Benj
@benjg76.bsky.social
English secondary subject lead for excellent MAT in East Anglia. Originally from London. Book obsessive. Education geek. Hibernian FC. Arsenal FC. Music. Cricket. Literature. All views are my own.
"And many pro-Brexit politicians like him did the same. This is one of the biggest betrayals of the population this country has ever seen. Apparently, we don’t have the right to freedom of movement, we are not entitled to it, we do not deserve it" via Allan Sharpe
I think most of us instinctively understand that these men are dangerous as soon as we see them.
Natalie Bennett@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · last wk.Toxic politics - toxic men. Police data has “consistently shown that a significant proportion of men arrested during far-right riots are already known to the police for domestic abuse” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
The Glasgow man who is suing Tommy Robinson for lying about him and getting him an onslaught f death threats is close to his target to start legal action. Let’s keep sharing www.crowdjustice.com/case/tommy-r...
HOLDING TOMMY ROBINSON TO ACCOUNT
I never expected to end up here. Tommy Robinson's accusation about me, a Glaswegian dad, went viral before it was ever checked - and I'm not willing to just let that stand, or let him do it again.
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I'd say "Something for nothing" culture is getting paid £100,000 a year of public money, plus expenses, for a job that you then fail to turn up to for months on end
I just knew we'd get this bollocks. Farage - like the Telegraph- doesn't want progress or anything to improve he just wants Britain to sit in a miserable slump in which he can holler constantly about "migrants" and drink pints in slow motion videos with people who pine for WW2.
Farage increasingly providing the kind of dividing lines which will spark cheers in No.10. 'Vote for us to continue homelessness'.
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3w agoI just knew we'd get this bollocks. Farage - like the Telegraph- doesn't want progress or anything to improve he just wants Britain to sit in a miserable slump in which he can holler constantly about "migrants" and drink pints in slow motion videos with people who pine for WW2.
When did it become normalized for the President of the United States to threaten to "bomb the shit out of" our allies—our *allies*—without that immediately leading to a serious conversation about whether he's mentally fit to serve as president
Westminster councillors aren't content with threatening nightlife. Now it's soup kitchens. At a time when many vulnerable Londoners are struggling, vital charities serving our communities should be supported, not have their future placed in doubt.
Westminster council threatens Charing Cross soup kitchen with closure
Conservative authority says site is not safe for vulnerable people charity serves or general public
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It’s the glee that shames them. Whether driven by sadism, racism or both, the way so many people in the media revelled obscenely in the exposure of Jason Arday’s wrongdoing is hideous. It was utterly disproportionate & would have broken almost anyone. The guilty will, of course, learn nothing. 1/2
Westminster council threatens Charing Cross soup kitchen with closure
Westminster council threatens Charing Cross soup kitchen with closure
Conservative authority says site is not safe for vulnerable people charity serves or general public Westminster council is making it “impossible” for soup kitchens to operate by complaining about the “crowds of vulnerable people” who turn up to be fed, a charity has said. Steven Stuart, who founded Friends of Essex & London Homeless (FOELH) with his wife, Cheryl, a decade ago, said constant complaints from the council could force the soup kitchen to shut down. Continue reading...
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I just supported this case. Read and donate if you possibly can.
Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️@gemmaclark.bsky.social · 3w agoThis is the Glasgow man who got abuse and death threats because Tommy Robinson told vile lies about him on Twitter. Let’s help him sue Robinson and get justice. Maybe he will think twice before targeting another innocent person. Please share & donate if you can! www.crowdjustice.com/case/tommy-r...
This is the Glasgow man who got abuse and death threats because Tommy Robinson told vile lies about him on Twitter. Let’s help him sue Robinson and get justice. Maybe he will think twice before targeting another innocent person. Please share & donate if you can! www.crowdjustice.com/case/tommy-r...
HOLDING TOMMY ROBINSON TO ACCOUNT
I never expected to end up here. Tommy Robinson's accusation about me, a Glaswegian dad, went viral before it was ever checked - and I'm not willing to just let that stand, or let him do it again.
crowdjustice.com
I don’t think there’s ever been a clearer example of the British media bullying someone, who was so clearly vulnerable, to death so shamelessly in my lifetime for engagement and clicks And now we’ll have to watch the people that did it claim they’re shocked, and horrified Revolting
There is no logic that makes any obvious sense for Myles Lewis Skelly to be expendable to Arsenal unless the price is a new level of mad (and even then it’s debatable).
I'm glad Heath is doing this (and persisting in doing so). But as with Fraser Nelson I wish he'd take some responsibility for creating a world in which most of his readers in the comments are backing Lowe.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last mo.Allister Heath in the Telegraph argues that the foundation of Restore's politics is a "Groyperification" into rabid conspiratorial populism that rejects ethnic & faith minorities being equally British. www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...
One of the defining features of the populist right is self-pity and victimhood. Always has been.
Kevin Schofield@kevinschofied.bsky.social · last mo.Richard Tice Says He's Been Treated 'Worse Than A Paedophile, A Rapist Or A Murderer' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/richar...
This stat brightened my day: Last weekend alone, Londoners saved £2 million+ with our new Weekend Hopper fare.
It seems that only policies which make money for Reform UK national or local leaders are allowed ... "A café owner who served up free meals to hungry children after food vouchers were removed has been told he will be reported to police by a Reform council leader." www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform council chief threatens to report café boss who fed kids for free to cops
EXCLUSIVE: Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook café in Hastings, and Labour MP Helena Dollimore have been told by East Sussex County Council chief Andy Woolley that he plans to contact police after...
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London’s haters can’t stand our success. The picture they paint of a lawless dystopia is a gross distortion of reality. And now, neighbourhood crimes are down significantly too, with 35,000 fewer offences on our streets.
Neighbourhood crime plunges in London as mayor slams 'dystopian hellhole' narrative
‘Neighbourhood crime’ falls 14% with 35,000 fewer offences in a year
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Wrote this on how the conditionality of Englishness by the rabid horde of anti-immigration sentiment means you can’t be surprised when people don’t want to support England.
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 2mo ago‘Englishness feels like a conditional status. Limited leave to remain English. For all the problems back in Kinshasa, one thing that has never been said to me there is that I am not really Congolese.’ @judeinlondon.com on Englishness with inlimits, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...
Just to recap: Calling Nigel Farage “an unflushable poo” = dehumanising hate speech. Calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire = guest of honour at party conference. Bless those non-racist free speech warriors.
Daily Mail@dailymail.co.uk · 2mo agoReform's Lee Anderson demands public apology from LBC host James O'Brien over 'distressing' and 'dehumanising' attacks on leader Nigel Farage trib.al/X7mJFBt
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
I have donated to Count Binface. I think this is the first time I have donated to a political candidate. Ko-fi.com/home/coffees...
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Guaranteed Reform UK & Farage tactic: when in doubt, tell a load of lies posing as 'the whole world's against me' victim though a far right politician setting Rupert Murdoch up as the villain may not be such a good idea ... 'So he's gone after Murdoch good and proper...' via Paul Elston
Let the message be loud and clear 5 homes owning public school educated stockbroker father ex-commodities trader billionaire funded 14 years a Tory friend of presidents private jet flying gold bullion promoting political party owner Nigel Farage IS THE ESTABLISHMENT meme via Matthew Jones
@kiaoval.com my dear friend Matt Maxwell Scott was a huge Surrey fan. He tragically died at the cruelly young age of 49 just a few days ago. We are all heartbroken. He was a great Butch fan. It would mean a lot to get a shout out on the coverage so we can raise a glass to our beloved friend.