Alan Greaves
@alangre.bsky.social
Immigrant. Old mod. The Jam/Weller. Chelsea FC since 1970. 1.FC Union Berlin seit 2007. Beer/wine/vodka. World cinema. Left of centre.🇵🇸🇱🇧
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Super
Callous
Fragile
Racist
Sexist
Nazi
Potus
Callous
Fragile
Racist
Sexist
Nazi
Potus
August 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Super
Callous
Fragile
Racist
Sexist
Nazi
Potus
Callous
Fragile
Racist
Sexist
Nazi
Potus
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A chart you really shouldn't need to see.
August 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A chart you really shouldn't need to see.
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via Ragged Trousered Philanderer
June 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Yvette Cooper claims she has “secret proof” that Palestine Action are a “violent organisation” — while her Labour government continues to arm a genocidal apartheid state that is massacring and starving Palestinians every single day.
The real terrorists are the Israeli state.
The real terrorists are the Israeli state.
August 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yvette Cooper claims she has “secret proof” that Palestine Action are a “violent organisation” — while her Labour government continues to arm a genocidal apartheid state that is massacring and starving Palestinians every single day.
The real terrorists are the Israeli state.
The real terrorists are the Israeli state.
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The only thing left for Labour right now is to repeat War on Terror discourse like it's Bush and Blair all over again. They are so painfully mediocre, and this whole thing would be hilarious if it weren't also disastrous.
She essentially just said that 532 British citizens support terrorism.
She essentially just said that 532 British citizens support terrorism.
@alexdaviesjones.bsky.social : "We don't support terrorists in the UK. Would you be asking me that if this was about the IRA?"
Madeley: "... the IRA planted bombs... Palestine Action isn't quite in the same league"
"... we do not support terrorists in this country" #GMB
Madeley: "... the IRA planted bombs... Palestine Action isn't quite in the same league"
"... we do not support terrorists in this country" #GMB
August 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The only thing left for Labour right now is to repeat War on Terror discourse like it's Bush and Blair all over again. They are so painfully mediocre, and this whole thing would be hilarious if it weren't also disastrous.
She essentially just said that 532 British citizens support terrorism.
She essentially just said that 532 British citizens support terrorism.
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What you are witnessing is Starmer commit political suicide by using the state apparatus arrest the enemies of his ISREALI HANDLERS...a BRITISH CITIZEN who is BLIND and DISABLED...the kiss of death and final nail in the coffin of Starmer's authoritarian Zionist-run short lived role as PM!!!
August 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What you are witnessing is Starmer commit political suicide by using the state apparatus arrest the enemies of his ISREALI HANDLERS...a BRITISH CITIZEN who is BLIND and DISABLED...the kiss of death and final nail in the coffin of Starmer's authoritarian Zionist-run short lived role as PM!!!
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"Venezuela responds to Trump's $50m bounty on Maduro - with $50m reward for unreleased Epstein files" skwawkbox.org/2025/08/08/v... via @skwawkbox
Venezuela responds to Trump’s $50m bounty on Maduro – with $50m reward for unreleased Epstein files
Far-right US president Donald Trump appears to have thought he was being clever by increasing the US reward on the head of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro from $25M TO $50M, but it soon backfir…
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August 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"Venezuela responds to Trump's $50m bounty on Maduro - with $50m reward for unreleased Epstein files" skwawkbox.org/2025/08/08/v... via @skwawkbox
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a labour government is doing this. nigel farage isn't doing this. kemi badenoch isn't doing this. the previous tory govt started this, and a labour govt is finishing it.
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
More than 60 Tube staff set to be deported after Government changed immigration rules
EXCLUSIVE: Foreign workers who came to London to work for TfL could lose jobs and be forced to leave country, RMT union warns
www.standard.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
a labour government is doing this. nigel farage isn't doing this. kemi badenoch isn't doing this. the previous tory govt started this, and a labour govt is finishing it.
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
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Labour: no longer on your side.
Labour homelessness minister Rushanara Ali threw four tenants out of her east London townhouse before relisting the property for £700 a month more in rent, The i Paper can reveal trib.al/E59gUNW
August 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Labour: no longer on your side.
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Starmer's lurching "to the middle" has destroyed the Labour Party govt, leading to just a 13 PERCENT approval rating.
A lesson to the Democrats that there's nothing in the middle of the road, as was said by the late great Jim Hightower, but yellow lines and dead armadillos.
A lesson to the Democrats that there's nothing in the middle of the road, as was said by the late great Jim Hightower, but yellow lines and dead armadillos.
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 2-4 August 2025
Approve: 13% (-1 from 19-21 July)
Disapprove: 67% (+1)
Net: -54 (-2)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 13% (-1 from 19-21 July)
Disapprove: 67% (+1)
Net: -54 (-2)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Starmer's lurching "to the middle" has destroyed the Labour Party govt, leading to just a 13 PERCENT approval rating.
A lesson to the Democrats that there's nothing in the middle of the road, as was said by the late great Jim Hightower, but yellow lines and dead armadillos.
A lesson to the Democrats that there's nothing in the middle of the road, as was said by the late great Jim Hightower, but yellow lines and dead armadillos.
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NEW: Research from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social finds the Right to Buy has cost the public nearly £200bn, one of the biggest giveaways of all time.
It must be abolished.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It must be abolished.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’
Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
NEW: Research from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social finds the Right to Buy has cost the public nearly £200bn, one of the biggest giveaways of all time.
It must be abolished.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It must be abolished.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Less than 230,000 people signed up to Farage’s party Reform UK - media won’t shut the fuck up about it.
Over 600,000 people signed up to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party - absolute crickets from the media.
You will never convince me the media isn’t complicit in the rise of the far right
Over 600,000 people signed up to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party - absolute crickets from the media.
You will never convince me the media isn’t complicit in the rise of the far right
August 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Less than 230,000 people signed up to Farage’s party Reform UK - media won’t shut the fuck up about it.
Over 600,000 people signed up to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party - absolute crickets from the media.
You will never convince me the media isn’t complicit in the rise of the far right
Over 600,000 people signed up to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party - absolute crickets from the media.
You will never convince me the media isn’t complicit in the rise of the far right
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Only two years ago, the average Palestinian would fill their trolley with meat, veg, fruit and snacks, give their kids a choice for dinner. Just like you and I do for our families. Now they have to risk getting shot to get a morsel of stale bread from a box. Meanwhile across the border...
August 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Only two years ago, the average Palestinian would fill their trolley with meat, veg, fruit and snacks, give their kids a choice for dinner. Just like you and I do for our families. Now they have to risk getting shot to get a morsel of stale bread from a box. Meanwhile across the border...
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This probably isn't all that relevant for the Union bubble here, but with football at the Alte Försterei here again, wrote a small guide to the stadium.
I found my first trips tricky to navigate, so might be useful for anyone getting into #fcunion
www.unionberlin.international/blog/alte_fo...
I found my first trips tricky to navigate, so might be useful for anyone getting into #fcunion
www.unionberlin.international/blog/alte_fo...
Getting to Know the Alte Försterei
A beginner's guide to the most beautiful place in the world
www.unionberlin.international
August 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
This probably isn't all that relevant for the Union bubble here, but with football at the Alte Försterei here again, wrote a small guide to the stadium.
I found my first trips tricky to navigate, so might be useful for anyone getting into #fcunion
www.unionberlin.international/blog/alte_fo...
I found my first trips tricky to navigate, so might be useful for anyone getting into #fcunion
www.unionberlin.international/blog/alte_fo...
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Over 100 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in the past 24 hours.
The majority of them were killed whilst desperately seeking aid.
What will it take for the Government to do the right thing and ban all arms sales to Israel?
The majority of them were killed whilst desperately seeking aid.
What will it take for the Government to do the right thing and ban all arms sales to Israel?
August 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Over 100 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in the past 24 hours.
The majority of them were killed whilst desperately seeking aid.
What will it take for the Government to do the right thing and ban all arms sales to Israel?
The majority of them were killed whilst desperately seeking aid.
What will it take for the Government to do the right thing and ban all arms sales to Israel?
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Cops in Florida who beat a young Black man to face no charges - so the community steps in
Racist cops were looking for any excuse to pull over and beat an unarmed Black man - and William McNeil Jr was first to cross their paths
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Racist cops were looking for any excuse to pull over and beat an unarmed Black man - and William McNeil Jr was first to cross their paths
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Cops in Florida who beat a young Black man to face no charges - so the community steps in
Racist cops were looking for any excuse to pull over and beat an unarmed Black man - and William McNeil Jr was first to cross their paths
www.thecanary.co
July 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Cops in Florida who beat a young Black man to face no charges - so the community steps in
Racist cops were looking for any excuse to pull over and beat an unarmed Black man - and William McNeil Jr was first to cross their paths
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Racist cops were looking for any excuse to pull over and beat an unarmed Black man - and William McNeil Jr was first to cross their paths
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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I’m in on this!
July 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’m in on this!
I don't. I did.
"If you don't like the changes that we've made, I say the door is open, and you can leave".
Ok then... www.yourparty.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-p...
Ok then... www.yourparty.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-p...
Starmer: If you don't like Labour changes leave
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said Labour has changed permanently under his leadership.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I don't. I did.
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The Campaign Against Antisemitism is going after Reginald D Hunter and David Miller. Please support them if you can.
CAA takes private case against Hunter and Miller
YouTube video by The Crispin Flintoff Show
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July 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Campaign Against Antisemitism is going after Reginald D Hunter and David Miller. Please support them if you can.
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‘I’m thinking about all the medical staff and medical facilities in Gaza that have been destroyed by the by the genocide by the Israeli Defence Forces.’
July 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
‘I’m thinking about all the medical staff and medical facilities in Gaza that have been destroyed by the by the genocide by the Israeli Defence Forces.’
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People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.
July 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.