Geoff Skinner

ex-social worker, Labour party member, QPR supporter, father and grandfather - not necessarily in order of priority

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Union with Wales 1543. Wales and England unite with Scotland 1707. Acts of Union with Ireland 1800. The blind ignorance of Reform MPs about their own country never ceases to amaze.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

This grotesque headline is from the Telegraph. 3,000 people in Britain have been killed in heatwaves this year so far. 20,000 in Europe.

Even if Britain did get to “embrace Mediterranean life”, what about the actual Mediterranean, what do they get to embrace? What about India?

The indifference of the British elite toward mass suffering is astonishing.

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

🚨Israel's style of "co-existence" in Jaffa, by War Minister Yoav Gallant:

His father stole a Palestinian home & squatted in it, even though a family was still inside. That family was forced to live with Gallant & share a bathroom & kitchen until Gallant took them to Ramallah & kept the rest of the house.

Gallant is narrating this with pride as some sort of a beautiful kumbaya story.

Yoav Gallant is named after "Operation Yoav"; a major terrorist attack which his father took part in. The operation saw the carpet bombing, ethnic cleansing & full destruction of 30 Palestinian villages, including my own family's village. All the Palestinian inhabitants were loaded on trucks at gunpoint & sent to Gaza.

Gallant was the Israeli war minister that called the very people his father ethnically cleansed to Gaza "Human Animals" & vowed to ban "all food, water, medicine, fuel & electricity" to the population his father caged in this enclave.

Gallant is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity & war crimes.

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

Fun facts:
50% of Ceuta's population are Muslim, 50% are Christians (so the "Muslim invasion" narrative is garbage)

Over 97% of those who crossed into Ceuta were returned to Morocco on the same day

Ceuta is cut off from mainland Spain & Europe by sea & strict border control

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Will you be posting about their return to Morocco and the raft that none have reached the European mainland? Or does that not fit your narrative. Vote Binface

[Geoff Skinner @GeoffS2011]

@TheLoftInsights Great stuff. Very interesting and love the graphics!

[Hasan alrabay @HasanEssam29636]

One of the most terrifying images in history: a transformation from life to death.

Gaza in 2023 and 2026!

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

WATCH: Asked Nigel Farage last night abt his £5m gift from Christopher Harborne. Why did he not just declare? Does he regret that? What’s his response to those who argue it looks dodgy?

He said my Qs were a “waste of space" & was clearly annoyed in what became a tense exchange

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

Farage may struggle to close this down, especially when so many questions remain. Who else in Reform has received a 'personal gift' from crypto kings?

My column on the link: https://t.co/maRks88jMO

[Martin Shaw @martinshawx]

Pro-Israelis, who claim to stand for ‘Western values’, attempted to block free speech in Brighton tonight when I was addressing a public meeting on the Gaza genocide.

Fortunately, the local Quakers who own the venue resisted their pressure to cancel the meeting. It went ahead very successfully, despite genocide deniers trying to block the public attending.

My thanks to Brighton PSC and Quakers for their robust defence of freedom of speech.

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

A wall of crypto money is powering Nigel Farage, both politically and personally. And much of the British media just shrugs https://t.co/SlxBYqnfj5

[Fiona Rose Diamond @CoviLeaks]

I am now under investigation for a 'Racially Aggravated Public Order' offence following an allegation of 'Holocaust Denial.'

This is a calculated conflation designed to criminalise my anti-Zionism by falsely framing it as Holocaust denial and 'antisemitic.'

I have been hesitant to share anything on social media recently, as I am currently navigating the immense weight of an oncology referral. For weeks, I have existed in a state of torturous limbo and psychological paralysis - teetering on the edge while awaiting medical confirmation.

Last night, I was met by police upon disembarking the train from an Oncologist appointment in London. A passenger (who had apparently overheard a conversation I was having with another passenger) reportedly contacted the British Transport Police by text, stating they felt 'uncomfortable' because they claim I had allegedly made reference to - and specifically 'denied' - the Holocaust.

I will state categorically: I have, for some time, absolutely expressed my deeply held anti-Zionist beliefs in criticism of a nationalist and racist ideology. I continue to draw a clear, vital distinction between Judaism and Zionism.

This is not 'Holocaust denial.'

As I stated to the police, my own grandfather was Jewish.

We are living in the prophecy. The Orwellian enforcers are no longer fiction. Free speech is dead. Two-tier 'justice' is the new standard. And eventually, the hammer falls on everyone. I am living the warning, and have been for 6 years: once you're in their sights, the cycle is eternal.

That said; I am not, in any capacity, a racist or 'antisemite.' I have spent over half a decade relentlessly fighting for truth, justice, peace, and freedom for all people - regardless of faith or race.

While I am drowning in the weight of a constant, killing obligation - a life spent tired, broke, and broken by sacrifices that the system uses to bury me... I still continue the fight.

[Jeremy Diamond @JDiamond1]

I barely recognized the journalist Ali al-Samoudi when I saw him this week. He had been imprisoned by Israel — without charge and without a trial — for a year, during which time he lost half his body weight.
He is one of 105 Palestinian journalists who have been imprisoned by Israel since October 7, 2023 — most without charge, according to @pressfreedom.

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

You need to watch this.

A Jewish terrorist in an IDF uniform shoots an assault rifle for several minutes at a school.

He murders a child and a parent.

This isn't even mentioned on RTÈ.

Why? Because the terrorist is Jewish and the victim is Palestinian

[z @zesqyb]

Yesterday in Jenin (West Bank):

Israeli settlers dug up the grave of a Palestinian hours after he was buried, claiming it was too close to their illegal settlement “Tirsala.”

Israeli troops later showed up and forced the family to finish digging up their son’s body and rebury him elsewhere.

In the video, his family is seen carrying his body away as both settlers and soldiers follow closely behind.

[Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn]

There is an escape route for Labour from certain disaster at the general election: use their Commons majority to ram through PR. It’s cynical, + they’d never govern alone again, but it locks Reform out of No10. The left (Lab, Gr, LD) still have a majority over the right in the UK

[Israel Exposed @xIsraelExposedx]

Israelis block an ambulance for passing in an attempt to get the patient killed. This is sadly a very common occurrence in Israel.

[Paul M ✡️🎗️ @paulm1402]

In today’s @thetimes.
Thank you.

[Haitham in Gaza 🇵🇸🍉 @HaithamElmasri1]

One of the most terrifying attacks carried out by Israel,

where it completely destroyed the Mashteha Tower within a matter of seconds, as it is considered one of the largest and most beautiful towers in Gaza, and houses thousands of families living in it,

despite the thousands of tents that were located on every side of this tower, aircraft launched no less than 6 deadly missiles that resulted in thousands of lethal shrapnel fragments, which led to the destruction of thousands of tents that were the only shelter for the families.

This is not just a war, this is genocide.

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi was recently released from Israeli prison, where he was held for a year without charge and without a trial. He lost around half his body weight behind bars. “It was a real hell,” he tells @JDiamond1, in this heart-wrenching report.