Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪

the creator makes but one demand

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@bytefighterx Seconded on https://t.co/1G8IPNGUsI for interesting spots and events

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

Trikes are another way of avoiding balance issues

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@AZinCLE The action of pushing-off from a stand-still and balancing at the same time is often too difficult for some people and puts them off riding. Coming to a safe stop is another problem as well. In the Netherlands people largely ride without gears; they’re for getting up hills.

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@SamHoman I don’t necessarily disagree but 250W is really pitifully weak, probs not even enough to help grandma cycle up a hill. If we were talking 1000W+ needing a license then I might agree. Otherwise you might as well ask for a license for a push bike!

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@SamHoman A cyclist produces more than that with their legs

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@AZinCLE Throttles are good for people with mobility issues. Often the hardest part of cycling for an older person is getting from 0-10 mph, throttles make that easy.

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@SustainableTall I quite like it, it reminds me of the cube house and to a lesser extent the market hall.

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@TrueAnonPod https://t.co/hYgnOnEoHN

World’s first Welshophile (Cambrophile?)

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@bat020 Make it so you have to wear a big red flashing light on your head if you use the glasses so you look ridiculous and people know you’re recording and can shun you accordingly

[Jeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert]

A country that closes Jodrell Bank is failing. We just can’t go on like this. https://t.co/NJazbngFO2

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@_georgina666 Sorry, I didn't mean to dismiss you. I was poorly trying to express that Elon seems to push different harmful stuff to different people, it's awful.

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@_georgina666 For what it's worth I've never seen a single post like that ever

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@ConnorBrunniche Send them to clear up the exclusion zone on Montserrat

[Paul Holden @pauleholden]

Two important, maybe contradictory take-aways from this.

The first is that this is a change in tone that has been forced by the left exercising its power inside but mostly outside of the Labour Party. Burnham is in office because the Greens helped destroy the Labour Party in May's local elections, which has scared MPs and empowered parts of the Party that wanted a change of approach. So to the extent that this an improvement on Labour's position, it is a reflection of how an electorally relevant and competent force to the left of Labour does impact on our national discourse and forces Labour to humanise its messages. And a change in tone from an incoming Prime Minister does have some, at least limited, impact on shaping our national discussion on Israel's genocide.

The second point is that it is just tone. It's a three minute video for social media. It's not even set-piece for the cameras or in front of the national media. In the context of genocide, it's pretty thin gruel that many will undoubtedly find flippant and incidental.

Certainly, the contrition obscures that on substantive policy, this is no different to the Starmer government's approach. No significant increase in sanctions, strongly implying that there will be no ending the F-35 carve-out from existing arms license restrictions, hiding behind (and effectively misrepresenting) international court rulings to not call out genocide or war crimes, and certainly no steps towards accountability for complicity for domestic actors. It is little different to what Hamish Falconer has been telling Parliament for months.

And it is nowhere near enough. Doesn't even approximate being near enough, which will have to include a total and complete arms embargo, deproscribing Pal Action, and taking the concrete steps to prevent a genocide as required by the ICJ.

So the left must now organise and use the power it has gathered to itself in order to continuing demanding and extracting the concrete changes that are needed to end this genocide and secure justice and accountability. If Burnham wants to cohere an electoral left-alliance to save his skin, some hand-wringing and watery eyes won't cut it.

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@michaeljswalker @novaramedia Someone to talk about wet bulb in India

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

Also not all religions are theistic or promote negative beliefs about other people; even those that do, you can argue a leftist angle through the language of that religion, even if it's unorthodox

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@SamuraiApology There're also people whose religion positively affects their politics

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@_georgina666 I want a free chocolate coin!

[Brighton & Hove Green Party @BHGreens]

Spot the difference between Labour's group photos!

Spoiler alert: it's the same photo just with a faked background!

We'd take the disinformation more seriously if it wasn't just a bit sad...

[Gary Goldleaf 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @garygoldleaf]

@breadandposes Give me a bowl of tadka daal over a steak any day