Missiles from Iran have penetrated through Israel's defence systems after the Zionist state's unprovoked attack By @skwawkbox.org

OK, the Gorton and Denton by-election, I have some thoughts! Let's take a look at some of the FACTS and burst a few of the more ridiculous takes doing the rounds But first up, can we acknowledge just what bad losers Reform are?!🤣 Right, let's get started... 🧵 1/

Reform UK in the past 48hrs.

Reform's London Mayoral candidate now running on "disenfranchise + deport" policy re Commowealth Yusuf would strip Commonwealth ILR (but treat European settled status differently) Farage to strip voting rights from Commonwealth non-citizens (Treat Irish foreign nationals differently to Asians)

In 2020 Nigel Farage said of MPs who defect & refuse a by-election “it’s not right, it’s dishonorable” Giving voters the right to have a say on an MPs defection is vital to restoring trust in our politics - and isn’t that exactly what the government has pledged to do?

Keir Starmer, the personification of "mistake".

Super important in the argument against the points of benefit Britain or the war on work, is who and what the source of the analysis is..... I predict a relationship that might possibly involve Reform UK

Over six million workers earn less than an unemployed person on benefits, according to the Centre for Social Justice. Is it true?

War criminal Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly fled to Greece as Iran rattles Tel Aviv with a series of missiles By @skwawkbox.org

The man on trial for the murder of 27-year-old Zahwa Mukhtar expressed his remorse and continues to maintain his innocence.

I guarantee that if anyone from the Green Party were to label themselves 'shadow' anything, they'd be called out, pilloried, discredited and denounced by all media. Unelected Yusuf cosplays as Reform "Shadow Home Secretary" and the media unquestioningly sucks it up. That's what we're up against.

Thanks for all the kind comments! I do agree that the Green Party seems to be interviewed with so much more hostility than anyone else. But you know what - bring it on. 💚 youtu.be/cpVOHPYnnmE?...

Honestly, I do think that it’s good on the whole that the UK is more aggressive in its interviewing technique than their American counterparts, but this interview was fairly ridiculous and I think anyone watching it would struggle to think it was a good faith attempt to get to know Polanski.

The Strait Of Hormuz has been closed by Iran 🇮🇷 It's possibly the most critical maritime chokepoint in the world. here’s why.👇

The definition of madness

Tax dodging bigots in Dubai, left London because it’s not “safe”, now dodging Iranian missiles in the Gulf state.

At the very least!

Tax dodging Oakeshott and Dick, left “war torn” London, and now find themselves in a war zone!

Let's get menancing. (Lowering bills, protecting NHS, funding public services....) Join.greenparty.org.uk

2024 Lucy Connolly : How dare they arrest me for tweeting support for terrorism! 2026 Lucy Connolly : ARREST FEMI for tweeting that I support terrorism! The right has TRULY jumped the shark on free speech. This. is. Reform UK!

All lives are equal, but some are more equal than others

The lesson we are teaching the world with our posture towards Iran and Venezuela is pretty bleak: Get nukes and don’t trust the U.S.

Starmeroid front-bencher and minister Josh Simons quits over the Labour Together spy scandal – another one bites the dust. @skwawkbox.org has more.

Anti-war protesters showed up at Westminster to oppose Keir Starmer's weak response to the US and Israel's unprovoked attack on Iran

This is on my long "Why is no one talking about this?" list. As usual, @greenparty.org.uk folks are though. Thanks to @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social for being one of the few speaking up.

The news that Donald Trump is seeking an ‘off ramp’ from the war in Iran and was apparently never genuinely interested in regime change (unless he could ‘own’ the country like in Venezuela) sent me over the edge on air tonight…. 🤬🤬🤬

Iran has shut the Strait of Hormuz in a serious blow to Western consumers - we run on oil, and that oil must pass through Hormuz

This is an illegal, unprovoked and brutal attack that shows once again that the USA and Israel are rogue states. The UK must end our cosy relationship with the USA and our ongoing support for Israel.

It’s time we have a discussion about foreign interference in British politics. This is Sir Alan Duncan, calling out traitorous Tories a few years ago. I would like someone to do Labour and Reform..

2024: Trump, "You're not going to have a war with me: 2026: Trump, "The US military began major combat operations in Iran"

U.S. AND ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN - Live Breaking News Coverage www.youtube.com/live/CdY4LaY... via @YouTube

And when Iran retaliates, and everyone is up in arms, don't let them forget this moment...

It's not "sectarian" to oppose genocide.

"The former British home secretary and Buddhist daughter of a Kenyan descendant of Goan Catholics, and a Mauritian Hindu descendent of Tamil, born in Harrow, studied in New York, married to a Jewish South African who lived In Israel says multiculturalism has failed." via Daily Scar

So totally saved.

Lmao

You can’t tell if this is real or satire. Absolutely brilliant 😂

Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1)

There is misinformation flying around and wild claims from Zionists about the 'Zionism is racism' motion A105. It is expected that they've resorted to that rather than the content of the motion itself. When you're prioritising the motions give it a good read rather than going by smear media claims.

💯. In my direct experience labour cannot *stand* it when greens stray away from wind turbines & start talking about poor people, because as far as they are concerned, poor people are *theirs*. Theirs to ignore, often, but still theirs.

The small, brave band of MPs who represent the trampled, not the tramplers, has a very welcome new member. We should all ask ourselves why, in a supposed democracy, such representatives are so rare. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Those damn intolerant Muslims voting for a woman with a gay Jew for a boss.

Having done a fair bit of knocking on doors down the years, I'm familiar with the old white man who demands how his wife votes. They almost always were Tories and likely are now Reform. Says a lot that the right hear "family voting" and automatically think about muslims.

Indeed, if it's men telling women how to vote, we might expect it to be among parties favoured more by men than by women. Reform support is about 7 points higher among men; Green support is about 1 point higher among women. Also this is a recent spike, whereas Muslims voting is not a new thing.

👏👏👏👏💯 "Polling station staff are trained to look out for evidence of undue influence on voters. No such issues have been reported today. If Democracy Volunteers were concerned about alleged issues they could and should have raised them during polling hours so that immediate action could be taken."

The current argument of the British right is that Muslims turned out in "blocs" with "family voting" to cast their ballots for a party led by a gay Jewish man, and this shows that multiculturalism has failed, voting is "sectarian" and we are in a crisis. Hmmmmmm.