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James Foster

@JamesEFoster

“What we dream of is already present in the world.” - Rebecca Solnit, ‘Hope in the Dark’

London, England Katılım Nisan 2009
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Zack Polanski
Zack Polanski@ZackPolanski·
Donald Trump is a bully. US forces should not be using our UK bases and we shouldn't be dragged into Trump & Netanyahus illegal war. @CarolineLucas speaking with such moral clarity on #BBCQT.
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The Green Party
The Green Party@TheGreenParty·
US bombers are flying from British soil every day. Answer the key question Keir Starmer: what are they being used for?
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James Foster
James Foster@JamesEFoster·
@Nigel_Farage Would you say the same about other religious groups, Nigel? We see you. You rotten man.
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Nigel Farage MP
Nigel Farage MP@Nigel_Farage·
What we witnessed in London at the historic Trafalgar Square, in a country built on Judeo-Christian values, was a group of people attempting dominance over our capital city and our culture. We are not going to surrender everything that was built over centuries and defended at great cost in two world wars for us to be a free, independent nation. The British people will not put up with this any longer — simple as.
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The Iain Duncan Smiths
The Iain Duncan Smiths@TheIDSmiths·
Buying as many quiches and pain-au-chocolats as possible to belligerently reinforce my pro-genocide outlook, I am suddenly dismayed to realise that it is unwittingly, and by some distance, the funniest thing that I, a standup comedian, have ever done
Josh Howie@joshxhowie

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Ben Phillips
Ben Phillips@benphillips76·
Yes of course he’ll respect you, and defend you, and you are wise to bank your security on his protection. Meanwhile, here is he is saying he’ll take Cuba if he wants to, take Greenland if he wants to, and take over bases *in Spain* if he wants to. But that’s just them.
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Marl Karx
Marl Karx@BareLeft·
People who really should have known better hitched their star to Nick Timothy's roaring outrage over Israeli football hooligans being banned from an Aston Villa game, and now he's out here trying to stop Muslims praying in public.
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Devutopia
Devutopia@D_Raval·
Something genuinely different happened in British politics today. Zack Polanski gave his first major economic speech as Green Party leader and it wasn't the usual vague gestures you get from other party leaders. It was a diagnosis and a plan. The diagnosis: privatisation, austerity and Brexit haven't just been bad policy choices, they've locked Britain into a structural trap. A "bond market doom loop" where financial markets constrain every government before it's even started. The plan ("Zackonomics") is built around ending rip-off Britain for the people who actually keep this country running: → Freeze energy bills now (£8.4bn, funded by the windfall tax) → Cap rents → Nationalise water → Scrap Right to Buy → Forgive student debt → Rejoin the Customs Union and eventually the EU Funded by making wealth pay its share: a wealth tax, equalising capital gains with income tax, and closing the loopholes that let the richest opt out. Is every detail nailed down? No. But this is what it looks like when a party leader actually tries to match the scale of the problem. Britain's economic settlement is broken. Someone finally said it. #Zackonomics x.com/TheGreenParty/…
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Rivkah Brown
Rivkah Brown@rivkahbrown·
The reason Labour's attacks on the Greens aren't landing is bc, if there's one quality the public loathes, esp in politicians, it's hypocrisy. You can't claim to care about antisemitism while genociding Palestinians. You can't rinse someone's CV when you've faked your own.
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Marl Karx
Marl Karx@BareLeft·
No such concern paid to Jennie Formby when she was briefed against by the Labour Right as she underwent cancer treatment. As for Ridley getting sacked as a scapegoat for Starmer when May's elections are a disaster: damn, guess you shouldn't work for the leopard that eats faces.
Aubrey Allegretti@breeallegretti

Exc: Labour war erupts over our story - with female Labour MPs attacking "misogyny" and "scapegoating" of Hollie Ridley, the party's general secretary. Lucy Powell, Labour's deputy leader, wrote in the Women's PLP WhatsApp group today in response to our story: "It's unacceptable to brief against colleagues at all, but to brief against staff who have no public platform to defend themselves is particularly bad". She adds: "I had hoped we were moving past this kind of behaviour." Stronger words from Siobhain McDonagh: "Hollie is doing a tough job in difficult circumstances. If we lose badly in May it is certainly not her fault. It's ours. I have been here before when ambitious politicians decide that the female General Secretary is fair game. It doesn't end well for anyone. If any[one] wants to leak this post please make sure you spell my name correctly! Siobhain McDonagh." Alex Davies-Jones, a minister, adds: "It's made me very angry... I thought we'd addressed the issue of briefing against women. It's disheartening and reeks of misogyny." Anna Turley, the Labour chair, writes: "Horrified by the piece. Hollie is one of the most impressive people I've ever worked with... She also organised an incredible campaign at G&D [Gorton and Denton] - it broke records for the mobilisation - and any shortcomings are not hers." Allison Gardner asks: "Are they setting her up to be the scapegoat" To which Ashley Dalton responds: "This has been on the cards for months. Fuming." Emily Darlington adds: "Funny that this is the only MP WhatsApp group that is upset at this..." Amanda Martin says: "Totally outrageous once again [to] try to lay blame at feet of a cracking woman." x.com/Geri_E_L_Scott…

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