dave batchelor

Independendista, occasionally foaming. Musician, occasionally gigging. Jazzer, always.

[Kulture Watch @kulture_watch]

An anti Catholic hate parade in Scotland in 2026. Police politicians turn a blind eye to it.

Sing something insulting about the Jewish or Muslim community and it would automatically be sectarian a hate crime.

[JmRoyle #LFC #YNWA #BLM #RejoinEU @MyArrse]

Well done Scotland's Lasses:

Women's World Cup 2027 qualifier.
Scotland 6 - 0 Israel.

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Andy Burnham says he "can't judge" if the Israeli military's crimes in Gaza are a genocide.

The experts already have.

A UN commission, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and leading rights orgs all agree: it's genocide.

Andy, why won't you call it what it is?

[dave batchelor @davecbatchelor]

@DalrympleWill @BritPalProject Magnificent, unrefutable, guilt generating, heartbreaking speech. Thank you

[Maura G Moynihan @mgmkerry]

@MichaelRosenYes @Shambles151 It is antisemitism to wear a pro Palestinian symbol in NHS but it is ok to kill Palestinian babies and to brag about it. This doctor is still working in NHS.

[neyi kaybettiğini hatırla @neyikaybettik]

İsrailli askerlerin Filistinli bir esire tecavüz ettiği anlar kameraya yakalandı.

Kurbanın bağırsakları yırtıldı; anüsünde ve akciğerlerinde ağır hasar, kaburgalarında kırıklar oluştu.

İsrailliler "tecavüz hakkı" için sokaklara döküldü, bakanlar tecavüzcüleri savundu, tecavüzcülerden biri televizyon yıldızı oldu!

Ve bugün...
Tüm suçlamalar düşürüldü.

Bu sadece Ben-Gvir'in zihniyeti değil, bu İsrail'in ta kendisi!

[Palestine Daily News✌️🇵🇸✌️ @Palestinedaily1]

Retweet if you believe Netanyahu is a war criminal.

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

Farage's Reform UK Ltd is now the best funded political party in the UK. Not from grass routes support or local branches but almost entirely by a couple of tax dodging, uncountable, unknown, shady crypto speculators.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Robert Gros made £27m selling useless gowns via the VIP PPE Lane, of course he never paid back a penny, he bought 2 mansions instead.

RT and see if we can make him as famous as Michelle Mone.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Pacifist grannies hold placards supporting Palestine Action while fascist thugs openly give Hitler salutes on the streets of Southampton. Guess which of them gets arrested on terrorism charges.

[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

Barely a month ago this man was imprisoned for the violent rape of a Sikh woman believing that she was a Muslim. No Douglas Murray articles in the Spectator, no Baroness Fox speech in the Lords. No riots. Two tier? Too right https://t.co/8wABWe3bww

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

I'm confident nobody will share this.

[dave batchelor @davecbatchelor]

@ricwe123 @StuartA19327936 And what to do about it? Apart from a few executions ‘pour encouragé les autres’

[Richard @ricwe123]

What most people already understand, even without the economic terminology, is that firms like BlackRock operate less like investors and more like modern feudal landlords.

They buy essential infrastructure,water networks, ports, energy grids, data centres, and other public necessities, often using vast amounts of borrowed money and paying prices that ordinary market participants cannot match.
Once the acquisition is complete, the debt is pushed onto the acquired company itself.

The result is simple: the public pays.

Consumers repay that debt through higher water bills, rising energy prices, increased fees, and declining service quality.
The infrastructure becomes a cash-extraction machine.
Profits flow upward to shareholders and executives, while the financial burden flows downward to households.

When the model inevitably breaks down, the consequences are socialised. Communities are left with crumbling infrastructure, polluted rivers, and failing services.
Thames Water's £14 billion debt mountain and repeated sewage scandals are a stark example of what happens when financial engineering takes precedence over public stewardship.

The executives who loaded the company with debt have already collected their bonuses.
The investors have already taken their returns.
And when the system finally reaches breaking point, taxpayers are expected to pick up the bill.

Privatise the gains.
Socialise the losses.
That is the business model.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Andy Burnham isn't particularly leftwing. It's just that Labour has moved so far to the right that it looks that way.

[dave batchelor @davecbatchelor]

@David__Osland @MargaretMaryRu4 England mate, England. It’s better in Scotland. (Except the unionist press of course)

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

There has never been a clearer reason for Independence than today's decision in the Court of Session in Edinburgh, completely abdicating Scotland's independent legal system as guaranteed in the Treaty of Union.

[Kulture Watch @kulture_watch]

An Orange Order anti Catholic hate parade in Liverpool complete with anti Catholic music and singing as they parade by Anfield.
If it was anti Jewish, Muslim or Protestant they'd be arrested and prosecuted.

Why is the Orange Order given a free pass to spread sectarian hate?

[dave batchelor @davecbatchelor]

@MichaelRosenYes Be even nastier than we are at the moment?

[🌻 Go Wild With Annette @writethewrongs2]

It is time to punish the people responsible for this. Come on @10DowningStreet DO SOMETHiNG for nature!