Anne Goodhew 💙

Paid a visit to the London arms fair today... Found a component for cluster munitions, banned under international law, on full display. Confirmed by staff, and removed swiftly by event organisers. But what else remains? These vile weapons should never be peddled in the UK.

Fascinating interview with author, activist and former Corbyn speechwriter Alex Nunns about the problems and opportunities awaiting Your Party:

This is Melissa Hortman, on June 14, 2025 she & her husband John were murdered in a politically motived attack. She stood for environment rights, abortion rights & sensible gun control policies. No lowered flags! Can we take a moment to remember her good works. Please RT.

As Skwawkbox said, Starmer knew about Mandelson - and was even warned by the security services...

For anyone fooled by Qatar's protests against being bombed by Israel. "President" Herzog is staying in the Park Lane Intercontinental - which is owned by the government of Qatar. Last night I was finally thrown out of the hotel and joined the protest just as Herzog arrived back.

Sickening. @Keir_Starmer has nothing to say when I confront him about the Israeli companies parading "battle-tested" weapons at the #DSEI2025 Arms Fair in London - in other words, weapons that have been used to kill men, women and children in Gaza #StopDSEI

BBC confirms at least 10 members of the anti-Muslim Infidels Motorcycle Club - including its VP, treasurer, and a founding member - are running armed security for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, with insiders estimating up to 40 bikers deployed. More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed seeking food at these sites in scenes of daily chaos and gunfire. UG Solutions, which pays contractors up to $1,580/day, admits firing warning shots to disperse crowds, as its staff post crusader imagery and Islamophobic content. Zeteo’s @prem_thakker first revealed that gang leader Johnny “Taz” Mulford - court-martialed and debarred by the Army - now runs the entire Gaza security contract.

What????!!!!!

Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal are now all considering boycotting Eurovision unless Israel are removed. Like if they should. RT if Israel should be kicked out

👉NEW -- Top Labour official married to lobbyist for Israeli arms firm by @martinrw Pearson Engineering is owned by the Israeli government. Now, it has hired a lobbying firm run by the husband of Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary. declassifieduk.org/top-labour-off…

None of the other candidates for deputy leader signed this letter, apart from Bell. Which means all their talk of being left-wing, or working class is just so much hot air.

1. Mandelson isn’t an outlier - he’s the embodiment of the rot at the heart of modern politics. The revolving door. The corporate boxes. The bending of politics toward wealth + status He doesn’t just live in that system - he personifies it. & now it stains Labour at the very top

100% this 👇

On the train today, I was talking to a family member about going to see their GP. A man overheard and cut in: “GPs are useless. They don’t do anything. You’re better off seeing a specialist.” The reality for GPs? Ten minute appointments to unpick complex problems. Hundreds of clinical decisions a day. Hours of paperwork after clinic. Years of training to cover multiple branches of medicine. All dismissed in seconds. I told him I’m a GP trainee. I said GPs are working under impossible conditions, many burning out or leaving. His response? “No great loss then.” It’s easier to blame the doctor in front of you than the politicians that created these conditions. But without doctors, the NHS cannot survive. If we keep losing doctors, the NHS loses its foundation. That’s why we’re fighting for fair pay and working conditions: because without the staff, there is no NHS.

New polling by Ipsos finds that one in three people who voted Labour in 2024 would vote for the new Corbyn-Sultana Party. That figure rises to nearly half (46 per cent) among 2024 Labour voters who would vote for an alliance between this new party and the Greens.

This area of Gaza is not even classed as affected by famine. Yet.

Maximum monthly State Pension, guess which is unaffordable? Luxembourg £5,426 Norway £1,839 Switzerland £1,657 Denmark £1,486 Sweden £1,373 Belgium £1,338 Netherlands £1,322 France £1,254 Spain £1,238 UK £997

Israel using 'fire belts' to kill, divide and drive out Palestinian civilians in N Gaza. Israel's use of incendiaries - an unequivocal war crime - expands... skwawkbox.org/2025/08/21/isr…

Israeli military's own data says at least 83% of its Gaza victims were civilians. Based on latest data that's more than 360,000 innocent people murdered... skwawkbox.org/2025/08/22/isr…