This is fkn outrageous…does any one still wonder why the majority of the electorate have nothing but utter contempt for the cesspit that is Westminster?

Keir Starmer has dragged the UK into this war against our will. UK bases face further attacks - putting military personnel and civilians in the potential line of fire. This is a Prime Minister who promised a vote before any military action - that must now happen on Monday.

Starmer on Russian war crimes: we need to hunt down those responsible Starmer on US war crimes: meh

US bombers loading up on UK airstrips before raining down bombs on Iran. Parliament wasn't consulted - and polling shows huge numbers oppose it. When do MPs get a say over our involvement in this war? www.forbes.com/sites/peters...

U.S. Air Force B-1 And B-52 Bombers Now Striking Iran From The UK

The U.S. Air Force now operates three distinct bomber aircraft, all of which can trace their development back to the Cold War.

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There are quite a few cynical and sinister figures in British public life. But Tony Blair is among the very worst. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Tony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin

Ex-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills

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Belgium’s MEP Marc Botenga: “They bring chaos. Death. Destruction. And the unbearable silence of children who will never come home.”

These files confirm that Mandelson's malign influence runs through this Labour government. Starmer knew exactly the choice he was making when he appointed him. He has to go.

When an illegal war, likely to cause mass murder, is launched, we have a choice of 2 positions: 1. It's wrong and has to stop. 2. Hurray! Let's join in. Much of the UK Establishment - Conservatives, Reform, the billionaire media - went straight for Option 2. Which tells you all you need to know.

The first step in the road to removal of all of our rights was Brexit. The next is the abolition of juries. This is so important we must ALL do everything possible to prevent it, regardless of politics or anything else. To think, Starmer used to be a #decent lawyer.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5mo ago

From mandatory ID cards to arresting pensioners for holding up cardboard signs to cosy deals with US tech spy firms: It's good to see lawyers pushing back on their increasingly authoritarian Govenrment. We must protect jury trials.

From mandatory ID cards to arresting pensioners for holding up cardboard signs to cosy deals with US tech spy firms: It's good to see lawyers pushing back on their increasingly authoritarian Govenrment. We must protect jury trials.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo ago

Thousands of lawyers urge Keir Starmer to rethink plans to cut jury trials

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

The gulf between what people think of Tony Blair commenting on war in the Middle East & what Tony Blair thinks people think of Tony Blair commenting on war in the Middle East is positively Badenochian.

Starmer's attempt to play both sides has failed. He tried to look tough on Trump, but failed to condemn the illegal attack. Then he let US bombers pit stop here. He's dragged us into the war, and still managed to damage our reputation with the USA in the process.

The enthusiasm of most billionaire media outlets in the US and UK for Trump’s illegal assault on Iran is another reminder of how deranged, perverse and frankly psychopathic these organisations are.

this is a masterclass response to Mahmood's latest hate mongering from Zack.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

I have never seen so much social capital pissed away so quickly by any one. It's extraordinary. All Starmer had to do was be seen to be acting on principles of good will and hope. Instead, he chose appeasement of the far right and cosying up to dictators. And so, he got Chamberlained.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Of those who voted Labour [in 2024], just 37% would vote Labour again". Read that again to absorb the full, astonishing weight of what it means. Starmer, Reeves and co have burnt their house down. news.sky.com/story/greens...

This @zackpolanski.bsky.social chap is sounding pretty strong, and making @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social's Hannah Spencer MP sound awesome in the process. Hope not hate indeed! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJN7...

‘We'll REPLACE Labour' - Zack Polanski Tells Me It's Over for Labour

YouTube video by Owen Jones

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Turns out lowering bills, protecting the NHS and rebuilding our public services is really popular. This is just the beginning - people are seeing through the attacks and demanding something better. And we're making hope normal again - together. news.sky.com/story/greens...

Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll

The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party.

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Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Blimey. Sky News reporting YouGov / Sky News / Times voting intention *Greens leapfrog Labour into second place* RefUK 23% (-1) GRN 21% (+4) LAB 16%(-2) CON 16%(-2) LDEM 14%(nc), Pollster note: This is the highest we've had the Greens, the first time we've had them in second

Even further and faster than I expected. news.sky.com/story/greens...

Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll

The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party.

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What's the betting that the next YouGov voting intention poll for the UK will show the Greens ahead of Labour?

Six years ago, his principles were entirely different.

It took just one phone call from Donald Trump for Starmer to jump into yet another Middle East illegal war, failing to learn the lessons of the tragedies of Iraq, Libya and Syria.

Pippa Crerar@pippacrerar.bsky.social · 5mo ago

BREAKING: Keir Starmer has given US permission to use UK bases to launch “defensive” airstrikes against Iran - destroying its missiles “at source” to prevent them firing across region.

As Nigel Farage is now so concerned about the influence of "foreign-born voters" can he finally explain why a Kazakhstan-born billionaire appears to be bankrolling his own political party?

Labour Just Lost One of Their Safest Seats - And The Greens Did It | Zack Polanski Interview 💚 youtu.be/vRvGz2Ebpp8?...

Labour Just Lost One of Their Safest Seats — And The Greens Did It | Zack Polanski Interview

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Labour MP Clive Lewis, "Keir Starmer is an interim PM" "We need a radical reset, fundamental change" "The tone of Starmer's Labour which I heard on the doorstep: you're not a Labour party I recognise, what happened to you" "Labour under Keir Starmer is like a pound shop Reform UK"

Keir Starmer's attempt to paint the Greens as extremists yet again reveals his intolerance of political difference. His instincts are illiberal and authoritarian.

Starmer's "If you don't like it, you can leave" will go down as one of the greatest political speeches in the Green Party's history

The small, brave band of MPs who represent the trampled, not the tramplers, has a very welcome new member. We should all ask ourselves why, in a supposed democracy, such representatives are so rare. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hannah Spencer: the Green MP speaking to everyday people’s frustrations

Winner of Gorton and Denton byelection was driven into politics by growing gap between super-rich and the ‘rest of us’

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The next time you see #Labour claiming that the #Greens drug policy would turn parks and playgrounds into crack dens, enlighten them with some facts from Portugal. #UKPolitics #Drugs #Addiction

Starmer has the gall to say he will fight against extremes on the left who want to tear our country apart. The same man who's spent the last few years scapegoating & demonising refugees & immigrants & fuelling division. A despicable politician soon to be consigned to the bin.