Choosing between Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting is like choosing between the Kray twins. Both choices are criminally dangerous to the country — but I’m not sure if Wes gets his suits paid for by Lord Waheed Alli.

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Congratulations to @plaidcymru.bsky.social Brilliant and uplifting victory in Caerphilly. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social is finished. Reform are in retreat. Forward to the Senedd elections.

Still seeing the left tearing into each other whilst Reform are quietly building momentum. It won’t matter who is most pure when fascists are in charge of your country. Wake up people. We need to start working together or there will be no democracy left to save.

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street. But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO. Join us: yourparty.uk

So MAGA UK voters, surprise, surprise there is no fraud, no waste, no asylum seekers gaming the system. Watch your council tax used for banning books in libraries & to stop all anti discrimination practices so the tax evading party can give tax cuts to their rich friends. Reform are liars.

Good to see Americans on the streets opposing Trump. Are there any eye witness accounts on here?

The entire system seems wired to prevent social justice. Politics is a game played by the rich with the rest of us as pawns. How do we create a world where every life matters? I’m curious to hear your thoughts.

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Is it really so beyond the realms of possibility that we could create a world where there were no wars, no hunger, no poverty and no homelessness ?

The ceasefire is a start but we need to keep the pressure on to get a just settlement for the Palestinian people.

If you follow this link you can hear an audio of me reading this article. That may, or may not, be a treat.

This is what a Labour Government is allowing to happen to universities in Wales. And Starmer always said that Labour in Westminster would learn from Wales. An important article from @criticalmasszine.bsky.social

It’s pretty difficult to say much that hasn’t been said already about Trump. But I tried to focus on what he’s done and how it might impact Europe.

In what is a real sign of the times moment a lot of people simply shrug that a Trump ally, serial liar and genuinely nasty piece of work is poised to become the next PM. @criticalmasszine.bsky.social warned before the last election that this might happen. Polls now prove us right.

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I’ve an interest in this article because I’m the author. But beyond that it is vital that people realise just how bad anti-protest legislation is

Lots of people claim to be for PR. I think that could be a massive mistake and wrote in @criticalmasszine.bsky.social to explain why. The only thing that has changed is that parties of the right have become more common. Read this article and tell me I am wrong criticalmassmag.org/can-pr-save-...

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Thanks for posting this. A really interesting article. What it shows is that when a field is entirely dominated by a particular world view that it is incredibly difficult for alternate views to be heard. In this case the word genocide has been appropriated by Jewish scholars loathe to expand it.

Re reposting. So very sorry ❤️ It is one of my favorites

Britain is the 6th wealthiest country in the world and yet successive governments have attacked the elderly, poor, disabled, and anybody else who cannot fight back. Well perhaps the rest of us should fight back on their behalf. #fightpoverty

Yes we must suffer so the rich can amass more wealth than they can possibly spend. It’s called capitalism. And until we replace it the process will go round and round.

Just signed this. Let's do this. Thames Water wants to pay its executives more money by upping peoples bills. Because otherwise they will not get talented people. Who will put sewage into rivers and drive the company into debt it now needs public money to keep it afloat. Please sign.

Why would you be relaunching after only 8 months in power? How bad must your first 8 months be for you to want to eradicate it?

Fine. But absolutely nothing in Starmer’s past gives cause for optimism. He lied to become leader, he lied to become PM. He is trapped inside his own narcissism. We need to stop believing in leaders and start building grassroots organisation. “All hope lies with the proles” - Orwell.

Hey I’m all for optimism. But I try not to allow my optimism to be blind to reality. Starmer has steadfastly stood by a country engaged in an illegal genocide and you seriously think I should put my hope in him? He has been demonstrably shown to be in the pocket of a rich benefactor. But hope?

I think HMRC should be focusing on the big money not the low hanging fruit!

And let's not forgot the £22.7billion of UNCLAIMED income related benefits and social tariff benefits, which far out weigh the overpaid/fraudulent claims policyinpractice.co.uk/missing-out-... Taking someone's driving licence makes no sense, but when did the lack of sense ever stop a government

HMRC estimate uncollected tax as £39.8 billion in 2024. DWP estimate £9.8billion in overpaid benefits in 2024. Guess which one the Labour Government is bringing in more draconian laws to tackle? Benefit cheats could be stripped of driving licences www.bbc.com/news/article...

Is Alison McGovern innumerate? She claims that when somebody defrauds social security that is less money for your pension. That assumes that there is a pot of money and whoever gets to it first gets to dip in. Government finance doesn’t work like that. www.bbc.com/news/article...

That would be true only if they had opposed every Tory cut. Which, of course, not only didn't they but they show every intention of taking further.

Oh my, are you about to be disappointed.

Bit rich from a writer who helped legitimise the far right because they were preferable to the left which she clearly despises. Wouldn't support Corbyn but could allow Johnson in to stop the left. If she wants electoral reform it is because she thinks that is the best way to beat the left not right.

The Israelis have started undermining the peace process before it has hardly begun. Can somebody tell me who are the terrorists here? Why is the world allowing this indiscriminate and illegal slaughter to carry on?

Eventually I tracked down all 90 names and wrote them in this article. criticalmassmag.org/200125-news-... I know reading a list of names may not seem very exciting but we have to do all we can to humanise Palestinians against the efforts of the media to demonise them.

#Theyhavenames If I can find them I am going to put the names of freed Palestinians here. We must not allow them to be anonymous. Khalida Jarrar, 62 was freed after 6 months of 'administrative detention'. In other words without being charged. Bushra al-Tawil, a journalist jailed in March 2024

Interesting that the BBC print the names of the 3 freed hostages, but only describes 90 Palestinians. What is it @bbc don't Arabs have names? Do you find it hard to telling them apart? Or perhaps you think brown lives don't matter so much. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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@criticalmasszine.bsky.social had people at the non-march yesterday who report on the appalling treatment by the police.

There is a real issue when peaceful protesters are prevented from protesting. This is supposed to be a 'liberal' society that prides itself on freedom of expression. Bit hard to see how that is the case when freedom of expression is regulated by the police.

Perceptive from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

It shows that the ceasefire is unlikely to hold. Israel wants to destroy the Palestinians. As they have said repeatedly. They are being forced into this as a piece of American political theatre. If they were genuine what is to be achieved by taking more innocent lives?

According to the BBC “A ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is expected to come into force on Sunday, but for now the fighting continues” Fighting? Let’s call it what it is. The slaughter of innocent civilians including 20 children yesterday alone.

If Biden had really wanted a ceasefire he could have stopped supplying arms to Israel as they are the only ones who have been doing the killing. He might also have supported UN Resolutions for a ceasefire months ago. This is political theatre though great news for the Palestinians.

The credit should go to the millions of people who have been protesting every week against the atrocities of the Israeli government.

Is it really a war when one side has long range missiles, tanks and has killed 50,000 people and the other has rocks? Nonetheless good news for the people of Gaza who may be able to sleep without fear of being bombed shortly.