a lot of folk in scotland like to think that police brutality doesn’t exist here but in 2015 Sheku Bayoh who was unarmed was injured 23 times by six officers in kirkcaldy and later died. the officers lied about what happened as proven by CCTV https://t.co/oif5pOfaL3
States committing genocide must not be welcome at Eurovision.
Russia and Belarus were rightly excluded after the invasion of Ukraine. But the atrocities inflicted against Palestinians are ignored.
Licence fee payers shouldn’t have to fund Israel's pinkwashing propaganda.
Israel’s efforts to influence the vote for the Eurovision Song Contest were broader and started years earlier than previously known, a New York Times investigation found. Here is the inside story of the controversy that almost broke Eurovision. https://t.co/ob4U9eWM0c
Nemo, the winner of Eurovision 2024, announces they are returning their trophy in protest of Israel’s 2026 participation:
“The contest was repeatedly used to soften the image of a state accused of severe wrongdoing, all while the EBU insisted Eurovision is "non-political."
And when entire countries withdraw over this contradiction, it should be clear that something is deeply wrong.”
This tribute to Robin Cook, from a Scottish Labour MP, makes no mention of his resignation as Foreign Secretery ahead of the Iraq War.
Why? Because it can't. To do so would force Gregor Poynton and his colleagues to reckon with their cowardice over Gaza. History by omission.
An awful statement from the PM, which ignores our collective responsibility to uphold international law.
Suporting illegal military action in Iran, and gas-lighting us about an imminent nuclear threat, is hauntingly reminiscent of the lies told in the run up to the Iraq war.
As Equalities Minister, Badenoch attacked trans people and failed to ban conversion therapy.
She's called maternity pay excessive and her campaign leaflets argue that autistic people get “economic privileges”.
Her election shows that the Tories only care about culture wars.
Sorry but this just doesn't fly when the topics discussed included 'areas of mutual interest' like energy and culture.
Apartheid Israel should be boycotted, but if you are going to meet them then ending the genocide should be the only item up for discussion. That didn't happen.
Joe Biden had the power to stop Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza at any point in the last ten months. Instead of doing that, he continued sending Israel the bombs it has used to slaughter tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians.
In light of reports concerning Glasgow’s Pride corporate sponsors we & @rainbowgreens are not marching in a ‘Green Bloc’ this Saturday but are calling for supporters there to show solidarity with Palestine & march as part of the ‘No Pride in Genocide Bloc’.
Full statement:
🚨 This is the gender critical movement in a nutshell.
Creepy divorced old men shouting at young women for bringing up real feminist issues and demanding they focus on the fake non-issues that drive their existence.
if you’ve retweeted any post about jonathan groff in the last 24 hours you are legally obligated to stream a new brain (2015 cast recording) btw https://t.co/GCpm1q07nC