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[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@Wbill955 @SombraMapache That makes zero sense. A tiny proportion of people with a connection don't want him to go. The vast majority either have no view or do want him to go. If a handful of people believed the earth was flat and did not want a scientist attending then that would be equally irrelevant.

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@waswar5 @piersmorgan The problem with that line of reasoning is that they ARE doing what these nutters want. The illegal occupation of multiple adjacent countries is expanding, not contracting. More illegal settlements are being approved by the government. Apartheid continues, as do the war crimes.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@FredHood77 @stmgtthepious @robert_lyman You're like the pedants who get irate about the word 'decimate'. Use some common sense. We have all seen the videos and images of entire towns and cities that have been flattened. The fact that happened over a longer time period doesn't change the reality of the destruction.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@iehyuhkj @ChinaNotes @JamesConran1 Plus, there is not the capacity in terms of skilled labour or materials to massively increase volume overnight. Even if the private sector wanted to depress their profit margins and produce more, they could not short term.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@waswar5 @piersmorgan This would be a fine rebuttal if they were in opposition and had no power. Unfortunately, the monsters in question are literally in the cabinet and have lots of power.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@dmndeyes @Saul_Sadka @koshercockney Evil too but the stupidity is what gets me. That Mamdani tweet quickly went over 1m likes, which basically only happens for something like a world cup win or a new Pope. Their responses are getting like 5k likes and they're all chest out showing off like that's better.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@mrso82recovery @MatthewStadlen He's perfectly competent and speaks well. The issue is his politics are that of a liberal Conservative MP. He's in the wrong party. Guy is fine with neo-con foreign policy and natural monopolies like water being privatized etc.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@URyourauthority @Turne12860Aidan @mikegalsworthy ...illegally occupying vast tracts of several neighboring countries, and has been for decades. The far right govt continued massacring civilians after peace agreements and has been for decades, at a rate of close to 1000 to 1.

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@URyourauthority @Turne12860Aidan @mikegalsworthy There is no debate that it is an apartheid state as there are unequal rights for different people. Could link to countless academic papers, studies etc that show that. Or just Google it. No, they weren't - there are vast numbers of settlers in the West Bank and Israel is...

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@JBanks51375 @Frances_Coppola @Goldenoriole3 @WalkerMarcus He's a caricature of the podgy out of touch elitist, who steps away from his latest dinner party to bore on about how 'x' thing that would help disenfranchised people is impossible...

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@rosenthal_jon @mikegalsworthy As well you know, the Abraham Accords screwed over the Palestinians. Saying opposition to that is being anti-peace is intellectually offensive.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@McEwanMartin @mikegalsworthy Not really. The CofE is not defending 'Christian wars'. Most conflict is about resources and religion is either irrelevant or trying to discourage it.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@URyourauthority @Turne12860Aidan @mikegalsworthy Most people support that. What they oppose is the apartheid, illegal occupation of multiple adjacent country's land, the war crimes and human rights abuses. If they were just in their legally allowed land then most people would support out troops on the border to protect that.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@SewellMartin @empfindlich1 @mikegalsworthy I'm sorry Martin but the definition has been extensively critiqued for conflating legitimate criticism of the state of Israel with A/S. As you are doing here by falsely claiming something that is not remotely A/S but does criticise the dreadful regime in Israel is A/S.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@Psephizo @chiefrabbi Shameful comments. The church must represent all of society, so it will have the single figure percentage who spout genocide denial within its ranks. However, you are a disgrace to the teachings of Jesus as you provide cover for an apartheid state that commits war crimes daily.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@GlobalPOVs @chiefrabbi @BenGoldsmith They're aligning with the Christians in the middle.

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@ADavies61517 @bmay Efficiently put. The Labour right were literally this guy but in power and they were despised, so he has to fantasies they were something different.

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@5saeternitatis @domdyer70 @Imogenlemon02 @suzyquiquero It was trending that way because Starmer was going. Ask any neutral pollster or convener of focus groups: Starmer is bafflingly unpopular. Burnham is not. Starmer is essentially 'Change UK' in human form, who could not even get a ward cllr elected, so it's hardly surprising.

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@ToryWipeout @jruddy99 He's a lot more charismatic than Starmer, so unlike the creeps from the Labour right like Streeting, people seeing him can lead to a better impression, not a worse one. I appreciate the Labour right prefer lunches with lobbyists and don't like engaging with the public...

[MarkLeicester @MarkLeicester7]

@Nbscat @jruddy99 He's from the Labour right (the 'lobbyist wing' of the Labour Party). That sounds like something that might benefit the masses and have negative implications for vested interests, so that would be a problem for them.