Symon Hill

As usual, peace activists are accused of being naive. What's really naive is believing that you can solve deep-rooted problems with bombs.
#Iran #Israel

It is *utterly, totally and clearly untrue* to suggest that
#MothinAli supports the Iranian regime. It is an outright lie put about by pro-war politicians terrified of @greenparty.org.uk. He attended an anti-bombing rally, not a pro-ayatollah rally.

#DarrenJohnson has joined the #LabourParty. Is this a rare case of a rat joining a sinking ship?

I used to admire Darren when he was an inspiring Green politician. Then he left @greenparty.org.uk in a whirl of anti-trans, pro-war & pro-landlord sentiment. His new party share those values.

In the shop today, I was accosted by a stranger.
"George!"
"Hello."
"Do you work for the security services?"
"Yes, but you aren't supposed to know."
"Some of us reckon you do."
"Well, there's no arguing with idiocy, is there?"

Coming home, I was suddenly really annoyed. What the hell?

I'm vaguely picturing myself saying to a young person, "When I was your age, politicians had to come up with some sort of justification for bombing somewhere, even if nobody really believed it."
#Iran #Iraq

While this is not the most important point about #GreenParty MPs (and at the risk of trivialising things), Green MPs clearly win the award for most colourful suits.

Green councillor Sibusiso Tshabalala and Green MP Carla Denyer hand out hundreds of hot meals in cardboard boxes in a community hall.

Samina Iqbal and Green councillor Ellie Freeman serve watermelon and cake through a hatch from the kitchen

Samina Iqbal, Carla Denyer MP, and Green councillors Yassin Mohamed, Mo Makawi, Sibs Tshabalala and Ellie Freeman stand together beside a table of meals at Iftar, pausing for a moment after most of the meals have been handed out.

Big thanks to Samina Iqbal (Bristol Council Community Development worker) for setting up the first community Iftar in Redcliffe this #Ramadan, and to Councillor @sibusisot.bsky.social for inviting me to join in 🙏

(A family-friendly event, but not including photos of the kids for obvious reasons.)

22nd Dec: Government publishes its Animal Welfare Strategy which recommits to ‘phase out animal testing’

11th Feb: Govt redefines ‘Key National Infrastructure’ in the Public Order Act to include animal testing sites 🙃

I signed this letter. I hope they eventually see sense and close down MBR Acres.

💬 "The actions that have been taken by the US and Israeli government are not making the world a safer place. They are making it more dangerous. "

@elliechowns.bsky.social MP on Trump and Netanyahu's attacks on #Iran.

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

How come “How are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?

The government's consultation on children's online safety - including social media, AI, and phones in schools - has now opened:
gov.uk/government/c...

I encourage children and young people, their parents and carers, and anyone with an interest in young people's wellbeing, to take part.

BREAKING: Keir Starmer hits back at Donald Trump's criticism of UK not getting involved in strikes on Iran

"It is my duty to judge what is in Britain's national interest. That is what I have done. And I stand by it"

"I really want to encourage more people from backgrounds like mine to get into a system that has always shut us out."

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Something the Government want you to forget...

MPs to consider inquiry into trade envoy role after Andrew’s arrest An influential group of MPs will meet to consider launching a parliamentary probe into the role of UK trade envoys after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office...

An influential group of MPs will meet to consider launching a parliamentary probe into the role of UK trade envoys after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, it is understood

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Nobody chooses to get born into monarchy, and for many royals it's miserable. A true gilded cage. Over and above the overwhelming case for a republic on democratic and constitutional grounds, there's that

Andrew, however, is the very worst product of the system. Grasping, entitled, nasty, stupid.

Two things are simultaneously true:
1. The Iranian regime treats its people with extreme brutality and cruelty, and we should honour the citizens seeking to overthrow it.
2. A US attack on Iran would turn a crisis into a catastrophe.

Playgrounds would become crack dens if greens were in power policing minister says.

Drug deaths have risen every year for 13 years.

That’s 13 years of a failed “war on drugs”.

Labour should be looking at legalisation, control and regulation - not playing politics with people’s lives.

This is a public health crisis. Treat it like one. Not a game.

There is an inherent (and divinely-ordained) diversity in human culture. You can only contain and suppress it for so long before it breaks through the tower walls.

Fuentes is a 'say the quiet part out loud' machine for the whole conservative movement. It's useful to get a read on which quiet parts might be acceptable in the zeitgeist. Now that all their faves are implicated, it's only a matter of time before defending Epstein becomes the standard line.

When I was protesting outside the coronation of #Charles Windsor in 2023, a policeman told me (in as many words) that he could never arrest Charles because he was "above the law". He repeated this several times when I pushed him on it.

Bishop of Lincoln Stephen Conway arrested in sexual assault inquiry Right Reverend Stephen Conway has also been suspended by the Church of England.

There's so much bizarre news at present that the #BishopofLincoln has been arrested for sexual assault and it's barely making headlines.
#Lincoln #ChurchofEngland
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A group of people in fairytale style Medieval costume try to survive in a Germanesque town which has been flooded with porridge. Two women stand at the top of a monument in the town Square while another man punts along in a barrel.

‘A sea of porridge’
The Magic Porridge Pot, 1971
Artist: Robert Lumley

Life moves fast, and the people we love don’t always hear how much they mean to us. Take a moment to say something kind, send a thoughtful text, or offer a warm hug. Small words can leave a lasting glow. 💛

You never know how much someone might need it today.
#dogsofbluesky #dogsofbsky #dogs

#AshWednesday

had a dream that I was playing a video game called VICARIOUS where you serve as the vicar of a church called St. Bartholomew's for a year and if you make it to Epiphany you win

"your Lenten sermon was too dispiriting. you have lost five parishioners."

I blame Kit and @superteadrinker.bsky.social