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@stephenpollard @spectator Cats are magical, beautiful, fascinating creatures. I'm not crazy about ours bringing us mangled mice as gifts, and take no pleasure in watching them torture a bird, but isn't that...wossisname...nature? I'd have expected Attenborough to encourage cats to cat.

Here's my @spectator column, 'What David Attenborough gets wrong about cats' spectator.com/article/what-d… Here we go again. Last February I wrote about the latest wave of ‘catphobia’ – my new word, do use it – prompted by a report (more accurately, an anti-cat rant) published by the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission. The report suggested the ‘compulsory containment of cats in vulnerable areas’ and the banning of cats altogether in some new housing developments. A wave of cat hate followed. For anyone who hasn’t been brainwashed by the anti-cat mafia that dominates the media and public life, I bring bad news. The majority of this anti-cat screed was easy to swat away as the nonsense it was. As for the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission…well, who cares? But, my fellow cat lovers, we now have a very different and altogether higher-calibre adversary to contend with. I can barely bring myself to report that tonight on BBC1 the latest piece of anti-cat propaganda is to be delivered by…Sir David Attenborough. And it’s not just any old new series of his; it’s one celebrating his 100th birthday. It’s as if the anti-cat mafia has decided it’s time to explode its nuclear weapon. How are we supposed to take on Sir David Attenborough celebrating his centenary? In the documentary Secret Garden, he argues that the 9.5 million pet cats in Britain kill 55 million birds every year. He suggests – assuming that this is, by definition, a bad thing – that cats wear a bell on their collars as this ‘reduces pet cats’ hunting success by a third’. As it happens, I don’t think it’s an outrageous suggestion; my cat, Louie, wears a bell on his collar, mainly so I can hear where he is. But that’s not all. In a recent interview, the series’s producer, Bill Markham, lets rip at cats on the bizarre ground that they are too well looked after. Having so many pet cats is, he says, ‘unfair on the prey’, because ‘they’re being fed every day. There’s no limit on their population. So the normal relationship between predators and prey falls apart.’ I’m struggling to understand the logic. Like most cats, Louie does occasionally bring back a dead bird for me. But it’s very occasional – perhaps once or twice a year. That’s because he doesn’t need to kill to eat. He’s just doing what cats do once in every while for fun. But if I didn’t feed him every day, he would do what cats do because he had to – and kill many more birds. If you’re trying to reduce the number of dead birds, how is making cats more reliant on killing them a good idea? Markham also says people should keep cats indoors during the avian breeding season in April and May. It’s not too outrageous a suggestion, although if you’ve ever had to contend with a stir-crazy cat for whatever reason – recuperating after an operation, for example – then you’ll know it’s not that straightforward. My real issue with the series isn’t the specific suggestions put forward. It’s the tone and the approach that we see all the time – that cats are somehow a problem that has to be dealt with. Usually they’re contrasted with dogs – ‘man’s best friend’ in that idiotic phrase, as if they’re loyal and bright while cats are self-centred. Anyone who owns a cat (or rather is owned by a cat) will know what rubbish that is. I’ve no interest in being slobbered over by a dog that runs affectionately at anyone. But when I’ve earned a cat’s trust and affection, as with Louie, that’s something I’ll take with me to my grave. I hesitate to take issue with Sir David Attenborough, but it’s depressing how yet again cats are being portrayed as a problem. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we just celebrated the joy, the comfort and the calm that cats can bring?

@HamblettMike @magi_jay I didn't choose to be Jewish, I just am. I'm non-observant, atheist and still proudly Jewish. The culture and history makes us who we are.

@magi_jay Get rid of all religion then, or maybe recognise Arab 'indigeneity'. Ps, isn't being Jewish a religious choice, not a race.

I'm just going to say it out loud. As a matter of the historical record, you cannot both recognize Christian Easter and also deny Jewish "Indigeneity" to the Middle East. This just makes no sense and I don't know why we would allow it to continue unchallenged.

@matthewBadass2 @v_j_freeman You're sick, son.

@v_j_freeman Just because these men aren't Jewish doesn't mean that dirty little tricksters Mossad aren't involved. British zionists are incredibly ignorant and naive.

Neither of these men had any reason to believe Jews in North London had been involved in a nefarious conspiracy to set fire to their own ambulances yet they were perfectly happy to share that belief publicly without shame, even imagining themselves victims rather than persecutors

@habibi_uk Pizza Express will be devastated by this news.

Say what you will about the Greens. You must admit that they are stunning and brave. For example, admire Hackney candidate Laura-Louise Fairley’s dazzlingly courageous response to a horrifying discovery about Pizza Express. This is just what hard-pressed councils need!

But we have de facto given millions in “defensive military aid” to Gaza already. Hamas used it to build the largest ever bomb shelter network, and then didn’t allow civilians to use it during a war. The problem is not our asymmetric sympathies, it’s the psychopathic terror org.

“It’s not fair Jews have defensive technology”. “It’s not fair Jews have better ambulances services”. “It’s not fair Jews refuse to die in direct proportion to their enemies.” Do you even hear yourself?

@cyberistia Saving pens is his strong point.

Just the tip of the iceberg

@sp4rkl3jumpr0p3 Say no to hate and division. And also demonise the 80% of British Jews who are Zionists.

On my way to Hartlepool where I'll be helping our Greens there hand out leaflets at Church Square from 11:30am We will be letting the people of Hartlepool know they can reject two-party politics and say NO to the hate and division of Reform by voting for us this May 💚💚💚

@GME_1970 @vampywitchy Like Spurs?

Good mental health is a recipe for a happy life. Find your thing that makes you happy. Mines @vampywitchy who I love ddearly oh and my 3 daughters & 3 cats Throw away those things that drag you down

@cyberistia I'd have him around 3 or 4.

No Hoddle is truly ridiculous

@Weslar It's so powerful and shocking.

Rewatched When They See Us over the last few days. Jesus , what a heartbreaking story that still hits you.

@leebrown2 @missdianemorgan Etymology of Spursy?

After seeing a number of profiles sharing content on the etymology of unusual words, I’ve decided to have a wee dabble myself. This is from my research and all 100% true…because you can’t get more than 100%. #ActorsLife #comedyreels #etymology #hangover #cunk @missdianemorgan

Controversy on Nice One Cyril!! @robawhite sticks a #Spurs staple in the Room 101 bin: Full episode here: tinyurl.com/c46uusbf #COYS #THFC #TTID

@NathanJRobinson Hamas were always the aggressors. Israel used the Dome to intercept thousands of rockets over many years, saving Gaza from retaliation. The atrocity of October 7 finally induced a response in an attempt to stop them once and for all.

one important question for anyone who supports "defensive" military aid to Israel such as the Iron Dome is: do you support defensive military aid for Palestine? Will you fund a Golden Dome for Gaza to protect its civilians from Israeli missiles? And if not, why not?

Our latest episode is available right here: The Five Year Plan (Three Months Tops) niceonecyrilpodcast.co.uk/the-five-year-… #COYS #THFC

@BenGreenJeru @GaryLineker Lineker is off the leash. Unhinged. Unapologetic. We see him.

Another day, another accusation of “genocide” by @GaryLineker. Populations don’t increase in actual real genocides. Lineker, and frankly anyone else who accuses Israel of “genocide” are anti-Semites and Hamas supporters. Accusing Israel of committing “genocide” in a war started and maintained by Hamas is a modern day blood libel. Unacceptable.

@jewishvoicelive What a sick, twisted bunch of ignorant misfits you lot are. Shameful and nauseating.

Israel is a modern-day Nazi state. Zionism is definitely Nazism. Above, the film of The Pianist, which recreates the segregation of Jews in the Nazi ghetto of Warsaw, where they were forbidden to pass through the streets, 1943. Below, the zionist ghetto in the West Bank, where Palestinians are segregated and forbidden to pass through the streets, 2025.

@azm_org_uk Obsessive lunatics declare.

Daniel Sternberg’s father is a founder member and former president of Bromley Reform Synagogue, which posts prayers for the IOF as they engage in a genocidal war.

Judge was Daniel Sternberg. Sternberg is a board member of the movement for Reform Judaism, which elects Rabbis for the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Reform Judaism’s website shows clear links to ‘Israel’. Sternberg previously dismissed a case against Tommy Robinson.

@Agent9tee9 @azm_org_uk ...said the Nazi.

@azm_org_uk All these instances provide evidence that in the future, if the British state survives the Jewish induced Depression we're entering into, that Jews cannot hold public office. They've repeatedly proven they will betray the people of Britain to serve Jewish interests & Israel.