Same old sleaze...

Only days after backtracking on his New Deal for Workers, Starmer was hob-nobbing in the directors' box at Old Trafford with union-busting billionaire Ratcliffe.

Sharon Graham describes the latest 'New Deal' as 'unrecognisable' and 'not worthy of discussion'.

Did you know there's a group in Parliament specifically for preventing genocides?

Did you know the chair is a Labour Friends of Israel member?

Did you know its officers attend receptions by arms companies?

There's more. My latest for Declassified UK

declassifieduk.org/why-is-parliam…

Queen Mary Students have just set up an encampment in solidarity with Palestine.

More details to follow...

What a headline

'That the concentrated backlash against Labour is happening not only in safe seats but denying the party votes in Tory marginals should be warning enough that not everything is going quite right for Starmer’s Labour.'

This is from Britain Elects - not me!
sotn.newstatesman.com/2024/05/does-l…

In West, few remember that when Palestinians from Gaza protested PEACEFULLY at Gaza border in 2018-19, Israeli forces killed 223 demonstrators

It was a protest in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi

Israeli snipers shot 223 protestors

West did nothing. Barely even reported it...

Cameron says Britain doesn't 'caveat' how Ukraine uses the missiles our money pays for.

Really? Anything goes? Aren't our arms supplies supposed to be subject to strict criteria, including obligations under international law? Dodgy Dave is a liability.
news.sky.com/story/cameron-…

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham wants 🇺🇸 to give Israel 🇮🇱 the ‘bomb’ to nuke Gaza 🇵🇸

'We decided to end the war by the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki with nuclear weapons…Give Israel the bombs they need to end the war.”

Step up The Hague.

'Democracy is at stake' is Biden's mantra in opposing Trump - but his advisers seem to be running scared of democracy in their own camp.

Thugs from Far Right groups were involved in attacking the Gaza protest at UCLA.

They include Narek Palyan, who has previously been photographed making Nazi salutes and whose social media history is 'rife with antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+ posts.' theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Palestinian American scholar Edward Said dedicated his life and career to advocating for Palestinians and their rights under Israeli occupation.

He taught at Columbia University from 1963 until his death in 2003.

Cameron says Britain doesn't 'caveat' how Ukraine uses the missiles our money pays for.

Really? Anything goes? Aren't our arms supplies supposed to be subject to strict criteria, including obligations under international law? Dodgy Dave is a liability.
news.sky.com/story/cameron-…

Gaza aid worker Mohammed Al Khatib has been displaced eight times in as many months...

He's currently in Rafah with his family. 'The uncertainty and fear is a constant stress. We are all terrified and exhausted,' he says in this Medical Aid for Palestinians blog. map.org.uk/news/archive/p…

Zarah Sultana tells it like it is on Kuensberg brilliantly. No amount of sophistry from Cameron can hide the blood stained fact arms from our country are being used to kill innocent civilians in Gaza. It’s a straightforward action for the government to take ~ end the arms sales.

Thugs from Far Right groups were involved in attacking the Gaza protest at UCLA.

They include Narek Palyan, who has previously been photographed making Nazi salutes and whose social media history is 'rife with antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+ posts.' theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

NEW: Full story on Biden avoiding any finding that Israel broke international or US law in Gaza, including & perhaps most egregiously on blocking humanitarian aid

Biden aide David Satterfield’s “role was to cover for” Israel, State Dept official tells me. huffpost.com/entry/biden-ad…

The idea that apartheid South Africa was resisted by peaceful means only is an absolute fantasy. What does Lammy think, that the ANC spent their time writing petitions & politely worded letters to MPs? Such sanctimonious crap: middleeasteye.net/news/uk-labour… 2/3

“We could be looking at the gradual Judaizing of our country. We do not want a bunch of Jewish councillors dictating British foreign policy.”

Just imagine if someone said that on UK television. Their career, rightly!, would be over. That show canceled.

But it’s Muslims so 🤷🏽‍♂️

Nationalising energy, rail and the Post Office was a good idea in 2017…and is an even better idea today

'Democracy is at stake' is Biden's mantra in opposing Trump - but his advisers seem to be running scared of democracy in their own camp.