Politics/History FE & HE Tutor, educator, published author, socialist, trade unionist, politically homeless, anti-Brexit, Evertonian, Dad. All views my own.

Merseyside, England
Joined September 2015
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Britain is so unsafe {Checks stats} USA - 3 assassination attempts on the current president alone - 14,000 murders in the 2025 alone - 408 mass shootings UK - 0 assassination attempts in 9 years - 0 successful ones since 1812 - 512 murders in 2025 - 0 mass shootings
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Paul Weller, Massive Attack, and Kneecap lead calls for Eurovision boycott over Israel’s inclusion dlvr.it/TS8DRt
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'We have lots of Muslim voters!' 'Why didn't they vote for you then?' @Lewis_Goodall and @TiceRichard go head-to-head on 'sectarian voting' in Gorton and Denton.
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Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir personally handing out demolition and eviction orders to Palestinians. "I don't care. Jews are above the law. You have 2 hours to leave." Yet the EU supports this and in Ireland we're told "play football". xitter.cf/BackupJeffx/status/202… – at Dublin City, Ireland
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IMAGINE if the Hillsborough families, the Grenfell families, the Orgreave families or the Post Office families got an ounce of the outrage from government that the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans got. Imagine
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Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain. L’urgence est aujourd’hui que cesse la guerre à Gaza et que la population civile soit secourue. La paix est possible. Il faut immédiatement un cessez-le-feu, la libération de tous les otages et une aide humanitaire massive à la population de Gaza. Il faut aussi garantir la démilitarisation du Hamas, sécuriser et reconstruire Gaza. Il faut enfin bâtir l’État de Palestine, assurer sa viabilité et permettre qu’en acceptant sa démilitarisation et en reconnaissant pleinement Israël, il participe à la sécurité de tous au Proche-Orient. Il n’y a pas d’alternative. Les Français veulent la paix au Proche-Orient. Il nous appartient, à nous Français, avec les Israéliens, les Palestiniens, nos partenaires européens et internationaux, de démontrer que c’est possible. À la lumière des engagements que le président de l’Autorité palestinienne a pris auprès de moi, je lui ai donc écrit ma détermination à avancer. Confiance, clarté et engagement. Nous gagnerons la paix.
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DON’T FORGET ABOUT DR HUSSAM FREE HIM
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Shame on humanity for allowing this💔🥹
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Absolute admiration for President Zelenskyy. The guy has balls. He went into the Oval Office and stood up to Russia’s best negotiators.
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Elon Musk has called for far-right agitator Tommy Robinson to be released from prison, suggested the US should exert economic pressure on the UK to get him out, said Jess Phillips should be jailed and said there should be fresh elections to oust Labour bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Full report, out now. #EndGazaGenocide amn.st/6014Q6K9g
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Trump is a serious danger and we all need him to lose.
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Great review of John Smith ‘Old Labour’s Last Hurrah’ @BitebackPub ed. @Kevin_Hickson in the SummerReview @thefabians by @kate_murray. “When public trust in politicians is low. Smith’s way…of politics remains an inspiration to those who have followed him into public service”
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My colleagues gave repeated standing ovations to Netanyahu yesterday. I hope they remember the starving children of Gaza who will carry the scars of this disaster for the rest of their lives.
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A quick primer on Sir Keir's role in the persecution of Assange:
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Only four years ago he was standing to become Tory PM, now @RoryStewartUK says he'd be interested in serving as a minister in a Starmer Labour govt. A look at a difficult year for @RishiSunak and how he hopes to turn it round in 2024 ft.com/content/92b27f17-9ddb…
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(2) Weapons experts on the scene can easily distinguish between an explosion caused by the fragment of a primitive projectile and a high-tech explosive. Why has the US opposed an inspection by weapons experts?
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Human rights investigators have shared new information with Channel 4 News that they say casts doubt on some aspects of Israel’s account of the Gaza hospital explosion. @alextomo reports.
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Thank you to the participants: Professor Terence Casey, @DanJTPitt, @benworthy1, @ENGLISHFUTURES, Dr James Silverwood, Ewan Sutherland, @BenWill1973, @ZMistryResearch, @TomChidwick, @HorcherF, Dr Richard Woodward, @Adrian_Hilton, @ATantBrownPhD and @PeterDJust
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🎙️ Our Politics lecturer @BenWill1973 speaks to @MattChorley's show on @TimesRadio about his article in the @ConversationUK on how 80s soap Brookside captures the nuances of Margaret Thatcher's Britain. Read the piece here - ow.ly/Wpr050POeS8
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