Suspect this is accurate. Burnham, Streeting et al aren't going to diverge dramatically from Starmer's hostility towards marginalised communities. Without a major u turn, scrapping the current raft of inhumane policies, and ditching those who pushed them, Labour is toast regardless of who is leader

One hundred percent.

Yeah, let’s see how that goes for them as Burnham lurches further Right to “beat” Reform when the focus groups and polling figures start giving him indigestion.

Can’t even bend the knee correctly.

BBC: Lebanese environmental activist Mona Khalil, whose work helped turn a stretch of coastline in southern Lebanon into one of the eastern Mediterranean's most important nesting sites for endangered sea turtles, has died after being bombed in her home by Israel. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I see we are still encountering difficulty using the T word when it comes to violent racist rampages by white men

Folk with wit watching UK politics since Brexit.

I can see why TERFs on Twitter are in a perma-tantrum over folks here on Blue Sky. The block and mute features are so rigorous on this platform, they can’t get the traction necessary to harass and abuse people - which is the only activity in their lives which brings them any joy or excitement.

“A decent man” who continued funding and arming an apartheid state carrying out a Genocide while targeting peaceful protestors with the most severe penalties for opposing that genocide. Good fucking riddance. A Shame the next fella is just another useful stooge

Happy Refugee Day! We value everyone who comes here seeking protection, you are welcome and want to you feel safe and supported. Lets celebrate at the Great Refugee Picnic, live music, food and cultural expression with a kids corner, everyone will be entertained.

YOU GOTTA FALL ASLEEP SOMETIME BROTHER

They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes

Obama, like all living presidents is a war criminal. He increased drone attacks, completed mass deportation and helped normalize George Bush. We can and must be better while also remembering who our elected officials have served and are serving that lead people to flock to Trump.

Do you imagine Keir has his wee hoody on today when he is attempting to fish out who is still backing him?

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Excited to be completely underwhelmed by an Andy Burnham premiership

We gotta fuck this up

Hey guys, any emergency funding for the community and grass roots groups who've been picking up the pieces for the last week and a half? Guys?... guys?

Fr. (later Bishop) Edward Daly waving a white rag drenched in the mortally wounded Jackie Duddy's blood at the British army. Jackie was 17 and shot in the back by the British as he tried to run from the bullets. Michael Bridge protested to soldiers about what they'd done, so they shot him too.

It's not even a joke - How Arsenal corners and England corners are obviously perceived.😭😂

Banning trans women from everything really helped sort out violence against women and girls, eh...

This is Boomer. He's deaf so his bark is a little different than most dogs. Still 14/10 (TT: faith_sheer)

Israeli lawyer Ben Marmarelli says Palestinian prisoners he represents beg him not to visit because they're raped each time he is due to meet them. This is a scene from Al Jazeera's shocking new documentary on Israel's systematic use of rape.

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For clarification on the left are a group of terrorists and on the right are the results of people expressing ‘legitimate concerns’ in Belfast according to Starmer’s government. Cardboard trumps arson.

Many children who enter the justice system have experienced poverty, trauma, neglect, exploitation by adults or other adverse childhood experiences. A smart society asks, 'What happened to this child?' as well as ‘What has this child done?' 🧵1/6

Watching the DUP and UUP employ ever more dog whistles to “steal” TUV votes is grimly hysterical shite. “Legitimate concerns” and “decent people” don’t really cut through the fact that what little morals were ever employed are long gone

Honestly, this is where the current transphobia leads. Suddenly everyone gets comfortable treating gayness as tragic like it’s 1982. These are connected. You’re next.

"Starmer and Labour are cracking down on the freedoms of young people, and not the far right, nor white supremacist billionaires, precisely because no oligarchical interests will be harmed in doing so."

Highly recommend Widows Bay. Not what I expected, but so far it’s been very creepy and very, very funny as well as featuring the incredible Stephen Root.

David Hockney

When you look at the likes of ‘let’s talk Loyalism’ and the other folk regularly platformed to make case for the Union, you can see why it’s in such trouble.

A number of groups in NI have said they informed the PSNI eight months ago of a list of homes and properties that would be targeted by loyalist fascists and they too were ignored...

Ah, the nasty crew are still around. Racist apologists. No surprise.

Peter Thiel has created the World’s Worst WhatsApp Group.

Anne Read: "of course I do not class myself as a terrorist. I accept that I am classed as one by a govt that supports terrorist regimes" Trudi Warner: "One of the tricks that authoritarian govts play is to label opponents.. as terrorists" Both women were arrested yesterday.

More nuts stuff. Threatened he'd kill the guy and have his business burned down. It's slap in the middle of LINO Robinson's constituency (formerly Invisible Gav).

Wee addendum to this but I love this picture by Andrew Johnston

I’m amazed they get to post these. I recall BC Transit/TransLink rejecting ad buys b/c they didn’t like the political sentiment in them (guess which direction the sentiment was)

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Crash (1996, d. David Cronenberg)

Increasingly difficult to make it through even a paragraph of any PR, media piece, SM featuring Jon Burrows. Tiresome.

David Hockney • Rain on the Studio Window •

'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'

Teaching kids how to use social media properly and usefully? Getting involved and working through the issues inherent in having the tech at hand? Holding politicians and adults responsible? Targeting hate speech properly? Why do any of that when you can be a fucking plank taking a plank's approach?

Zach Snyder remaking Carpenter’s Escape From New York? The only positive is the huge cheque John Carpenter will no doubt receive.