Martin Hodgson

Dysretired oldie. Birder with more enthusiasm than knowledge, member of Chorus MAT, Hellenophile, Mahler addict, Labour supporter. I/me @gbturaco.bsky.social

[Martin Hodgson @gbturaco]

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[Martin Hodgson @gbturaco]

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[Martin Hodgson @gbturaco]

@LeonidasPlatan1 @modernhistory ... by a godly hand

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

The next Labour leader must move decisively away from the status quo to beat Reform.

That means giving power and wealth to working class people. It means a democratic revolution, rent controls and public ownership of water.

It means someone who isn't Wes Streeting.

[Cal Cowen @calculus52]

Hey @BBCNews , got a story for you!

About 11 reform new councillors have stepped down or been expelled already!

It will cost a lot to elect new ones. How about running that as a story, just for a smidgen of impartiality?

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Nigel Farage has 5 houses.

Zack Polanski lives in a house share with 5 other people.

The media is trying to tell you Zack is the problem.

[Martin Hodgson @gbturaco]

@tomhines10 @shefbirdstudy Haven’t had any of those on Lesbos, Tom. Send them over please! @nrporter48

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Crazy isn't it Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party had an 'antisemitism crisis' and now Zack Polanski's Green Party does.

While Nigel Farage's Reform party, with Nigel Farage and loads of Nazi lovers, doesn't.

It's like it's some kind of scam used against Left Wing parties.

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

Nothing justifies the appalling attacks on British Jews. However, in order to solve a problem, it is necessary to be honest about the causes.

British Jews cannot be made safer, if the discussion ignores the elephant in the room, which is this:-
1. Israel is committing terrible, unspeakable crimes, including the crime of crimes, genocide.
2. Israel's advocates, including Netanyahu, constantly claim to be acting on behalf of all Jews.
3. The Chief Rabbi and Board of Deputies and other leaders of parts of the Jewish community, give Israel their full and uncritical support while British Jews who oppose Israel's war crimes are rarely given a platform in the media.

The result of these three realities above, is to identify British Jews as being linked with Israeli atrocities. This is, of course, wrong and antisemitic. However, it needs to be recognised and understood.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Crazy isn't it Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party had an 'antisemitism crisis' and now Zack Polanski's Green Party does.

While Nigel Farage's Reform party, with Nigel Farage and loads of Nazi lovers, doesn't.

It's like it's some kind of scam used against Left Wing parties.

[Wokerati Marty @WokeratiMarty]

Stephen Kapos has attended every pro-Palestine march. He is Jewish and a survivor of the Holocaust.

“We get the warmest, most enthusiastic response from the marchers. They are happy family events, nothing to do with hatred at all. It is a slur.” 🎯

[Martin Hodgson @gbturaco]

@BBCNews impartiality has no place when it’s reporting anything about the pariah state of Israel

[Niz @NizMhani]

Dear @BBCNews

Why is it important to state the religion of 2 of the 3 victims of the stabbing attack in Golders Green (Jewish) but not the religion of the 3rd victim of that attack (Muslim)?

Are some lives more important than others...?

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Mick Lynch "Zack Polanski isn't inciting hatred for Jews he believes he is an agent of peace and that Israel is carrying out Mass Murder in Gaza and the West Bank, and I believe that too."

When Mick Lynch speaks sense, he speaks sense.

[Martin Hodgson @gbturaco]

Another rhetorical question - who they can be afraid of?

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

BBC News criticise Zack Polanski for expecting better standards from the police when apprehending the man who stabbed two British Jews and one British Muslim

But BBC News did NOT show that the officers kicked him in the head five times, when he was immobilised and down on the ground after being tasered

And of course BBC News did not mention that 2 hours before he stabbed two Jewish men, he stabbed a Muslim man

Neither did Keir Starmer, not once across the two days of constant press conferences, and not even during his statement from Downing street

Why is Labour Keir's Starmer and so much of the media whitewashing the stabbing of a British Muslim?

[Robin Monotti @robinmonotti]

UK Jewish MP: "Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza"

"Israel was born out of Jewish Terrorism - Tzipi Livni's Father was a Terrorist"
Astonishing claims in the House of Parliament. SIR Gerald Kaufman, the veteran Labour MP, compared the actions of Israeli troops in Gaza to the Nazis who forced his family to flee Poland.

During a Commons debate on the fighting in Gaza, he urged the government to impose an arms embargo on Israel.

Sir Gerald, who was brought up as an orthodox Jew and Zionist, said: "My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town a German soldier shot her dead in her bed.

"My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza. The present Israeli government ruthlessly and cynically exploits the continuing guilt from gentiles over the slaughter of Jews in the Holocaust as justification for their murder of Palestinians."

He said the claim that many of the Palestinian victims were militants "was the reply of the Nazi" and added: "I suppose the Jews fighting for their lives in the Warsaw ghetto could have been dismissed as militants."

He accused the Israeli government of seeking "conquest" and added: "They are not simply war criminals, they are fools."

This was in 2009 when the truth could still be spoken in the UK Parliament

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

This one is so much more accurate than the original.

[Martin Hodgson @gbturaco]

@HughHarrop @ProtectTheWild_ @Shetnews @HuntSabs @HsaChair @scruffycop … or even offended Frogmouths! Sentiments endorsed. I always thought Shetland was a great place.

[Mark Cockerton @CockertonMark]

Urgent:
Nigel Farage says he barely knows Trump. He’s heard of him but he’s never campaigned for him, or modelled himself on him.
He DOESN’T want photos like those attached to be circulated at a delicate time with local elections looming.
Please DO NOT circulate these.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

The BBC is ignoring the biggest march against the far right in history.

Can we keep sharing to get it trending?

[Martin Hodgson @gbturaco]

@LeonidasPlatan1 Interesting! I would describe Clair de Lune as dispassionate, even as cold as the moon’s light itself