Red Rag To A Bull 🌹

An avowed democratic socialist, anti-imperialist and agnostic. But never a cultist. British and Irish politics my main interest. Plus random geeky stuff. 🤓

[Clare Hinchcliffe (Rogers) @Subversivite]

This Friday, 12 June, 4 young activists who broke into an Israeli weapons factory in Bristol - and were convicted of criminal damage - face sentencing AS TERRORISTS.

This is unprecedented in British legal history. We have to act now!

4 things you can do... 🧵

[India Willoughby @IndiaWilloughby]

If you are a c!s MP and sending out “Happy Pride” messages while not signing @NadiaWhittomeMP ‘s Early Day Motion to block trans apartheid - the segregation of trans people - then you don’t understand what #Pride is about 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[Rt Hon Spike Wallace the 2nd @Anthony58340236]

@Telegraph Since you’re anti Scots and an English rag here’s another story you can run. Absolute silence as it’s Labour.

[Larry Sanders @Sanders4Health]

I am very proud to say there are lots and lots of us wrong kind of Jews!

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

Did you know ❓ In agreeing to the treaty that established the International Criminal Court, UK officials insisted the Court must not “criminalise the use of nuclear weapons”. https://t.co/UXpNiTQp64

[Kulture Watch @kulture_watch]

Diane is raging 😡

Funny how the DUP can see an Armagh flag from 40 miles away but can't see masked men standing beside them

[Inevitable_GB_News (TWAT ACCOUNT) @GBNews23653867]

🚨We're told these three Sikh supporters of Reform have been told to stay away from Makerfield and NOT campaign for Reform. How quickly it changes @GoodwinMJ

[Matcha_Biscuits 🎮 @Biscuit_Base]

@SorchaEastwood It needs brought up in Westminster and referred to the commissioner for standards.

[Henry32 @HenryOn23567515]

@SorchaEastwood Sorcha can you bring this up in Westminster a elected MP standing with terrorists against a peaceful march how is the north of Ireland going to work with these people

[𝐈Δș𝐳𝐈σº¤ø,¸💚🏴 @I0I0IOO0]

@SorchaEastwood Carla Lockhart is clearly visible joining in with the shouting and cajoling. Will you be raising the issue with Westminster Standards?

[Sorcha Eastwood MP @SorchaEastwood]

As an MP representing a constituency of 112,00 people, people with very diverse views and life experiences, I work every day to try and bring people together by leading and showing positive example by going everywhere in Lagan Valley. I certainly don't please everyone all of the time and that's not the aim. But we have an important role in working for all and showing good example. Standing in a crowd with people covering faces with masks or scarves whilst the crowd shout obscenities and abuse is not something we should be anywhere near, never mind in the middle of. We all have a role to play in providing positive leadership and this falls shockingly short of it.

[PinkNews @PinkNews]

#FromTheArchives

During debate on the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR) rose to oppose an amendment banning Pride flag displays at U.S. military facilities. Calling the measure “cruel and callous,” she placed a small Pride flag on the rostrum as she spoke.

When colleagues objected, citing House rules against flag-waving, Dexter refused to back down. “I am not waving it, Mr. Speaker,” she replied, continuing her remarks.

“This obsession with attacking, dehumanizing, and villainizing our LGBTQIA community is as sick as it is a waste of time,” Dexter said. “Trump is using the same tired playbook authoritarian regimes have used throughout history. He is dehumanizing our most vulnerable to divide us and distract us.”

[Rudy and Pud @RudyandPud]

@TheCanaryUK No woman with any self-respect would vote for them. No decent man, either.

Reform 👇
Women will get paid less than men for doing the same job.
Employers can sack a woman if she's pregnant.
They'll tax women for being childless.
They will make it harder for women to get divorced.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Sainsbury's boss eyes bumper £7.3m payday as shoppers reel from higher food prices.

Up from £5.4m last year – 200 times average employee pay.

Govts preach pay restraint to workers, silence on exec pay, shareholder returns.

Let workers vote on exec pay.
https://t.co/S0tClkOEur

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Trump has just destroyed the US beef industry. No country in their right mind is going to import US beef.

After Trump cut funding for Screwworm monitoring programs, the dangerous flesh-eating parasite has been found in US cattle for the first time since 1966.

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

All they do is lie. There's literally a video of Henry's father asking for his son's death not to be politicised.

[courtneybonneauimages @cbonneauimages]

Israeli army again orders forced displacement, under the threat of death, of the ancient city of Tyre. The Israeli army also called the head of the civil defense to evacuate ambulances from seven streets in Tyre.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Trickle down economics has failed.

Instead, many of our problems come downstream from the greed of those in power at the top.

It's time to end Rip Off Britain.

This week's Bold Politics with economist Gabriel Zucman:

https://t.co/O4xpbByBC2

[I am it @i_a_mit]

Just one story. Imagine the ones we don't hear