Leaving the ECHR wonโt โTake Back Controlโ โ it will hand your rights to politicians โThe myths are seductive, the reality is very different โ without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpyโ eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Who should be getting arrested here?
Owen Jones (@owenjones.bsky.social) reposted
Absolutely incredible. The Berlin police justified repeatedly brutally punching this Irish activist in the face and breaking their arm... ...because they said they were acting like Nazis. Yes, violently attacking protesters opposed to genocide has definitely rebutted that one!
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Shame he hasn't moved over to Bluesky!
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe look at the whole thread? i.e. the bit about Starmer?
The Daily Politik (@dailypolitik.bsky.social) reposted
On Thursday and Friday this week Jeremy Corbyn will host The GazaTribunal. The tribunal will feature testimony from survivors, international legal experts, journalists, health workers, and UN officials See details of how to watch the Gaza Tribunal here ๐ thegazatribunal.uk #SocialistSunday
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
#Renationalise now
FOSSILHEADS: CLIMATE CRISIS CABARET! (@fossilheads.bsky.social) reposted
when you're pretty sure your privilege will protect you from the worst impacts of climate breakdown but then...
Andy (@lm99.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Last govt and this govt pursuing freeports - essentially flogging off parts of UK to corps that run those areas how they want So we'll see lots of copies of what happened with P&O Why does govt pursue such damaging policies Are they bought????.....
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Hell yes they are ๐
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Scottish Greens results
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reposted
#NoToPFI [More great work from #LabourRightWatch]
Saul Staniforth (@saulstaniforth.bsky.social) reposted
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is spot on here, people are angry and they want politicians who'll articulate that anger. As for the interviewers focus here, personalities & whether politicians like each other? Who cares.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep. If you have a look at the replies on the original post, there are still a bunch of knuckledraggers there vociferously defending their right to be oppressed. ๐
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Do you remember when Boris Johnson was going to 'do something' about this and then he did... f*** all? [Also, do you remember when Starmer was going to do something about Johnson's corrupt Covid contracts...?]
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
"Audrey Dempsey was suspended from Labour in April 2024 after she made the โanti-white racismโ remarks. She was also under investigation by Scottish Labour for allegations about her social media activity." Sounds like she passed the Reform LTD audition!
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
#Renationalise now
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
To be fair, this moral collapse began some time ago and is just culminating in Trump.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
The interviewer trying his hardest to get a split between them. It's all about trying to frame it, these interviewers are never honest.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
"New analysis suggests the hospital was struck 4 times in total. BBC Verify & expert analysis found that 2 staircases were hit almost simultaneously in the 1st wave... what was thought to be a single later attack was in fact 2 separate strikes hitting the same place within a fraction of a second."
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
It happens in America *far* more than in any other country. And yes, it's because guns are so readily available.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
The people in America that own the guns also support the tyrannical governments.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
#NoToPFI [More great work from #LabourRightWatch]
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
This is not the first time this meme has done the rounds. And sadly we know it's highly unlikely to be the last.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Ash Sarkar: "Tony Blair & The Tony Blair Institute have never met a despot whose money they didn't want to take."
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
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Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Both parties bought and paid for.
Guy Shrubsole (@guyshrubsole.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Vote Farage if you want to eat chlorinated chicken (please steal my images)
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
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Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
On Trump's "next day" plan for Gaza:
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Trumpโs Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said: โItโs a very comprehensive plan weโre putting together on the next day... many people are going toโฆ see how robust it is & how well meaning it is & it reflects Trumpโs humanitarian motives here.โ Yeah, we know what humanitarian looks like to Trump...
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
There definitely are too many holes currently in the Labour Party... ๐
HT4Ecosocialism (@ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social) reposted
This is an interesting and important debate. Should members of another party be allowed to join #YourParty? What do you think?๐ค
badly-drawn bee ๐ (@soapachu.bsky.social) reposted
It's something when the Beano is dishing out more insightful political commentary than the papers
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Trumpโs Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said: โItโs a very comprehensive plan weโre putting together on the next day... many people are going toโฆ see how robust it is & how well meaning it is & it reflects Trumpโs humanitarian motives here.โ Yeah, we know what humanitarian looks like to Trump...
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Tony Blair obviously angling for some new property development scam...
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like an attack piece ๐ง
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Trans Remainers Doctors, nurses, public servants...
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
#MAGA with cap & ear bandage: ___โ [{ยฐ__ยฐ}
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐๐, ร๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐ค-๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ-๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ. ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง, ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค-๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฅ ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ โ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐-๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ข.โ โโ In a functioning democracy, the 'mainstream media' would all champion this, wouldn't they?
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
#Starmer
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Blimey that's a new one on me - but it probably explains a lot!
Nadia Whittome MP (@nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social) reposted
Reform councillors in Nottinghamshire won't engage with local journalists because they canโt stand being held to account. This is what a Reform government would be like. They're a far-right, authoritarian party that seeks to undermine our democracy. www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-op...
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
This guy describes himself in his profile as "Complete dumbfuck." I'm not going to disagree.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
And yet #Starmer refuses to condemm him!
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
#Streeting is a weasel.
Saul Staniforth (@saulstaniforth.bsky.social) reposted
"The Gaza Famine is here. An engineered famine. A predicted famine. A man made famine. As we speak children in Gaza are systematically being starved to death. This is a deliberate policy..." Inger Ashing from Save the Children addressing the UN
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Awful racism on display from Reform Ltd representatives, AGAIN. Hats off to Liane Robinson, Green Party councillor for Kettering Central, for her comment though:
Dave Rendle (@daverendle.bsky.social) reposted
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Of all the weird shit that happened during Covid, I found this the strangest. Concern about new vaccinations, mistrust of large pharmaceutical companies... that I could understand. But suddenly refusing to wash your hands as some kind of half-assed protest? Utterly ridiculous.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
This was *three* months ago...
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reposted
Do you know what would really annoy all the right people? If Gary Lineker were to win TV Presenter of the Year at the National Television Awards... Vote link below! ๐
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
'Starmerite contention: there is nothing wrong with Britain that can't be cured by what is right with Britain. Yet even sympathisers are losing faith. โThis could deteriorate further & become easily the worst Labour government in history โ and thatโs saying something,โ warns one grandee.' No shit.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe both?
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Guess who this is written about?
Adam Bienkov (@adambienkov.bsky.social) reposted
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
"Forensic"
GENERAL STRIKE ๐ฅ NOW! ๐ฆบ March for Progress! ๐น๐ (@march4progress.bsky.social) reposted
Are they going to take out the garbage in the White House?
Zack Polanski (@zackpolanski.bsky.social) reposted
When Labour in the future say you have to vote for them to stop Reform โ remember there are countless reasons that argument is equal parts absurd and offensive. But 26th August 2025 should stand out for their complete capitulation to the right. Absolutely shameful.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
As we all helplessly watch on as America collapses into fascist dictatorship, I can't help thinking: Perhaps it wasn't such a good idea to allow so many US military bases in all our countries?
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
#UBI
Tom Killick (@killicktom.bsky.social) reposted
"Israel has no intention of ending its genocidal war on the people of Gaza until one of two things happen: it achieves his goal of the complete ethnic cleansing and annexation of Gaza โ and ultimately the whole of Palestine โ or it is made to stop." morningstaronline.co.uk/article/neta...
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
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Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
#UBI "Real freedom isnโt just the absence of government overreach. Itโs the presence of security, dignity, and real choices. We need to stop defending a rigged system that keeps people desperate - and start imagining one where ordinary people actually have power. Thatโs what UBI is really about."
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
๐ I'd be honoured!
Raimo Kangasniemi (@rk70534.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
And now Israel has reportedly killed a sixth journalist today, named as Hassan Douhan. The second hospital strike. @reuters.com promoted Israel's lies about Anas al-Sharif when he and his 5 colleagues were murdered earlier this month. Now Israel says #Reuters' livefeed today was "Hamas camera".
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
fuckers!
Ms Ruby Scarlet โพ๏ธโฟโ๏ธ๐จ๐ฆโ๏ธ๐ (@msrubyscarlet.bsky.social) reposted
Just in case the BBC et al forget to include the story, or it's cut for 'time reasons' to accommodate an important segment showing Farage patriotically running away from an immigrant.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Hang on a minute... Snoop Dogg has spent his whole life rapping about doing drugs, f*****g hoes and offing foes but suddenly his sensitivities are stung by a cartoon gay couple? What the f*** happened to this guy?
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Faux outrage from Lammy. He's on the books.
Owen Jones (@owenjones.bsky.social) reposted
And like clockwork, there is David Lammy's handwringing tweet. I bet theyโre shitting themselves in Tel Aviv over Lammyโs latest โhorrifiedโ tweet. He continues to arm Israel and refuses to improper sanctions. Prison awaits.
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
Nigel Farage has been to the USA every single month since he was elected. He has spent nearly a 1/3rd of his time there. Is nobody in the Media going to ask why?
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
Satire... but what are the odds this is the actual excuse given?
Scott Santens (@scottsantens.com) reposted
We need to do universal basic income, and should have started it decades ago when productivity growth first decoupled from wage growth, but Elon uses UBI as a marketing ploy. He wants people to believe that his products are so amazing, that they will do everyone's job, so invest in Tesla โ get rich!
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
If youโre doing a โdouble tapโ strike on a hospital, youโre a war criminal and a terrorist.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember the first hospital that got destroyed in Gaza and there was a big effort from Israel to deny it was them. Since then many more hospitals have been destroyed, and now there is no such effort at denial from Israel - they are openly doing it because they know they can get away with it. ๐คฌ
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
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Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted
Tech oligarchs oppose the idea of any supposedly undeserving person getting financial help from the government in 2025. But they want you to believe theyโll give *everyone* free money in the future. It doesnโt make any sense, but itโs the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Seems highly possible that they could try to find him a safer seat. He's a bit of a darling of the Labour right. #Streeting
CarolineJMolloy (@carolinejmolloy.bsky.social) reposted
How many fucking times do we have to say this before the idiots currently running the country start to listen to the evidence, rather than to weirdo advisors who think edgy quasi-racism is all they have to offer & who wouldnโt know a *real* โgenuine concernโ if it hit them in the face?
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, that's what he's trying to do - but he's also getting it wrong.
Marwood (@andmarwood.bsky.social)
#Streeting "Streeting has helped to normalise the state of perma-austerity at the health department, which will receive only an extra 2.8% annually in real terms over the coming years: less than the long-term historical norm of 3.7%, and far below the average increase of 6.8% under New Labour."
Nelly Probin (@lillmagill.bsky.social) reposted
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