FOS Brothers

The FOS Brothers are Dave and Sam McCrory. from Belfast. last gig for the band was at the Beehive in Honiton September 2024.

[Kent Wascom @KentWascom]

Renee was one of my students years ago. I held her baby. She was kind and talented, a working class mom who put herself through school despite circumstances that would’ve crumpled the pathetic rich boy politicians who sadistically abetted her murder

God damn them all

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@fesshole Any politacian out there had an ablation recently?

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@alifarhat79 They all have plenty of money

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[Tiberius @tiberiusfiles]

“It is a thumping majority without a thumping share of the votes”

Watch this and tell me we live in a democracy

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[Tiberius @tiberiusfiles]

To understand how superficial this Labour win is you only need to zoom out.

After 14 years in office, the Tories are truly spent. They have nothing to offer. Redolent of Blair’s win in 1997, a well-fed show pig would have won.

But party backers and strategists understand the importance of breaks in power that allow for party consolidation and reinvention — but only provided that power doesn’t fall to candidates that will challenge the status quo during those breaks.

The Tories were going to eventually lose — this is the perfect time, for them, to do so.

In practice, the Tories handing the reins to a Labour Party that broadly supports all the same policies is a win for those the Tories represent — the ruling class. They know that eventually us plebs have to see a term or two under a different government to appease us, but they know Starmer won’t challenge their wealth and power and privilege during this period.

In fact, they’re so chuffed that Starmer is their man, versus someone like Corbyn who’d have taxed the shit out of them to help reduce inequality, that they’re out in their droves supporting him.

And so it goes: the veneer of democracy is upheld while nothing material will change.

So, no, this is not a win for the common person; on the contrary, it’s a win for those who oppress us. And anyone celebrating this is a useful idiot, naively greasing the wheels of our shared exploitation.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

This is a war on civilians.

On doctors trying to save lives.

On aid workers trying to feed Palestinians.

On teachers trying to put a smile on the faces of children.

This is a war on humanity — and our government should never be forgiven for its contemptible complicity.

[FOS Brothers @fosbrothers]

@OmazeUK Yea I've got shorts and a ball

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Happy Easter Sunday. Jesus gave up his weekend for your sins. Have a chocolate egg and think about rabbits

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[FOS Brothers @fosbrothers]

Coming up this weekend at The Bell Inn Bath

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

Rishi Sunak spoke yesterday of the need for the government, police and others to stand up against those who oppose British values. But, just what are those values? Based upon careful consideration of his governments, comments, conduct and legislation, it would seem that they include:

· Racism
· Discrimination, of all sorts
· A tolerance of :
o Misogyny
o Increasing inequality
o Climate change denial
o Wealth built upon slavery and colonial exploitation
o English nationalism to the exclusion of the Welsh, Scottish and people of Northern Ireland
o Economic exploitation
o Corruption
o Genocide
o Tax havens
o Hunting with dogs
· Undermining of the rule of law
· Vilification of public servants
· Vote rigging and gerrymandering
· A refusal to honour legal obligations
· A dislike of:
o Those who work for a living
o Social housing
o The young
o Those on low incomes
o Those with disabilities
o Single parents
o Any type of non-heterosexual orientation
· Intolerance of
o The SNP
o Plaid Cymru
o The Green Party
o Scotland
o Wales
o Northern Ireland
o Ireland
o The EU and all its members states
o State schools
o Libraries
o Theatre
o The arts
o The NHS
o Anyone claiming a benefit, including the state pension unless they also have a significant private pension as well, when doing so is just fine
· Those who are members of:
o The National Trust
o RSPB
o Oxfam
o XR
o A Wildlife Trust
o Any faith but Christianity and Judaism, but with an honourable pass being given for Hindus right now

In contrast, it would seem that supporting the following are all clear indications of holding an opinion contrary to British values:

· Free and fair elections
· Proportional representation
· An end to discrimination in the right to vote
· An end to discrimination, full stop
· Respect for human rights
· Respect for the rule of law
· Justice
· A right to economic and social equality
· Free speech
· The right to protest
· Action to tackle climate change
· Support for the Green New Deal
· Religious tolerance
· Social tolerance
· National self-determination
· The right to have enough to eat
· The right to a roof over your head
· Speed limits
· Peace

[PoliticsJOE @PoliticsJOE_UK]

"Keir Starmer has been complicit in the genocide in Gaza from day one."

"Spare us of this Labour party."

@YanisVaroufakis on the authoritarianism that has taken control of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer.

[Man In The Shed @Think_Blue_Sky]

@carolvorders @LBC A reminder @carolvorders

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

Just watch it. All of it.

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[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Sometimes Israel’s crimes are so horrific that at first you don’t even understand what you’re looking at. You just stare at it trying to make sense of what you’re seeing for a bit, like you would if you suddenly saw a space alien or a leprechaun or something.

It happened to me yesterday when I was watching a Sky News report about a teenage boy who was shot by Israeli forces in Jerusalem for celebrating the release of Palestinian prisoners in the hostage negotiations with Hamas. I was watching it thinking to myself, I must be misunderstanding what I’m looking at. I know that Israel does gross things, but surely the story here isn’t that they shot a kid for being happy about something.

Then, as has happened so many times over the last two months, I kept watching and learned that yes, that is indeed what happened. The deputy mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum is seen defending the shooting by saying “part of the deal is that there would be no celebrations for the release of attempted murderers” (this was actually not a part of the deal, it was just a decree issued by Israel’s national security minister) and claiming dishonestly that “we’re talking about the release of attempted murderers” (the vast majority have not been convicted of any crime and have been denied any due process for the accusations against them).

The band Eve6 nicely summed up what it felt like watching the clip of the deputy mayor’s comments, tweeting, “The remarkable thing about this clip is her self assurance. Like she’s supremely confident that ‘we shot the teenager because he was celebrating’ is a thing that people will find reasonable.”

I had the same experience reading about the five premature babies who were left to die after the IDF raided al-Nasr Pediatric Hospital in Gaza earlier this month, their decomposing bodies only discovered when the temporary ceasefire allowed access to the hospital. It’s just too insane to believe — they attacked a pediatric hospital? And then they left the babies there to die? What??

The only reason we’re learning about this now is because the pause in fighting allowed journalists to get cameras into the building and show the dead infants to the world. This calls to mind the Politico report immediately prior to the ceasefire which said that the White House was worried “an unintended consequence of the pause” would be “that it would allow journalists broader access to Gaza and the opportunity to further illuminate the devastation there and turn public opinion on Israel.”

Indeed, since the pause in fighting began the world has been receiving drone footage from mainstream platforms like Reuters and The Washington Post revealing vast expanses of urban terrain completely destroyed by a blanket of Israeli military explosives spanning from city block to city block. Looking at the blatantly indiscriminate devastation that’s been caused by Israel’s assault on Gaza since October 7 makes it clear that the IDF are not targeting Hamas but Gaza itself.

I’ve been amazed at how much I’ve been sleeping since the ceasefire started; that’s why I haven’t been writing as much. I guess spending weeks staring at unbelievable horrors unfolding on your screen can be pretty hard on your system if you’re sensitive to that sort of thing, so my body’s been resting up as much as it can while there’s an opportunity.

And I’m just here watching this all unfold safely from my home in Melbourne. I cannot imagine what it’s like to be living in the midst of this horror for the last two months, trying to figure out the best way to survive while also grieving the family, friends and neighbors you’re losing along the way. These people have all been deeply traumatized in ways that will haunt them for the rest of their lives, if they survive the violence, disease and deprivation that’s to come.

This thing is so astonishingly ugly, and it could get a whole lot uglier after the ceasefire ends. If there’s anything positive to be found in this living nightmare, it’s that it’s so earth-shakingly ugly that it just might shake the world awake.

[FOS Brothers @fosbrothers]

@fesshole I forced my kids to listen to the Cardiacs ..... they both have good jobs now and don't listen to me anymore as is right