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40% of the men arrested for participating in last year’s racist riots had been previously reported to the police for domestic abuse. The men women need protection from are the ones standing outside asylum hotels pointing the finger at asylum seekers.
Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Question to Zach Polanski at the leadership announcement: "Q: How can you take on Nigel Farage when your policy on immigration is so different?" Everything wrong with British politics and media summed up so succinctly in a single absolutely unhinged question.
Britain has been multicultural for the last 2000 years. That's why we have the Roman alphabet, a Middle East religion, Arabic numerals, a Syrian patron saint, an aristocracy with French ancestry and a German royal family.
Douglas Carswell has skirted the line and now he's crossed it. This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
What do Jenrick, Farage, Goodwin, the Telegraph etc think will be the consequences of their actions? And what does Starmer think will be the consequence of his inaction?
He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.
“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” 👏👏👏
Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives? Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
YES! Thank you... Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants". - seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
No, the reference to transphoia was in the original post by another person on Bluesky. I queried the source.
You have no idea of that about which you post. You are entitled to your opinion (opinion is not of course evidence). However, wrong that opinion may be.
One, nowhere is the idea suggested that safe spaces are being encroached upon by trans women. There is a recognition of the need for safe spaces for women. Two, there won't be a new party if the MSM & Lab/Libs/Tories have their way, so debating a non-existent 'policy' simply plays into their hands.
I've just noted that point.
Absolutely agree, and the guidance is, I think, currently subject of a legal challenge, courtesy of ex Royal Court of Justice Judge McCloud. The attempt to navigate the nascent policies of a new party was very clumsy, but I'd need to see the actual policy before writing off the new party.
Wow! I'm a vicar!
Again, a response based on lack of evidence.
Please read the post again & stop misinterpreting what is said.
No, seriously, have I. Well, blow me down. See my reply to another assumptive parson. .
It's pointless trying to discuss with people simply willing to hurt insults. Now, I'm not going to respond to you any further because to do so would be a waste of my time.
Nope, I have no desire to segregate anyone. Couldn't care who you are, who you love, and what you want to be. I have one simple rule, do no harm & let others live. What I detest are ignorant, non evidenced based comments designed to stir up hate/hate.
No, it wasn't, and you know nothing about me.
Interesting comment. Now, acting in the same assumptive way you have could lead me to question whether you are anti-Gaza/Palestine, or pro zionist or any number of things. But a terrorism law is not the same as a Supreme Court decision (who may well strike down the PA proscription) re trans rights
No, it's not. That response was an unthinking knee jerk response to a perception.
What an ignorant comment. That is not what I said. You need to apply analysis & not just a knee-jerk response to any comment you think may be anti whatever.
Well, that's an intelligent response, and it's not my suggestion.
No. I like to see evidence & and cross-check bald statements issued as fact.
You mean his agreement that women's rights and safe spaces should not be encroached upon & a potential safe third spaces option. Given current case law/guidance, he couldn't really say much else abt trans rights without an MSM pile on, which needs to be avoided. No policies have yet been determined.
Sick of BBC continuously promoting Reform U.K. and ignoring other parties with far more representation? Please sign the petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Hi, I've checked Adnan Hussain's public statements & speeches & can't find anything that is anti-trans. Where are you getting the info from?
If Starmer caves into this, he, Labour & the UK, will lose a lot more. It's time to stop appeasing the far-right, Farage, Tice, Lowe, Jenrick etc. Starmer warned he must shut migrant hotels or face losing voters to Reform www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
"Moderate Tory", Seb Payne, on "why he changed his mind" on the ECHR. It would be better to just be honest and say: Because my boss told me, I am tired of swimming upstream, and I really want to be an MP. So, I've decided to go with the flow. Instead of these unedifying mental gymnastics.
Facebook needs to be abolished.
The outrage over & condemnation of Russia is deserved. But where is the similar outrage over the 10's of thousands killed in Gaza. The hypocrisy of Europe & the UK is sickening. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Every single day that UK, Canada, France, Australia, and the rest of their European and Anglosphere friends twiddle their thumbs and issue meaningless and symbolic statements of discontent is a day where they in function and in practice support this genocide. Arms embargo, sanctions, arrests, today!
Fact check: they don't
What is the difference between Netanyahu & Putin? Both are genocidal war criminals. Yet the West oppose one & claim the moral high ground while funding & arming the other. The West cannot do both & claim to have any decency or support for international law.
Florida banned The Diary of Anne Frank. Whoever signed off on that should have to eat every page of that book — one by one — and choke on the lesson they’re trying to erase. 📚🔥 #BannedBooks #AnneFrank
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'Is it time for the Government to drown innocent human beings for political advantage?' and other questions now apparently deemed acceptable in the British media
It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure. It's capital. The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
Good! Man arrested after woman racially abused while England flags were painted on homes www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Gov Gavin Newsoms press office is mercilessly trolling Trump.
BREAKING: Israel has emphatically denied that 83% of those killed in Gaza are civilians. It has pointed out that while it has killed 8,900 Hamas fighters, the total death toll is around 400,000, not 53,000, meaning the civilian death toll is only 98% x
BREAKING: Lucie Connolly has lamented that free speech is diminishing in the UK because you can't even call for buildings to be burnt down with innocent people inside them without being held accountable 😭😭😭
BREAKING: David Lammy says the famine in Gaza is "wholly preventable" and when he finds out who has been arming Israel and training their soldiers, he is gonna be having angry words with them x
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb?utm_cam...
I find this delightful.
Since 2010 wealth has tripled. Between 1996 and 2010, wealth tripled. Between 1980 and 1996, wealth tripled. Are you 27x richer than in 1980 or even as rich as you were in 2010? No you are not because almost all this money goes to the richest. It needs to stop.
Not even 9am. So far on Radio 6, the news bulletins have featured a mother saying her daughters aren't safe because of asylum seekers, a Tory politician lambasting Labour for crossing numbers & Badenoch encouraging councils to lodge legal challenges against hotels. An endless stream of hateful bile.
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb?utm_cam...
80% of Western Media, TV/Radio/Newspaper/Social Media is owned by a handful of billionaires. They didn't buy it to give you the News. They bought it to make the 'News'.
The Reform & Right-wing nutters un the UK would lose their tiny minds if they knew/understood this 👇
Convicted for 17 indecent assaults of women - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... But he's not a migrant, so will RW folks be bothered?
The planning approval for a coal mine, granted by the previous Conservative govt, had been found unlawful by the High Court. So now the mining company are using an investment treaty with Singapore to sue the current govt, with Tory MP Geoffrey Cox representing the claimants.
Madman Trump & his vindictive policies. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
BREAKING: No. 10 has confirmed Sally Rooney will be be committing a terror offence if she funds Palestine Action, but Keir Starmer will not be committing a terror offence if he arms Israel x
BREAKING: Police have confirmed they did not arrest the protesters holding a "kill 'em all" banner outside an asylum hotel because it's not like they did something really bad like object to genocide x
Made a new friend today. Meet Emm.
Someone had a fall, quite badly. I’ve broken my arm. NHS excellent as ever. Re slotted my elbow back, will need another operation. So less of me on here, mainly reposts. Keep on dragging the Tories (blue, red or turquoise). And if you’re a green #backzack Laters people
This should happen to all the Fascists. Let them eat their hate.
And judicial independence and the rule of law
This is A+ trolling
Oh good, at least someone isn’t ignoring that this happened — as the Sunday shows and press corps say nothing. Felt like we were losing our minds.
"This Weekend, We Saw the UK Descend Into Censorship, Brutality, and Authoritarianism" Keir Starmer government arrested elderly protesters, a blind man using a wheelchair, & others – all in the name of providing diplomatic cover for a genocidal regime, writes @graceblakeley.substack.com for Zeteo.
THIS IS INSANE: Trump says D.C. is so unsafe, dirty, and disgusting that he’s “going to see Putin in Russia on Friday.” He’s meeting Putin in ALASKA. Alaska hasn’t been part of Russia since 1867 - unless Trump’s plan is to give it back?! Trump’s mind is in obvious decline.
This is why Grok was suspended.
Trump will next go after health food stores and fitness companies because he has trouble controlling himself and his impulses and he hates people that actually can! Trump is making Kim Jong Un look vastly more mentally stable than he is and that is scary as hell!
The Orange fascist in the White House not content with deploying the Army against Americans has deployed the National Guard in Washington, something he singularly failed to do on Jan 6th. Add to this the ICE snatch squads & he is creating a totalitarian state & still the maga idiots support him.
The folks who wanted to leave the EU and end free movement - include Farage himself - chose this outcome and are fully responsible for it. And the Mail article repeats the "travel insurance" and "return ticket" falsehoods from the Times article. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Savage satire.
This obviously fails as a legal argument because the Genocide Convention defines "genocide" as certain acts committed with "an intent to destroy, in whole *or in part*..."
And still some Americans believe the lying orange narcissist!! www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...
She should also resign as an MP www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
If you feel a full return to the EU would be a good idea, sign this petition and force the government to at least debate the issue! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Farage says "I want to link sex crimes with foreigners because I'm a racist, rabble-rousing prick and have no links at all to white rapists" and Labour says "yes sir, yes sir, three bags full" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump: “We’ve cut drug prices by 1200, 1300, 1400, 1,500%. Not 50%—I mean 1,500%.” 🤡 This man doesn’t understand math, medicine, or reality. Dumbest president in U.S. history—and it’s not even close.
BREAKING: Trump just said undocumented workers are “born to work in the fields” and claimed they “don’t get bad backs—because if they do, they die.” This is racist, dehumanizing, and disgusting. He’s saying the quiet part out loud—again.
An artificial Lab MP is very apt given the artificial Lab party currently in govt. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Oligarchs turn to authoritarianism when democracy fights back. The excesses of neoliberalism embraced by our main parties is nothing more than an addiction to wealth accumulation. Thread
Inviting a misogynistic, genocide supporting felon on a 2nd state visit is grotesque. To even consider this is beyond obscene. Whoever came up with the idea needs to give their head a serious wobble. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
More complaints about the excessive & disproportionate coverage of Reform by msm, please.
It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives
Race-baiting hatemonger
I present to you, the American Education System. Here, discussing Imperial vs Metric.
Well that cuts The Lion King to about 10 minutes long
Zack Polanski nails it.
How low can @teamlabouruk.bsky.social go. Using Gaza as a bargaining chip!!! Starmer has said the UK will recognise Palestine in September before the UN General Assembly unless Israel ends the “appalling situation” in Gaza.
Starmer is thinking what we are thinking and what most of the world is thinking.
Two can play the 'meaningless trade deal pledge' game
Brilliant! www.normalisland.co.uk/p/uk-governm...
Any one of the charges here against the former Sun editor should stop Keir Starmer appointing David Dinsmore. When you look at them all together - it's an absolute outrage. Sign the petition 👇🏼 www.hackedoff.org/campaign-act...
Nigel Farage says he is “very pleased” to be joined by Ann Coulter, who has previously described immigration as “white genocide” and said European settlers to America “should have killed more Indians”, saying she “has written and said many interesting things” which have "come true".
