Labour's Racist Right, normalising fascism a bit more every day

Fresh from trying to limit trial by jury, Lammy (Starmer/Blair) is now trying to limit protections against torture for asylum seekers. Wicked. It's all very Blair-era. Remember how the monster Blair involved the UK in rendition & torture? Same old. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

Thames Water is a test for the British economy. It profits by ripping off customers. Pays dividends, doesn't invest. Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn. Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing. Can't address crisis without public ownership. archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...

The latest in the fascist takeover of America: force out the journalists and replace them with right-wing shills who'll report what they're told. #SilenceThePress www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

I'd say to Liz Truss: give it up love, you're embarrassing yourself. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"Tali Shapiro, another Israeli activist based in the occupied West Bank – in Ramallah – also says she did not question her long-held pro-Palestinian convictions following the events of October 7." www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11...

I remember Tali Shapiro very well, she was an inspiration to me.

‪ Well done Ireland, Spain, Netherlands & Slovenia for boycotting #Eurovision over Israel's presence. Of course you'd boycott an event welcoming an apartheid, genocidal state. The UK won't follow suit because of Starmer. Why is Israel in Eurovision anyway? It's not in Europe #BoycottEurovision #BDS

I love #Eurovision but I've not watched the SBS telecast since Israel began its #GazaGenocide. Please support boycott.eurovision.au as they urge SBS to cut the mic on genocide. Here's the link to their petition on Change.org c.org/cVkHXqCyLx #BoycottEurovision #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine

Well done to Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia. And shame on Eurovision.

Respect to #Ireland, #Netherlands,#Slovenia & #Spain for #boycotting #Eurovision. #ShameOnYou #MartinGreen for supporting #genocidal #Israel. Your article shows little respect for their principles Eurovision director hopes boycotting countries will compete again in 2027 share.google/FtFifnwdmFyR...

Seventeen months after a landslide election win, Starmer’s Labour party is fourth in the polls behind Reform, Tories and Greens. This what happens when you have a plank of wood as your leader. Also a liar and immoral genocide denier. #StarmerOut #BringBackAngelaRayner

You know you have tyrants in government when elections are cancelled, digital ID cards are forced on you, trial by jury is curtailed and plans are afoot for face ID in every town. People didn't vote for this Blair-era authoritarianism. #StarmerOut #LammyOut www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Horrific behaviour by Israel. Savages. #Palestine #Gaza

I've often thought Gates McFadden (from Star Trek) should pair up with Bill Gates just for the fun of calling herself Gates Gates.

Robin Smith dying at the age of 62 after years of alcohol and mental health problems is really sad news. RIP.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Oh Lordy. Pepys was an inveterate groper of women, including his maid. Not surprised he was a Tory.

It's official. Die Hard is not a Christmas film. (Movie if you're in the US). Glad that's settled. Next: was the Ford Capri a good car? The jury's out.

"Starmer selectively quoted the £16bn number from the productivity review without acknowledging that it was only one part of the story. That seems pretty misleading to me." Yes. Because Starmer is a liar whose lies don't stop. He can't do anything without lying about it news.sky.com/story/is-sta...

"The devastation [of #Gaza] was not only permitted by the United States; it was carried out with our weapons, our cover and our political immunity. For those of us who pleaded for restraint the clarity now burns. This was evil, unvarnished and unapologetic." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The answer is to properly resource the court system, not to abolish trial by jury. Lammy is a liar. #SaveOurJuries

Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues unabated despite ceasefire. Israel still murder Palestinian women and children everyday. Western Powers call it a Ceasefire... #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow

People in #Gaza need an unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid. While UNRWA is ready to deliver shelter supplies for up to 1.3 million people, the Israeli Authorities continue to block the Agency from bringing aid in. The scale of UNRWA's work in Gaza must be restored to its fullest capacity.

Some good people are releasing a single for Palestine's children: "Lullaby, a reimagining of the traditional Palestinian lullaby Yamma Mwel El Hawa (Mama, Sing to the Wind). Lullaby reflects their beauty, their longing and their hope." www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

The ceasefire is a lie. The UN says its staff and its facilities are still coming under fire in Gaza, despite the ceasefire. Don’t stop talking about Gaza. #Gaza #Ceasefire #UN

Let it never be forgotten that Biden is known as 'genocide Joe' for a reason. The devastation of Gaza and the deaths of 70,000 people are down to him and his arming of the genocidal state of Israel. He said he was 'proud', but he looks like a war criminal to me. #TheHague #Indict

What a great idea. Credit to them.

Just for absolute clarity, the government’s proscription of Palestine Action is a self-evident farce, deeply unethical and morally bankrupt. It is an unforgivable waste of time and resources, and makes them look both deeply unserious and as ideologically compromised as they clearly are.

"Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the Middle East." Deranged exceptionalism fuelled and armed by the USA, it has to be said. All war criminals together. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

So Your Party is going to be called ... Your Party. A massive step 🪜 forward. I wish them well. If they despise Starmer, they're alright.

I found a good cover for my next novel, Comrades, and I'm childishly excited by it. #Writing #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Wow. Zarah Sultana is certainly fiery. Calling for Starmer, Lammy & Mahmood to be indicted for complicity in war crimes as they "sleep between silk sheets in their blood-soaked mansions"; calling for the abolition of the monarchy and a total boycott of the apartheid and genocidal state of Israel."

This is the way the world ends .....

Started reading Monica Dickens; she comes across as very lovable. She was a rebel, apparently. Threw her school uniform in the river. I'd have liked her. #BookSky #Reading #Books

Did Reeves lie about the 'black hole'? Was there ever a black hole? Reeves has a long history of lying, so we can judge. Meanwhile, Starmer says it's about time they got on with doing something. He's 'vowing' to tackle what he was elected for nearly 18 months ago. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Palestine Action were close to getting their proscription lifted so their panel of judges have been replaced by pro-government and Zionist judges. Not very subtle, is it?

Fresh from meddling in the Palestine Action case and getting the judge replaced, Starmer's government also wants to abolish the right to a jury trial for most cases. The UK is sliding into the abyss. Democracy and the rule of law are in peril. Fascism is on the rise. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Starmer's government removing the judge in the #PalestineAction case only days before the hearing & replacing him with a panel carefully selected to give the 'right' result is interference in the judicial process. I see the rise of fascism. No wonder the UK is increasingly seen as corrupt #Palestine

Weapons dealing and money laundering is the backbone of our economy. The UK is a gangster state.

PLEASE NOTE: accounts requesting money and accounts showing 'glamour' pics will be blocked. I support Gaza already, via a legitimate organisation and I don't want any 'fun'.

With Starmer's government blatantly meddling in the case involving Palestine Action and REMOVING THE JUDGE, we might as well live in a dictatorship. Perhaps we now do. What's the matter Starmer? Afraid you were going to be shown up? Frightened of the rule of law? #Gaza #Palestine #StarmerTheDictator

Starmer's authoritarian government trying yet again to fix the justice system. “This raises serious questions around the lack of impartiality in our judicial system & whether this is now a pattern in significant legal cases concerning Palestine.” #Gaza #Palestine www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

There will be no peace in Europe until Putin is dead, says a Russian specialist. www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-deb...

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

@aoc at the rally for Mamdani Sunday in NYC. “This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…” So good!! 🔥

"Per head, the US’s economic output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. US inequality. It is breathtaking how its lopsided distribution of income keeps getting worse." #PovertyByDesign www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Covid-bereaved families say they want all privileges Johnson got as a former prime minister, including his ministerial pension & access to the public duty costs allowance, to be withdrawn. "He must be held accountable. We are asking for consequences." #prosecute www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

23,000 people died needlessly in the UK. Will Johnson, Cummings, Hancock and others face prosecution? Or do they just walk away while the families of the 23,000 live forever with the consequences of their neglect and lies? #CovidEnquiry #Prosecute #JailTheKillers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tenured professor calls for an ‘end’ to Israel and military intervention against it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...