avid ewman

All opinions my own; unless someone else got their first.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I know nothing about Burnham or his politics. But I see nothing wrong with the former mayor of Manchester wearing clothes from one of the last factories trying to keep a regional manufacturing tradition alive and employing skilled garment workers at fair wages in the process.

[they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza]

The myth of democracy can’t survive into the age of trillionaires—the ruling class isn’t even pretending it will. They’re busy preparing for an entirely different future than the one they’re selling us on. In fact most of us don’t appear in their future at all. This may be our last moment of choice.

[Manny @mannymbu]

@declassifiedUK @SocialistVoice We are witnessing the erosion of "due process" and the mythical "separation of powers" law students are taught about at uni.
And that erosion is more insidious because it is done through legislation, not through judicial activism.

[Okram @markozmaj2]

@declassifiedUK @KitKlarenberg Western values shining bright. Genocide - ok. Protesting genocide - terrorists

[Thanos Angelopoulos @Th_Angelopoulos]

Spare us the civilisational lectures, you charlatan.

Atatiana Jefferson, 2019. Shot dead through her bedroom window during a welfare check. Playing video games with her eight-year-old nephew. The officer never identified himself.

Botham Jean, 2018. Shot dead eating ice cream in his own apartment by an off-duty officer who "thought it was her apartment".

John Albers, 2018. Seventeen years old. His friends called police because he was suicidal. Officers killed him during the welfare check.

Parkland, 2018. Seventeen children and staff massacred in their school. The armed officer paid to protect them? Hid outside.

Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School, Minab, February 2026. At least 175 dead, most of them girls aged 7 to 12. NYT analysis and US military investigators believe American forces struck the school. Trump blamed Iran without evidence. US Senators are still waiting for answers.

In 2025, American police killed 1,201 people. 98 unarmed. 233 school shootings at K-12 schools. American children do active shooter drills in primary school. American families are afraid to call for welfare checks because officers shoot the people they're sent to help.

Henry Nowak's father said: "We do not want Henry's murder to be used to create further hatred, division or tension". You used it anyway, to lecture a country 3,000 miles away while your administration bombs schoolgirls and your officers shoot people through bedroom windows.

The UK's government has plenty to answer for. But we don't take civilisational lectures from those who run a country that can't keep its children alive in their own classrooms and in their own homes and bomb children in far away lands, you pathetic charlatan.

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

We’re being asked by half the media & politicians to swallow the idea that known racist football hooligans should be allowed to rampage through our cities for NO OTHER REASON than that they happen to be Israeli.

Fuck. That

[Gary Spedding @GarySpedding]

This whole Maccabi Tel Aviv - Aston Villa issue should be a case study in the manipulative use of allegations of antisemitism.

It turns out the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans stemmed from intelligence shared by the European Policing Network to Westmidlands Police regarding the danger posed by Maccabi Tel Aviv fans. It is for this reason that there was a 'high risk' designation because of violent incidents that had occurred elsewhere in Europe perpetrated by Maccabi Tel Aviv fans.

Our Home Secretary was made aware of this ban last week. So, the government has had a whole week to prepare a comprehensive and sensible statement / position regarding the ban. Instead, our political leaders have consciously and deliberately chosen to further a malicious narrative, claiming falsely that this is a case of antisemitism; that Jews in the UK are not safe and cannot be adequately protected if they attend football matches.

All of this is in furtherance of a narrative that pro-Palestine activity is somehow an imminent and serious threat to Jewish communities and the very future of Jewish life in the United Kingdom. This, in turn, is also furthering islamophobic, anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian racism and dehumanising narratives about Palestinians and their supporters.

What a complete mess this has become all because our government has no spine and seeks to exploit the sense of insecurity and vulnerability of Jews as a convenient scapegoat.

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

There are parts of London where deployment of facial recognition technology is common, even for people out shopping, getting the bus.
But the Met did not want to harm the privacy of marchers with a history of violence?
Ridiculous 2-tier policing.

https://t.co/Xn0OQgTd9W

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Here it is.

The UK digital slavery deal in which we invite the worst companies on the planet to feast themselves on our national assets & compromise our national security.

This isn’t just naive, it’s dangerous. We have just tied ourselves to a technofascist surveillance state.

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

The UK gov't estimates that ~34K people arrived by small boats last year. In a population of 69.2 million, they're not the reason you can't get an NHS appointment, have high food, fuel & housing costs & difficult job situation. They are a brilliant distraction & vote-winner.

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Simon is correct. It is a scandal.

What Simon forgets to add is that it is a scandal that his party in government created, and which he voted for and supported.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

If only these had been the headlines all these years…

💥YOUR BOSS’S BONUS JUST ATE YOUR PAY RAISE

💥WAGES STAGNATE WHILE PROFITS SOAR: CEOS POCKET MILLIONS AS FAMILIES SKIP MEALS

💥BILLIONAIRES GOT TAX CUTS - YOU GOT A TAX HIKE

💥THEY PRIVATIZED YOUR POWER, THEN BILLED YOU FOR THE BAILOUT

💥THE RICH DON’T PAY TAXES - BUT THEY DO OWN YOUR POLITICIANS

💥MEGA WEALTHY BUY UP HOMES WHILE RENTERS ARE EVICTED

💥POLITICIANS BLAME IMMIGRANTS WHILE QUIETLY VOTING TO CUT YOUR HEALTHCARE

💥FOOD BANK USE SURGES AS GROCERY CHAINS REPORT RECORD PROFITS

Instead of these headlines below

Maybe we’d all be marching side by side and angry at the same people

…which is exactly what they fear the most.

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

A worrying amount of people in the UK forget this:

[avid ewman @shnuperman]

@TheJoeySwoll You’re still an inspiring fella. Haters will always hate, don’t let it get to you

[Grace Petrie @gracepetrie]

Say it everyday but I truly can’t believe Starmer chose this to be his legacy. Starving an imprisoned population will define his premiership. Taking office after 14 miserable years was the widest open goal in history and this is what you did with it. The shame is beyond words

[Lucy Easthope @LucyGoBag]

Or you could just process their asylum case and then let them work?

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

Independent experts today urged the UK 🇬🇧 not to ban the “direct action” group @Pal_action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.

“Acts of protest that damage property, but are not intended to kill or injure people, should not be treated as #terrorism.”

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

If you are not concerned by the proscription of @Pal_action as a terrorist organisation because you think it doesn’t impact you, you are wrong.

This is an authoritarian abuse of power by the government & it curtails all of our civil liberties #r4today

[Climate Dad @ClimateDad77]

We’re led by warmongers & cowards.

They have no intention of stopping our civilisation slamming into a wall because they’re owned by the forces profiting from it.

None of our kids get to survive unless we take money out of politics & end this relentless ascent of psychopaths.

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds

New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report

and the Tories destroyed them

https://t.co/ORCUEQI00d