Tony Price

Used to be a parish priest. Not sure what I am now. Still a priest, obviously, but also a storyteller, reader, writer, linguist, lifelong learner…

[Tony Price @godspelled]

What’s happened to ITVX and Britbox? It won’t show Lewis?

[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

I was close to tears when i read the words of Samer Sinjilawi, 52, a Palestinian of Jerusalem, recounted by @gershonbaskin

Do read this especially those of us far away in our armchairs fighting righteously and very bravely in the media for one side or the other:

Trauma and the hope for tomorrow:

Samer is very courageous. He says in public that he, as a Muslim has to recognize the historic rights of the Jewish people to be in this land. There is no way to deny the Jewish connection to this land for thousands of years. But he adds, yes, the Jews were always here, but they were never alone. There were always others on this land, and we are the others. We were also here. “Perhaps a long time ago maybe I was Jewish, maybe I became Christian also before I become a Muslim, because my family has been here for hundreds of years”. When Samer is asked how he deals with the trauma of this war and of the whole conflict he responds by saying that when he sees an Israeli Jew who hates Palestinians and even wants to kill them, he understands them. He says “we did terrible things to the Jews and the Jews did terrible things to us. I used to think that we were the good guys and they were the bad guys. Now I know that the reality is much more complex and we have done terrible things to each other.”

Samer went to visit Kibbutz Kfar Aza after October 7. He was filmed there by a documentary film maker and he said that he came because he wanted to see with his own eyes the atrocities committed by Hamas. He said “I have to take responsibility for this because it was done in my name as a Palestinian, by my own people, and we are all responsible.” He also now says that he hopes that someday Israelis will be able to go to Gaza and stand up and say “I take responsibility as an Israeli because the atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza were done in my name.” Confronting trauma begins with compassion and taking responsibility. I, as someone who has spent his whole adult life working for Israeli-Palestinian people, and as someone who has more than 100 friends and colleagues in Gaza that I have been in contact with since October 7, I can say that I feel the pain and the suffering of people in Gaza. I receive WhatsApp messages from friends and colleagues describing the horrors that they are living through. A young woman from the Nusseirat Refugee camp in central Gaza who has a one-year-old baby who writes to me “I am living in the street. My home was bombed. I am hungry.” It breaks my heart. Another young woman who I helped to raise money for her university tuition where she was studying computer programming and doing quite well until the war, her university has been demolished along with all of the universities in Gaza, and I have not heard from her in two months. I don’t know if she is alive. I am sorry and I feel responsible as an Israeli for the horrors of what this war has brought on the Palestinian people. Yes, Hamas is primarily responsible for what has happened, but as an Israeli I cannot escape responsibility for what our army is doing in Gaza. Our war is with Hamas, not with the Palestinian people, and not all Gazans or all Palestinians are Hamas or share the goals of Hamas...

I want all Israelis to hear the voice of Samer.

https://t.co/qg6sfQ8kmn

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Rishi #Sunak was spot on - democracy is indeed under threat from extremists. The problem is, they’re running the country. We urgently need to wake up to the scale of the threat they pose. My piece for @guardian https://t.co/9Fbu0cJczN

[Tony Price @godspelled]

As ever, the Tories assume the general public are mindless idiots. Fair taxes. Yes, higher taxes if necessary. But give us the public services we want.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Broken NHS.
Broken schools.
Broken roads.
Broken trains.
Broken courts.
Broken local councils.
Broken dentistry.
Broken libraries.
Broken rivers.
Broken Britain.

But sure, better public services through spending less money.

As if the British public is that dumb.

[Tony Price @godspelled]

How can you POSSIBLY ‘earn’ enough to receive a £3.7 million tax bill?!

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

This how HMRC deals with rich tax evaders, if it bothers to at all.

Nadhim Zahawi has agreed to pay the £3,700,000 tax bill he lied about for 6 years and took HMRC to court.

He should be sent to jail for fraud.

RT if you want to see him in jail.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

While NHS staff were dying of Covid thanks to substandard & non-existent PPE, of *course* @michaelgove just ‘forgot’ to register his nice little freebies from the donor who won a £164 million PPE contract when, yes, Gove referred him via the VIP lane.

Sickening.

#BREATHTAKING

[Tony Price @godspelled]

@KathrynCanonsOn We don’t have that problem out here in the country…

[Tony Price @godspelled]

@BladeoftheS As long as we can have state-owned utilities and transport like they do.

[Campaign Against Antisemitism @antisemitism]

“We’re Christians and we stand by our Jewish brothers and sisters.”

“I’m representing people from Scotland that can’t be here.”

“I feel it is the right thing to do.”

We spoke to attendees at the historic #MarchAgainstAntisemitism to find out why they came.

[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

This - the greatest European speech on the Hamas murder raid, Israel war vs Hamas, rising antiJewish racism and toxic sham ‘history’ of Decolonisation - is deeply moving. Its decency and moral clarity is striking…

[Nick Hoare @UKdemocrat]

The results of the Covid enquiry should be enshrined in our nation’s history, lest we forget and there is a temptation again to elect populist liars who are incompetent, lack ability and commitment to govern our nation properly. It was well known that Boris Johnson was a lazy clown who lied with impunity and his ministers were appointed based on their sycophancy rating to him, not capability! What did we expect?

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

Hamas is another Isis. They are the enemies of Israel; they are the enemies of all Jews; they are the enemies of Palestinians; they are the enemies of peace and freedom. They are the enemies of Western civilisation itself. @DailyMailUK https://t.co/OY6mNt2Lph

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Rishi Sunak told Beth Rigby "That's not what the Public wants." When asked about a General Election.

Like if you want a General Election
RT if you really want one.

Liar Rishi Sunak has to go.

[Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 @JujuliaGrace]

Suella Braverman does not speak for me 🚨

If she does not speak for you either, retweet. Let’s send her a message💥

https://t.co/pLzTWomnwj

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

VERY IMPORTANT!

If you care about our human rights RT this far & wide

THE COUNTRY MUST WAKE UP!

[Angela Rayner @AngelaRayner]

If landlord Tory MPs - including the Chief Whip are deliberately blocking promised protections for renters, it’s a downright disgrace.

While the Tories serve their own interests, Labour stands ready to make renting fairer, more secure and more affordable.
https://t.co/dXBPHpYsRS

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

We couldn’t agree more.

Please RT if you do too.

[Tony Price @godspelled]

You mean there are people in this country who are NOT critical of the Tories?! Are they even awake?

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

We’ve lost quite a few followers this week for being critical of the Conservatives.

But we can’t just sit back and watch them destroy the NHS.

So please follow and RT if you stand with us and help us fight for better.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

The Conservatives said they would deliver more nurses.

Yet numbers on nursing courses have fallen by 13% this year.

Please RT if you think everyone should be aware.

They simply cannot be trusted with our NHS.

https://t.co/3TzAKPag1I