LFC ST holder. Academic Librarian: Loves concerts, art & the theatre, Pro EU 🇪🇺78.5% anti right wing. Views are my own.

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Joined May 2017
Helen Buchanan retweeted
Video of masked Israeli settlers striking European diplomats and elected officials near Taybeh, a Christian village in Palestine. The 78-year-old French mayor Bernard Baudoux was thrown to the ground and beaten with iron bars. Make no mistake: If the Israeli government wanted to put an end to this, they could within minutes. They don't. Just like Biden pretended that he wanted a ceasefire, but in reality worked tirelessly to enable Israel's genocide. They are playing the same trick on us again.
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Reform Ltd unveil their new headquarters. 🐢💨
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Helen Buchanan retweeted
A would-be Reform UK MP told an undercover reporter that Muslims could not be British and asylum seekers should be put in “concentration camps”. Refers to black children as “animals”. A party of sleaze, scandals, misogyny and racism, devoid of humanity. theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Replying to @IDF
I was a combat soldier in an elite IDF unit. I served in the West Bank and witnessed firsthand how settlers could do whatever they wanted with impunity. Today I’m the Executive Director of ״Breaking the Silence״ an organization that has collected thousands of testimonies from Israeli soldiers over the past two decades. And I can say with certainty that this statement by IDF spokesperson is a lie. The IDF is not trying to stop Jewish terrorism in the occupied territories. In fact, it protects Jewish terrorists and arms them with US-made M16 rifles. If the IDF genuinely wanted to stop Jewish terrorism, the Chief of Staff could simply order the 30,000 soldiers stationed in the West Bank to carry out arrests. It’s that simple.
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Spend 90 days in Spain. Now try another 90 in France. The days you spent in Spain count against your time in France. Different countries. One shared Schengen allowance. Why should British people have to ration their time across Europe? Brexit. That's why.
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Helen Buchanan retweeted
Truth!
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Love the MAGA lot condemning the riots in France whilst pardoning this lot.
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Helen Buchanan retweeted
By abandoning Ukraine and supporting Putin and Russia President Trump has given carte blanche for Putin to invade NATO countries. The red line of democracy for Europe is Ukraine. Ukraine must win this war against Russia.
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The most moral army in the world applying its ethics...
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Helen Buchanan retweeted
Liverpool are still unbeaten against teams that don’t cheat in the Premier League 🤩🔴
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Replying to @GenFlynn
For the idiots in the chat, of which you are apparently one. I bring you:
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🚨Let's not stop talking about the Epstein files.‼️
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Helen Buchanan retweeted
To those demanding Ukraine surrender to Russia: Would you have told Britain to bow to Hitler in 1940? Finland to Stalin in 1939? Americans to their king in 1776? Peace that turns free men into slaves is not peace. It is tyranny. And freedom is never yours to surrender.
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Zelenskyy simply and accurately explains why giving up the Donbas won’t end the war: "Putin says he wants the Donbas, but why, at the start of the full-scale invasion, was he trying to occupy Kyiv? Is that the east of our country? Is that the Donbas? No, that’s the capital. Without a capital, there is no state. Putin wants to destroy Ukraine. For us, the question is not about withdrawing from the Donbas. The real question is the survival of our state. We stand and fight, because what is the alternative? To be destroyed. Simply put, not everyone feels this because Ukraine is still standing. We have stabilized the battlefield. We are grateful to our partners in Europe, America, and other countries, Japan is helping, Canada is helping, Australia, New Zealand, whoever can. Ukraine stands against such a powerful enemy as Russia. We stand, otherwise we will be destroyed. It’s always difficult, you know, in communications with partners, to find the right words, the warnings that they will truly understand. Putin wants to destroy us. He doesn't respect us, our sovereignty, or our territorial integrity. He genuinely believes that we are not a country, not a nation. So do you really trust that he only needs the eastern part of our country? Of course that will never be enough for him. And what will happen if we fall? How many people, I don’t know, maybe twenty million Ukrainians, will come to Europe? Because Putin will destroy our homes and force us out. For me, this is absolutely clear. That’s why we are standing strong, defending our country. Yes, with pain, with huge losses. That’s why we are asking: stop the killing. And as I have heard so many times from POTUS, 'they have to stop the killing.' Russia is killing us on our own territory. They came onto our land and keep pushing further. They do not want to stop. They do not even want to freeze the war, as you can see. So, do you think what Putin really wants is just the eastern part of our country? No. It will never be enough for a person like him."
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Helen Buchanan retweeted
Ukraine is now fighting 2 dictators putin and trump
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So Nigel Farage will prosecute news outlets for reporting things his party actually said? Who does that remind you of?
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There are still some republicans that have a spine. This interview is worth watching. It is between Rachel Campos-Duffy and Brian Kilmeade, both conservative commentators. Rachel: Yesterday, the president said maybe it’s time for an election, a new leader in Ukraine, because he keeps blowing up these refineries after the president said, “Please don’t do that,” especially before midterms. He keeps doing it, and it’s hurting President Trump’s administration, who’s been very generous towards him and his war. Brian: The president got ticked off because Zelenskyy came out and said, “Do not buy 500 million tons of diesel, which is in violation, I thought, of the bill that they just signed, Lindsey Graham’s bill, that if you buy any energy from Russia, you’re going to get sanctioned and tariffed. Are we going to tariff ourselves? So, I have no idea. So Zelenskyy’s frustrated because now all this money is going to flow into Russia, who started this whole war unprovoked. They are the bad guys, and there is no way Zelenskyy turned down any plausible deal. In fact, since that time, when they told him he was going to lose the Donbas, he has gained back portions of the Donbas. Rachel: Are you saying that there were not peace efforts? Brian: There was no plausible, practical peace effort that Vladimir Putin would participate in effectively that would end this war. There’s one person who’s responsible. Vladimir Putin. That is it. And he’s getting his ass kicked. Rachel: There was a peace deal that was, I think, Turkey was trying to broker it, and Boris Johnson advised Zelenskyy not to take that deal. Brian: It doesn’t matter. I don’t know what Boris Johnson’s doing now. Is he in a retirement home? Rachel: No, but I think that there’s a reason why the president is buying the diesel from Russia, and that’s because Zelenskyy keeps blowing up the refineries. Brian: Can you blame him? That’s the war machine that’s killing his people, that bombs apartment buildings. Rachel: But he is dependent on us, and the president said, “Don’t do that.” Brian: The diesel fuel got stopped because Iran was blowing up the Gulf states’ oil and their refineries. And now all of a sudden there’s new emphasis on Russia. But for me, the way they innovated drone technology in order to take out what is fueling the Russian war machine is phenomenal. They’ll be writing about this in war journals forever. Ukrainians have modernized modern war before our very eyes. Rachel: But I’m not so sure that’s a positive, Brian. I mean, there are 30,000 young men on each side that are dying every single month. Brian: Vladimir Putin. Rachel: Every single month. We should not be practicing drone technology and using these kids as guinea pigs. Have you seen the videos? Brian: What kids? Rachel: The soldiers. These are young men. These are young men. Brian: Rachel, these are responses to attacks. They’re getting rocketed. Rachel: The president said he wanted peace in Ukraine. Brian: Tell Vladimir Putin! Rachel: He said he was going to do that. Well, now, because of what Volodymyr Zelenskyy is doing, we’re probably going to get peace there because President Trump is now working with Russia. Brian: It would be the biggest mistake of this administration to work with Russia. That is the modern Hitler of our generation. He is the cause of all the problems in the region, and now is helping Iran kill our guys and blow up our bases. And now, the story you pointed out to me today in The Wall Street Journal, you see that they and China are providing drones to the Houthis. China and Russia are the problem.
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I just want to remind everyone that this is how MAGA dirtbags treat women that say things they don't like. I still can't believe she was physically assaulted by multiple men and she is the one that got dragged out.
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