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ealdwine@ealdwine.bsky.social · 9mo ago

There’s lots of praise for stuff like this which I can’t compute. What makes it objectionable for Israel to compete this year that didn’t apply last year, other than that last year was *your* moment in the spotlight and this year isn’t? It’s very easy to do what’s right when nothing’s on the line.

Eurovision winner Nemo to return trophy in protest at Israel taking part in 2026

‘Clear conflict’ between Eurovision ideals of ‘inclusion and dignity for all’ and decision to let Israel compete, says 2024 winner

theguardian.com

ealdwine@ealdwine.bsky.social · last yr.

I think part of the reason more people are speaking up about Gaza now is the long history of famine being depoliticised as a sort of natural/Malthusian disaster rather than a catastrophe resulting from the decisions of political actors. You can ask to feed the starving, but not why they are hungry.

ealdwine@ealdwine.bsky.social · last yr.

The Tories are like the evil stepmum the electorate live with who bans them from having friends and feeds them a diet of pure asparagus whilst the Labour Party is like the aunt they visit once a year who gives them fudge and slips them a £20 note which stops the child from going apeshit.

Violet Coal@violetcoalwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

My brother. My mother. My aunt. All disabled. All gone. Not peacefully - but ground down by a system that said they weren’t worth saving. I survived what killed them. Now, Labour are coming for me. Read here: violetcoalwrites.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/o... #Takingthepip #AusterityKills

Our Leaders Are Letting Us Die

My brother had his disability benefits cut in the early years of austerity. Six months later, he was dead. Just 30 years old. No support, no safety net, no lifeline. And he wasn’t the only one. My …

violetcoalwrites.wordpress.com

ealdwine@ealdwine.bsky.social · last yr.

The UK justice department has lost all veneer of being anything other than a rogue, lawless entity. They will overrule independent sentencing guidelines because enough far-right crybabies whine about it, but will damn throwing red paint over machines abetting genocide as terrorism. Take care.

ealdwine@ealdwine.bsky.social · last yr.

I feel like we’re getting to the ‘do something or get out the way’ stage of rising fascism and I have to get off my chest that as much as they individually seem like nice enough people, the current Green Party leadership are not meeting the moment whatsoever.

ealdwine@ealdwine.bsky.social · last yr.

Poverty is the new draft. From one study in 2000, just before Iraq: - 50% of all recruits have literacy/numeracy skills at levels at or below those expected of an 11 year old From a sample of 500 recruits: - 69% were found to have come from a broken home - 40% were joining the Army as a last resort

House of Commons - Defence - Written Evidence

publications.parliament.uk

Bryn Phillips 🇬🇧🔶🕊️@brynphillips.bsky.social · last yr.

Labour urges young people on benefits to join the British Army www.thetimes.com/article/9a98...

ealdwine@ealdwine.bsky.social · last yr.

i would like to officially apologise to the supporters of keir starmer in light of this new evidence which proves that his values truly are rooted in those of the labour party.

A photograph of Clement Attlee next to a quote satirically attributed to him which mocks the rhetoric of Keir Starmer: "To the voters who made this victory possible: you know it has been the greatest and most ambitious dream of the Labour Party to establish in this country a National Health Service. Unfortunately, Hitler crashed the economy - the Luftwaffe has left a £22 billion black hole in our economy which will hinder us severely. Therefore, in order to fix the foundations and bring about real change, I have made the difficult decision to recuperate our losses by overhauling the benefits system to get our veterans back into the workforce - there has been an overdiagnosis of PTSD which has wrongly barred people from the opportunity of learning how work may set them free. I know the benefits of hard work - my dad was a toolmaker."
ealdwine@ealdwine.bsky.social · 2y ago

National defence is not determined many guns you buy - you're not going to be able to defend yourself if the health service is so underfunded you can't treat the wounded, if your manufacturing workforce are living in poverty, if all the public utilities are in the hands of foreign billionaires etc.

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️@leftiestats.bsky.social · 2y ago

‼️ BREAKING: Labour set to cut "unprotected" public spending by up to 11% to fund defence spending. "We have to spend more on defense, that’s the reality of the situation" said Starmer. Those facing cuts include DWP and Local Government. (Source: Bloomberg)

ealdwine@ealdwine.bsky.social · 2y ago

The BBC won't give her front-page coverage, but Khalida Jarrar is one of the 90+ Palestinian hostages set to be released as part of the ceasefire deal. A PFLP politician, she was arrested in December 2023 and has been held without charge in a windowless 2.5 x 1.5 meter cell.

Palestinian politician Khalida Jarrar holds up to peace signs
Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape@breakify.bsky.social · 2y ago

There is a lesson that the left needs to learn from the last 15 months. What we are doing is totally ineffective. If Trump was able to end the genocide simply by demanding it, Biden could have done the same. Public pressure, protests, the ICJ, everything...it wasn't enough to force Biden's hand.

ealdwine@ealdwine.bsky.social · 2y ago

Trump and Musk's threats to Britain, Canada and Greenland shouldn't be shocking; it's what the US, with their allies, have been doing to the whole world since 1945, except now they're threatening the sovereignty of white countries. The imperial core would rather cannibalise than loosen it's grip.

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