David Goff

@tubbyewe.bsky.social

Author, Journalist, Potential Anarchist

38% of Universal Credit claimants have jobs. If you can't feed your kids at the end of a working week it's not because you are lazy, it's because your boss is greedy. The benifits system is used by employers to subsidise low wages. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Reform accused of targeting the most vulnerable with £50bn benefit cut

Robert Jenrick takes aim at disabled people and foreign nationals after saying UK guilty of ‘suicidal empathy’

theguardian.com

MORE DEFIANT VIDEOS Following 5 raids from 72 videos so far, the videos are coming in quicker than ever. WARNING - Expressing support for Palestine Action is a breach of the UK Terrorism Act. This comes with significant risk of arrest and prosecution. ANOTHER🧵 Here’s Nina:

RELEASED! Those arrested in raids this morning have now being released with only one bail condition: not to upload any more videos in support of Palestine Action Isn’t that already illegal? Everyone in the UK has that condition! They have not been charged. We love you all! Here’s Rajan:

Peace activist Rajan holds a Palestine flag outside a police station after being released following a dawn raid under the terrorism act. He had made a statement in support of Palestine Action and was raided alongside four others today at their own homes.

HOME RAIDS Defend Our Juries can confirm that at least three home raids have taken place this morning. Individuals who have shared videos online declaring support for the unjustly proscribed direct action group Palestine Action were arrested. Saving lives is not terrorism.

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NO ARRESTS SO FAR (48 “terrorist” videos) WARNING - Expressing support for Palestine Action is a breach of the UK Terrorism Act. This comes with significant risk of arrest and prosecution, and could lead to home raids and up to 14 years imprisonment. ANOTHER🧵 Here’s Alison:

THE ESCALATION CANNOT BE STOPPED WARNING - Expressing support for Palestine Action is a breach of the UK Terrorism Act. This comes with significant risk of arrest and prosecution, and could lead to home raids and up to 14 years imprisonment. YET ANOTHER BOLD 🧵 Here’s Theresa:

THE ESCALATION CONTINUES WARNING - Expressing support for Palestine Action in this way is a breach of the UK Terrorism Act. This comes with significant risk of arrest and prosecution, and could lead to home raids and up to 14 years imprisonment. ANOTHER BOLD 🧵 Here’s Sinéad:

"Palestine Action overly promotes unlawful violence that amounts to terrorism; It is not like the Suffragettes" Justice Baroness Carr demonstrates her total ignorance. The suffragettes planted many bombs. They were heroes as are the folks jailed for opposing genocide! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Palestine Action ban is lawful, Court of Appeal rules

The Home Office had challenged a High Court ruling that the group's proscription should be quashed.

bbc.co.uk

This is brilliant...... “Tommy Robinson’s far right march has unwittingly raised over £100k for refugees. “Over 2,000 of you have chipped in to make tomorrow’s far right march the biggest sponsored walk for refugees EVER.”

Charity turns Tommy Robinson far-right march into 'sponsored walk for refugees'

A charity have managed to turn an upcoming Tommy Robinson-backed march into a huge refugee fundraiser in a genius move.

thelondoneconomic.com

The idea that Wes (oops, I've lost my phone) Streeting is the guy who's going to win back all the people p*ssed off by this Labour Government's grubby, capitulation to right wing donors is like thinking you can fix one broken leg by breaking the other one.

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BREAKING - Zarah Sultana MP exercises Parliamentary Privilege to expose the unjust nature of the Filton 24 re-trial. UK press has been court ordered not to publish these details. “If convicted, they and 18 others will be sentenced as terrorists, but the jury will not be told that”