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Starmer wants Labour councillors to partner with Tories - not the Greens
That tells you all you need to know about Labour’s sectarianism & it’s abandonment of progressive principles
Vote Green
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Former Scotland Yard superintendent, Nusrit Mehtab, has accused Sir Mark Rowley of ‘blurring the lines’ between policing and politics
👉Met chief should resign over Palestine comments, ex-senior officer says
declassifieduk.org/met-chief…
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The UK again condemns Israeli settlements while it:
❌refuses to ban trade with them
❌keeps military accord w/Israel
❌keeps trade & partnership accord
❌continues arms exports
❌refuses to mention Israeli nukes
❌refuses to respond to ICJ ruling on OPTs gov.uk/government/news/joint…
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“Ben Gvir represents an extreme fringe”
They actually wrote that.
He is Israel’s National Security Minister!
He is in charge of Israel’s police and prisons!
He is appointed by Netanyahu!
He has not even been sacked, let alone arrested!
This is dishonest shit 👇👇👇
Itamar Ben Gvir’s conduct is entirely deserving of the censure it has drawn across Israel’s political spectrum, including from Foreign Minister @gidonsaar.
Ben Gvir represents an extreme fringe, and his mistreatment of detainees is abhorrent, wholly unjustifiable and antithetical to the liberal democratic principles at the heart of Israel’s founding and the values that LFI upholds.
His antics yesterday only further demonstrate why Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to bring him into government was a catastrophic mistake.
John Dakin retweeted
“The independence of juries and their liberty to pass a verdict according to their conscience, whatever the law or the authorities may demand… is important not only for justice but for democracy, too.” My @ObserverUK column: observer.co.uk/news/columnis…
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Zahra Shorrab:
“My first born.. my dear..my life… Mohammed is everything. Mohammed is the first joy I had in my life. WHERE IS HE?”
🧵Breaking!
Mohammed Shorab, a schizophrenic man from Khan Younis, disappeared 1,5 year ago
18 months later he was found put “FOR SALE” by [@IDF] soldiers on instagram
[@GLAN_LAW] & [@HaMokedRights] reached to Israeli prison service. They replied: “he was never held there” ->
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"A Palestinian teenager has been killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank"
You mean a child? And murdered?
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A US court has suspended sanctions against the wonderful human being Francesca Albanese!
A little light in these very dark times.
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Israeli soldiers were caught on video raping Palestinian
Victim suffered ruptured intestine, severe injury to anus, lungs & broken ribs
Israelis rioted for the right to rape, government
ministers defended soldiers & 1 rapist became a TV celebrity
All charges were then dropped
John Dakin retweeted
Just a thought. Wes Streeting owes his political status to the support he’s received over years from Peter Mandelson & Morgan McSweeney at Labour Together. He wouldn’t make a move against Keir Starmer without Mandelson’s say so. So look on this as Mandelson’s & Morgan’s revenge.
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BREAKING! US court ha suspended the US sanctions against me!
As the judge says: "Protecting the Freedom of speech is always just the public interest".
Thanks to my daughter and my husband for stepping up to defend me, and everyone who has helped so far.
Together we are One.
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And when was the visit to the Muslim community to show support for the first victim of these hideous stabbings?
His name is Ismail Hussein.
Just in case it was of any interest at all to you.
At Golders Green today, The King reaffirmed his support for the Jewish community, following a series of antisemitic attacks.
During his time at the Jewish Care centre in North-West London, The King spoke to victims of the recent knife attack that took place in the area on 29th April 2026.
His Majesty also met community police force, Shomrim, who were involved in responding to the attacks.
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Something ugly happens to most vaguely progressive politicians as soon as they sense power.
An old video, for example, shows Labour's Shabana Mahmood calling for a boycott of Israel, years before the Gaza genocide. Now, as home secretary, she's Israel's biggest cheerleader, and ready to tear up cherished speech and protest rights to protect Israel.
So what to make of Andy Burnham's Labour leadership bid? He's being hailed as on Labour's "soft left".
It's hard not to have a sinking feeling at the news that Josh Simons MP, a Starmer hatchet man – exposed for commissioning a spying operation on journalists investigating the unlawful actions of Starmer's team – has given up his Makerfield seat to help Burnham oust Starmer.
Simons is praised by Labour allies for continuing the long-running antisemitism smear campaign against what they term "the hard left": that is, the tiny number of democratic socialists still in a Labour party that once identified as socialist.
The Guardian reports that Simons "is Shabana Mahmood’s beast – lock, stock and barrel".
And now he's personally salvaging Burnham's chances of becoming prime minister. Burnham is reported to have showered praise on Simons.
Burnham scents power. Make no mistake: it will come at a heavy price.
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Andy Burnham voted for the Iraq War, an illegal war that killed over a million people.
As Health Secretary, he helped drive NHS privatisation.
He joined Labour Friends of Israel, opposed BDS as “spiteful”, praised Israel as a “democracy”, and called the Balfour Declaration “British values in action”. He is a Zionist.
Stop pretending he’s a radical alternative, he’s more of the same.
I can confirm that I will be requesting the permission of the NEC to stand in the Makerfield by-election.
I grew up in this area and have lived here for 25 years. I care deeply about it and its people. I know they have been let down by national politics.
Ten years ago, I decided to leave Westminster. Why? Because, after 16 years, I came to the conclusion that our national political system does not work for areas like ours. I learnt this fighting its failure to invest in the Wigan borough, for justice for the Hillsborough families and against its treatment of Greater Manchester during the pandemic.
Over the last decade, I have been challenging this failure from the outside and building a new and better way of doing politics. We have built Greater Manchester into the fastest-growing city-region in the UK and put buses back under public control, introducing a £2 fare cap to help people with cost-of-living pressures.
However, there is only so much that can be done from Greater Manchester. Much bigger change is needed at a national level if everyday life is to be made more affordable again. This is why I now seek people’s support to return to Parliament: to bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly for people.
Millions are struggling and they need the Labour Government to succeed. It has already made changes to make life better for them in its first two years. After this week, we owe it to people to come back together as a Labour movement, giving the Prime Minister and the Government the space and stability they need as the by-election takes place.
I want to recognise the difficult decision taken by Josh Simons and the sacrifice he and his family are making. I have worked closely with him as Mayor on issues like flooding and illegal waste dumping and have seen first-hand how effective he has been. He has put the communities of Makerfield first, made a real difference for them and should take great pride in that.
Finally, I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times. We will change Labour for the better and make it a party you can believe in again.
ENDS
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Wes Streeting is a “strong communicator” we keep being told.
Andy Burnham is “popular” and has a good track record, apparently.
Angela Rayner is “authentic” everyone keeps saying.
Nobody cares. They’re all cut from the same genocide-enabling cloth.
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Thanks to people like Blair, Johnson & Starmer Britain undoubtedly has the best democracy money can buy!
Blair is a essentially unregistered lobbyist for Larry Ellison. He’s taken hundreds of millions of pounds from one of the most powerful tech moguls on the planet, and has had a hugely influential role on this government’s tech policy, including on sovereign AI. That his daughter in law now has this top job is another point of influence in a sophisticated influencing operation that’s gone almost entirely uncovered by outlets, many of which have instead taken briefings from TBI & the politicians it’s close to. There are clearly conflicts of interest here that need to be disclosed in a public, transparent and accountable way.
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Some good news in the midst of so much darkness. All congratulations and solidarity to @FranceskAlbs and her family.
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I wrote an article in 2024 about how far the Israel lobby owns Wes Streeting
Andy Burnham was a member of Labour Friends of Israel for years, too
Britain is occupied. The lobby has the whole political class sewn up
We need a public inquiry now👇
declassifieduk.org/our-frien…
