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Scottish Greens@scottishgreens.org · yesterday

This march was designed to spread tensions and hatred, and to intimidate the community and families who live there. Scotland should not be providing policing resources for sectarian events like this that are called to inflame tensions.

The National. Questions over Police Scotland officers sent to Orange Order walk. Scottish Greens are seeking clarity over the role of Police Scotland officers and demanding a review of the agreement that enabled their deployment.
BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social · last wk.

Charlotte Church “While he has made millions and has an enormous platform and could do real good in the world. He chose consumerism and capitalism over doing the right thing. Ed Sheeran, we’re watching you. Free Palestine.”

Paul Eric@pauleric70.bsky.social · 4w ago

More than 40 celebrities, including Billie Eilish, Finneas, Cillian Murphy, and Joaquin Phoenix, appear in a video titled "Together for Palestine," calling for an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2w ago

... believed disinformation, it was somehow disrespectful not to give it equal billing with real information. Instead of redoubling efforts to educate, they decided it was easier to entertain. They pretend their job is to just take the pulse, because it's easier than trying to save the patient. END

The Bear@bearlypolitics.co.uk · 2w ago

This was inevitable. It’s also utterly disgraceful. These people that have it in their heads that rescue services are fair game should be ashamed of themselves.

The Far Right Has Put RNLI Volunteers In The Crosshairs

Online misinformation about Channel rescues is no longer just poisonous rhetoric, it’s putting real people at risk.

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Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 2w ago

🚨 NEW: RNLI has now temporarily closed its Portsmouth station after staff and volunteers faced "physical abuse" and doxing over bringing migrants ashore

Rick Hendry@rickhendry.bsky.social · 2w ago

Respect to the Motherwell ultras, what a message to send out, we’ve all been effected by suicide, one of my longest and greatest friends that I’ve ever had took his own life last year, and there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think of him. Speak up, Speak out, Be heard.

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Stuart Braithwaite@plasmatron.bsky.social · 2w ago

Aside from the veritable horseshit this tweet contains I’m drawn to stating the unarguable fact that anyone’s moral high ground is immediately in tatters when they are using a website owned and ran by an actual nazi.

Andy@andykp.bsky.social · 2w ago

See this bollocks from self-proclaimed “sensible” voices. The Good Friday Agreement was nearly thirty years ago. People voted for peace and Sinn Fein were part of that agreement. If it was ok for Ian Paisley to be in government with them, I’m sure it’s fine for anyone else to talk to them.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 2w ago

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me. And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability. I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed. Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation. When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic: لا شكر على واجب "La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty. That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human. Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
Kieran Hurley@kieranhurley.bsky.social · 2w ago

I see Pat Nevin has apologised for wrongly claiming that Hearts players were assaulted on the pitch by Celtic fans after last season's title deciding match. Wonder if others who did the same will follow suit, including Heart of Midlothian's celebrated 29% shareholder Tony Bloom.

Marcus Chown@marcuschown.bsky.social · 3w ago

The reality of the RNLI and the NHS is that they will rescue you and treat you even if you want to see them abolished. It’s the fact they see everyone as human beings that makes them so special and wonderful.

Marcus Chown@marcuschown.bsky.social · 3w ago

A person who has fled their country where they have been tortured, and has sought safety in our country, is not in the remotest sense an “NHS tourist”. On another issue, 1/3 of nurses and doctors were born abroad. Our NHS would literally collapse without them. I am thankful to them.

infofromquanta.bsky.social@infofromquanta.bsky.social · 3w ago

NHS tourism is a massive problem. We don't owe the world free handouts. I'm not against helping those countries'services and infrastructure. A sob story is easy to craft. They don't need to be here illegally.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3w ago

There were many ways in which the US and its allies could have responded to the horror of 9/11. But by building extreme security states, launching pointless forever wars and restricting domestic dissent, successive governments inflicted more harm on their nations than the terrorists could have done.