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Invisible yet in the way. Comedy dismounter. Effortlessly graceless. Pedal/paddle/plod. Mtns, rivers, sea & between. Dysgwr Cymraeg. he/him /ef

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

I don’t mind my data being used my for research to help the NHS etc, however, because the government have now allowed Palantir access, I have withdrawn my consent using this link:

https://t.co/OZpVijLzMB

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@David__Osland The illusion of choice -where individuals feel they're making independent, meaningful decisions though options are constrained, identical, or designed to lead to a predetermined outcome. Provides false sense of control & autonomy, often used by systems to limit true alternatives

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@declassifiedUK Venal Wes Streeting is more hated than Starmer.

Remember his whatsapp msg to his friend Mandelson "Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes" vs his public denials having been a 'Labour Friend of israel for over 20 years.

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@kiranstacey @johnjohnstonmi @danbloom1 An illusory, performative change rather than actual, necessary change.

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@JohnSlinger Karma? "Treat people as you would wish to be treated"
Maybe Waheed Alli has a spare 'flat' he could lend them to shelter in.

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@BethRigby "Any other leader would be 20 points ahead" 😉

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Is "Difficult times" a euphemisim for sabotaging the party when Corbyn was leader, reneging on pledges, expelling members, suspending MPs, weaponising false claims of antisemitism, "if you don't like it you can leave" #FordeReport, supporting Israel & lying about it?Integrity🤣

[Tonia Antoniazzi @ToniaAntoniazzi]

Sir Keir Starmer is a man of great integrity who has led the Labour Party through difficult times.

There will be those that disagree with me but I think it is genuinely time for him to step aside as PM in an orderly manner.

I will make a further statement tomorrow.

[PalMedia @PalMediaOrg]

Cowardly BBC remove parts of the BAFTA acceptance speech delivered by the team behind "Gaza: Doctors Under Attack", after the filmmakers publicly criticized the broadcaster for refusing to air the documentary.

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Journalism scrutiny tip: the mainstream 'media club' could have quite easily covered the story 'without' the presence of Nigel, and that might have encouraged him out of his hiding-place ta answer questions too.

[Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm]

Avoiding interviews in the week before polling day but after the £5 million “gift” had been exposed worked well for Reform as a media handling strategy, but the questions will now keep coming.

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@ITVNewsPolitics Ooh! Another relaunch from Starmer; haven't had one for a while (probably been too preoccupied with supporting genocide & illegal aggression). Is he going to tell us what his Dad did again?

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@JamesEFoster @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour Funny how he's stopped referring to labour as 'my' party. #KarmaForStarmer

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

In the face of UN's inability and Italy's unwillingness to protect me from the impact of US sanctions in Europe, I am glad #Courage is acting to defend me, ICC judges/prosecutors and Palestinian HR organisations.
PLEASE SIGN the PETITION and share.

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@A_C_Whitehouse @PolitlcsUK @breeallegretti Of course he knew! With an appointment as controversial as Mandelson, you'd make sure 'due process' was followed and that it had support at the highest level. He's trying to pretend his fingerprints aren't on it.

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@haveigotnews Still attempting to smear by pushing tired old lies under the guise of 'humour'. #ItWasAScam
Shame on you @thatlot

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Why might the Israel-supporting Gove suggest that the "salience of Gaza" amounts to "demonising Israel"? We can all "draw the appropriate conclusion".

[Michael Gove @michaelgove]

No one objects to you talking about anything. But people do draw the appropriate conclusion when you spend so much time during a by election campaign in Manchester demonising Israel

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On @BBCr4today programme, @Heidi_Labour commented on @GreenPartyHan 's speech at the #GortonAndDentonByElection count "how similar it was to what I said when I won" Swindon South (without noting the irony). Maybe Heidi should also join the Green Party then.

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Perhaps this is the start of the #Change that @Keir_Starmer promised. #GreenParty #GortonandDentonByElection

[Dr Rahmeh Aladwan @doctor_rahmeh]

Petition to investigate pro-'israel' influence in UK politics hit 30,000 signatures from 8,000 in just two days.

Russia equivalent petition has over 114,000.

These numbers should be the other way around. 70,000 signatures to go. Sign and share widely:
https://t.co/soSuUnn4Yw

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

The four main takeaways from Channel 4's documentary on Palestine Action last night:

1. It reminded us that the Starmer government's proscription of the group as a terrorist organisation was done at the behest of Elbit Systems – the Israeli arms firm making killer drones used in Gaza targeted by Palestine Action.

Government officials regularly met with Elbit. A 2023 internal Home Office email, two years before proscription, states: "Reassure Elbit Systems UK and the wider sector affected by Palestine Action that the government cares about the harm the group is causing the private sector [arms industries]."

2. A senior official told the film-makers there was widespread belief among Home Office staff that the government was "wrong" to proscribe Palestine Action, and there was "disquiet" that the government was using Palestine Action as a way to curtail rights to protest and speech more generally.

3. The government's terrorism adviser, Jonathan Hall KC, made clear that there was zero evidence of any links between Palestine Action and Iran – a claim leaked to the press by government officials on the same day Palestine Action was proscribed. Private Eye had already reported in November that the claim was concocted by a PR firm for Elbit Systems.

4. Additionally, Lord Walney, the government's former "independent" adviser on political violence, who has been at the forefront of demanding even more draconian legislation to ban protest in relation to Israel and its genocide, struggled through his interview.

It was only too clear that his views on the subject had nothing to do with the public good but were shaped by his ties to the arms industries and his role as an Israel lobbyist.

What the programme made clear was that Starmer's government made the unprecedented decision to declare Palestine Action a terrorist organisation not because the group is a terrorist organisation but because large corporations – arms firms like Elbit – have captured the UK government.