Garrett Byrne

[Olivia Arigho-Stiles 🍉 @OliviaArigho]

I respect all the people involved here, but the decision to have Oxbridge private school nepo babies at the helm of what was formerly a trade union linked, left-socialist magazine is deeply disappointing. Where are the working class writers?

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

How ‘free markets’ work in practice.

Very rare to see the thinking of the ‘political west’, aka American empire, spelt out so clearly.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Iran seems to be following a strategy of unveiling more and more impressive military capabilities as the war goes on.

They just fired long-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, one of the most strategically significant U.S. military bases in the world (hosting B-52 bombers, nuclear subs, etc.), nearly 5,000km away from them in the middle of the Indian ocean 👇.

Diego Garcia has never been hit before in any war in its 5 decades of existence, and no-one knew Iran had these types of capabilities (Iran themselves said their ballistic missile range was limited to 2,000 kilometers).

Two days ago, they also took down an "unkillable" F-35 fifth-generation fighter jet, something which has never happened before (https://t.co/94iks3uOy0).

They've also managed to take control of the world's most strategic oil chokepoint, and have proven they can hit any strategic target in the wider Middle-East, even the most protected ones (such as Israel's Haifa oil refinery: https://t.co/XvFqewBZPZ).

All in all, it sounds almost unbelievable but Iran appears to have a genuine form of escalation dominance over the United States military, with its trillion dollar budget.

In a very real way, it's even more impressive than Vietnam or Afghanistan: those countries resisted a superpower, Iran appears to be competing with one.

It also makes you think: what comes next? And that's exactly what escalation dominance is all about: keep raising the stakes until the other side blinks. It's about making Trump think "wait, I thought I was picking a fight with the skinny kid and turns out he's Bruce Lee."

[Lowkey @Lowkey0nline]

The moment Israel targeted British journalist Steve Sweeney in southern Lebanon.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Pete Hegseth is becoming the face of the Iran war. And not in a good way. His delivery style is a cross between a fired candidate from The Apprentice and a high school Jock. The fact that he’s the Secretary of State for War is absolutely mind blowing.

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

It's taken Keir Starmer 602 days to secure for Labour the level of contempt the Tories had after 14 years in power. A record-breaking number of dire decisions by a man with no vision, no charisma, & now no strategy. Unbelievable so many ever rated him. #GortonDentonByElection

[Garrett Byrne @Sam1zda0403]

@TDrasand7199 @Alexarmstrong @DillyHussain88 No and hence why I am exposing grifting frauds who are claiming it’s a new development.

[Garrett Byrne @Sam1zda0403]

@TDrasand7199 @Alexarmstrong @DillyHussain88 Reform activist;refrain from lecturing me about false equivalences and selective political outrage. All parties use it their advantage, left with Muslim, right with Hindu , Zionist Jews and sikhs, and loyalist red hands Commandos in ulster. Good night.

[Garrett Byrne @Sam1zda0403]

@Alexarmstrong @DillyHussain88 There has been sectarian voting in the UK for a century. Have you heard of Northern Ireland you clown. Nigel Farage has openly endorsed paisleys party in NI

[Afshin Rattansi @afshinrattansi]

My appearance on the British Brainwashing Corporation's Question Time in 2018, where I sat next to future UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and challenged him on this belief that we should uncritically believe what Downing Street says regarding foreign policy.

Sir Keir Starmer, now somehow even more deeply despised by the British public for his appointment of Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States, despite knowing of his close relationship with pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

He has turned the UK into even more of a vassal state of Washington, loyally followed the same neoliberal economics which continue pushing the UK into terminal economic decline, armed and backed the Gaza genocide, and now faces perhaps the end of his leadership.

If this is indeed the end, or the beginning of the end of the charisma vacuum, then it has been a tenure of nothing but failures, hypocrisy, destruction abroad, and abhorrent lies to the public...but then again, none of this is unusual for a British Prime Minister in the 21st Century.

[Mark Seddon @MarkSeddon1962]

Those of us who have publicly warned about Mandelson for nearly 30 years - in my case since helping to expose the Hinduja affair - were often accused of being 'old Labour dinosaurs'. It beggars belief that so many politicians, journos and business leaders always rallied round him. https://t.co/CEnZKUxZP1

[Garrett Byrne @Sam1zda0403]

@BrummieSeb Well it's that or Farage.

[Matt Kennard @kennardmatt]

Didn’t utter a single word during 2 years of cataclysmic Zionist genocide in Gaza, which her own government participated in

Total fraud - and everyone can see it

[Jacob Rees-Mogg @Jacob_Rees_Mogg]

It is important to defend free speech for people with whom one very strongly disagrees. https://t.co/MzzBTHojaV

[MikeD @mjdaly57]

Imogen Walker - Labour MP for Hamilton and Clyde. Imogen is married to the Labour Svengali Morgan McSweeney. She’s had a varied career but appears to have found her niche in the inner sanctum of Starmer’s Labour Party. As well as undertaking her role as an MP, Imogen also works as the Parliamentary Private Secretary for Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Imogen received the following donations to help her get elected:

£10,000 from the Trevor Chinn funded/Morgan McSweeney run consortium @LabourTogether

£15,000 from Labour donor Gary Lubner.

With her £93,904 salary, expenses and donations, Imogen is doing very well financially as an MP.

On July 9th, Imogen voted for the Universal Credit and PIP Bill that will result in sick and disabled people facing further hardship in their lives. Imogen also voted to stop the #WinterFuelPayment for pensioners.

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Clive, the boomer mechanic down the Dog and Duck, has a better grasp of national politics than most of the London media.

This was one year ago.

[Michael Tracey @mtracey]

Seymour Hersh nailed it as usual

[Garrett Byrne @Sam1zda0403]

@FranckMagennis @georgegalloway @Pal_action @FranckMagennis a respected human rights lawyer by whom? Read Oliver Eagletons book. He only ever seemed to command respect from the security services and hawks from Obama administration.

[John McEvoy @jmcevoy_2]

The Times has published an article urging war on Iran which is co-authored by someone who is wanted by the ICC for war crimes.

A new low for the British media.

[Garrett Byrne @Sam1zda0403]

@greateranglia bought a 🎫 24hr in advance for 1540 service - Tot Hale to Camb North -I was involuntarily logged out of Trainline having to pay for another 🎫 despite showing email confirmation + querying with ground staff who just shrugged.🎫 implies refund. Kindly advise.