Peter Webb 🇪🇺

Grumpy Old Man (but professional about it)

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[Chris Williamson @DerbyChrisW]

The Zionists look set to maintain their grip on Ofcom. How can we have any confidence in Ofcom's ability to apply "due impartiality" and "due accuracy" if @margarethodge is appointed as its chair? She is a notorious Israel apologist and weaponiser of bogus anti-Semitism claims.

[Andrew Feinstein @andrewfeinstein]

Margaret Hodge is an apartheid profiteer who manipulated the media, especially the Guardian, to try & stop this story being made public. Appointing her to head Ofcom would be like making the royal formerly known as Prince Andrew Children’s Minister. It would reflect just how corrupted this govt is https://t.co/FHNMVEbN7s

[Yvonne Ridley 4 Glasgow @yvonneridley]

I don't know about you but my corruption detector has just blown up ... why would Keir Starmer's bent government give a £10m contract to an Israeli weapons company overseen by a war criminal? And since Smotrich is on the UK sanctions list wtf are we doing business with this monster? https://t.co/iv4t9gPolH

[Yvonne Ridley 4 Glasgow @yvonneridley]

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark when Baroness Margaret Hodge, a key figure in the Israel lobby seeking to influence UK foreign policy and the Labour Party in favour of Israel, is in line to become the next Ofcom chief. Can I just remind you, how concerning I find this revelation as Hodge was credited with the dubious honour of leading the now well documented fake anti-semitism allegations against MP Jeremy Corbyn. Her proximity and friendship to the disgraced Peter Mandelson should cause @KeirStarmer the Prime Minister to put a huge question mark over her suitability to become Ofcom head. Both she & Mandy admitted to working "every single day to destroy Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership". I've known @jeremycorbyn for more than 25 years and can say with certainty that he is a thoroughly decent, kind human being whose reputation took a hammering from two peers who today have a proven track record for lying and deceit. Neither are fit for office and Mandelson, friend of convicted paedophile Epstein, has gone. Inserting Hodge into the Ofcom role is a form of insanity and bound to backfire adding to Starmer's many ill judged appointments.
Back in 2019 she broke all trust and privacy protocols when she made a secret recording in the then Labour Leader's Parliamentary office.
But I can go back further to 1982-1992 when she was leader of Islington Council. Her initial response to allegations of the widespread physical and sexual abuse of children in the borough's care system was to do nothing and call out "sensationalist and gutter journalism" by the @LondonEvening Standard. Just like her close friend Mandelson, she failed to act on or heed the allegations of a paedophile ring operating under her nose. She did eventually apologise but by then she had ignored whistleblowers including social worker Liz Davies, who tried to alert senior council members, including Hodge, about the abuse, but these warnings were not acted upon effectively at the time.
Clearly this woman is not fit to sit as head of Ofcom, a key role with significant responsibility for safeguarding, particularly regarding the protection of children and users from harmful online content.

[Dan Rivers @danriversitv]

Given 457 British troops died in Afghanistan fighting alongside the USA, Trump’s comments suggesting NATO wasn’t on the frontlines is not just ignorant, but offensive to all families who lost loved ones in that conflict.

[MUSAFIR @MusafirNafar]

“Some scholars and scientists estimate the real death toll in Gaza at 680,000.”

“If confirmed, 380,000 of them are infants under five.”

—Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur

[Mick Wallace @wallacemick]

Why are German Police brutalising Women protesters like this..? Is it illegal now in Germany to say you oppose the Genocide in Palestine..?

[Jake Hanrahan @Jake_Hanrahan]

Destroying over 13,000 eggs just so Palestinians can’t eat them. Filming it too, proud of themselves. This is the petty face of Zionism—spoiled brats with air defence.

[Irlandarra @aldamu_jo]

Not Iran but London UK

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Something horrifying is happening in America: Because he was filming ICE Nazis, whuch is protected under the constitution, an American citizen in St. Paul, Minnesota was brutalized to the point of becoming unresponsive. What happened in Nazi Germany is happening in America. 😳👇

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE detain U.S. citizen teacher at special education school—deploy tear gas at student drop off.

"They broke her window, they pulled her out of car, they have tear gas around children!" yells witness.

Agent crashed his car into her—then blamed the teacher for "ramming him."

"No, I was right in front of her and you rammed her vehicle!" witnesses shouts back.

"She was turning into school and you rammed in front of her—I am a witness to every moment of this."

Concord Education Center is a Level 4 special education school—providing intensive support for children with severe disabilities.

The school is located in the Inver Grove Heights suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained, threatened, and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only, he refused to prove his citizenship.

In the video, agents immediately escalate to physical force. A man stands with his hands up, repeatedly saying, “I’m not doing anything,” while agents shove him, force him against his car, and begin an illegal search.

No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.

An agent falsely claims, “That’s assault,” while they are actively assaulting a U.S. citizen who is complying and not resisting.

Moments later, the agent admits the truth, saying, “And all we needed was your ID,” openly acknowledging this was an unlawful detention based solely on a refusal to produce identification.

That is not legal.

The short agent then threatens, “Don’t move or you will be fucking tased.”

The man calmly responds, “I’m not moving.”

The short agent escalates again, snarling, “You’re a fucking bitch, and you’re going to learn the hard way.”

That is a direct threat of violence against a U.S. citizen whose hands are already behind his back.

They dig through his pockets anyway, repeating, “I just asked you for an ID,” as if that excuses violating the Fourth Amendment.

Then, in a moment that exposes the entire operation, the short agent announces, “He has a gun on him! Wouldn’t you look at that.”

As if Minnesota is not a conceal-carry state.

The man immediately responds, “A fully registered firearm. Because I’m a U.S. citizen.”

The short agent casually tosses the firearm onto the car after removing the magazine, demonstrating reckless handling of a legally owned weapon.

By this point, they have removed his wallet, yet, still do not check his ID, and still continue the arrest.

The man states the obvious, “Unlawful arrest.”

The short agent replies, “We’ll see about that.”

When asked what crime he committed, the short agent deflects, saying, “We’re going to talk about that when we get in the car,” knowing full well he is on camera and cannot articulate a lawful reason.

Only then do agents begin changing their story, claiming the man “reached for something.”

The man immediately corrects them, he reached for his whistle.

ICE agents already admitted the detention was because he refused to show ID. They did not know he was carrying a firearm until after the illegal search. Now they are retroactively inventing justification.

The video contradicts every word they say.

This wasn’t law enforcement. This was intimidation, retaliation, and a fishing expedition carried out by armed agents.

If not carry papers, as a U.S. citizen, gets you assaulted and arrested, then this isn’t law enforcement. It’s a police state.

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

It ought to be an international scandal that the United States has sanctioned the UN special rapporteur, stripped her of bank accounts. Same with ICC. In order to defend Israeli atrocities in Gaza the US (aided by Britain) is trashing all legal and moral international norms.

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@Palestinedaily1 .

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@mohammedIhysse .

[Chris Doyle @Doylech]

Who is doing this Foreign Secretary? Is it Norway? Is it Guatamala? Eswatini perhaps? Aid is being prevented entry into Gaza to feed a starving population yet the UK Foreign Secretary cannot call out the state that is doing this.