Mick Lynch: "This is an invasion of a sovereign country.. it's Israels war ultimately.. the conflagration has broken out all over the region & that is at the instigation, as even Marco Rubio said, of the Israeli government"
@zarahsultana.bsky.social : "70% of the British public oppose joining this illegal war, & that demo you referenced.. we remember Iraq.. the lies.. the manufactured consent, we remember the death, devastation & instability that the Middle East has been left with and we cannot go down that path again"
Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.
Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.
We live in Orwellian times.
This should not be allowed. It's yet another reason why the left MUST put sectarianism aside as we did in Gorton and Denton. The warmongering Labour, Tory and Reform-UK parties are leading us down the road to Armageddon.
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What exactly are the UK laws that govern the US use of its bases in the UK?
This is not clear. The MoD says “classified agreements” apply in some areas “reflecting the sensitive nature of specific operational activities conducted at these facilities”.
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Even Britain’s national media are giving the public notice of the UK’s government complicity in the imminent mass bombing of Iran.
Israel bombed an entire residential neighborhood in Beirut, violated Security Council resolution SCR 1701, the ceasefire agreement, and international law with absolutely no consequences.
This is another war crime and the International Criminal Court remains silent.
PURE EVIL.
Drive a quarter of a million Lebanese out of their homes and push them north.
Then bomb the shit out of them, just like Gaza.
Soon after, move in a bunch of Nazi settlers in to claim it as their own.
Rinse and repeat.
You'd expect falsehoods from a Tory MP who once proposed benefit claimants be paid with a smart card that didn't let them buy cigarettes or other forms of non-essential enjoyment. But Starmer as well? And people still blame the Left for leaving Labour.
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Clip of Shabana Mahmood on Sky News talking about Labour being a 'broad church'.
People not part of Labour's Broad Church include: immigrants & refugees, trans people, sick & disabled people, benefit claimants, pro-Palestine supporters, anti-genocide protesters, SEND children.
DWP staff ignored rules on how to respond to claimants who report suicidal thoughts, secret reports reveal
#DWP #InternalProcessReviews
@debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social
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I'm dismayed by rumours govt may scrap the windfall tax on oil and gas giants
With energy bills still driving cost of living pressures, it's senseless to cut taxes for highly profitable polluters, who already receive £2.7bn per year in tax breaks
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Backing renewables is the answer to cheap and secure power in an increasingly volatile world. I think Ed Miliband knows this, but I’m not sure Rachel Reeves does - judging by news that she has promised oil and gas bosses she will scrap the windfall tax...
GB Energy, which promises to provide that clean energy, is funded in part by the windfall tax (officially called the Energy Profits Levy).
So scrapping the tax would raise serious questions about how GB Energy will be funded.
Opinion Restoring order at the border speaks to Labour values. Without that, we won't be able to do anything else at all Shabana Mahmood Our approach, unlike that of the Greens and Reform, is in step with the British people. They don't want extremes - they want a system that is managed and fair Shabana Mahmood is the UK home secretary
This is a hot mess of outright lies and misinformation from the Home Secretary, designed to try and persuade people that a government which is implementing some of the most hostile anti-immigration/asylum policies, in practice, for decades is progressive. 1/
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The DWP - home of the jobsworth.
Still denying their colossal fuck ups.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
MPs’ basic salary to rise to £110,000 by end of parliament, watchdog says.
This should be accompanied by a total ban on second jobs, which in most cases is a corporate bribe. Must end all conflict of interests.
Being a MP is a full time job. MPs must act exclusively as MPs.
World Central Kitchen head José Andrés confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.
World Central Kitchen head José Andrés confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.
🚨 ISRAEL REIMPOSES TOTAL SIEGE ON GAZA Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, including Rafah, “until further notice.” COGAT says humanitarian staff rotations are postponed, meaning no aid personnel can enter or leave. Israel falsely claimed: “The substantial quantities of food that have entered since the beginning of the ceasefire amount to four times the nutritional needs of the population… Therefore, the existing stock is expected to suffice for an extended period.” UN says less than 170 of the daily 600 trucks have been entering Gaza drive the ceasefire began.
COGAT @cogatonline 📢📢📢The IDF and the U.S. Army have launched a broad, joint operation aimed at fundamentally targeting the Iranian terrorist regime and removing long-term existential threats to the State of Israel. Accordingly, several necessary security adjustments have been implemented, including the closure of the crossings into the Gaza Strip, among them the Rafah Crossing, until further notice. The rotation of humanitarian personnel is postponed at this stage. It should be emphasized that the closure of the crossings will have no impact on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.* The substantial quantities of food that have entered since the beginning of the ceasefire amount to four times the nutritional needs of the population, according to the UN methodology. Therefore, the existing stock is expected to suffice for an extended period. COGAT will continue to maintain continuous contact with the international community and will provide updates on any developments.
🚨 ISRAEL REIMPOSES TOTAL SIEGE ON GAZA
Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, including Rafah, “until further notice.”
COGAT says humanitarian staff rotations are postponed, meaning no aid personnel can enter or leave.
Israel falsely claimed: “The substantial quantities of food that have...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez doing what UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has chosen not to do, criticise the US and Israel for their attack on Iran which breached international law
"It is an illegal aggression [by the US]. Iran does have the right to defend itself"
Sir Richard Dalton, a former UK ambassador to Iran
No more illegal wars. Introduce a prevention of military intervention act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice.
The majority of people in this country do not want us to be involved in this war.
Keir Starmer of a few years ago wouldn't have supported this war.
The only reason he does now is he will do anything Donald Trump wants - and it makes us all less safe.
"Mothin Ali.. in the video slogans nearby him.. 'we must globalise resistance to US & zionist terrorism, paedo hands off Iran'"
Instead of attempting a clumsy & obvious hatchet job relying on smears, Sophy Ridge should tell viewers what she thinks the problem is with that chant.
"Countries who frankly were not involved in any strikes on Iran and who are now being targeted"
The foreign secretary pretends she doesn't know that the US has military bases in the gulf states.
Yvette Cooper is asked about Zacks response, that it took just one phone call from Trump for the UK to jump into yet another M/E illegal war
Cooper "Thats simply not true, there have been a series of discussions"
Ridge "So theres been a couple of phone calls then, not just one"
Yvette Cooper says its appalling that Iran has retaliated to being attacked and she calls on them to stop retaliating.
Yes, really.
So now, the #UK is threatened, thanks for #Starmer's spineless sycophancy with the Stateside Psychopath.
He must #resign after this.
Six years ago, his principles were entirely different.
