William Miller

Is anyone going to eat that sausage?...No!...Oh well, guess I can find room for it...

[William Miller @muggwhump]

Labour is going to build a PFI shithole Britain, will certainly involve us in a war somewhere and use our money to pump up another house price bubble.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The Arsenal parade was an incredible occasion, but it was also reminder of how much we take cleaners' work for granted.

So let’s use this as an opportunity to win fair pay and conditions for cleaners! My piece for @IslingtonTrib.
https://t.co/TQ8A2w7wSk

[William Miller @muggwhump]

The US doesn't want to risk any POWs so the only strategy left is bomb the economy, block any imports/exports from afar then sit for years while the country collapses. Only problem is Iran can do the same with the Straits, this seems to be the one thing the US overlooked.

[William Miller @muggwhump]

I think the plan was to cripple Iran's domestic economy then blockade it into submission, despite years of sanctions life in Iran was still far better than say Cuba or Venezuela. We're probably looking at years of economic strangulation. The US is cornering the oil/gas markets.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Back in January I tweeted my doubts that Pres Trump really intended to come to the aid of Iran’s people by pushing for regime change. The responses were angry and personal, naturally. But does anyone still believe he’s genuinely thinking of overthrowing the Islamic republic?

[Tony Ward @TonyWard867811]

You worked for forty years.

Up before the alarm. Out in the cold. Through the bad backs and the worse winters. You never once signed on. You were proud of that.

Now you are fifty eight. The body is done. The trade that used you up has no use for you anymore.

And you are sat at home in the middle of the day, not because you are lazy, but because there is nothing left for a man your age who is worn out and ten years short of a pension.

There are two million like you. They will call it worklessness. A statistic. A drain.

They will not call it what it is.

A grafter, used up and thrown back, by a country that took the best of him and left him with nothing to retire on.

You did everything they asked.

And this is the thanks.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

"My personal pride and joy." That's how Peter Mandelson described the Palantir deal he brokered.

The whole thing stinks. Kick Palantir out of our NHS, now.

[Gary Spedding @GarySpedding]

More than 210 nationalities make up the NHS workforce. Among them are Palestinians or those of immediate Palestinian descent/heritage.

Claims that Palestinian flags endanger the safety of Jews is not only nonsense, its also a glaring example of anti-Palestinian racism dressed up as safeguarding for Jews. It equates a national flag/symbol of identity/solidarity with automatic hostility, without evidence of any kind that a specific staff member has acted unprofessionally. This framing also falsely suggests that all NHS staff members who support Palestinian rights would hold their Jewish patients responsible for the actions of Israel, thus they would feel justified in discriminating against Jews.

This really needs to be properly unpacked from both ends because of all the serious implications it has regarding antisemitism, anti-Palestinian racism and the very real manipulations at play designed to shield Israel from criticism/accountability.

We are in real danger of entering the territory of quite literally suggesting that Palestinians, as well as any symbols representing Palestinians, are to be automatically viewed as threatening towards Jewish people. Any Palestinians working for the NHS thus cannot be trusted to treat or even be near Jewish patients.

These are positions that nobody should accept. The portrayal of Palestinians and their supporters as vicious and violent Jew-haters is not only untrue but in itself a racist trope.

Framing this as being about Jewish safety has the added impact of promoting ignorance around what is and is not antisemitism and conflates British Jews with Israel.

Protecting vulnerable patients from bias & discrimination is entirely legitimate. Our NHS has a duty to ensure impartial care regardless of patient ethnicity, religious background, or political views. We should not be denying Jewish vulnerability or dismissing the real instances of discrimination (e.g. where kosher requests have been denied or ridiculed) as trivial matters as this ignores legitimate concerns.

I am very concerned that the rhetoric of Karen Newman, as well as the proposals & conclusions of Lord Mann, portray Jews as being irrational and paranoid, unable to coexist with Palestinian symbols, and demanding exceptional protections beyond appropriate measures. This feeds tropes of Jewish "hypersensitivity," power ("controlling" NHS policy), and dual loyalty. It also has the effect of chilling free speech and restricting criticism of Israel.

This is a weaponisation of both antisemitism and Jewish vulnerability in order to erase Palestine & Palestinians from the NHS.

I'm extremely worried that this entire debacle will further stigmatise Palestinians, manipulate antisemitism discourse to limit criticism of Israel, and worse of all it will ironically heighten divisions, causing resentment and ignorance that directs the blame for these measures onto Jews—potentially worsening the very vulnerabilities cited.

It is the CONDUCT and PROFESSIONALISM of NHS staff that should be our concern as opposed to their political beliefs or display of symbols. Any actual bias incidents must be investigated rigorously and full training should be provided so that accommodations for religious needs (e.g. halal & kosher) can be made without politicising displays of identity/solidarity.

We need to really investigate the anti-Palestinian racism that results in Jews experiencing fear/concern/vulnerability when confronted with symbols of Palestinian identity. Who is telling British Jews that this is how they should react when they see Palestinian flags or other symbols and why?

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

Judge Johnson has been a total disgrace. If you put together the list of all of his different actions to try to fix the Filton trial, it is astonishing.
https://t.co/pvt02fqxHg

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

The Environment Agency, trading standards, police. A lot of it doesn’t exist anymore. Placebo state infrastructure.

It pretends to exist - and that’s enough for *some* people to act accordingly.

Ultimately, though, without enforcement, rules are no more than suggestions.

[William Miller @muggwhump]

Austerity began 16 yrs ago! Most under 40 won't remember much about how things were before that. Even fewer now will remember a pre-2000 asset bubble free world. People had well paid careers doing this stuff and could buy family homes at 27 and be mortgage free at 52.

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Green politics and love of your country, in action.

I’ve known @paulpowlesland for 15 years. I’ve never met someone with so much energy, enthusiasm and pragmatic idealism.

[William Miller @muggwhump]

@AaronBastani @paulpowlesland Austerity destroyed everything. 20 yrs ago this guy would of had a career in the Environment Agency managing work like this. Clean rivers and waterways properly cared for, committed people earning a living doing the thing they love. How many now have no memories of pre-austerity?

[Mick Wallace @wallacemick]

This woman lost her 10 year old daughter when the US Bombed the school in Minab, killing over 130 school kids. Her daughter was a champion at Gymnastics. She told me in Tehran that her message to all mothers in Europe was - "Please consider that this could be your child"....

[Sir Norman of Nowhere. 🏴‍☠️ @Normanjam67]

Terrorism. Pure, cold rage.

[Michael Spicer @MrMichaelSpicer]

14 racists on Twitter: The UK is becoming anti-white.

Racist-owned media: It's official, the UK is anti-white.

[Larry Sanders @Sanders4Health]

Raising pension age causes pain to millions of people deprived of their earned benefit. It also stops tens of billions of pounds from being spent. This means the people who would have earned that money don't and they don't spend for others. It increases poverty and unemployment.

[CrémantCommunarde #NION💙🤍🩷 @0Calamity]

A man was violently stabbed to death.
The murderer was arrested and convicted.
One of the murderer's family members was also convicted of aiding and abetting him.
No, I am not talking about poor Henry Nowak; I am talking about poor Mohammed Algassim, a Saudi Arabian student, here to learn English, who was murdered in Cambridge by a drunken, coked-up, white Englishman.
If you are astute enough to go to the BBC News website, then click on "England",
then click on "Local News",
then click on "East"
then click on "Cambridge"
you will find a report on it...
#TwoTierOutrage
https://t.co/rrwCqNWJ4a

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Think this one through. Beautiful olive trees that grow and mature and serve as the livelihoods of families. People who think they are righteous and devoted to an all-seeing god, burn them down. And it happens again and again and again.

[William Miller @muggwhump]

@SkyNews @LisaatSky I wonder what the official/media response would be if Muslims started doing this?

[William Miller @muggwhump]

I'm sure there is some truth to this. I was always convinced the 'senior Labour source' quoted on Newsnight, LBC etc daily sticking the boot into Corbyn was Mandelson. And here he is doing it again to people who were his political allies until a few weeks ago.

[Tom Baldwin @TomBaldwin66]

I’m sure @spectator will protect their source” but the suspicion is this was from Mandelson himself. If so, it’s a bit creepy that those who loudly condemn the government for having had anything to do with Mandelson will then take their “exclusives” from him - and “protect” - him

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

The UK is in decline.

Billionaire wealth is rocketing.

It's time to tax the super rich.

My conversation with the brilliant @gabriel_zucman:

https://t.co/0JZ9lnXJ67

[Larry Sanders @Sanders4Health]

There is constant noise claiming UK pensions are too high and unaffordable. They are all lies. The UK has very low pensions compared to all other industrial countries. Our problem is billionaire tax exile newspaper owners and political parties committed to the rich. (Vote Green)