patrick murphy

Teacher trade unionist and socialist. Red in football and politics

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

Anyone expecting serious riots tonight in Belfast where DUP members are driven out of their homes by masked thugs with ‘legitimate concerns’?

No, me neither

[Abier @abierkhatib]

‘My grandmother told me about the Holocaust and about never again. This isn’t never again’

A legend

A Jewish activist protest at Rutgers University after they invited an Israeli soldier.

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

Seems a bit premature for Starmer to speak out in defence of Greenland’s right to determine its own future before establishing all the facts.

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

Get your facts right ffs!

[Brendan May @bmay]

Torture to watch: Badenoch, who thinks she can be PM of the United Kingdom and was a leading Brexit campaigner says “last time she checked Northern Ireland voted to leave” the EU.

It voted Remain.

Suggest at Tory conference next week they demote her. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Ezzy @EzzyMUFC]

The ref should have just ended the game after this goal from Cantona

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

A reminder that 41% of 899 arrested in Britain for taking part in the violent riots against refugees last July and August had been previously reported for domestic abuse crimes against women.

Source: police data released under FOI request

‘Protecting women and children my arse.

[Comedians Talking About Football Podcast @ComTalkFootyPod]

Joey Barton criticising penalties? 🤔

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

Maybe people in parts of the loyalist community who think it’s terrible that people come over in boats to other countries taking jobs and land should get to their local library and do a bit of reading up on the Elizabeth plantation and the Cromwellian settlements in Ulster.

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

Norn Iron (or No Irony)

People whose culture originated in coming over in boats to take over the land of local people are now celebrating that culture by burning effigies of people in boats who they think might come to live amongst them.

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

@Ian_G_Howarth @RogerLee1969 @terrychristian Fair play to you Ian. That’s not how X is supposed to work.

[Inna Sovsun @InnaSovsun]

Russia is launching up to 500 Iranian Shahed drones per day at #Ukraine. Not a single UK or US jet was sent to help intercept them.

But when 100 Shahed drones were launched toward #Israel — for the first time in months — Western fighter jets took off within hours.

This isn’t about capability. It’s about will.

Ukraine isn’t asking for favors. We’re asking for consistency. If defending non-NATO airspace is possible — why not ours?

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

@Ian_G_Howarth @terrychristian Would that be the values of ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson and his wife? You can’t blame an entire group for the crimes of two of its members. Prosecute the guilty, leave the innocent alone. There were 26 women murdered in NI this year but no protests. This is pure racism

[PurelyFootball ℗ @PurelyFootball]

How is it possible to miss from there?!🤣

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

The October 7th attacks were a war crime and everyone who had anything to do with it should be held to account. But so too should everyone responsible for the genocide taking part in Gaza.

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

It’s so telling that the Israeli government have decided to show the Madleen passengers gruelling footage of the October 7th atrocity committed by Hamas. It was a brutal, horrific attack which had not a shred of justification.

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

They understand very well the power of images of suffering and cruelty but they use this power selectively, as a weapon to support their own atrocities.

[patrick murphy @newrypat]

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[patrick murphy @newrypat]

@Sp1thfc History
• proven track record wining trophies
• global following
• football heritage
• follow in the footsteps of prem legends
• the chance to awaken a sleeping giant
• chance for a lasting legacy at the biggest club in England