Sometimes feature writer Morning Star. Lover of photography. All views expressed are mine alone. Debate is welcome. Abuse is always blocked. RT's are just that
Utter rubbish..Corbyn was not associated with the IRA so why say it? What Corbyn did do was try to instigate talks via Sinn Fein. And you know what, as a former soldier that at 18 was in Derry & Belfast in 72, I support that. If talks could have saved just 1 life, fine by me.
@staniam50
In England we would need a trained negotiator, a social worker, a counsellor and a pizza plus 2 cans of coke, then spend 4 hours asking the person nicely to comply.
Here's the thing
@Keir_Starmer
if you believe it's right to condemn the killing of Ukrainian Children by Russia, then why will you not condemn the killing of these Palestinian children by Israel?
Am I right in thinking
@jessphillips
you speak out against all violence shown to women? Well here's your chance. Maybe your aparthied supporting leadership of
@Keir_Starmer
&
@AngelaRayner
might want to condemn it too? The floors yours
#stopstockpiling
Caller on Radio Merseyside just had (what I think) was a great idea. Tell the supermarkets to remove all the trolleys and have baskets only.
This would force all the greedy, selfish shoppers to pick what they really need.
@campbellclaret
Can I remind you of Walter Wolfgang, thrown out of the Labour Party confrence in 2005 for heckling Straw over the Iraq war. What powers did the police use
Mr Campbell ? The Terrorism Act.
If you want to know how the UK ended up here, look where & who it began with. Tony Blair
This
@Keir_Starmer
is a 12 yr old Palestinian girl. Held down and beaten. Would you like to condemn it? Or you
@AngelaRayner
? No? One of the reasons why I'll never ever vote for
@UKLabour
is your cowadice and support for aparthied. Shame on any Labour member that stays silent
Just to be clear under a
@Keir_Starmer
peaceful protest WILL remain banned, anti TU laws will NOT be repealed, water, energy, railways will NOT be brought back to state ownership, Education fees will NOT be scrapped. If it looks like a Tory, sounds like a Tory..it's a Tory
Lammy stating clearly that Labour will not repeal the anti-protest legislation if it gets into government
'We can't come into office picking through all the Conservative legislation and repealing it. It would take too much time.'
@SuzieWo20886208
The clues are there. The Brits elected Johnson bc Corbyn who wanted state ownership of Energy, Rail etc plus free broadband, never wore a tie or sang the Nat Anthem. Now, the same ppl believe those Labour MPs that preferred the Tories to Corbyn, will save them from the Tories🤔
My offer is still open Mr Mercer. I'm a former vet, served in Derry 72, West Belfast 73, 74, 75..I'm happy to meet you to discuss why I support the families in NoI fighting for Truth & Justice. Feel free to contact me.
Message for the three would be Labour leaders. There is no justification for any child to be placed against the wall at gunpoint. If you don't speak out against it in direct plain language and not dress it up in 'political speak' you are either a coward or support it. Fact.
Just so I understand this correctly. Arlene Foster believes if Irish people wish to speak Irish in Ireland, it will impinge on the rights of the Irish People in Ireland that want to speak English. Doesn't that apply the other way too?
@RedRosa91940184
Where were you
@HarrietHarman
when Corbyn was leader and the press were camped outside his door day & night,and the Paras used his image for target practice?
This is why as a Lefty & not a traditional Labour voter, I admire Jeremy Corbyn. Not because he says the right things (although more often than not he does) but because he says what HE believes to be true. It's called honesty & for that, Jeremy will always have my total respect✊
The madness of
@Keir_Starmer
Labour . If a Labour member calls this out as aparthied, which it clearly is, and another member makes a complaint about said comment claiming its antisemitic, which it clearly isn't, the member in question faces suspension pending an investigation.
@sophielouisecc
If that makes your blood boil, what's your view of a privlidged son of a monache, paying £12m for something he claimed he never did, to a woman he claimed he never met & in a place he claimed he wasn't in. All to prevent him assisting a woman with her claim of sexual abuse?
Open challenge to
@Keir_Starmer
Arrange to come to Liverpool for a public rally and see if you can attract the same numbers to attend as
@jeremycorbyn
And no cheating by bussing them in or inviting Tory members
No it was YOU
@Keir_Starmer
didn't listen to the people in 2019. In 2017 on a socialist manifesto, when Corbyn pledged to honour the EU result, Labour retained 52 Leave seats that voted Leave. But in 2019 when YOU persuaded Labour to break that pledge, all 52 seats voted Tory..
Have you ever wore a uniform, carried a weapon & been shot at Paul? If the answer is no, stop baiting for the sons & daughters of other people's children albeit Ukrainian or Russian, to be sacrificed to satisfy your lust for war.
Just send F-16s now. F-16s will be game changers like Patriots, Leopards, Challengers but on steroids. If you don't like this war, and want it to just go away: ask your government to send a squadron of upgraded F-16s to Ukraine this summer. F-16s.
You do know 170+ Labour MPs plus Labour Lords & members, worked to prevent a socialist Labour government, preferring instead this Tory Government? Also if you claim to be a socialist, yet support a Party that supports aparthied & bans criticism of Israel, you're not. Good luck
@RevBluesSusie
I've said what I've said. You claim to be a socialist, but you don’t want Labour in Government. Therefore, you must be a closet-Tory. Good luck with that. Bye now.
A reminder to the people of Liverpool. While running for Leader
@Keir_Starmer
said he wouldn't talk to The S** but now writes for it & was happy to attend the Murdoch party. Now, he heaps praise on Thatcher who was happy to cover up the Hillsborough tragedy. Enough is enough
@doctor_oxford
@gletherby
Which begs the question, how come the bankers, hedge fund mangers and MPs recieved a pay rise while the Nurses, Doctors carers, portes, teachers & shelf stackers etc were denied one because of "Austerity"?
No, the real question is ; Why did the Labour party put more effort into stopping a socialist Labour government, than preventing another 5 yrs of the Tories, which resulted in tax payers money ending up lining the pockets of a (real) Tory crony?
The real question is: How did millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money end up lining pockets of a Tory Crony?
Ministers must finally come clean and release all records of correspondence with PPE Medpro.
@reece_dinsdale
The whole political system needs to be flushed down the toilet. The problem (IMHO)? There's too much cash, perks & privilege in politics. It's no longer a route for those wanting to help the poorest, but a career for those wanting to help themselves, family & friends.
My sympathy Kate. Without going into too much detail, I served in Derry in 72 & West Belfast 72,73 74. We lost 3 guys, 1 was from my home city and another a very close friend. What I witnessed in the treatment of the Catholic community was beyond belief & went unreported
@richardxxx4
My fiance was killed by the IRA in co.Armagh by a remote controlled bomb. Ironically it was to be his last tour, he was leaving the RM because he didn't agree with what the British govt/army was doing to the Catholics there.
That was when I discovered the msm lie to us.
Sharon, it's time to pull the plug on
@UKLabour
. IMO No trade union should be funding any party that is 'Okay' with being called the 'Real Conservatives'. We need a party run by the people, funded by the people with policies for the people. Labour in no longer that party.
It’s time to pull the plug on the energy profiteers by taking the entire energy network we all rely on into public ownership. Unite is showing it’s no longer a question of ‘can we afford to’, it’s how long can we afford not to.
@UniteEconomy
#Energy
@georgegalloway
The UK pointing the finger at Russia for killing innocent civilians including children, while pushing through legislation to protect British soldiers from prosecution for Killing innocent civilians including children. Even on their own doorstep in the NoI. You couldn't make it up
@piersmorgan
If Mick Lynch wanted to keep the strike going, why did he put the latest offer to the members vote? Moreover, over 63% of a 83% rejected the offer, not Mick Lynch. Therefore you're latest assumption is based on nonsense
@Peter_Shilton
@EnglandFootball
You're right Peter. It's a sign that not everyone falls to their knees to comply with the wishes of the establishment. Some people will express their disapproval, peacefully, by booing. I'm 100% behind them.
No it was YOU
@Keir_Starmer
didn't listen to the people in 2019. In 2017 on a socialist manifesto, when Corbyn pledged to honour the EU result, Labour retained 52 Leave seats that voted Leave. But in 2019 when YOU persuaded Labour to break that pledge, all 52 seats voted Tory..
Not only does the
@UKLabour
under
@Keir_Starmer
expel the 'wrong type of Jews' they now appear to be turning their attention to the
'people of colour with wrong views'.
Another reminder why I'll never be voting Labour again.
Absolutely vile from Labour. Deselecting two MPs of colour for standing up for Palestinians.
Everything they accused Corbyn of (Stalinist dictatorship as leader) is true of Starmer.
I will never vote Labour with these sort in charge
Every so-called socialist in
@UKLabour
especially the MPs should read this letter from
@MayorJD
. This is a guy who has spent more time in the Labour Party than Starmer has in politics...again, well said Jamie 👏
I’ve decided to resign from
@UKLabour
and serve as an Independent Mayor.
People are tired of being controlled by Westminster and Party HQs. They want someone to stand up for them. Let the people decide. £25k by end of Aug & I’ll stand as North East Mayor👉
@BennBent
For all those criticising Roger Waters. If you are more offended by the image on the left, which is part of a show, than the image on the right which is everyday life for Palestinians, maybe you are part of the problem?
Mr Kemp I served too, 4 tours (2 in 72, Derry & Belfast) Don't you think when 11 people are killed within 36 hrs in the same area, one a priest, another a mother of 8, another shot 14 times and not one weapon is found it should be investigated? Happy to discuss it with you DM me
“I’m sick of hearing soldiers who fought to protect the citizens of Northern Ireland being compared with terrorists who set out deliberately to murder, maim and intimidate those same citizens.” My article in today’s
@Daily_Express
.
First they came for
@DerbyChrisW
.Socialist Labour MP's did nothing. Then they came for Socialist Groups &
@KenLoachSixteen
.Socialists Labour MPs did nothing. Then they came for
@jeremycorbyn
. Socialist Labour MPs did nothing. Now they're after
@HackneyAbbott
& socialists MPs?
Starmer fans in 2020
'If the Left don't like Labour under Starmer they should start a new party. We don't need their support or vote'
Also Starmer Fans in 2024
'How dare the Left consider starting a new party that could cost Labour votes?'
The idea that not voting Labour ‘splits the left vote’ is one of the biggest bullshits. Labour is no longer part of the left. By not voting Labour you are most definitely not splitting the left vote.
Brilliant news. Well done to those that fought for the film to be shown.
I assume
@Keir_Starmer
will be ordered to expel any Labour member that dares to watch the film, and reach their own conclusion all by themselves?
Apparently, after a backlash, THAT film will be screened at Glastonbury, after all! Simply Red, Billy Bragg, Stephen Pollard, little Lukey Akehurst and Keir Starmer are said to be inconsolable! Thoughts and prayers!
My last words to you. No socialist would ever vote for any Party that has said it'll keep Tory polices that have increased homeless, food bank use, left 250k hungry, support aparthied while expelling socialist, but you're free to call yourself whatever you like
@richardxxx4
Unfortunately Richard your lack of awareness on this issue is why you will remain forever in opposition.
Thankfully there are enough socialists like myself who realise the need to get into power 1st before we can enact real socialist policies.
Good luck fighting the fight.
Will there be any messages of sympathy for the families of these children and condemnation of Israel for their murder
from the PM
@RishiSunak
or (checks notes) Leader of the opposition
@Keir_Starmer
?
Tomorrow will be 47yrs since the beginning of the Ballymurphy Massacre. I ask the question I have asked before. If you can look at this picture of the coffin of Fr. Mullan, shot twice while holding a white cloth above his head, and believe he does not deserve justice, who does?
@MattScottMusic
I doubt I'll be voting Labour ever again now Starmer has made it clear Tories are welcome, socialists aren't, and a prerequisite for being a member is you don't openly support the Palestinian people or openly criticise Israel. No thanks
Imagine calling yourself a socialist and paying to be a member of the
@UKLabour
, whereby if you call out the Isreali government for an airstrike targeting a civilian area in Gaza, you face being expelled by
@Keir_Starmer
for antisemitism?
Not an earthquake, but unbridled israeli airstrike destruction targeting a residential apartment building in Gaza strip last night 🎯
#Dismantle_israel_NOW
#FreePalestine_NOW
@Lowkey0nline
If the child was Ukrainian, the Western world would be condemning Russia, but as it's a Palestinian child killed by Israel, there will be no condemnation, no criticism & no consequences
A moving thread Teresa and I believe every word because I witnessed many events ( and more) like that. For me as 18 yr old soldier it was an eye-opener & couldn't understand the treatment that was dished out to innocent Catholics. I could say a lot more. Very sad times
🧵When we were kids the british army trailed my ma out of the car & threw her into the back of a land rover, a big brit then sat in her seat & laughed as we were screaming in fear. When I was about 8yrs I was playing in the street & they called me over & offered me 10p to show
Depraved!
#Israelis
are celebrating the killing of 13 Palestinians, inc. 4 children, 5 women, a medical doctor & 3 PIJ combatants.
They're handing out wine, dancing & laughing about death & destruction, with shirt tags that read "death to terrorists".
Any view
@Keir_Starmer
@AngelaRayner
@UKLabour
? Explain to your members, why condemning Russia for targeting residential buildings is a must, yet when Israel do the same it's acceptable? Asking on behalf of the innocent Palestinian children in Gaza
You wouldn't know poverty if it offered you cash......anyone that has experienced poverty would never have refused to campaign for Corbyn, preferring instead a Tory government....and that's for starters
Poverty comes with stigma and shame.
It has taken me 30 years to get to a point where I feel comfortable opening up about my childhood.
It was good to talk to
@BBCBreakfast
about my book - One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up - which is out now 👉🏻
Here's my New Year's resolutions that'll I'll keep to my last breath
Never vote for any party that;
1) keeps Tory policies
2) supports apartheid
3) conspired to stop a
socialist government
4) has Streeting, Hodge, Blair, Phillips,Starmer,Benn & other traitors as members
Labour MP's:
"Working people Working People Working People"
Me:
"What about those that cant or don't work like pensioners, sick, disabled carers etc?"
Labour MP's
"Sorry who?"
Me:
"You know, pensioners, sick, disabled carers etc?"
Labour MPs
"Working people, working people"
Labour will build an economy that works for working people.
We’ll bring forward our New Deal legislation to Parliament within 💯 days of taking office.
Proud to address
@The_TUC
in Liverpool today.
Well done for this Andy. I've been attacking Labour MPs for remaining silent, fair play for speaking up. 👏
What we need now is MPs like yourself, publicly asking Starmer to condemn the Israeli government for their crimes against palestinians. Let's see/hear his response
Andy McDonald MP for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East
What is the world coming to?
Israeli ministers can go around making genocidal remarks about Palestinians, and the UK government won't even condemn them, let alone impose sanctions for the illegal outposts in the West Bank.
We need a ban on trading with the illegal settlements.
Jack, did you miss the bit where Starmer said 'his government' would retain the Tory Policies that have increased homelessness, food bank use & left 250k kids hungry & ruled out a wealth tax & lifting the 2 child cap?
Whenever the Conservatives call a General Election next year, Labour will be ready, not simply to win, but to change our country for the better.
My last
@EADT24
/
@ipswichstar24
column of 2023 👇
@LauraFMcConnell
Unless there is a post of Starmer condemning Israel for killing thousands of Palestinians including 7,000+ children, I would suggest the accusation aimed at Starmer & indeed the British Government is valid. If you don't object to something by default you support it
So did
@georgegalloway
. While the Blairites were waxing lyrical about Thatcher it was left to Glenda, George & one or two others, to speak the truth on what effect that awful woman, along with her policies, had on the Working class communities.
Glenda Jackson gave an impassioned & heartfelt speech in House of Commons that is worth listening to, again
T H A T C H E R I S M
Corbyn is Pro-Palestine
#IStandWithCorbyn
#PalestineSpeakUp
The difference in the Labour party between now and four years ago as a result of
@Keir_Starmer
is marked. 4 yrs ago, 170+ Labour MPs conspired to stop a socialist Gov. Now, in opposition, a Labour Gov will retain the Tory polices that have increased homelessness & food banks.
The difference in the Labour Party between now and four years ago, as a result of Keir's leadership, is marked. We are completely focussed on listening to real people and to running the country for everyone. We are the government in waiting, and we are ready.
@georgegalloway
George I have just read this article and found it very disturbing. It's ironic that
#JulianAssange
is being treated like a terrorist for telling the truth, while Blair is being immortalised by the establishment like a saint for his lies resulting in the deaths of millions.
@BBCLauraKT
I have a very close relative receiving Chemo. We will be told at this Friday's Chemo session, whether or not the Chemo scheduled for next Monday will go ahead or not. Sickening
Because
@Keir_Starmer
will be obliged to suspended anyone in 'his'
@UKLabour
party, I doubt any MP will have the spine to condemn Israel for this murder. Yet, if a Palestinian had pulled the trigger on an Israeli, we'd here the shouts of 'Israel has the right to defend itself'
HEART-BREAKING: A Palestinian mother cries in pain while taking part in the funeral of her son, Mustafa Sabah, who was murdered yesterday by the Israeli occupation troops in Bethlehem.
@mjtward19
@Keir_Starmer
@UKLabour
Starmer & 99% of his crew have made it clear they have no time for socialism or socialists. I respect that (not them). The consequences is they too are now part of the problem. Starmer has picked his side, he now has to live with it. I'll oppose all Tories Red or Blue
These people are utterly foul.
Ken Loach’s son-in-law is Jewish.
Ken Loach will be remembered decades after the likes of insignificant fools like Luke Akehurst have departed.
What's your definition of hard left Jake ?
As you always appear to link the words 'hard left" with Corbyn, which policies in both Labour manifestos under Corbyn's leadership, accepted by the Labour party, would you call
'hard left'?
No rush, I'll check later
@JohnnyMercerUK
Mr Mercer. As a former soldier too that was in Derry & Belfast in 72, I make you the same offer i made to other MPs, to meet you and explain why I support the Campaign for Truth & Justice. It's not about families getting their pound of flesh, it's about getting the truth..
@nicktolhurst
You mean like Mandelson when he said he worked every day to bring Corbyn down? Or Blair (spits in hankey) when he said he'd rather see Labour lose the election, than see a socialist government. They got their wish...a Tory government.
They are supporting the Palestinian people (not Hamas). If that frightens you, imagine being an innocent Palestinian in Gaza, having your food, water & energy cut off, then being warned to leave your home or risk death. Now that's frightening
@SpitfireVC
If there was a decent Labour party working for the people, with a leader focused on representing the working class and poorest in society, 'enough is enough' would never had been required.
You failed to deliver justice to the family of John Charles de Menezes, executed by the police in a case of mistaken identity, but nobody was to blame. Establishment stooge
As Director of Public Prosecutions, I strengthened the law to make sure domestic abuse survivors were supported and received the justice they deserved.
With my Labour government, victims won’t wait for justice.
Breaking News: In light of Pope Francis Deputy comments on Israel, will
@Keir_Starmer
be under pressure to expel followers of the Catholic faith from
@UKLabour
?
BREAKING| Israel issues a statement attacking the Vatican after Pope Francis’s deputy criticized the Israeli carnage in Gaza and slammed the murder of over 30,000 Palestinians.
The statement described the deputy's comment as "deplorable" and claimed many civilians in Gaza
They used the same argument when Tony Blair was leader. Support him to bin clause 4, get him elected then he'll scrap all of Thatchers anti-Trade Union laws & stop privatisation of the NHS...what did Blair say at the end
'I saw my role was to build on some of Thatchers policies'
If
@Keir_Starmer
doesn't want any person with views on Israel that aren't acceptable to him representing
@UK
Labour. It must follow he wouldn't want any of the electorate with views that aren't acceptable to him voting Labour, because that would make him a hypocritical, right?
I hate Starmer- not just because of his Zionist beliefs, but for how he behaves in the parody Labour Party: sacking people for different views; undermining the democracy of the NEC/NPF; blackmailing members; being a coward slimeball in public.
He's a Detestable Dictator.
@ClaireLuby5
Honesty you say?
Starmer running for Leader in Liverpool, told the people, I won't be talking to The Sxx that lied about the dead at Hillsborough
Starmer as Leader
'Read my piece in The Sxx'
And that's before we get on to tuning Labour into a Party that support apartheid.
@Sonnybyrne
@UKLabour
You want those called 'cranks & antisemites' by Streeting, Reeves & Co, to unite behind a party that supports apartheid, with a leader
that welcomes Tory MPs to cross the floor while trying to deselect MPs like Byrne, expel socialists & Left Wing jews? No thanks
@BenODriscoll5
Until Labour has binned 99% of its MPs, scrapped the 10 pledges of the BOD, support the Trade Unions & poorest in society, instead of bankers, the establisment & privileged, I don't care who their leader is. It's like putting new curtains on a condemned house. No point
Together, we can defeat Putin and give the Ukrainian people their freedom back.
We will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes, and our support will never waver. 🇺🇦
My view exactly. A vote for Starmer will be seen as endorsing his decision to wage war on the Left, expel socialists & Left Wing jews, protect Israel from criticism, veto what members can & can't say or see, and keeping Tory policies that starve 250k children. NOT WITH MY VOTE
Some people hope Labour is only pretending to be Thatcherite and will turn left when in power.
Personally I doubt it, but if you want to pressure a future Lab govt to move left, then vote left.
If you vote Lab they will take it as endorsement of their current hard right stance.
@WasOnceLoved
Starmeroids you still voting for those that conspired to prevent a socialist Labour government preferring the Tories?
Asking for all those suspended & hounded out of Labour for being socialist or Left Wing Jews.
There is nothing 'Brave' about making a foul mouth rant while making false allegations against a peaceful respectable Party Leader. However if Hodge had stood up to Tony Blair in his pursuit of War.. .that may have been brave..
It would appear everyone knows about this, except of course the British main stream media, 99.9% of the British politicians that sit in Westminster, Western leaders and those that are (rightly) outraged by Ukrainian children killed by Russian forces
A vote for Labour is also a vote to retain the Tory Policies that have increased homeless, food bank use, left 250k kids hungry & endorse Starmer's decision to accept the 10 pledges of the BoD which have been used to expel socialists & protect aparthied Israel from criticism. No
No. A vote for Labour is a vote for better public services. A vote for Labour is a vote for more clean energy. A vote for Labour is a vote to protect LGBT rights.
You want this dreadful government out, so Kid Starver can become PM and retain the Tory policies of bedroom tax & 2 child benefit to keep 250k kids in poverty? Really Richard? Come on, wake up
Well done to Keir Mather and to all the Party activists who gave up their time to knock on doors, give out leaflets and make the phone calls needed to secure another Labour MP here in Yorkshire! 🌹
Now for a General Election where we can get rid of this dreadful Tory Government.
@TomLondon6
@savelibservices
If the UK can't afford to pay the poorest £20 a week, it can't afford to keep a privileged family with all its hangers on, in the lap of unjustifiable luxury. Republic now