Aneurin Hathway #FBPA

Born in Wales but lived the last 50 years in England. Retired History teacher but active union official and school governor.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump disgraces himself on the way to the dignified transfer of remains for the soldiers he got killed by putting words in their mouths, lying to the media, and being shockingly disrespectful to the fallen!

There really is no bottom…

Donald Trump addressed the media this morning on his way to a dignified transfer ceremony for the servicemembers who he got killed in his illegal, reckless Iran war, and immediately began exploiting their deaths to justify the continuation of a war he has no way of ending or winning.

“They are indeed great heroes, actually. They said, and all of them said very strongly, we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. They won't have a nuclear weapon. So we're going to honor them,” said Trump.

Did they? Did they all call you up, Trump, with tears in their eyes, saying “oh Mr. President, please, we can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon, I will happily die to stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon even though the Ayatollah specifically passed a fatwa forbidding the development of nuclear weapons!”

He’s just lying. Lying out of his ass, disrespecting our fallen servicemembers and putting words in their mouths in order to build justification for a war he entered on behalf of Israel.

If any Democratic president did this it would be a months-long scandal – but they would never do this because they actually respect the service of our troops and don’t just see them as numbers on an enlistment sheet.

Then Trump began lying about the American people and putting words into OUR mouths, telling the media that “well, Americans aren't against the war. A poll just came out. Americans don't want to have gasoline prices, but they're not against the war. That just came out loud and clear in a poll. Nobody wants Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Do you want Iran to have a nuclear weapon? You think it's good? Go ahead.”

We’ll move past the statement that Americans “don’t want gas prices,” since he meant “high” gas prices but is too demented to speak properly.

The truth is that Americans, in fact, are WILDLY against the war – his approval rating is -40 on the Iran war, according to a new poll, and again, Iran was NOT producing a nuclear weapon!

It’s just lie after lie after lie after lie because lies are all he has. But the reality on the ground will not respect Trump’s lies, and it’s driving him nuts.

[The Purple Pimpernel @Eyeswideopen69]

Boris Johnson was born in Manhattan.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

VOLKER: We'll never have a peace agreement with Putin. That would require Putin to accept that Ukraine is a sovereign, independent state, that Zelenskyy is legitimate leader, that there's an international border between Russia and Ukraine. Putin will never agree to those things.

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

True

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

It looks like Thames Water shareholders deliberately ran up billions in debt so that they could pay themselves big dividends and then land the taxpayer with the bill. When the inevitable bailout does happen, the banks shouldn't get a penny.

[mainstream @Nillo82948721]

Brexit, the single worst decision a sovereign country has made certainly this century and also probably the preceding century.

The fuckers, who foisted it on an unsuspecting population, know full well how damaging it’s been, but will never take responsibility for their actions.

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

My View On … Work https://t.co/0i6cLvsqzI Some in-depth thinking.

[Byline Times @BylineTimes]

🟡 Print Edition

The Lure of the Politics of Passion

As Nigel Farage and Reform UK lash out under scrutiny, Jay Griffiths considers their year of riding on hatred

READ ON:
https://t.co/04cRZ5uztc

[The Other 98% @TheOther_9]

Keep talking, keep sharing.

[EuropeanPowell @EuropeanPowell]

British journalist from @declassifiedUK visited a weapons fair in Farnborough, the Israeli companies escorted them away from their stands when asked about their roles in the destruction and murder of Palestinians, and also British veterans.

One company IAI situated next to a British stand told the journalist they were going to report him to the police, and started filing and photographing him, demanding to see his press pass.
The journalist asked Elbit ‘Do you understand in this country we have a free press?’
All of this happened on the same day that Andy Burnham became Prime Minister.
https://t.co/ZAuG1JlEHL

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

What’s funny about these OTT attacks on Mamdani, and why they didn’t stop him from winning the election, is that no sane normal apolitical person looks at Mamdani and sees ‘the face of evil’.

Now, Melanie Phillips on the other hand…

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Five weeks ago today, Donald Trump signed the MoU to end the Iran war at France’s Palace of Versailles.

“The immediate and permanent termination of military operations,” the MoU reads.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

A new AI model went rogue and hacked other computers.

No, this is not science fiction. Uncontrolled AI poses a serious threat to all of us.

We cannot continue the race to build and deploy this powerful technology until strong safeguards are in place.

CONGRESS MUST ACT.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

This has sent Israel’s cheerleaders ballistic.

That’s because they know history will damn them - and many of those who facilitated genocide will end up in prison.

[LORIAGNE GLAUCOMA! NOT SHOUTING! @Loriagne2]

Tories wasted nearly £100bn of YOUR money in just four years, data reveals https://t.co/xt4iQyv4Us

[Alastair Morgan @AlastairMorgan]

EU membership would have strengthened our hand in relation to abuses by water companies.
It couldn't stop privatisation, but it could and would have strengthened regulatory enforcement and standards.
#rejoin

[Damian Low @DamianLow3]

These kids have a much better take on Farage than most of the media.

His man of the people act is now falling apart.

[The Purple Pimpernel @Eyeswideopen69]

Fucking liar.

You did this.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

We can't survive WITH billionaires/trillionaires.