The Guardian are reporting a significant increase in Jewish people voting for the Green Party. It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence. We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it. Never again for everyone.

Our twin boys were four months old when Scotland last played in the World Cup finals. I sat them down in front of the games and imagined us watching Scotland in future World Cups together. They’re 27 now… #SCOvDEN

Hey the Nazis did this to my grandparents so this sounds cool @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

"Titanic passenger's watch expected to fetch £1m at auction." That poignant moment when the auctioneer says "Going... going... gone..."

It's not just about the messenger. You've got to have the right message.

It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected. More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.

The Green Party SECOND in a national poll for the first time ever! There’s no way we’re stopping there.

🚨 Breaking 🚨 New YouGov poll has just dropped. • 🟪Reform 27% • 🟦Tory 17% • 🟥Labour 17% • 🟩Green 16% • 🟨Lib Dem 15% The Green Party’s highest ever score

On a train down from Edinburgh, sitting next to a nun who is taking very loudly on her mobile phone. I’m resisting the temptation to ask if she’s ever considered joining a silent order…

The bitterly ironic transformation of the iconography of the poppy, from sombre reminder of the senseless futility of a war in which the British ruling class systematically ordered the wholesale slaughter of millions of working-class men, to 'War Christmas', says everything about the current crisis

🚨 POLL | Reform lead by 15pts ➡️ REF – 32% (-) 🔵 CON – 17% (-) 🔴 LAB – 16% (+1) 🟢 GRN – 15% (-) 🟠 LD – 12% (-) Via @FindoutnowUK, 22 Oct (+/- vs 15 Oct)

Absolutely loving #CelebrityTraitors. Not a single traitor umasked. It suddenly occurred me why that is... Celebrities are better at lying - and worse at knowing when they're being lied to.

The Greens now have more members than the Tories as support surges www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-gr...

No one thinks of poor old York in all this. How is it going to cope without a Duke?

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia. Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

Private companies incentivised to put asylum seekers in hotels rather than bedsits as they could earn EIGHT TIMES as much profit, says @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social Hotel owners and private companies benefiting despite allegations of terrible conditions www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Real pride comes when you no longer hide who you are"

This is grim & dangerous over reach. This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent. Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Nigel Farage accuses Keir Starmer of "emboldening" anti-semites. This Nigel Farage

🗳️ BREAKING | Starmer is now the most unpopular Prime Minister in history - WORSE than Truss 🔴 Starmer – 13% satisfied, 79% dissatisfied 🔵 Liz Truss – 16% satisfied, 67% dissatisfied Via @Ipsos_in_the_UK, 11-17 Sep

Desperation?

It’s very buoying to be able to be CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC for the future of progressive politics at the moment. I was told for several years by hands-on-hips Sensible Grownups that I was silly, deluded and ALSO DANGEROUS to still believe in socialism but I guess the left wasn’t dead after all.

Nazis ban comedians shock.. NYT, 4 Feb 1939

70% of voters don’t want a Reform government. We need PR now. (And yes, I have always been a passionate supporter of PR…) #MakeVotesMatter

Your Party ... No, My Party! ... No, MY Party! (Said with sadness, as we desperately need a radical alternative to the current disgrace of a Labour Party. It increasingly looks like the only viable alternative is the Green Party under @zackpolanski.bsky.social)

The Trump authoritarian crackdown builds on the assault on individuals and organisations opposing Israel's genocide. That crackdown began under the Democrats. Yet many "centrists" stayed silent, or actively cheered it on. You paved the way for what happens now.

A landmark UN commission of inquiry report has confirmed that Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The government cannot continue hiding from this reality. We need a full arms embargo, an end to military cooperation and wide-ranging sanctions.

REFORM Rich Elitist Frauds Organising Racist Morons

We all need to be having these conversations.

The scenes on our streets are shameful consequences of decades of austerity - government after government fanning the flames of anti migration instead of tackling inequality. We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.

Very moving (and funny) tribute to the great Bill Dare at the BBC Radio Theatre today. If you ever laughed at Dead Ringers or Spitting Image, that's probably thanks to Bill.

Gary Lineker has just won Presenter of the Year at the National Television Awards. You see Labour? You CAN be principled and popular… #NTAs

Wait till the end…

Peter Mandelson is a truly despicable person. The fact that he is welcomed at the heart of the Labour Party tells you all need to know about the current state of the party. And as for the people who couldn't stay in the same party as Jeremy Corbyn, yet who happily stay in a party with Mandelson...

This week's column on Labour's rapid implosion resembling the Tories' slower one, and ending up in the same place of government by bullshit and crackdown. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Interesting. I've never seen this bile directed to any leader of the Greens before. Almost as if people are rattled

Angela Rayner bent to just about all of current Labour's demands (derogatory). She has spent five years betraying her old values and making sure she toes the party line. And the party has Corbyn'd her anyway. I hope other leftwing MPs take this as a valuable lesson.

Two things can be true at once. Rayner was foolish in her conduct and right to resign. It’s also true she was always despised by much of the right wing press because she was a working class powerful woman.

Bring on the Red-Green Alliance!

Excellent news! Labour should be worried...

This is the main story on the BBC. Reform has 4 MPs. The Green Party has 4 MPs. Can you imagine the BBC leading with what the Green Party has to say about anything? Why does the BBC choose to give so much publicity to Reform? What is their agenda?

The future's bright. The future's a Red-Green Alliance...

At Forwards Festival with @zarahsultana.bsky.social. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

Trump: The Art of the Kneel.

My first game at Easter Road was in 1968 when I saw Hibs beat Lokomotive Leipzig 3-1. Back there tonight for another European game against Partizan Belgrade. GGTTH!

The deliberate and relentless killing of Palestinian journalists is sickening beyond words — and is a desperate attempt to silence the truth about Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity. Shame on all those who empowered Israel to murder with impunity.

Harold Shipman, Fred West and Pol Pot all rolled into one. A serial killer in plain sight and the world indulges him with press conferences...

Hmm, what do ‘central camps’ and ‘final plan’ remind you of? 🤷🏽‍♂️👇🏽

Test cricket is the best! Congratulations to India. They didn’t deserve to lose this series. #EngvInd

I saw the first ball of the series up at Headingley, and now I’m here at the Oval today to see the last ball. Got to love Test cricket! #EngvInd