Mac Colaith

Health Professional. Of the Irish diaspora.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

John McCain and I didn’t always agree, but he understood that some values transcended parties. He knew that if we got in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or party orthodoxy, our democracy will not work.

John McCain had character. That’s what I think about so much these days because it’s so different from what we see out of the Republican nominee.

[Ava-Santina @AvaSantina]

Lee Anderson himself received a number of hospitality tickets from building consultancy firm Make

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

5. In our book The Invisible Doctrine, Peter Hutchison and I propose the following definition of capitalism:
“Capitalism is an economic system founded on colonial looting. It operates on a constantly shifting and self-consuming frontier, on which both state and powerful private interests use their laws, backed by the threat of violence, to turn shared resources into exclusive property, and to transform natural wealth, labour and money into commodities that can be accumulated.”

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

1. I’m sorry to return to this question, but I think it hints at everything that's wrong with our media and public conversations.
*When did you last hear a critique of capitalism on the BBC?*
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[LBC @LBC]

"Have they broken laws? – No."
"Have they broken any rules? – No."
"Have they accepted donations and lied? – No."

Amid the Labour gifts row, @mrjamesob criticises the 'absolute salad of rollocks' served up by a Tory Party who 'led this country to the 'abattoir'.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Left: Chris Philp, "I have not accepted any free personal donations"

Right: The Times, "Policing minister failed to declare VIP football tickets.. Chris Philp attended the match as a guest of the FA and sat in the royal box in hospitality worth more than £6,000"

[The Poke @ThePoke]

Nigel Farage may have lied about being advised not to hold in-person surgeries in Clacton for security reasons, and we’re shocked! Shocked, we tell you!
https://t.co/X48KfCsnPz

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

Remember the "Stanley Johnson" BA flight? Diverted to Heathrow, where the former PM's father asked to leave the plane before its planned onward hop to Gatwick. After a stand-off, the flight was cancelled.
Now BA is refusing compensation for passengers. 1/2
https://t.co/ETamrxCjqt

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Left: Kemi Badenoch, "I never have gaffes.. Or apologising for something.. That's not what I meant.. I never have to clarify.. Because I think very careful about what I say"

Right: Kemi Badenoch, "10 years ago I hacked into a Labour MP's website and I changed all the stuff in there to say nice things about Tories"

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

"I grew up in a middle class family.. But I became working class when I was working in McDonalds"

- Conservative party leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

In Senate hearing on hate, Sen John Kennedy says Arab American Institute ED Maya Berry (only Muslim witness) supports Hamas, Hezbollah.
"You should hide your head in a bag."

Hearing strayed far from beginning which acknowledged Tree of Life victims & 6-year-old Wadea al-Fayoume.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: While Tim Walz fills an entire stadium on Omaha, Nebraska, Donald Trump is failing to fill even a small arena. Trump’s rally starts in 3 minutes and this is the crowd. Retweet so all Americans see the Trump campaign implode in real time.

[Samuel K @SamuelKOfficial]

Watch this genocide expert destroy Israel's lies in less than a minute

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

The sneering contempt of ‘journalists’ will never stop me from calling out racism and Islamophobic hate.

[ARTIST TAXI DRIVER @chunkymark]

Artwork on newspaper https://t.co/pPKjCjCOD2

[Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews]

🇬🇧 "We've taken back control of our borders and don't want to be part of your single market - but would you people mind awfully if we send back food imports for you to test them as we don't really have the capacity here ?"

Yes ! really !😀👇
What a load of bollocks Brexit is 🤡

[Guy Verhofstadt @guyverhofstadt]

If you tell people migration is why they lack opportunity, this is the result.

Bad governance, inequality & unregulated social media have a lot to answer for.

Silence from Farage & the Tory hard right who blew the dogwhistle for years.
https://t.co/90Z2lrXYXP

[LBC @LBC]

'Why didn't these guys protest that crossbow attacker?'

'Why is there no complaint against Welsh TV presenters after Huw Edwards?'

Sarah feels that people's desire to know the Southport killer's identity would allow them to 'justify' the riots if he was Muslim.

@mrjamesob