Alex Walters

Crime writer, among other strange things. Joint owner of the Solus Or Writing Retreat on the Black Isle. New book:

[Andrew Feinstein @andrewfeinstein]

Justice Jeremy Johnson will go down in history alongside Percy Yutar who sent Mandela & his comrades to jail for life, alongside all the apartheid South African judges who shamefully jailed activists for opposing the system. Despicable & indefensible

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Man who went to a £60,000/year private school and who is worth about £30million, talks about 'the establishment' as if it isn't him.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Gut wrenching to see four young people jailed for direct action against an arms supplier to Israel.

Years in prison for protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it.

A truly dangerous attack on the right to protest.

[Flying_Rodent @flying_rodent]

Scotland, eh? You’d expect a pretty strong response, if the French have anything compelling in this.

[Richard Sanders @PulaRJS]

Jeremy Johnson - in 50 years time this will be the only 1.39 minutes of your life you'll be remembered for. It'll be played in genocide museums to sum up the complicity and callous brutality of the British state in the face of the slaughter of the Palestinian people - and the courage of those who opposed it.

[Dr Nafeez Ahmed @NafeezAhmed]

This GB News media mandarin owned by billionaire hedge-funder Sir Paul Marshall, after the Belfast race pogrom, calls for entire Brit nation to go on national strike and take to streets in millions "to force political change". She is calling for violent overthrow of democracy.

[Roger Gall @Shambles151]

"Judge Johnson kept the jury in the dark of his plans to sentence the four as terrorists. This is the first time in British legal history that anyone has been sentenced as a terrorist for damaging property."

Please RT until this is both the 1st & last time.

Thank you.

[Xander @xanderescribe]

@ThomasKerrMSP @ScotNational This is the article it appears you are talking about.

We have made it paywall-free so everyone can read and decide for themselves what the truth is:

https://t.co/wSnGYWq3B6

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Sentenced as terrorists despite never being charged with, or convicted of, a terrorism offence.

[Gerry Hassan @GerryHassan]

Kemi Badenoch & the appeasement of the rancid racist right-wing. The Tory leader expresses "respect" for the far-right Rupert Lowe, 'leader' of the Restore Britain micro-party. In a normal political system this should be career ending for Badenoch. Desperate & consequential.

[Alex Walters @MikeWalters60]

@ejhchess It seems exactly that, partly because much of the so-called mainstream commentariat are either wilfully or actually (I’m genuinely not sure which overall) massively ill-informed.

[Alex Walters @MikeWalters60]

@ejhchess Exactly. They always steer carefully round that stuff. I couldn’t care less if he’s a coke-user or screwed over Cameron or Johnson.

[Alex Walters @MikeWalters60]

@WordMercenary He seems to be re-running his triumphant 2015 bid for the leadership.

[Dr Nafeez Ahmed @NafeezAhmed]

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[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

David Lammy’s proposals to restrict the right to jury trial have been examined by the Justice Committee of the House of Commons.

And. Well. Um.

It’s *quite* the report.

I think it’s actually worse than politely scathing.

It’s embarrassing 👇🏼🪡🧵

[Roger Gall @Shambles151]

Top African referee Omar Artan is refused access to US & will miss the 2026 World Cup.

All the other referees & officials have NOT refused to take part until he is allowed entry.

Please RT until they do.

Thank you.

[thelefttake @thelefttake]

“Save the children” they say as they try to burn them alive in their homes.

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

This is the largest sporting event on the planet, despite what some Americans may believe, and the decision to prevent Africa's leading referee from participating in the World Cup sends an extraordinarily damaging message about the United States and the direction in which it is heading.

I am genuinely astonished that FIFA has not lodged a formal protest with the United States Government and sought intervention to ensure that this referee, who is held in the highest regard within the international refereeing community, is granted a visa to undertake one of the most important roles in world football. For any referee, appointment to a World Cup is among the greatest honours the sport can bestow.

A person's country of birth should never be the sole reason for preventing them from entering a country to carry out a specific professional duty at a specific international event. Particularly when the President of the United States publicly assured the world that participants would be welcomed.

If nationality alone has been the determining factor, then this is a serious stain upon both the tournament and the host nation. It raises profound questions about fairness, equality of treatment and whether political considerations are now taking precedence over sporting merit.

The World Cup is supposed to bring nations together. Decisions such as this achieve precisely the opposite.

[Alex Walters @MikeWalters60]

@henkpfister @TheYearIs1970s If only Len Fairclough had said that to Alf Roberts. Was also struck that Ken Barlow’s expression at the break is reminiscent of Ernie Wise’s at the end of the Andre Previn sketch.