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Rev Steve Openshaw
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Husband, dad, grandad, priest, trade unionist, socialist, descendent of Irish immigrants & lover of jazz, funk & soul. Boltonian living in Chorley. Views are my own & don't necessarily reflect the views of the Church. Not always able to chat I'm afraid.
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Jesse Jackson, protege of MLK, civil rights activist, politician & Baptist minister has died.

We marched with him (& 150,000 others) at a demonstration in London against the apartheid of the South African regime 2 Nov 1985.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84
A fixture in Democratic politics who ran for the 1988 presidential nomination, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King Jr
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
Israel continues its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Palestine, just as it continues to commit genocide by murdering Palestinians daily in Gaza & the West Bank.

#Israel 🇮🇱 #Palestine 🇵🇸 #Gaza #WestBank

#Netanyahu is guilty of #CrimeAgainstHumanity

apnews.com/article/isra...
Israel will begin contentious West Bank land registration in new step to deepen control
Israel is beginning a land registration process in the occupied West Bank that critics say can shift large areas into state control.
apnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Reposted by Rev Steve Openshaw
antizionistjew.bsky.social
Since the “ceasefire” started on October 11, 2025, Israel killed 603 Palestinians and injured 1,618.

The recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza is 72,061 and 171,715 injuries according to the Ministry of Health.
February 16, 2026 at 12:04 PM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
Keir Starmer & Yvette Cooper acted unlawfully in banning Palestine Action.
Good news from the courts!

#PalestineAction #Palestine 🇵🇸 #Gaza #WestBank #Israel 🇮🇱
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Reposted by Rev Steve Openshaw
warren.senate.gov
Donald Trump is bragging that he's “very proud” of this economy.

But his first year in office was marked by the weakest job growth in more than a decade outside of Covid.

Trump needs to stop denying reality and start fixing the economic pain he's caused.
February 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Reposted by Rev Steve Openshaw
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Jeremy Corbyn doesn't share Peter Mandelsons politics & has never had anything to do with him.

Keir Starmer kicked Jeremy out of the party (and then gave Peter Mandelson a top govt job)

And he actually thinks this is something to boast about? #PMQs
February 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Rev Steve Openshaw
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Now we learn from Reps of both parties who saw the unredacted Epstein files today that Trump, Bondi, & Blanche are covering up the absolute worst things in the Epstein files to protect the wealthy, powerful and politically connected. DOJ is being run by criminal co-conspirators.
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
Duh!
Of course she can.

Quid pro quo.

😂🤣😂🤣
Headline in CNN: Maxwell can clear president's name in exchange for clemency, attorney says.
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Israel 🇮🇱 attacks civilians living in Lebanon 🇱🇧 with cancer causing chemical 😡

#Israel #Lebanon

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Israel accused of spraying cancer-linked herbicide on farms in southern Lebanon
President condemns ‘environmental and health crime’ as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitable
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 AM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
Donald Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast being humble as usual 😡 ... very reminiscent of Belshazzar in Daniel 5 in the Bible.

#Trump #GOP #MAGA #USA #USPolitics
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Atrocious that Israel would bulldoze Australian, British & other allied war graves.

And dispicable that Israel is able to continue the genocide & ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza & the West Bank.

#Israel 🇮🇱 #Palestine 🇵🇸 #Gaza #Genocide #EthnicCleansing
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
Satellite images and witness testimony show destruction as IDF claims it was forced to take defensive measures
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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Trump met & was good friends with Epstein, partied with him, flew on his plane numerous times, was introduced to a 14 yr old by Epstein & groped women much younger than him after introduced by Epstein.

Of course Trump wants the US to 'move on' from the #EpsteinFiles.

www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
Trump’s History With Jeffrey Epstein: The Full Timeline
The Justice Department released Friday what it said is the remainder of its files on Jeffrey Epstein.
www.forbes.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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"Terrorised to the point of fearing for their lives, there is no one to protect them... many [Palestinians] now feel they have no other choice but to leave or to die standing. This seems to be the Israeli government’s intentional strategy.”

#CofE #UKPolitics

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
C of E bishops criticise UK inaction over Israel’s ‘West Bank de facto annexation’
Three bishops accuse British government of contributing to ‘culture of impunity’ in the occupied territory
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
Surely this is treason?
politico.eu POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 19d
The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and a group of opposition politicians are trying to turn the U.S. Trump administration against London's plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius — and the U.K. government is furious.
Farage’s lobbying of Trump on Chagos deal riles UK government
The Reform UK leader is among British conservatives pushing hard to get the U.S. president to torpedo the transfer of the strategically vital archipelago.
www.politico.eu
January 30, 2026 at 9:07 AM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
What did Donald Trump think would happen when the US started treating its trade partners & military allies like Canada, the UK, EU & NATO partners so very badly.
Trump has damaged all US international relationships for years to come as his rise to power demonstrates the crisis in US politics.
#Trump
January 30, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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As political powers, using Christian Zionism, bypass Palestinian church leaders, silence prophetic Palestinian Christian witness, & cast doubt on the legitimacy of long-established Palestinian institutions, this is a must read for all those who follow Christ.

#ChristianZionism #Palestine #Israel
Mike Huckabee is interfering with the work and witness of churches in the Holy Land with a goal of silencing Palestinian Christians
A recent statement by Church Patriarchs in Jerusalem rejecting Zionism was historic, and the response it provoked from U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee shows the steps Christian Zionists are ta...
mondoweiss.net
January 28, 2026 at 10:46 AM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
Wasn't Suella Bravermam responsible for curtailing 'illegal' immigration as Home Secretary under the Tories... but the figures went up & up & up & up & ....😂🤣😂

Reform UK ... the retirement home for failed Tory MPs 😂🤣😂

#ReformUK @reformuk.bsky.social #Bravermam

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former home secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
Braverman becomes third sitting Conservative MP to join Nigel Farage’s party in little more than a week
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:09 PM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
Breaking News
Failed Tory minister Suella Braver man, who supported failed Liz Truss 🥬 for Prime Minister 😂, now joins Reform UK... a party full of failed Tories & racists.

#UKPolitics @reformuk.bsky.social #Bravermam #ReformUK

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
‘I feel like I’ve come home’: former Tory home secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK – UK politics live
Her defection comes shortly after Robert Jenrick joined Nigel Farage’s party, meaning there are now eight Reform MPs in the Commons.
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Rev Steve Openshaw
lizzieeddy.bsky.social
“Bondi wrote to Minnesota governor Walz to suggest he could “bring back law and order to Minnesota” if he handed over the state’s voter roll data…she explicitly tied the administration’s violence in the state to its determination to get its hands on voters’ personal data before the 2026 election.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 PM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
This is bad news for Labour... a massive error by the Labour Party mangers who are working to protect Starmer... & such a missed potential opportunity for the good of the nation 😡

#Burnham #Labour #Starmer
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee
Decision likely to set off ferocious row between Keir Starmer loyalists and allies of Greater Manchester mayor
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 PM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
#MURDER of another unarmed #US citizen by the State!!

I wonder if this will cause FIFA World Cup ticket holders to worry for their own safety ... & even their lives ... as they attend games across the USA this summer?
It would me!

#Minneapolis #ICE #FIFA #Trump #DHS

www.cnn.com/webview/us/l...
Live updates: Man shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis | CNN
A man was shot and killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, according to the city’s police chief. The Department of Homeland Security says the man was armed. Follow for live updates.
www.cnn.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:08 PM
steveopenshaw.bsky.social
Donald Trump 🇺🇸 is trying to peddle backwards on his appalling insult aimed at NATO troops in Afghanistan 🇦🇫 ... but the flannel just doesn't hold water.
Insincere & no mention of nations other than the UK.
😡😡😡

#UKPolitics #USPolitics #NATO #Trump
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Donald Trump walks back comments about UK soldiers in Afghanistan
After criticism over allegation Nato troops ‘stayed off front lines’ in conflict, US president says UK forces were ‘great and very brave’
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Donald Trump... the coward who avoided his draft into the US military with 'fake bone spurs' 😂🤣😂... is insulting & appalling according to Keir Starmer.

#Trump #Greenland #NATO #USA #MAGA #GOP #USPolitics #UKPolitics #Afghanistan
January 23, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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So Donald 👶.... What have we...
Pay attention...
What have we learned today?
Yes... What a good boy!

Iceland 🇮🇸 IS a different country from Greenland 🇬🇱
AND
Bullying is bad & diplomacy is good.

... Donald... put that down!
What did we just say?

#Trump #Greenland #GOP #NATO #EU
🇺🇸🇪🇺
January 21, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Trump knows the whole of Europe & NATO are against his childish cravings for Greenland (Iceland 🤣😂🤣) .
Having said he wouldn't back down on this ... here he is backing down.
January 21, 2026 at 7:51 PM