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Jake M W retweeted
It is worth watching @andrewprobyn ‘s question to @DavidShoebridge at the @PressClubAust today on Shoebridge’s incoherent policy on Ukraine.
Over 17,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed following Russia’s illegal invasion. Suggesting that it is wrong to support their defence is morally indefensible.
Probyn said it best: “Senator, pronouncements of peace & non-violence don’t win a war. Bullets & bombs win wars.”
A classic example of ideology taking precedence over the practical consequences for innocent civilians in a country fighting for its survival.
EXCLUSIVE
Russian Ambassador turns up to hear Greens Leader David Shoebridge double down on his policy to withdraw military aid to Ukraine.
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Jake M W retweeted
I was horrified to hear of the attack on Australian MP Helen Haines. My thoughts are with Helen and her family at this difficult time.
Nobody who serves their community should face violence while doing their job. Sending Helen our full support from the UK House of Commons.
Jake M W retweeted
To mock someone for speaking openly about a medical condition that affects so many Australians is beneath contempt.
Jacqui’s courage gives voice to thousands of women who might otherwise suffer in silence.
Ridiculing her disrespects every one of them.
Jake M W retweeted
Statement of the Green Party of Ukraine
The Green Party of Ukraine (GPU) expresses its deep disappointment with recent statements by newly elected Australian Greens leader Senator David Shoebridge regarding the refusal to provide military assistance to Ukraine.
We sincerely thank the Australian Greens for supporting humanitarian missions and calling for a complete embargo on Russian oil. At the same time, we emphasise that refusing to provide defensive weapons to a country waging a just war of liberation is a dangerous illusion that plays into the hands of the aggressor, Vladimir Putin.
The Green Party of Ukraine emphasises:
Dogmatic pacifism kills. As part of the global environmental movement, we share a commitment to peace. However, pacifism in the face of a ruthless invader does not stop war — it leads to occupation and the destruction of an entire nation. Ukraine is exercising its legitimate right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
The absurdity of a “UN veto”. Senator Shoebridge’s demand that arms supplies be authorised through the UN Security Council, where Russia holds the power of veto, is detached from reality. It is equivalent to asking a criminal for permission to call the police.
Russia’s war is causing massive ecocide. Russian forces deliberately destroy dams, mine millions of hectares of Ukraine’s fertile black soil, burn unique nature reserves and poison Europe’s water resources. Environmental protection is impossible without protecting the people who live in that environment. The only way to stop this ecological catastrophe is to stop the Russian army by force.
Unity among the global Greens. Green parties across Europe have long recognised this threat. They are at the forefront of political forces demanding maximum military assistance for Ukraine. We call on our Australian colleagues to follow the example of their European Green counterparts.
The Green Party of Ukraine welcomes the position taken by Australian Senator Sarah Hanson-Young Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and those members of the Australian Greens who have publicly spoken out in defence of Ukraine.
We call on David Shoebridge to reconsider his position, listen to the voices of Ukrainian environmentalists and support the provision of defensive weapons to Ukraine. Only victory over the aggressor can restore lasting peace and security to the European continent.
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Jake M W retweeted
Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. Enough is enough.
President Trump should rescind the diesel deal with Russia and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; use the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia Act to impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦 wsj.com/opinion/vladimir-put…
Jake M W retweeted
President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin’s ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
While Ukraine fights for its survival, Putin’s war machine continues to prosecute his terrorist war on civilian populations and innocent Ukrainians are dying every day.
Now, Instead of implementing the tough sanctions Lindsey Graham fought to his last breath to enact, President Trump has announced the United States is lifting sanctions on Russian energy, fueling the Putin’s war machine.
As I saw firsthand in Ukraine last month, Putin is losing this war. Ukraine has fought the Russian military to a standstill and reinvented warfare with drones taking the fight into the heart of Russia.
America should not be throwing a lifeline to Putin’s war machine. Now is the time to stand strong against Russian aggression as we did during the first Trump administration.
Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. I have no doubt that if Putin overruns Ukraine, it will only be a matter of time until Russia’s military crosses a border that our troops will have to deal with him.
America is the Leader of the Free World. For our National Security, for the security of our Allies in Europe including Ukraine, President Trump should rescind this deal immediately and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦
Jake M W retweeted
'Shameful, repugnant’: Ukraine’s top representative has urged the Greens to rethink opposition to providing military aid to defend against Russia, as Labor and the Coalition accuse the left-wing party of taking a naive stance that would help Putin smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
Jake M W retweeted
The Australian Greens have the most indefensible foreign policy.
Ukraine is being invaded by an imperialist nuclear power. Denying the victim the ability to resist is morally wrong. David Shoebridge is an utterly unserious politician #auspol
Jake M W retweeted
KPMG and PwC are causing untold damage to reputations of consultants
EY: Hold my beer lads…
Jake M W retweeted
The Nationals calling for an early election in which (polling suggests) their entire party would be wiped out in one go, One Nation becomes the official opposition while Labor remains in power
It's a bold strategy Cotton let's see if it pays off for em
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Jake M W retweeted
Tony Blair is the living embodiment of what happens when political office becomes a down payment on future plunder. Ejected in 2007 by his own MPs as a massive liability, he bequeathed Britain a wild casino economy primed for the 2008 crash. And when the British economy crashed and burned, Mr Blair kept quiet while honing his skills at securing power by other means.
His first job, after his ejection from 10 Downing Street, was as the West’s Middle East envoy, with a supposed emphasis on Gaza. It took six painful years for Mr Blair’s tenure to prove a failure so profound it amounted to active complicity in Israel’s ethnic cleansing, in Palestinian erasure, and in paving the ground for the ongoing genocide.
Soon after, the Chilcot Inquiry demolished Blair’s Iraq lies, exposing him as a liar, a chancer and a war criminal responsible for countless corpses of Iraqis, but also of British soldiers.
Then came Blair’s real innovation: the financialisation of the ex-premiership itself. The Tony Blair Institute, fuelled by £130 million from Oracle's Larry Ellison—coincidentally, the largest individual donor to the Friends of the IDF—became a shadow state, brokering governance contracts for autocrats and companies like Palantir that weaponise AI to produce mega-death abroad and full-on surveillance of Western populations.
Now, in May 2026, this corporate fixer issues a 5700 word tantrum demanding that Labour embrace Trump even more than Starmer already has, denounce what is left of Labour’s betrayed Green New Deal, and trash the remnants of workers' rights. This is not the wisdom of an aging statesman. It is the frantic squirming of a man fearing his grip on oligarchic power might soon wane and whose entire post-10 Downing Street existence depends on preventing the many from ever reclaiming what the few have plundered.
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Jake M W retweeted
Bob Borbidge is right: any association with One Nation is toxic. They are not allies or friends of the Liberal Party. They feed on discontent. They have no solutions for the future of Australia.
Jake M W retweeted
Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!
Jake M W retweeted
Russian ambassador to the UN Nebenzya said he is Ukrainian himself, and Russians and Ukrainians are one nation.
Mariana Betsa, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, gave a firm reply to his lies, calling them for what they are: manipulation, disinformation and propaganda.
"We're never one nation with Russia. I will never be one nation with Russia. Ukraine is a democratic, free European country, while Russia is an aggressive state which wages aggression, terrorism, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and also genocide," @Mariana_Betsa said.
Jake M W retweeted
Four years ago, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine…Four years of loss. Four years of courage. Four years of defending freedom.
I call on my Australian friends to stand with the Ukrainian community in capital cities across Australia. Join us in Sydney, 6pm at St Mary’s Cathedral Square.
Full list of events: bit.ly/4kqUAfi
Your presence matters. Ukraine is not alone. 🇺🇦
Jake M W retweeted
Little known Sir Anthony Meyer challenged Margaret Thatcher for the Conservative leadership in December 1989. He was no chance but 60 MPs didn't back Thatcher and it triggered a challenge by Michael Heseltine that brought Thatcher down. Who will Colin Boyce flush out?
Jake M W retweeted
Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable.
That Maduro is a brutal, illegitimate dictator does not change the fact that this action was both unlawful and unwise. We’ve seen this movie before. Wars for regime change or oil that are sold as strength but turn into chaos, and American families pay the price.
The American people do not want this, and they are tired of being lied to.
This is not about drugs or democracy. It is about oil and Donald Trump’s desire to play the regional strongman. If he cared about either, he wouldn’t pardon a convicted drug trafficker or sideline Venezuela’s legitimate opposition while pursuing deals with Maduro’s cronies.
The President is putting troops at risk, spending billions, destabilizing a region, and offering no legal authority, no exit plan, and no benefit at home.
America needs leadership whose priorities are lowering costs for working families, enforcing the rule of law, strengthening alliances, and — most importantly — putting the American people first.
