Disappointingly Real

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[@Searchlightmagazine @Searchlight_mag]

All modern wars can be looked back on from a great distance as having been fought by a generation who would not recognise the country today. Says one Searchlight staffer:

"My grandad was in the British Expeditionary Force in 1914, arriving so early that he fought at Mons and was wounded at the first battle of Ypres and again at Passchendaele. He died in an era of transistor radios, and very well off people having the first colour TVs. Had he lived a little longer, decimal currency would have baffled him. Of course his 19-year-old self wouldn’t have recognised the 1960s.

"Four of my uncles served with the Royal Navy on WW2 convoy escorts. One died in the Med, another lost an arm. Two of them lived for long enough to be astonished by home computers and CDs. Of course they couldn’t have seen that coming in the early 1940s. They couldn’t even have predicted the National Health Service at that point.

"Statements like this from Patriotic Alternative are simply fatuous. Their piggybacking of Remembrance Day is disgusting. My Navy uncles risked life and limb fighting against people like PA's leader, the jumped-up scrounger Mark Collett, who is still, no doubt, 'Young, Nazi and Proud'".

@uaf @AntiRacismDay

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Plenty of pundits are telling us “cheer up, Trump’s all hot air. He doesn’t really mean it.” History is littered with such self-deceptions, and they don’t age well. In fact, these confident chin-strokers have often proved to be a major part of the problem.

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

Israeli military forces have been using white phosphorus incendiary weapons in the densely populated Gaza Strip and Lebanon, violating the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law, which bans the targeting of civilians. 🧵

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Once again. Western media should be investigated for the role they are playing in obscuring Israel's atrocities. In other contexts, intl tribunals have found media figures responsible for complicity, incitement, and other intl crimes.

[Dan Cohen @dancohen3000]

Shocking video of pro-Palestinians carrying out a pogrom against Jews in Amsterdam!

Nevermind, those are Israeli cops beating Jews. Carry on…

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Imagine Russian football fans in a foreign city:

- Interrupted a minute’s silence in memory of dead flood victims with chants in support of killing Ukrainian children

- Rampaged through the city

- Ripped down Ukrainian flags

- Chanted “death to Ukrainians”

- Attacked local residents

Imagine then, when local residents attacked them, they were presented as victims of a racist pogrom.

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Israel has voted to ban Unrwa, the UN's relief agency, from the country, effectively blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

How much more evidence is needed before the UK Government, and others, act on this genocide?

[Carla Denyer @carla_denyer]

14 years of Tory underinvestment have left public services on their knees, our economy broken. We can't afford 5 more yrs of this

It feels like Labour are stuck in 2nd gear on the motorway. They could deliver on the change they promised if they're prepared to tax the super-rich

[Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot]

In the first 100 days of this government:

- 4,120 Palestinians have been killed
- 10,135 Palestinians have been injured
- Israel displaced a million people in Lebanon

And F-35 parts continue to flow.

100 days of failure to counteract - or even condemn - Israel's atrocities

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

I thought Israel blowing away the chief Hamas negotiator would maybe put a dent in the “ceasefire talks” fiction, then today Harris/Biden insisted they want to “de-escalate” in Lebanon while cheerleading Israeli bombings that killed 1000s. Evidently this kayfabe can go on forever

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

It's today reported that Labour will now hike tuition fees by 13.5% to £10,500.

When Keir Starmer stood for leader, he pledged to "end the scandal of spiralling student debt."

One of the biggest con artists in British democratic history.

[Andy Pow @medicaccountant]

A quick thread on @wesstreeting new GP funding to illustrate why it won’t work and why he needs to get to grips quickly with what he’s briefed on. As it’s set out - in my area the funding at current rates of pay will cover at best 6-7 sessions of a GP.

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

The Jesse Singal / Ben Ryan / Leor Sapir crowd is absolutely silent on the latest study in Nature showing the huge impact of anti-trans laws on suicidality of teens.

Gender affirming care saves lives. They know it.

[Aditya Chakrabortty @chakrabortty]

Britain wants spending and a better NHS, not this obsession with growth. That’s why there’s big trouble ahead
My column
https://t.co/ahHXwvpsfz

[Howard Beckett @HowardRBeckett]

The Financial Times front page today.

And so it comes to pass.

In other news, ever wondered why a Cayman Islands hedge fund would donate £4ml to Labour’s election campaign funds?

[PeaceSeeker 💚🇵🇸 FreePalestine #Justice4Grenfell @PeaceFlowerSoul]

@premnsikka I am terrified by the hints coming from @UKLabour
They say it will be free at point of service but what service? A diminshed one with treatment and coverage limited?
We have lost so many services over the years their plans for our NHS truly frighten me 😭
@DrRosena

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

If the Prime Minister can't afford to buy his own clothes on £150,000+ a year, it's a miracle the rest of us aren't all wandering around naked!

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

I had such an incredible week at the Paralympics & a huge achievement by our athletes.

Really demonstrates the difference when we invest in people.

This shouldn't just be for sports but for everything. A social model of disability making sure everyone is included & empowered.