Sky -- thanks for the reporting, and extra-happy that Mr Toad was so deflated ! Parp parp ! This morning's Times -- https://www.thetimes.co.uk/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7effb77d-69de-422b-8556-fcc5db821616.jpg?crop=2684%2C1789%2C640%2C184&resize=900 The New versio...
We've discussed before whether Corbyn was too meek facing the coordinated attacks of the Zionists . It looks like the initial reactions of Russel-Moyle and Shaheen were also too appeasing ( tho AK has secret knowledge that he committed terrible crimes),, but at any rate she is fighting back ! Here J...
PS from the Aljazeera , so much for Freedom of Speech -- Israeli Professor Neve Gordon, vice president of BRISMES and professor of international law and human rights at Queen Mary University in London, told Al Jazeera that by conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, the IHRA definition may resul...
https://www.thejc.com/lets-talk/i-worked-on-jeremy-corbyns-team-this-is-how-labour-rotted-under-him-m8r5711y I worked on Jeremy Corbyn’s team. This is how Labour rotted under him Josh Simons reflects on what his 'brief but unpleasant' stint taught him about where the party goes from here Josh Simons...
I saw this the other day...a great rant. Fifteen years. Five prime ministers, seven chancellors, eight foreign secretaries, twelve culture secretaries and sixteen housing ministers. A thread, for #RantyTuesday. One third of all children in poverty. Triple the NHS waiting list (6.4m). Energy bills u...
This one may be true ... https://x.com/moon_treacle/status/1795721568099959177 This one is ghastly routine for US pollies -- https://x.com/BeckettUnite/status/1795517197235696047 ( Bring back National Service, or NHS eye-testing, he can't see the difference between a 155mm shell and a 'bomb' :-) )
"The left of the Labour Party are nice, decent people and it was a privilege to meet them. The right of the Labour Party are some of the most f*cking horrible, vile, gruesome people. I've never met such awful people as those on the right of the Labour Party." ~ Alexei Sayle This may be a ...
Morning refit Opened my door very early and later on a very wet cat came up to say good morning . Usually he buggers off outside when finding I'm skiving and not getting his breakfast, but today he curled up beside me . Dreadful ongoing news on the Israeli pogrom from @dgurdasani1 Xitter . On Radio4...
This is disgraceful treatment of Diane There is a lot of criticism of Starmer and His Party, but the ' AAS' vitriol against Diane is quite something ! This is very educational ! ( I paused watching 11m29 when Margaretr Hodge said this -- "After Corbyn became leader I experienced a surge of ant...
Morning all Repeated 'overtures' by Mossad chief to the Chief Prosecutor at the ICC -- " nice grandchildren you've got there, a shame if something happened to them" https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/israeli-spy-chief-icc-prosecutor-war-crimes-inquiry OK I made that quot...
I'm occupied cutting down a clump of ancient lilac** trees festooned with thick ivy . Every 20 to 30 minutes my back demands a break, so come in to check the latest hilarity . Ideal mix of work and play :-) ** Plus google tells me it makes excellent firewood . ( No-one else around to share my partic...
And the other classic from Anne-Marie Trevelyan She told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “This will be encouraged and will become part of the norms. Importantly, of course, when you then as a young person apply for a job, there will be a question that employers will want to know how you got involved – ...
CCHQ Files https://x.com/GetStarmerOut/status/1794696710566093265 " Haha, same story as the above -- Now, get out those Oliver Eagleton articles on Starmer brown-nosing the cousins on McKinnon and Assange, and then destroying the files . " " But surely we'd have done the same ? "...
Only 38 days more of batshit-crazy and bonkers Sunakikery ! I listened to the first half of lat night's Westminster Hour. There were four articulate humans -- Ben Wright BBC , Marianna Spring BBCDisinfo, Politics professor Rob Ford and the FT's Lucy Fisher . They all gave the pollies a hard time . T...
Yes, I had a quick look at the telegraph article about this 'private school closing due to Labour policy' and worked out that they were about 100 pupils short of capacity & struggling to get pupils in for years. Very good thread too ! The numbers of people quitting Xitter seem to have declined ...
Oh dear, how sad .. Shippers -- " MPs are furious that they have had little time to prepare for the end of their careers. “It’s all right for him,” one ex-minister said. “We all know he’s got a job lined up in California and he doesn’t need the money anyway. I wish he’d just resigned and let Pe...
An utter shambles posing as a political party. I always enjoy my free reads at the FT -- (AVM) Stringer added: “Some form of national service has been a popular success in the JEF countries [Scandinavian and Baltic nations] that have used it as a part of building national resilience.” The idea of s...
https://x.com/freddouglass765/status/1794707102411509818 Sonia Sodha is an Observer columnist -- Finally, there has as of yet been less scrutiny of the independent and Green candidates trying to appeal to Labour-sceptical voters than there has of Reform on the other side of the spectrum. It is not j...