Alex MacDonald
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@AlexJayMac
Middle East Eye, reporter/commentator on Iran, Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Turkey, UK etc. Also on Bsky which is nicer but less useful. [email protected]
thought this sh!t was AI, what we doing man
The Abraham Accords are a primarily military alliance with Israel as its primary commander. It is not a peace treaty nor a trade deal. That’s why neither Egypt nor Turkey can never enter this alliance as it goes against their own national security.
There is no rationale for the Arab countries, Turkey and certainly Iran to join the Abraham agreements.
🟢 EXCL: Senior Green Party figures have urged Zack Polanski to consider stepping aside for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election if the Greater Manchester mayor commits to introducing proportional representation Green councillors, activists and former party leaders have signed a joint statement warning that the party should approach the contest with “trepidation” The letter, whose signatories include Jonathan Bartley, who led the party between 2016 and 2018, and Rupert Read, a former Green councillor and author, says that Burnham’s election presents a “unique opportunity” to secure reform “In all reality this is not a seat Greens can win. It will be a straight fight between Labour and Reform. But it’s no ordinary by-election. Labour’s candidate, Andy Burnham, is looking to return to Westminster to lead in parliament.” “If Burnham will commit to backing proportional representation for the next general Labour election manifesto so that it is in place by the election after next, then on this unique occasion we don’t think Greens should run a full campaign against him,” the letter says Full read in @thetimes 👇 thetimes.com/article/16d6ba…
This is exactly how life was, no eating out, no going for coffee, no restaurants and no holidays either. It’s just the way things were, there was no disposable cash and no ‘canned entertainment.’ The world of expectation is very different now.
