"Trump is not the architect of the Iran war, only its vehicle."
On who's really in charge:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...
@dfarb
(Mainly) retired technical writer, lives with metastatic prostate cancer, etc. "Incorrigibly woke", Green Party activist and parliamentary candidate. Trans ally. Posts are usually on politics but may be nonsense. Wülferhamptonian. He/him. לפעמים גם בעברית
"Trump is not the architect of the Iran war, only its vehicle."
On who's really in charge:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...
NEW BLOGPOST: Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty
For any MP unsure of how to vote on the government’s proposals to restrict trial by jury.
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I have heard very mixed reports. Haven't seen it yet.
We've just hit 215,000 members.
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(not on BBC Verify website yet, source x.com/BBCRosAtkins...)
Brilliant piece of explanation from @rosatkins.bsky.social for BBC Verify, cheers for sharing.
Split it in 2 because it's over 3 mins long and the punchline is amazing.
Ros Atkins: Why is America doing this? pt 1
Again, Farage, Badenoch and their fellow travellers on X are wildly out of touch with the public on Iran.
Even the majority of Reform supporters oppose their position.
I would host that party.
tbh, my biggest annoyance is that the manufacturers of LLMs have convinced us that their products are "AI", and that taints all AI.
My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down and it’s difficult to see.
He had a thriving writing business until AI came along but now he’s struggling to find work.
Please repost this far and wide in the hope that he can find some writing work.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
During the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill, MP after MP got up to point out what's missing from it: fixing the voting system.
The problems with FPTP can no longer be ignored - and neither can the growing calls for PR. 📣
Here are just a few highlights:
Graphic from JCPA (Jewish Council for Public Affairs) with a blue background and a faint image of civil rights marchers holding protest signs. White text reads: “While we know Secretary Noem directly oversaw so many of the dangerous policies coming out of DHS, we should be clear: this transition does not actually address the fundamental issues at hand. The Department has militarized immigration enforcement, rooted in dehumanizing and dangerous conspiracy theories and leading to the killing of innocent civilians and the repeated violation of our laws. It has held up vital security funding for synagogues and other institutions via the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), while politicizing the program through unrelated conditions that force communities to choose between their safety and their values. The list goes on. No matter who leads DHS, Congress has a fundamental responsibility to use its funding and oversight authorities to ensure real accountability and transparency.”
Our statement on Kristi Noem’s departure from the Department of Homeland Security:
Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
Dear Shabana,
Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
Screenshot from the Green Party website. Text reads "Thank you for joining. Today you have joined a growing movement of people working together to create a fairer, greener future."
As a descendant of a refugee who arrived here on the Kindertransport, the Labour Party's policies on immigration and asylum seekers repulse and frighten me.
I reject the politics of fear and hatred.
I want equality, fairness, hope and humanity.
So I've joined @greenparty.org.uk 💚
“According to YouGov the Greens are now the most popular party in all age categories under 50. Are you ignoring what voters are telling you about your reforms on immigration?”
The Daily Mail has said it obtained "internal documents" revealing the Green Party's migration policy.
As a long-term Green Party activist, I'm very familiar with the actual policy. And what the Mail describes and what the document says are two very different things.
A thread 🧵
That was 'I hate Manchester anyway' by Matt Goodwin and the White Supremes, from his Bitter Loser album.
Sent to me by one of my brothers
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Now following your new account!
Good morning your popetatoness
Good morning wÜlferhampton , as you can see Ash, has a new account
Long story short im shot with electronics and Tech
If ypu will be good enough to re follow, that would be most kind
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It's not even George W. Bush!!
This is very much not Franklin D. Roosevelt that we're dealing with.
The only path to 21st century energy security is to expand genuine renewables such as wind and solar (as hated by Trump because he can't monopolise them). Fossil fuels need to stay in the ground.
He's no Harold Wilson either, but Starmer has at least managed to emulate him in one important respect.
WAIT THEY CAN FUCKING DRIVE NOW
My father used to ridicule "gematria" (the alleged secret codes in the numerical values of Hebrew letters) by pointing out the miraculous similarity that the third Torah portion in Exodus, which could be known as E3, was Bo, and the district in east London with the postcode E3 was also Bow!
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Cartoon strip labelled “Dubai.” A man in a vest stands in front of a skyline window. Speech bubbles read: “Extraordinary images here.” “Of an expat in Dubai.” “Having their first ever geopolitical thought.” Final panel cuts to a news studio: “To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent.”
Presenter: “John, this is momentous. It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant.’” On screen, the expat appears still in front of a Dubai skyline. Co-presenter: “You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there might be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.” Presenter: “It marks a huge departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.” Co-presenter: “Which are…?” Cut to the expat’s typical commentary: “You’ve got to get yourself out here mate, everything is so clean, I don’t have to pay taxes, I am incurious as to why I don’t have to pay taxes, and spa.” Back to studio: “And might there be more new thoughts to come?” “I think we can expect to see:” Final speech bubble from the expat: “I deserve to be airlifted by a country I pay no tax to.” Co-presenter: “Mm.”
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