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"He has no values, no principles and he will defend Peter Mandelson up until he thinks he needs to for his own career" 👀

BREAKING: The people who are calling for an "end to political violence" are clarifying that they will not be ending their political violence in Gaza x

Lord Mandelson was wholly unsuited to being US ambassador. Appalling judgement by UK Prime Minister to have appointed him. His position as a Peer in House of Lords should now be looked at. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz... Peter Mandelson sacked as US ambassador by Keir Starmer

A debate Labour badly needs to have:

Starmer truly has horrible judgment of people. Literally the worst at any level of any organisation I’ve ever seen. Feels extremely disqualifying for a PM.

I just don't understand what a patient is supposed to take away from Streeting's NHS league tables If I'm e.g. a resident in Barnsley trying to decide where to get a hip replacement, what on earth can I learn from the fact that Barnsley FT has a score of 2.31? What does that mean!?

A very effective description of the woes of the Labour, uh I mean Democratic, Party on.ft.com/41NaBUR

I’m often asked “do you have a useful child friendly explainer on Palestine?” My response generally is to tell it to your kids straight. Make sure they grow up knowing what Isr*el is. Make sure the history and the truth is widely known. Don’t let it ever be forgotten what they have done.

Despite justified cynicism with politicians, when you have a genuinely progressive - though far from perfect - government, it is possible for things to get better.

Is it possible Boris Johnson is not only a liar, but a greedy,venal liar as well? We wait with bated breaths

#BBCBreakfast continuing to frame what Israel is doing in Gaza as an "offensive" in a "war"

Whoa. Did not see that coming.

This 🇬🇧 government is a shitty, budget mashup of all the governments of the past 20yrs. Seems to be taking inspiration from each one - but the worst aspect of each (war, league tables, austerity, racist immigration, low growth…). Like they’re trying to remind us why we need smthg radically different.

Starmer’s strategy of being a bad copy of Cameron-Osborne mixed with some half arsed Blair lite and chasing Farage to the right is being met with total voter disinterest. Who knew? They really have no clue. Labour need to replace Mr Bean and double down on social justice or we’re all doomed.

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Stop helping them then.

Not a single new reservoir built in England for 30 years. ❌ 3 billion litres of water lost from leaking pipes every day. ❌ What's the private water sector's solution? Hosepipe bans and ruining rare river ecosystems. 🤯 We need public ownership now.

Cannot get over how long it has taken the world to begin the recognise that Netanyahu = Putin (and Trump). Just look at his fucking election posters. He’s no ally. He’s a fascist.

The absolute barefaced audacity of Israel to say that a Palestinian state would be rewarding terrorism. They might want to look back at the roots of Israel and who exactly brought terrorism to the region (and were rewarded for it).

Wonder if Starmer coming to realise stopping Israel might be the only hope he has of saving his premiership

Salma Shah: "Israel does remain an ally because it is a democracy" A genocidal apartheid regime that's been engaged in a brutal occupation for decades, denying millions of people under its control their basic civic rights. A democracy, dontcha' know #GMB

Last chance for the world to show any kind of humanity and stop even more atrocities by this evil regime

Starmer is playing games and he knows it on.ft.com/3U60JBn

*deep breath* More Democrats should sound like Hunter Biden?

"The truly unnerving thing about the fall of Rome (yes, I’m going there again, sorry) was that most Romans probably didn’t notice it had happened." Morning all!

A must read ... "A question of intent" by Jonathan Sumption - a historian and former senior judge. "We cannot without hypocrisy criticise the wholesale violation of civilised standards by Russia in Ukraine, and tacitly endorse them when practised by Israel in Gaza." @jdportes.bsky.social

Israel launches ground assault on Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza – Middle East crisis live

Pretty much every headline involving war, murder, ceasefires in the news right now and for a long time have one common denominator. Israel.

Tiny passing comment from Starmer on Palestine w Metz where ofc hostages mentioned first and equal to the humanitarian crisis. Remains clear they don’t give a toss about stopping Israel’s war crimes.

When @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social says the rebels need to be Team Labour delivering the manifesto, am I missing something. Where did it say keep children in poverty, seek to put 800,000 disabled people into poverty, and impoverish pensioners?

Labour policy for the right-wing - smash the small boat gangs Labour policy for the left - smash the disability benefits

Sums up USA politics right now. Just about GOP poking Dems. No care for Americans or future of the country.

Think about how insane this is. I know we normalize every abnormal thing Trump does, & he floods the zone & numbs us, but a leading media organizing rolling over & agreeing to pay $16m to the president because he didn’t like how they edited an interview?? What country is this?

The Israel lobby has funded a quarter of British MPs. www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...

A CATALOGUE OF COCK-UPS & BAD CALLS! No rejoining the SM & CU Refuses to stop supporting genocide Neoliberal austerity No to proper wealth taxes Winter Fuel Payment balls up Two child benefit cap Cuts disability benefit Snooping on bank accounts No to repeal of Tory demo laws And there’s more…

Proud to say I didn’t give Labour my vote and quite honestly can’t imagine when I ever will again

Really not sure how this government recovers from here. Feels like the start of a spiral. Most of all because they’re so stubborn and arrogant. Plus zero political narrative or vision.

"Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.” You couldn’t make it up could you? Perhaps other countries can apply that theory to US attacks abroad too?

Our nation’s defence built on the backs of the sacrifice of disabled people 🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

Anti-arms groups plan mass protests over expansion of UK nuclear deterrent

The producers of the movie Gaslight are rising from the grave to tell Adam to stop bullshitting them

Starmer’s heartless arrogance will collapse this government. Deservedly. No one voted for Cameron-Osborne.

Starmer Starmer Starmer Starmer Starmer Chameleon.

Oh look, Labour MPs have woken up at last. They’re chilled about genocide in the Middle East and child poverty in the UK. But when they see a policy that directly impacts their own personal interests (cuts that hit hardest in areas Reform are challenging Labour) they decide they care… #LabourSucks

Socialist Zohran Mamdani could be New York’s next mayor. This is what the western left could learn from him | Owen Jones

It is 1990. I am 5 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president. It is 2003. I am 17 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president. It is 2025. I am 40 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.

Cable news suddenly keeps mentioning “sleeper cells” in Iran. Heard it at least 3 times on CNN. Unbelievable 2003-style reporting malpractice, just spitballing ways of making Iran seem like a threat to Americans sitting at home watching tv

Once again channeling @meredithshiner.com ↘️