Johnny Ward
@johnnymetta.bsky.social
Irish Brit in France deeply concerned about climate change, inequality and the rise of the far right.
Looking at you, BBC. RIP Carlos Hernández de Miguel in today’s Guardian
February 6, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Looking at you, BBC. RIP Carlos Hernández de Miguel in today’s Guardian
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We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
"Minnesota" - Marsh Family adaptation of "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)"
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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January 28, 2026 at 12:21 AM
We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
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Once again, the only way the actions of Trump and his supporters makes sense is if you accept that they have no intention of willingly giving up power, regardless of what happens in any democratic process.
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Once again, the only way the actions of Trump and his supporters makes sense is if you accept that they have no intention of willingly giving up power, regardless of what happens in any democratic process.
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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If you’re able, please support this verified GoFundMe for Alex Pretti’s family. And if you’re not in a position to donate, sharing it far and wide matters just as much. It’s at $300K and counting.
Donate to Alex Pretti is an American Hero, organized by Keith Edwards
On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis resident and American citizen wa… Keith Edwards needs your support for Alex Pretti is an American Hero
www.gofundme.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:26 AM
If you’re able, please support this verified GoFundMe for Alex Pretti’s family. And if you’re not in a position to donate, sharing it far and wide matters just as much. It’s at $300K and counting.
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🔥 #Imagine
Buddhist Monks walking for Peace
From TX to DC
Their site🚨
dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-pea...
or
www.youtube.com/@walk_for_pe...
♻️Share widely
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#WalkforPeaceUSA #Buddhist #Monk #WalkForPeace #Aloka #Ukraine #Venezuela #Greenland #Mexico #impeach #vote #resist #nokings #USaggression
Buddhist Monks walking for Peace
From TX to DC
Their site🚨
dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-pea...
or
www.youtube.com/@walk_for_pe...
♻️Share widely
🙏🔥🙏
#WalkforPeaceUSA #Buddhist #Monk #WalkForPeace #Aloka #Ukraine #Venezuela #Greenland #Mexico #impeach #vote #resist #nokings #USaggression
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
🔥 #Imagine
Buddhist Monks walking for Peace
From TX to DC
Their site🚨
dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-pea...
or
www.youtube.com/@walk_for_pe...
♻️Share widely
🙏🔥🙏
#WalkforPeaceUSA #Buddhist #Monk #WalkForPeace #Aloka #Ukraine #Venezuela #Greenland #Mexico #impeach #vote #resist #nokings #USaggression
Buddhist Monks walking for Peace
From TX to DC
Their site🚨
dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-pea...
or
www.youtube.com/@walk_for_pe...
♻️Share widely
🙏🔥🙏
#WalkforPeaceUSA #Buddhist #Monk #WalkForPeace #Aloka #Ukraine #Venezuela #Greenland #Mexico #impeach #vote #resist #nokings #USaggression
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🚨NEW - My latest piece for The New Yorker.
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
A New Yorker Profile
mrhenrymorris.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨NEW - My latest piece for The New Yorker.
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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1/9
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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1/9
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
🧵
1/9
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
🧵
1/9
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The Panorama edit was clumsy. But the facts remain. It was a violent insurrection to upend a democratic vote. Looking at the wild outrage here, we’d be forgiven for thinking Jan 6th never happened. In terms of bias, this is off the scale worse. With Farage delighting in the damage.
(Extracts iPaper)
(Extracts iPaper)
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Panorama edit was clumsy. But the facts remain. It was a violent insurrection to upend a democratic vote. Looking at the wild outrage here, we’d be forgiven for thinking Jan 6th never happened. In terms of bias, this is off the scale worse. With Farage delighting in the damage.
(Extracts iPaper)
(Extracts iPaper)
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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
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The Nazis called it "Gleichschaltung", meaning the total control and synchronisation of all media. It's already happening on America's local news channels ...
#PlanetTaco 🍊
#PlanetTaco 🍊
September 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Nazis called it "Gleichschaltung", meaning the total control and synchronisation of all media. It's already happening on America's local news channels ...
#PlanetTaco 🍊
#PlanetTaco 🍊
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Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?
Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge
Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?
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If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it.
This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.
This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.
September 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it.
This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.
This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.
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Nigel Farage claim:
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
September 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Nigel Farage claim:
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
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I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain
Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
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This whole summer only one story has dominated our entire politics & it comes down to literally 30,000 people in hotels. Ridiculous.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
August 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This whole summer only one story has dominated our entire politics & it comes down to literally 30,000 people in hotels. Ridiculous.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
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Fuck the IOF forever.
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
August 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fuck the IOF forever.
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
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Or maybe you could teach your kids to treat all people as deserving of respect and dignity. And maybe you could talk to your kids about homelessness, the unaffordability of housing and healthcare, the stigma around mental illness, and why it's not okay to call people crazy.
JD Vance on homelessness: "I don't know why we accepted that it was reasonable to have crazy people yelling at our kids. You should not have to cross the street in downtown Atlanta to avoid a crazy person yelling at your family. Those are your streets."
August 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Or maybe you could teach your kids to treat all people as deserving of respect and dignity. And maybe you could talk to your kids about homelessness, the unaffordability of housing and healthcare, the stigma around mental illness, and why it's not okay to call people crazy.
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It's a surreal experience to find myself on the cover of Time Magazine but it's truly a reflection of what we have built together over these past ten months.
Read the story: time.com/7308924/zohr...
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August 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's a surreal experience to find myself on the cover of Time Magazine but it's truly a reflection of what we have built together over these past ten months.
Read the story: time.com/7308924/zohr...
...and sign up to canvass: zohranfornyc.com/canvasslaunch
Read the story: time.com/7308924/zohr...
...and sign up to canvass: zohranfornyc.com/canvasslaunch
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Assault with a deli weapon
August 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Assault with a deli weapon
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It is inherently absurd to proscribe a group as terrorists based on acts the public doesn't know about. Terrorism *by definition* involves violence intended to intimidate a civilian population. How can the target population be terrorised by acts they know nothing about?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Yvette Cooper: Some 'don't know the full nature' of Palestine Action
Defending the group's proscription under terror law, she said the organisation was "not a non-violent organisation".
www.bbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It is inherently absurd to proscribe a group as terrorists based on acts the public doesn't know about. Terrorism *by definition* involves violence intended to intimidate a civilian population. How can the target population be terrorised by acts they know nothing about?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
July 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
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"Palestine Action is the only direct action group to ever be targeted with proscription powers in a significant departure from Parliament’s intention when creating our counter-terror laws." - Akiko Hart, Liberty Director
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
The Law That Will Allow the UK Government to Ban Palestine Action
The ban will make it illegal to support the civil disobedience group, with penalties of up to 10 years in prison
bylinetimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"Palestine Action is the only direct action group to ever be targeted with proscription powers in a significant departure from Parliament’s intention when creating our counter-terror laws." - Akiko Hart, Liberty Director
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
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"But this time, the meltdown... was all aimed at a single moment: Bobby Vylan, mid-set at Glastonbury, chanting “Death to the IDF”.
Cue panic. Within minutes, right-wing commentators were foaming at the mouth. GB News had graphics ready before the set finished. Tory MPs demanded arrests."
Cue panic. Within minutes, right-wing commentators were foaming at the mouth. GB News had graphics ready before the set finished. Tory MPs demanded arrests."
Who decides what’s ‘hate speech’ and what’s dissent?
A single Glastonbury chant shattered the illusion of free speech, exposing Britain's fragile moral panic machine
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"But this time, the meltdown... was all aimed at a single moment: Bobby Vylan, mid-set at Glastonbury, chanting “Death to the IDF”.
Cue panic. Within minutes, right-wing commentators were foaming at the mouth. GB News had graphics ready before the set finished. Tory MPs demanded arrests."
Cue panic. Within minutes, right-wing commentators were foaming at the mouth. GB News had graphics ready before the set finished. Tory MPs demanded arrests."