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Political analysis to personal reflections, with bold opinions and a sharp wit. A voice to be reckoned with in the world of politics and social commentary.
Feb 18, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
When Starmer was Labour’s Brexit negotiator he made no attempt to negotiate a deal. Instead, without authorisation, he called for a ‘peoples vote’ at Conference, even though he knew it would lead to a crushing defeat, and consequently, 5 more years of Tory rule and a hard Brexit. Starmer was the Labour Brexit negotiator. I have copied an extract from Eagleton, on his treacherous tactics, as a short thread
Feb 17, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
Starmer was the Labour Brexit negotiator. I have copied an extract from Eagleton, on his treacherous tactics, as a short thread ImageImage "The conflict-averse lawyer whom they had observed at shadow cabinet meetings was now continually
interrupting his colleagues, scoffing at their suggestions and undermining their attempts to build common ground."
Feb 17, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
Why did Labour lose in 2019? Starmer’s negotiating treacherous tactics, (from Eagleton)

The conflict-averse lawyer whom they had observed at shadow cabinet meetings was now continually
interrupting his colleagues, scoffing at their suggestions and undermining their attempts to build common ground.
Feb 17, 2023 13 tweets 3 min read
Starmer thought Labour deserved to lose in 2019.

Starmer’s unauthorised People’s Vote speech at conference, along with the continual undermining of Corbyn by staffers and the PLP lost the election. It was shameful.

Starmer fought for Labour to lose.

Now the traitor is leader. Starmer was the Labour Brexit negotiator. I have copied an extract from Eagleton, on his treacherous tactics
Sep 18, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
Community
The word community is often attached to buildings and people's jobs and public groups, and politicians love talking about it, but communities are hard to define, and it often seems that politicians take advantage of this, and manipulate it to their advantage. 1/10 A community can be scattered all over the world, or be situated in a very particular place. It can have its own language, or be multi-lingual; it can have a particular religious belief or can be multi-faith or secular, or tribal. 2/10
Sep 18, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
What's five minutes
What's £5
What's c92O3
What's a 1000cc a motorbike
What's 13.787 billion years @RobertGEdge can you recommend a song on YouTube, please Robert?
Sep 18, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
We were told that Prince Andrew had lost his military titles and use of HRH, and that he was to give evidence in deposition, and that it was unlikely that we would see him attend future royal engagements.
But looks like he has a "little black book", because now, he's deputy King. Once Mummy was gone, there was no one to protect him

but instead of disappearing, Andrew Windsor has resurfaced, with more power to abuse than ever.
It looks like blackmail to me.

Why else would someone so damned and so liable to cause problems, ever be resuscitated?
Sep 18, 2022 31 tweets 4 min read
The pre-capitalist population of Britain began to decline after the succession of Henry VIII to the throne of England. Subsequent regimes stole the common land and treated the countryside like a colony, a process that has continued to this day. These regimes also expanded their colonies overseas. It was a brutal story, on example if which was the slave trade. Africans were captured, transported to the American colonies, and forced to work on plantations and other such places.
Sep 17, 2022 26 tweets 5 min read
If people have waited all their lives to shout "child abuser" at Andrew Windsor, and they have one opportunity to fulfill their ambition, I think we should all respect that. One way to avoid getting sewage in your mouth, while swimming, is to keep it closed
Another way, is to lock the bosses of the water companies up. And renationalize
Sep 17, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Ansel Collins And The M-Squad - Carroll Street - Version
Sep 17, 2022 6 tweets 1 min read
Why do the Tories want us to live in the worst possible housing, with eviction always hanging over our heads?
Why do they want us to be so poor we need to rely on foodbanks?
Why do they want us to have the lowest legal work and consumer protections?
Why do they deny us NHS care? Why do they deny us dentistry?
Why do they want to deny us a proper education?
Why do they want to smash the heart out of our communities?
Why do they want to destroy independent journalism, and lock journalists up?
Why do they want to lock up our children in secure schools?
Sep 16, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
When the Nazis were beating the Soviets, and millions were being slaughtered in the East, the US didn't bother launching a Western front.
They waited to see if Russia would be defeated.
After Stalingrad, the US got scared about socialism in Europe, and tamely launched a 2nd front ImageImageImage Did the US want the Nazis to defeat the Soviet Union, and then plan to make peace with the Nazis?
The casualties on the Western Front, were about 5% of those on the Eastern front.
Early in 42 the Nazi even attacked US ships, but they waited until Stalingrad, before retaliating.
May 22, 2020 13 tweets 3 min read
Q. Why can't the government manage?
Q. Because the corporations have installed incompetent puppets in positions of power, and they have dismantled the systems by which people can hold the government to account.
Our media is broken and our unions have been trashed Because the government has told so many lies, and the media have reported them as being true -
because of lies about masks, and tests, and risks, and shakes, and graphs, and deaths, and viral loads
I don't listen any more
So how do I know, when it's safe believe the media again?
May 20, 2020 23 tweets 10 min read
A Radio Four thread - dedicated to JW

Britain looks like it will have the highest overall mortality rates
Britain is the epicentre of the 21st century eugenics movement
We have Cummings on politics and science.

#r4today He lied to his boss
He lied in the press
He lied to the house
He lied to his wife
He lies to his kids
He feeds us misinformation
He lies and lies
He denies, he waffles, he lies
He lied to the Queen
He lied to the people
He lied on a bus

He's a low down fraud
BE ALERT

#r4today
May 3, 2019 16 tweets 4 min read
Traditionally Tories have made themselves out to be a party of plumbers, brewers and publicans
A serious party of fun loving pirates and hard working blokeys.
But in reality, they're a party of death squads, bomb makers and dope runners
A party of godfathers, masons and pimps Traditionally Tories have portrayed themselves as a party of bankers, solicitors and grocers
-a serious party of fun loving swingers and hard grafting drunks
-In reality, they're a party of tax evaders, human rights abusers and polluters
- A party of cheats, exploiters and filth