Rhun ap Iorwerth at the Plaid party conference: "We stand with the people of Gaza against the Israeli governments heinous genocide"

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Its not just renters who lose out.. its taxpayers too. Over the next year, more than a third of the money the DWP will spend on housing benefit will go straight into the pocket of private landlords, subsidising their extortionate rents"

@zackpolanski.bsky.social at the Green Party conference with a message to the govt: "Deproscribe Palestine Action"

Andy Burnham on Sunday. Beths tweet yesterday.

Asked about the forthcoming motion on zionism, @rachelmillward.bsky.social rightly highlights the partys record in opposing Israels genocide, & she goes on to call on the UK govt to stop all trade with Israel. Absolutely. We all need to back boycott, divestment & sanctions.

"Burnham.. is calling for greater control over water.. energy" Control not ownership "Hes also calling for electoral reform" After the next election "Hes calling for a tougher stance on Israel" He's not ending arms exports, isn't deproscribing PA, refuses to call it genocide

@rachelmillward.bsky.social : "[Burnham] is not tackling extreme wealth inequality, so he's talking about the odd tinkering here & there but we need wealth taxes & rent controls" Rachel is right. Burnhams rhetoric is great, but you're not going to end 40 years of neoliberalism by tinkering

"Have the Greens peaked?" @rachelmillward.bsky.social : ".. what we've seen is that over this last year we've set the political agenda that now Burnham is picking up, and what we need to do now is hold his feet to the fire & make sure that he delivers & this isn't just rhetoric & warm words"

Brighton Green councillor Nadia Barton Ahmad: "I don't think we would see Andy Burnham as the leader at the moment & I don't think we would have seen that kind of speech from him if it wasn't for the Greens" Indisputable.

"Take this one motion, zionism is racism. Is it antisemitic & racist if critics say it is?" No, its not antisemitic to say that zionism is racism, and yes, zionism is racism.

Govt minister Keir Mather is asked about record diesel prices. He says: ".. I want to reassure people that they can still go to the pumps and fill up with diesel because the supply that we have to the UK is inherently resilient" They can't if they can't afford it.

"In France schools are being blockaded as a nationwide student protest gains momentum.. high school students demand that authorities address overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages & crumbling infrastructure. The demonstrations coincide with a public sector strike.."

Govt minister Keir Mather says that under the triple lock the state pension will increase by thousands of pounds every year. But don't worry, he's not a black socialist so no-one will make a fuss.

The Greens are proposing rent controls. Naga Munchetty to @rachelmillward.bsky.social (in so many words), won't somebody please think of the landlords?

"We're facing extreme housing costs, rents have just spiralling out of control for a long time now" @rachelmillward.bsky.social explains why the Greens are proposing rent controls.

"Palestinian citizens of Israel are really treated as third class citizens in a variety of ways, but primarily because they.. are not Jewish and Israel is set up as a Jewish state" Associate professor Ziad Abu Rish on Palestinian political parties & politicians being banned.

".. to help holidaymakers with the cost of living" Welcome of course, but (more) tweaking. It reminds me of Chris Leslie saying Labour lost in 2015 because "its the Which magazine strata of society we didn't understand.. consumers who want to be able to get a good deal"

"They'll be no trams running in Nottingham for the next two days due to strike action" Solidarity with GMB members on strike today

As the Green Party conference begins, @zackpolanski.bsky.social is calling for rent controls. Meanwhile over in Labour Angela Rayner, the secretary of state for housing (who back in June took £20,000 from an anti-rent control lobby group) has ruled them out.

#BBCBreakfast: "Earlier this year RAF Fairford was used by US bombers as part of military action against Iran" But remember folks, we're not involved in the war.

In June Angela Rayner took £20,000 from an anti-rent control lobby group. A few weeks later, as the housing minister, she ruled out rent controls Meanwhile: "@zackpolanski.bsky.social .. will set out plans for a 3yr emergency brake to help renters, which will temporarily limit rent rises"

"France is reeling from student riots" #GMB

".. vandalism of the Lansley reforms.. fracturing the NHS & treating healthcare as a market chasing profit" So you're kicking out the private companies, abolishing trusts, scrapping the internal market & returning the NHS to being an integrated national health service, right?

".. the argument starts to become whether you will split the progressive vote.." @zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I don't think you can describe Labour as a progressive vote. They are still arresting pensioners for holding carboard signs saying 'I support Palestine Action'" 🎯

"If you vote Lab you just get another backbench MP who will vote with the govt.. if you vote Green the worst case scenario is you.. get the Lab MP you might have got anyway, but the best case.. is you get an ind Green MP.. who can push Burnham.." @zackpolanski.bsky.social on the by-election

"we all know how this is going to turn out" @zackpolanski.bsky.social on the [good] things that Andy Burnham is saying.

"Why are you crying?" "I am fed up" "From what?" "Life" Emir Nader: "Laras father was killed last year whilst searching for food.. UNICEF says nearly all children in Gaza require urgent mental health & psychosocial support"

"Raseel was sleeping in her tent in Al Mawasi.. when witnesses say she was hit by an Israeli attack.. her 9 year old sister was killed.." Part of a report by Emir Nader on a 6 year old Palestinian girl, Rassel.

".. thats according to the Hamas run Gaza health ministry" 3 years into Israels genocide & the BBC continues to muddy the waters in order to create uncertainty in the viewers mind around whether Palestinians deserve our sympathy and solidarity. Hamas, you say?

"In the past 24hrs 10 Palestinians have been killed.. the number is expected to rise" Hind Khoudary reports on Israels latest attacks in Gaza, including on a tent housing displaced people in Al Mawasi, a woman asleep in her house in the middle of the night, & someone fishing for food