The Mersey Mackem

Paranoid Railway Driver - ex RN - I have brief moments of clarity through the fog that is modern life - Severe Siderodromophobia sufferer

[The Mersey Mackem @gazzcam]

#keeptheguardonthetrain #2isSaferThan1

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

Today, thousands of ordinary Britons, the vast majority women, came to peacefully demonstrate against Tommy Robinson’s far right activists. I was proud to join them. Unsurprisingly, by the end of the day, Robinson’s goons were assaulting police officers to attack us. They failed.

[Robert Carter @Bob_cart124]

London was handed over to Tommy's terror gang today. People could have been seriously hurt!

I spent the day on both sides of the divide. I marched with the nationalists and the anti-fascists and after witnessing all the violence, hate and Islamophobia, my conclusion is that Tommy Robinson's hate marches should be banned. This is not a normal march, it's a thuggish rampage of Britain's worst sort.

The far-right are a danger to Britain and mustn't be allowed to batter their way into power.

[The Mersey Mackem @gazzcam]

@TheLastLeg
#SuellaDick

[Naila @BrownNaila]

"I’m personally a Holocaust survivor as an infant, I barely survived. My grandparents were killed in Aushwitz and most of my extended family were killed. I became a Zionist; this dream of the Jewish people resurrected in their historical homeland and the barbed wire of Aushwitz being replaced by the boundaries of a Jewish state with a powerful army…and then I found out that it wasn’t exactly like that, that in order to make this Jewish dream a reality we had to visit a nightmare on the local population.

There’s no way you could have ever created a Jewish state without oppressing and expelling the local population. Jewish Israeli historians have shown without a doubt that the expulsion of Palestinians was persistent, pervasive, cruel, murderous and with deliberate intent - that’s what’s called the 'Nakba' in Arabic; the 'disaster' or the 'catastrophe'. There’s a law that you cannot deny the Holocaust, but in Israel you’re not allowed to mention the Nakba, even though it’s at the very basis of the foundation of Israel.

I visited the Occupied Territories (West Bank) during the first intifada. I cried every day for two weeks at what I saw; the brutality of the occupation, the petty harassment, the murderousness of it, the cutting down of Palestinian olive groves, the denial of water rights, the humiliations...and this went on, and now it’s much worse than it was then.

It’s the longest ethnic cleansing operation in the 20th and 21st century. I could land in Tel Aviv tomorrow and demand citizenship but my Palestinian friend in Vancouver, who was born in Jerusalem, can’t even visit!

So then you have these miserable people packed into this, horrible…people call it an 'outdoor prison', which is what it is. You don’t have to support Hamas policies to stand up for Palestinian rights, that’s a complete falsity. You think the worse thing you can say about Hamas, multiply it by a thousand times, and it still will not meet the Israeli repression and killing and dispossession of Palestinians.

And 'anybody who criticises Israel is an anti-Semite' is simply an egregious attempt to intimidate good non-Jews who are willing to stand up for what is true."

[OCISA Corbyn Inspired @OcisaCorbyn]

⚠️UK ministers are stepping up their support of Israel as it commits war crimes. Their policies need to be reported and challenged.

Can you be a part of a community to help us do this?

👉 https://t.co/TzO4SEY3jU

[elaine beck 💚💚💚💚🌹#savethenhs @Pixieblue247]

Excellent to see https://t.co/MDJRSW3MyF

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

We may be witnessing the total obliteration of Gaza.

Political leaders refusing to speak out should feel eternal shame over the horror they are allowing to unfold.

Those of us who believe in peace cannot stay silent. We must say to the Palestinian people: you are not alone.

[Bath Ordinary Left @OrdLeftBath]

Superb by @MhairiBlack 👏

“Most terrifying of all Madam Deputy, is that this Government literally want to get rid of the Human Rights Act. And that begs the question, for who do they think rights have gone too far?
#fascisim #ToriesUnfitToGovern

[The Mersey Mackem @gazzcam]

ASLEF union threatens to cut ties with Labour as Starmer's row with Left grows https://t.co/1s76ExLvOI

[𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 @killingbritain]

“Whilst working late one evening before Xmas, myself and several hundred Conservative colleagues became trapped in a function room with nothing to survive on but alcoholic drinks. I also broke the button on the room’s stereo device and was unable to switch off the Xmas music ..”

[Rachael Swindon @Rachael_Swindon]

Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, gave a close friend £51,000 from parliamentary expenses for "marketing".

She also paid her daughters £80,000 from the public purse to work in her office, and gave one of them a £15,000 pay rise.

Get in the bin.

[Alex Nunns @alexnunns]

Great Blair quote from 1994: "Millionaires with the right accountant pay nothing while pensioners pay VAT on fuel. Offshore trusts get tax relief while homeowners pay VAT on insurance premiums. We will create a tax system that is fair."

How did that go?

https://t.co/jQMN1z1jUV

[The Mersey Mackem @gazzcam]

@OpenreachHelp Why can't I speak to a human for complaints. I've wasted hours trying to contact you through your useless virtual assistant which keeps timing out while I'm in a queue

[The Mersey Mackem @gazzcam]

@mw_maritime @propellerists Just having a leisurely breakfast now

[Michael H. @MichaelH14]

Absolutely agree with this. I cannot understand the madness in suspending passionate and dedicated Labour Party activists like @mygibbo
It is a truly dark time for this Party.

[Ronan Burtenshaw @ronanburtenshaw]

Alan Gibbons does more to support the working class of this country in one week at Liverpool food banks than David Evans will do in his entire life. Full support to him and all of the comrades in @LpoolWaltonCLP.

[Seema Chandwani🌹 @SeemaChandwani]

When the priority of the party is a battle with volunteer CLP officers instead of a war with the Tories... you know we’re in a bad space.

Seriously. UNICEF. Feeding our children. In the UK. Omg!

[Tribune @tribunemagazine]

An open letter to the Labour Party leadership from MPs, Lords, trade union leaders and NEC representatives calls for an end to "attacks on party democracy, legitimate discussion and the recent wave of suspensions." https://t.co/9kkZEvrluG

[The Mersey Mackem @gazzcam]

@KBainbridge79 @merseyrail Merseyrail is a good train service. When you experience a real bad one you will realise this ✌