Rosa Doherty

The establishment is terrified of the Green Party’s momentum as we are the only party that is not compromised by vested interests. Solidarity with all council candidates unfairly smeared, it smacks of desperation - keep fighting for a fairer, greener country!

This is Nikki Brooker who calls herself the “antiracist mum” but was supporting Palestine Action fans today because of the “Zionist parasites” that “infiltrated” government and control politicians like puppets. Three tropes for the price of one. She’s a youth worker 😬

So…making fun of indigenous languages is cool and progressive now? “I’m grossed out when I hear people speak another language” is not a flex. It’s an admission of bigotry. Arabic is 1,000 years younger than Hebrew. Funnily enough, while Hebrew is only spoken by one Jewish nation, Arabic was spread through imperialism to the entire Middle East. Arabic and Hebrew are both beautiful languages. But this reversal of history and racism bit you’re doing, is anything but.

No because it’s not all. But large parts within the entertainment industry and politics - yes Ben, I’m not afraid to say it.

I went out to bat HARD for John Davidson after he shouted the N word at black actors and producers at the BAFTAs; against many in my own community. Davidson apologised, and his use of a racist slur was explained by his disability and I extended grace and forgiveness. So here is the uncomfortable question. Kanye West has bipolar disorder. He has said his antisemitic outbursts are linked to it. He has apologised, more than once. Yet the reaction is entirely different. Let me be clear. West’s antisemitism is vile. It is not edgy, it is not excusable, and it causes real harm. In the same way, a white person using the N word does. Both should be condemned without hesitation. But condemnation is not the same as consistency. If we are prepared to treat disability as a mitigating factor in one case, we cannot simply ignore it in another because the individual is more controversial or the offence feels less convenient to forgive. Either disability meaningfully shapes responsibility, or it does not. Either apologies carry weight, or they do not. If we only extend grace selectively, it stops being a principle and starts looking like preference.

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer says it's "deeply concerning" that Kayne West will headline Wireless Festival "It is deeply concerning Kanye West has been booked to perform at Wireless despite his previous antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism. "Antisemitism in any form is abhorrent and must be confronted firmly wherever it appears. Everyone has a responsibility to ensure Britain is a place where Jewish people feel safe"