With all due respect to bliss....wtf is wrong with you? www.edp24.co.uk/news/2662444...

Norwich Green claims Zionism motion has 'very little to do with Jewish people'

A Norwich Green who was involved in drafting the motion branding Zionism 'racist' has claimed it has "very little to do with Jewish people".

edp24.co.uk

Luke Stronach@lukestronach.bsky.social · 18h ago

Extremely telling that a flagship council for the Greens (Norwich) has fallen into civil war over the zionism motion. They took power a few months ago and there's already calls for the leader to resign! www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2662115...

Extremely telling that a flagship council for the Greens (Norwich) has fallen into civil war over the zionism motion. They took power a few months ago and there's already calls for the leader to resign! www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2662115...

Green civil war breaks out over Zionism vote as City Hall leader faces call to resign

The Green leader of Norwich City Council is facing calls to resign from her colleagues after she spoke out against her party's widely condemned motion equating Zionism with racism.

eveningnews24.co.uk

I mean, this is the crux of it, right? It's all just part of a 'healthy debate' for these people. It's not real, it's just semantics. And 'many many Jewish voices' agree with me, so I don't understand why the rest of you are whinging about it.

Laura Webster@lauraewebster.bsky.social · 5d ago

Nothing wrong with healthy debate on the topic! But media attempts to portray this policy as inherently antisemitic are deliberately ignoring the many many Jewish voices in favour of it. I don't think that helps anyone.

It is now GPEW policy that pretty much every British Jew and communal institution is, by virtue of their Jewishness, automatically regarded as racist.

The "zionism is racism" motion that has just passed on the Green Party's conference floor is truly gross, and deeply racist. The party's MPs deserve some credit for opposing it, though they should've done so more stridently and sooner. This is now a millstone around the party's necks. Deservedly.

A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."

Interesting omissions, no?

Sharpe: Sean Bean's Warning

ALT: Sharpe: Sean Bean's Warning

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Hegseth: "Send me to right the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me."

what if we just get Man City to pay for the National Care Service

Surprisingly down to earth and VERY funny

Suddenly reminded of the mandatory masking bug zoo in Victoria, BC, that got really huffy with me when I explained that I didn't have a mask in May 2024.

Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 3w ago

Perfect intro to a story. You know I’m locked in. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/22/m...

I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...

The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes

I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.

nicolakelly.substack.com

Since we are all on it: my pet hate *as a cyclist* is folk cycling the wrong down the lane on unidirectional lanes. There's plenty of space on a dedicated lane on the other side! Stop making me swerve out of the way on a tight corner! The corner at the Star Bar is the worst for this.

David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social · 4w ago

Nearly been run over twice today by cyclists, one on a pavement the other going down the wrong side of the road. How's your day going, and can we perhaps start asking for some basic rules to be followed?

The unluckiest man in British politics is at it once again, I see Although a useful reminder I don't need to follow his insta page anymore

The first Orangeman to come out in support of a united Ireland

Tyron@tyron.bsky.social · 4w ago

Lmaoooooo

What the absolute fuck is this line of questioning by Justin Webb? It’s worse than pure grandstanding; it’s querying Miliband’s faith.

Sorry, this is dumb/ahistorical. UK sanctions against South Africa 1985/86 were also largely "symbolic". But Thatcher had to be dragged kicking and screaming, and the apartheid regime devoted huge resources to stopping them - just as the Israeli govt is now. Symbols *really* matter here..

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · last mo.

Diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams: "[The UK govt] recognises that banning a relatively small quantity of mostly agricultural products is a largely symbolic gesture, but Miliband is describing this as a major reset" A symbolic gesture.

Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary'

Paul Hebden@paulhebden.bsky.social · last mo.

What a ridiculous question. Once again the BBC drives a nail into it's own coffin.

When acknowledging anything Mike Huckabee says, he is doing so in the context that he sincerely, truly, believes his role is to bring about the end of the world. How do you conduct international relations with garbled eschatology and anti-semitism sitting alongside you at the table?

The term "reset" is crucial. Israel has undergone a comprehensive reset in the last four years: it has reset its constitution, its security forces and its military tactics and strategy. A reassessment and reset of relations is long overdue. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Ed Miliband promises ‘comprehensive reset’ of UK policy toward Israel

Foreign secretary tells MPs he will try to stop illegal settlements carving up the West Bank

theguardian.com

Anti-immigrant crime latest - yesterday in Glasgow someone (allegedly) set a block of mid-renovation housing association flats on fire because of misinfo that they might be rented by immigrants. Now it'll be months until anyone gets to live in this social housing. Congrats to all involved.

Possil tenement fire: coincidence and conspiracy

Plus, two quid buses and George Square reopens, sort of

glasgowbell.co.uk

🚨 BREAKING: Patriot Platform, a new far right group launched by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas (AKA Danny Tommo) has blockaded the port and several roads in Dover. The masked men are from subgroups of PP, including Sussex, Essex, and South East Patriots Here’s all you need to know.

Oh no, it's Aberdeen discourse day

"The Falklands have long been core to Argentine identity, appearing on posters and graffiti across the country." - deeply odd country

Milei dials up Argentina’s claim to Falklands

Domestic politics, oil drilling and UK-US tensions drive libertarian leader to amp up sovereignty dispute

ft.com

Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.

Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)

The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”

nytimes.com

The beating heart of wholesome Americana lies still. Just an unbelievable tragedy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

Like, two tweets away from talking about well poisonings at this point. GPEW, you planning on doing something or what.

Wrote this article last year and still think about the Uxbridge backlash quite a lot. I think it summed up a lot of what was wrong with Starmer's Labour – and the benefits of Sadiq sticking by his guns are now clear to see. labourlist.org/2025/04/loca...

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 2mo ago

This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.