Suleiman Al-Obaid, former Palestine national team player and one of Gaza’s football legends, was killed today by Israeli forces as he waited for humanitarian aid in southern Gaza. He was 40 years old. A husband, a father of five, and a hero on and off the pitch.

.FIFA UEFA.com How many Palestinian footballers have to be slaughtered before u sanction Israel, let alone kick it out of world football as u do with apartheid South Africa? Your silence & inaction is complicity in genocide!

This is completely unacceptable. Your position is untenable. You will have to resign Rushanara Ali MP 💙 #ResignRushanaraAli

"Labour is taking action by abolishing No Fault Evictions as part of our Renter’s Rights Bill" - Rushanara Ali last September

This is the level of hypocrisy we are up against. Labour is a party of landlords, rentiers, influence peddlers, lobbyists and corporate flunkeys. A party completely captured by existing wealth and power and their wannabe bag-carriers.

Life long activists who would’ve fought for the housing security of each and every resident in their community, were blocked from standing for Parliament up and down the country. But apparently “The highest possible quality candidates” includes rip off landlords.

The Minister for Homelessness is a landlord - and she just evicted her tenants, tried to charge them >£2,000 in illegal fees, then re-listed the property weeks later for £700 more. The same Minister who claims to fight for renters’ rights. You couldn’t make it up. 🧵

In March, Labour’s Minister for Homelessness, Rushanara Ali, served notice on four tenants renting her East London property. No misconduct, no rent arrears - just a Section 21 “no-fault” eviction. A move her own party is pledging to ban.

The tenants were then offered rolling contracts - but only temporarily while the property was listed for sale. When no buyer emerged, it was quietly put back on the rental market - now at £4,000 a month. That’s a full £700 more than before.

New tenants then moved in. But what happened to the old ones? They were hit with UNLAWFUL charges - including: - £2,000 for repainting - £395 for cleaning Both of these charges are banned under the Tenant Fees Act 2019.

However, after the tenants revealed their landlord was a sitting MP, the agents suddenly backed off and drop the charges. But it gets more absurd. That’s because Ali is the actual Homelessness Minister - in charge of tackling evictions, rising rents, and insecure housing.

Starmer’s Labour has railed against exactly this kind of behaviour - promising to clamp down on: – No-fault evictions – Skyrocketing rents – Landlords gaming the system – Letting agents breaking the law Then they got elected and put a dodgy landlord in as homelessness Minister.

Ali’s spokesperson claims her behaviour was all “within the rules.” But the rules are exactly what she’s meant to be reforming. This isn’t just bad optics, it’s a huge two fingers up to every single renter - and a green light to dodgy landlords to carry on exploiting tenants.

Labour says it’s on the side of renters. But how on earth can the Homelessness Minister evict tenants for profit, try to charge them illegal fees, and still keep her job? Where are the principles? Where’s the accountability? They say one thing and do exactly the opposite.

If you’re outraged by this latest example of hypocrisy from Starmer’s Labour government, RETWEET this thread. Don’t let them get away with it. Make sure everyone knows exactly what these self-serving hypocrites are doing.

Source: inews.co.uk/news/homelessn…

.Rushanara Ali MP 💙: "The average monthly private rent in London increased by 9.7% in the last year and is over one and a half times higher than the average monthly rent in England" At the time people probably assumed Ali meant this was a bad thing. It turns out she was boasting!

Who else thinks she should resign 👇

funny old thing, life

Politicians should not be Landlords Politicians should not have second jobs Politicians should spend all of their time representing their constituents. DO YOU AGREE?