Lynsey Shaw

Singer/Songwriter/Founder/Filmmaker/History Geek/Truth-Seeker/Goddess Of Making Shit Happen - Stream STATESIDE EP Vol.1 & HEROINE CITY Podcast on Spotify NOW

[WeGotitBack 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸 @NotFarLeftAtAll]

Give her a Damehood

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

Iran executed the 19-year-old champion, Saleh Mohammadi for protesting the Khamenei regime.

Nothing from Greta Thunberg, Gary Lineker, Charlotte Church, sectarian Muslim politicians.

No hunger strikes on University campuses.

Where have all the “human rights” activists gone?

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

‘British’ MP Iqbal Mohamed MP who has Pakistani heritage, calls for Islamists to take over the UK.

“We must take over the whole of Birmingham, the whole of the West Midlands, the whole of the UK.”

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

We are Americans.

We are the most powerful nation on the planet.
What defines us is not our power to dominate the weak.
What demonstrates our character is not our capacity to traumatize the afflicted.
What speaks our truth is not how we taunt, deride or belittle the embattled, broken or battered.

We are:
The country of the Marshall Plan
The nation of The Berlin Airlift
The nation whose leader said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

We are at our best when we are resolute against evil -- not when we kowtow to those who perpetrate it.
We tell our truth when we defend the weak -- not when we do it only if we get protection money.
We are America when our leaders call the dictators dictators and those who fight to defend democracy against tyranny what they are: heroes.

Donald Trump and JD Vance didn't show strength today -- they showed weakness.

They belittled a giant and showed just how small they are.

They have the most vaunted titles in the world: President and Vice President of The United States of America. But the title doesn't make the man. And today both men brought shame to their titles.

A weary warrior was before them. A beleaguered man who has lost thousands of his friends and comrades to the unjust and illegal aggression of an authoritarian leader.

They showed no grace; no magnanimity of spirit; no diplomatic acumen. They were small bullies with big titles and they disrespected the history and legacy of the nation they lead.

Today, Donald Trump acted more like Russia's Putin than America's President.

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

@BBCNewsnight, for one of the most important shows you’ll ever air, you had the wrong person at the helm. Nick Watt’s tone (as is often the case) was inappropriate, blatant lies went unchecked and he was out of his depth. Thank goodness for Sam Kiley. #newsnight

[Shahid Kamal Ahmad @shahidkamal]

I drove east into London on the A40 this afternoon. Light breeze, not too hot. London is always beautiful in the sunshine.

Drove past Uxbridge. No riots, no looters, no cars overturned and ablaze, no sirens.

Drove past Greenford. No riots, no looters, no cars overturned and ablaze, no sirens.

Drove past Acton. No riots, no looters, no cars overturned and ablaze, no sirens.

Parked in Westfield. There is sun, no sign of rain, but the full rainbow of humanity is here indoors.

(They say they want their country back, but they actually want their empire back, the one their grandparents' generation lost. The Empire came home. And here we all are! )

The shop assistants everywhere were from every corner of the earth. The customers the same. Girls and boys, men and women, from every place in the world, peacefully going about their lives on a London Sunday in a cathedral to capitalism in Shepherds Bush.

No shouting. No swearing. No mugging. No knifing. No looting. No burning. Just the world in one city under a giant glass roof in peace.

Sometimes, you don't know how good you actually have it. When London is good, it's really bloody good.

Most places in England are good, most of the time. Most people in England are good, no matter what the forces that seek to divide us want us to believe.

I remember being broke and homeless 20 years ago this year, carrying my possessions in four bags and thanking God for my legs when I was deep in my material nadir.

You already have your country. I already have my country. Both can be true.

I don't want to take your job, unless I'm better at it. I don't want to put shariah in place over your head and in any case, the law in this country is about as close to shariah as I need. Why would I endanger that just to piss you off for some marginal gain? Think about it.

We can get along. We are not enemies. Those grifters are fooling you, scamming you, and they're thick. They think 1+1=Foreigners. Their sums don't add up. They get tax breaks. Do you? Work it out.

We aren't going anywhere and we won't roll over frightened like our parents did. We belong here. We ARE the British Empire. This is the legacy.

It's not us you want your country back from. It's the foreign papers, the con artists who took COVID money, the scum who bought our water, the financial institutions who gambled away our future and made us pay for their next round of bonuses in an endless era of austerity. We didn't freeze old people to death. We didn't make food banks necessary. Cameron and Co did all that. We're just easy targets. A distraction.

This is still a beautiful country. This is still a peaceful country. How about we find away to make it better for all of us:?

Isn't London beautiful in the sunshine?

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"Even though we are about possibly to be in this moment of great transition... you don't yet feel like people are hopeful... I think we're all just really tired."

Playwright James Graham says he doesn’t sense a lot of national optimism ahead of Thursday’s vote.

#Newsnight

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

Two shows, one day. 🎉🎶🎤🩷🎠☀️📸
2️⃣@itsthenineteesbaby #hastingspier
Lovely to see #LivinJoy’s #Luzahnn! 🙌🏼🌟Hope to see you in Manchester! 📆

#thekeythesecret #urbancookiecollective #lynseyshaw #livinjoyftluzahnn #90sbaby #90smusicfest #90santhems

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

This weekend @urbancookieofficial 1 DAY = 2 #MUSICFESTIVALS! 🎉☀️

Second up… @itsthenineteesbaby 🙌🏼🎤🎶 #hastingspier

#Thankyou for having us! 🩷🎡

📸 @annalise_24

#thekeythesecret #urbancookiecollective #lynseyshaw #summertime #sunmerfestivals #dancemusic

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

Two shows, one day. 🎉🎶🎤🩷🎡🎠☀️📸 1️⃣@guilfestival

#thekeythesecret #urbancookiecollective #lynseyshaw #guilfest #guilfest2024 #90santhems #festivalfun

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

Last weekend @urbancookieofficial 1 DAY = 2 #MUSICFESTIVALS!🎉☀️First up… @guilfestival 🙌🏼🎤🎶
#Thankyou for having us! 🩷🎡📸 @annalise_24 #urbancookiecollective #lynseyshaw #thekeythesecret

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

@trevardo hello! 👋

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

@DrJaninaRamirez “I would, but I’ve just gone arse over tit and I’ve knackered my boat race.”

[Annalise Cowlishaw @Annalise_24]

@lynseyshaw_ We finally got a set list!!! ❤️ @duranduran @dombrownmusic @thisistherealJT
@SimonJCLeBON #RogerTaylor #NickRhodes
Amazing night at the O2, can't wait until the next one. #OriginalDuranies

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

@TicketmasterUK What a joke.

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

@TicketmasterUK Really cruel. You made us think we had tickets. The wording of the email was really thoughtless.

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

@nickwellings @TicketmasterUK @RoyalFamily They will. It's put a completely avoidable negative spin on the concert for thousands. @TicketmasterCS should be ashamed.

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

@rpbdox @TicketmasterUK @RoyalFamily Absolutely. Terrible email. I was so excited. :-(

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

@Jessica_Moult @TicketmasterUK @RoyalFamily Agreed. I knew there'd be issues as soon as I heard the name @TicketmasterCS Terrible email. So disappointing. Utterly thoughtless

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

@pen_joanne @TicketmasterUK Terrible.

[Lynsey Shaw @lynseyshaw_]

@hayleyvd @TicketmasterUK Exactly.