mel307.bsky.social
@mel307.bsky.social
Socialist. Ex-Labour. SAFC.
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We also remember Gaza, where Israel has dropped over 85,000 tonnes of explosives: five times the power of the atomic bomb, on a densely populated strip of land with six times the people.

More than the Blitz. More than Dresden.

This is not “self-defence” or “war”. It is genocide.
August 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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80 years ago, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima - a crime against humanity that killed tens of thousands in an instant.

We remember the victims and survivors, and recommit to building a world free from nuclear weapons.
August 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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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 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Can't get over how we're being asked to pretend "Death, death to the IDF" is some kind of hate crime at the exact same time IDF soldiers are telling the Israeli press they're being ordered to massacre starving civilians at aid sites.
June 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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The IDF is murdering dozens of unarmed, innocent civilians every single day at traps it has setup around the food distribution centres it has taken over.

Why don't we talk about that?
June 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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One question no one will ask in the Media today, but everyone should.

"Do you condemn the Genocide the IDF are committing every day?"
June 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Peoples lives have just become an expensive pain in the arse. Work doesnt pay, bills leave nothing left, food extortionate. Try to use institutions or services you pay for, they are woeful.

Trade deals and GDP dont matter.

People are sick of being mugged off.
The Guardian view on Labour’s fiscal caution: rethink the offer. Or risk losing voters to a broken settlement | Editorial
Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer may want to reassure markets, but neglecting everyday hardship risks alienating an insecure electorate that looks elsewhere
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Louis Theroux's documentary was just a bunch of the most important and powerful people in Israel speaking exactly what they think.

Any country/organisation who still provides weapons to them should find themselves on trial for aiding and abetting War Crimes.
April 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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It has been a month since any aid entered Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel has announced its intention to seize large areas of Palestinian territory.

Our government's response? To continue to allow the supply of arms to Israel.
April 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Trump is bombing Yemen for Israel, rushing weapons to Israel despite its ceasefire violations, and rolling out authoritarian measure after authoritarian measure to stop Americans from criticizing Israel. That’s what you get when you vote for America First.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/trump-is-b...
Trump Is Bombing Yemen For Israel
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
www.caitlinjohnst.one
March 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Cutting more red tape?

Forget Grenfell?

Forget the sewage scandal?

Forget PPI fraud?

If the one thing the rich don't need, it's more freedom to scam the rest of us.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rachel Reeves summons regulators to No 10 in drive for cuts to red tape
The Chancellor will unveil plans to cut bureaucracy as the government continues its bid to slash red tape.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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The UK Foreign Office continues to support a Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

As regards Israel's criminal aggression against Palestinians, Whitehall continues to provide it with military and intelligence support.

#DCUKparliament
March 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Media whitewashing of neo-Nazis allowed UK politicians to parade them in parliament

Labour hosted a "roundtable discussion in Parliament" with members of Ukraine's far-right Azov Brigade - glorifying literal neo-Nazis - and the likes of the BBC have enabled this.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Media whitewashing of neo-Nazis allowed UK politicians to parade them in parliament
Labour hosted a "roundtable discussion in Parliament" with members of Ukraine's far-right Azov Brigade - glorifying literal neo-Nazis
www.thecanary.co
March 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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“Israel's decision to block humanitarian aid to Gaza is a war crime… The UK government must stop equivocating when it comes to the widespread breaches of international law Israel is clearly responsible for”, says Amnesty.

www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
UK: Government 'must stop equivocating' on Israel's genocide against Palestinian people
‘We are long past the point of Israel merely risking violations of international law’ – Karla McLaren
www.amnesty.org.uk
March 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Labour could tax the super-rich to end poverty, build social housing and fix our NHS.

They are choosing to go after the worst-off instead.

For a while, many people didn’t know what this government stood for. They do now: tough choices for the poor, endless money for war.
March 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza because Israel has broken the Ceasefire treaty and refused to start withdrawing their troops from Gaza.

Blocking Humanitarian Aid and starving people is a War Crime, but you won't hear any of the Media reporting it.
March 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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You Don't Actually Need To Pick A Team

There’s this weird assumption that Americans are under some kind of moral obligation to take a side side either with Trump or with his pretend opposition in the Democratic Party, and it’s just silly nonsense.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/you-dont-a...
You Don't Actually Need To Pick A Team
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
February 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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A journalist at Sky News told Declassified there are a whole set of unwritten journalistic rules that apply exclusively to Israel --

“The Israeli narrative always reigned supreme and instructed the coverage at Sky News, no matter how inaccurate”.

www.declassifieduk.org/battle-for-t...
‘Battle for the truth’: Pro-Israel bias inside UK newsrooms revealed
Exclusive: Journalists from five British media outlets have criticised the way their own organisations cover Israel-Palestine.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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A former BBC journalist told Declassified that at the BBC --

“The use of the word genocide is effectively banned, and any contributor who uses this word is immediately shut down.”

www.declassifieduk.org/battle-for-t...
‘Battle for the truth’: Pro-Israel bias inside UK newsrooms revealed
Exclusive: Journalists from five British media outlets have criticised the way their own organisations cover Israel-Palestine.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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👉 NEW — Why have Israeli military aircraft been landing at a UK air base?

By @markcurtis30.bsky.social

Israel’s air force recently undertook three flights from the Royal Air Force’s main base in Oxfordshire. Were they carrying arms?

www.declassifieduk.org/why-have-isr...
Why have Israeli military aircraft been landing at a UK air base?
Israel’s air force recently undertook three flights from the Royal Air Force’s main base in Oxfordshire. Were they carrying arms?
www.declassifieduk.org
February 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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How quickly we forget… not only does competition *not notably improve healthcare*, it also mitigates against co-operation, so badly so that the “ethos of competition” was cited as a significant contributing factor in the report into the most notorious hospital failure of the 2010s, Mid Staffs.
Labour's NHS reforms will promote money choice and competition as "crucial for driving down waiting times".
Evidence from a major study in 2007 showed only small effect: 1-2%, "a few days"
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
February 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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As Wes Streeting trumpets the role of the private sector in “saving the NHS”, it’s worth remembering what happened the only time a whole NHS hospital was handed to the private sector to run.

The care failings - gaining the worst CQC rating ever - were *chilling* (& barely reported at the time):
February 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Nu-Labour won the election due to 2 factors; not being "Tories" and a near record low turnout. They lied to get elected, had no intention of addressing the major issues and are, like the Tories, grifting.
The only change, blue tie to red tie!😡🥀
February 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Trump's billionaire mafia tries to bully South Africa to drop its genocide case against Israel

The toxic alliance of billionaires, imperialists, and the far right around Trump is a powerful one - as South Africa is finding out
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Trump's billionaire mafia tries to bully South Africa to drop its genocide case against Israel
The toxic alliance of billionaires, imperialists, and the far right around Trump is a powerful one - as South Africa is finding out
www.thecanary.co
February 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM