UK Democracy is a Scam

Unhappy with your lot? Then look no further than our crap #democracy. Each of us should have far more influence on which policies are implemented, i.e. regular referendums (🇨🇭 has had 61 since #Brexit!). We might not always get what we vote for but at least we would have our say.

@RupaHuq @Lougwriter Pathetic whataboutery.

I was at the Prime Minister's important statement on the Peter Mandelson scandal. Mistakes were made but the Tory party are all about faux outrage when they presided over scandal after scandal They even had no anti-corruption tsar after last one resigned following Boris blunders

Do you stand with Francasca Albanese? Raise your hand 👋🏽

The smashed statue of Christ crucified is just the tip of an iceberg of Israeli anti-Christian bigotry. Here's my report from occupied east Jerusalem two weeks ago:

Who has been Starmer’s biggest benefactor since he became Labour leader? The donation for Starmer’s leadership campaign in 2020 that gained the most attention was the late declaration of £50,000 given by Sir Trevor Chinn. But what didn’t receive any attention was the £100,000 given to him by Lord Waheed Alli. Lord Alli continued thereafter to festoon the Starmers with donations, free use of his penthouse and all sorts of luxury gifts. Lord Alli has been central to the Starmer project and, as we now know, shared an office in Downing Street with Morgan McSweeney. Lord Alli was given the task of raising funds for Labour’s 2024 election campaign while McSweeney and his organisation Labour Together vetted and chose the candidates. Many believe that all this was done under the auspices of Peter Mandelson. Mandelson’s influence on McSweeney, Lord Alli and Starmer cannot be underestimated. Mandelson and Waheed Alli’s friendship goes back many years. Mandelson plotted the 1997 election campaign from Waheed Alli’s home in Kent. Alli was made a life peer in July 1998 and became Baron Waheed Alli. He was introduced to the House of Lords by Baroness Margaret Jay. In 2008 Peter Mandelson became a life peer and was ennobled as Baron Mandelson. He was introduced to the Lords by Lord Charles Falconer and Baroness Margaret Jay. All the incessant talk and speculation about who pushed Starmer to appoint Mandelson as US ambassador but nowhere is there any mention of Lord Alli in these discussions. Maybe he didn’t have any influence on Starmer’s decision but I would tend to believe otherwise considering just how much influence he’s had on Starmer’s political career and life thus far. Peter Mandelson made Waheed Alli an important part of the New Labour project and gave him the standing and influence that came with his peerage. I can’t help thinking that Lord Alli would have returned the favour and used his considerable influence over Starmer to get Mandelson that prestigious US ambassadorship that he coveted so much.

She neeeds all our voices I stand with franchesca albanis

#EuropeanUnion: UN experts call for immediate suspension of trade agreement with #Israel – a ‘minimum requirement’ under intl. law. “The EU can’t claim to uphold human rights while sustaining preferential trade with State whose conduct amounts to genocide” ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

@AlexBallingerMP They all died waiting ffs.

Brilliant news as NHS waiting lists continue to fall - down 405,000 since the election. 750,000 patients are being seen on time in A&E. Ambulances are reaching heart attack and stroke patients 5 minutes faster. This Labour government is getting our NHS back on track.

@Average_NY_Guy We are told Israel is our ally and we don't expect our allies to be hateful murdering b@st@rds. Does that answer your question?

Yes, it’s horrible that an IDF soldier crushed a statue of Jesus, and yes, he should be punished. But here’s something for my Christian friends to think about: how is it that a single picture of a soldier hitting a statue gets everyone moving and angry, yet thousands of Christians slaughtered in Africa are mostly ignored? Think about it. What explains the selective outrage?

"The main cause of antisemitism in the world today is the fact that the Israeli state claims to represent all Jews and is committing a genocide in Gaza, in the name of all Jews. Israel has the Star of David on its tanks and planes whilst it is killing women and children in Gaza, it’s stirring up antisemitism all the time"

Keir Starmer actually put this in a briefing to Labour MPs of 'useful questions to ask' today. The PM knew of Mandelson's relationship Epstein when he appointed him. And yet thinks he can still exploit the grief of the victims. This is why he is not fit to be Prime Minister.

@kajakallas @PalestinePMO @EspenBarthEide It's a fcking nonsense and you know it just so you and the West can justify and continue the colonialist murdering state's existence.

The two-state solution remains the most viable path to a Middle East without war. Europe is the biggest supporter of the Palestinian people. Our meeting today focused on the next steps to support Gaza and the West Bank. My press remarks with @PalestinePMO and @EspenBarthEide ↓

@SteveReedMP Why are you leading a smear campaign against one of the most prominent Jewish politicians in Britain? Pretty vile and disgusting if you ask me, Steve.

@JacobCollierMP @Lougwriter For telling the truth.

Two MPs kicked out of the Chamber for unparliamentary behaviour, purely so they can put a clip on social media for their supporters. Appalling conduct.

Keir Starmer is a barefaced liar and if he had any decency, he would resign.

@Baddiel 💤

Confused as to why politicians say, on another attempted arson attack on a Jewish building, “these terrorists are trying to divide us - and will not succeed etc etc.” Are they? I’d say that diviseness is not the object. I’d say it’s trying to kill Jews.

@EYakoby And yet they've been constantly calling Israel's war crimes so voicefully. 🤔

Last week it was revealed that Hamas are gang-raping displaced Gazan women. New York Times? Silent. Washington Post? Silent. BBC? Silent. CNN? Silent. Sky News? Silent.

For a year, we called on leaders to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which Israel is blatantly breaching. Yet European leaders are stalling. Our leaders are choosing to greenlight Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This impunity must end.

@ArchRose90 Yep, they failed to call out and condemn Israelis and Zionists for conflating what Israel is doing with British Jews.

Hatzola ambulances lit up in Golders Green. An attempted arson attack at: Finchley Reform Synagogue. Jewish Futures building in Hendon. Kenton United Synagogue. All in a short space of time. This is an environment created by Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan, who failed to act.

@SteveReedMP You disgust me.

Out in Norbury today with our Labour team speaking to residents about what they love about Norbury and what change they want to see.

As someone who can’t stand the Tories and many of their former prime ministers, I never thought I would say this, but it’s a Labour prime minister that I can’t stand the most. Keir Starmer has betrayed the electorate with snake oil salesmanship and his love of freebies. He has punished farmers, small businesses, pensioners, WASPI women, child abuse victims and students. He focuses more on the corporate class of Davos, BlackRock and Bill Gates rather than serving the people. He’s failed to fix the cost of living crisis and instead deepened it. He’s the diametric opposite of what Labour used to stand for. And all wrapped around that bloody awful po-faced, sanctimonious manner of his. He’s totally disconnected from the mood of the nation. He’s the worst prime minister at exactly the worst time.