One Ted Hughes poem eats another.

MYTH: Too many people are on benefits. FACT: 'Almost half of those in the most materially deprived tenth of the population are disabled, but most don't receive disability benefits. This is a failure of our welfare system’ Source: Institute for Fiscal Studies Report, 2022

There are athletes who can’t be in the parade tonight because their Olympic committee has told them they aren’t allowed to wear their hijab. There will be athletes on that same team wearing crucifixes. Let that sink in. I adore the Olympics but we can’t turn away from this

Ryan Grim Bibi Netanyahu stood in front of congress and said Israel is being accused of poisoning water wells and that's blood libel and then they do this while filming themselves

This was Palestine’s first ever flag bearer at the Olympics, Majed Abu Maraheel, in Atlanta ‘96. Abu Maraheel was killed in Gaza last month. Unable to receive adequate care at Gaza’s destroyed hospitals, he died of kidney failure. These killings don’t figure in the death toll.

There is no reason to destroy a municipal reservoir but G-E-N-O-C-I-D-E.

Celia Richardson Who knew that dealing with rain was basically the cornerstone of British politics! Although even as I write this I think- of course!

Don't love this phrase 'anti-immigration protestors' used on the BBC just now. They're not really anti-immigration. It's not like they're targeting Canadians. They're racists. And these are not protests. They're attempted pogroms.

With 80 anti-racist and migrant rights organisations, we've written to Keir Starmer asking for Parliament to be recalled to address the scale of this crisis. The new govt must change the dial, and foster zero tolerance for far-right, racist and anti-migrant narratives.

My followers are crashing... Because people are leaving this place? Because the algorithm is working against me? Because this site is blocking people from following me (that's already happened)? Please help me reach out to followers I've lost by RTing. And let's try to keep this

Diane Abbott on her ‘romance’ with Jeremy Corbyn is hysterical.

Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The two groups said Israel had targeted civilians in Gaza only because of their identity as Palestinians.

Unpopular view here: rather than threatening the gesture politics of recognising a Palestinian state (that may never happen) why doesn’t Keir Starmer begin with: - expelling Israel’s ambassador - full trade sanctions - full arms embargo - stopping alleged RAF Gaza flights