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Tom Lines 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺@tomlines.bsky.social

Tom Lines 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺@tomlines.bsky.social

@TomJLines

Been around a bit, now retired. Author, “Making Poverty: A History.” Green politics, Ukraine, Palestine, trade economics, agric. Also at @tomlines.bsky.social

Brighton Katılım Nisan 2014
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Tom Lines 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺@tomlines.bsky.social@TomJLines·
Russians in general have a muddled and dangerous view of their own history, in particular the origin of their nation and state. Until very recently, this view was generally accepted in Britain and almost everywhere. It was unquestioned when I was learning Russian 50 years ago. 🧵
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Séamus Malekafzali
Séamus Malekafzali@Seamus_Malek·
At least 25 journalists were killed in Israeli strikes on newspaper buildings in Yemen two days ago. As with the mass killings of journalists in Gaza and the targeting of journalists in south Lebanon, barely a peep from Western colleagues. Here are the names of 22 of them.
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Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚
Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚@hippyygoat·
You are an amazing man…‼️ He stopped the music and spoke for Palestine and against the Genocide at the BBC Proms👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 “Jews and Palestinians won't be able to stop this alone. I ask you, I beg you all to do whatever is in your power to stop this madness. Every little action counts while governments hesitate and wait” -Conductor Ilan Volkov
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The Green Party
The Green Party@TheGreenParty·
Eurovision should stand for peace, joy and shared humanity — not complicity in genocide. The BBC must withdraw from coverage if Israel is allowed to participate. Full statement 👉 bit.ly/eurovisionBBC
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BladeoftheSun
BladeoftheSun@BladeoftheS·
The BBC are doing a special show on Charlie Kirk. Did you know who Charlie Kirk was before yesterday?
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BladeoftheSun
BladeoftheSun@BladeoftheS·
Ken Murphy is Tesco’s UK CEO and the highest paid supermarket boss. He gets £9,930,000 a year, but is registered to pay tax in the Republic of Ireland. Not a penny of his outrageous salary is collected in tax, despite almost all Tesco’s earnings coming from the UK. It’s theft.
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Mark Seddon
Mark Seddon@MarkSeddon1962·
Yet more truly astonishing ineptitude (and worse) from Keir Starmer. He has just made Jon Pearce MP, Chairman of 'Labour Friends of Israel', his Parliamentary Private Secretary. How much longer is the PLP going to put up with this?
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Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf@Hamza_a96·
An Israeli has said it. That means it’s fine for the Guardian to entertain the idea of a higher death toll. Doesn’t matter that Palestinians have been saying this.
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Saul Staniforth
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth·
Yesterday Israel killed at least 40 Palestinians in Gaza. Did the Foreign Secretary tweet about them & offer her thoughts and condolences to their families, if any of them survived that is.
Yvette Cooper@YvetteCooperMP

Deeply shocked by the killing of Charlie Kirk in Utah. Political violence has no place in our societies. Our thoughts and condolences are with his family.

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Mark Seddon
Mark Seddon@MarkSeddon1962·
Still, as far as I can see, not even reported on the @BBCWorld website.
Quds News Network@QudsNen

Overnight, Israeli forces continued its mass abduction campaign in Tulkarm, north of the occupied West Bank, capturing anyone they encountered during their assault on the city. In just a few hours, more than 1,500 people were taken hostage and herded in a humiliating manner into a library that the army had seized and turned into a detention camp. They were not interrogated, as that was never the goal. Instead, they were subjected to abuse, insults, and humiliation before some were later released.

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Jewish Anti-Zionist Action
Jewish Anti-Zionist Action@JAZA_UK·
BREAKING: Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has decided it will NOT participate in Eurovision 2026 if EBU admits Israel In declaring this boycott the Netherlands joins Ireland, while Slovenia, Iceland & Spain have threatened to withdraw unless Israel is expelled avrotros.nl/article/avrotr…
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Zarah Sultana MP
Zarah Sultana MP@zarahsultana·
Over 1,600 people have been arrested since Labour banned Palestine Action — the first time a non-violent direct action group has ever been proscribed in Britain. The UN has condemned it as “disproportionate” and “unnecessary”. Opposing genocide isn’t a crime, it’s a moral duty.
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Jenny Jones
Jenny Jones@GreenJennyJones·
He deserved that award and was very restrained in victory. The @BBC have lost their way morally over the past few years. Time for a huge rethink for them to get back to reporting honestly.
Farrukh@implausibleblog

Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award, "It's not lost on me why I might have won this award" "Aside from presenting Match of the Day, the most iconic football show for 26 years" "Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice" @GaryLineker Legend 👏

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@carla_denyer MacSweeney recruited Starmer as the “empty vessel” his project required to replace Corbyn. He still seems to be Starmer’s real boss. MacSweeney’s own first political job was under Peter Mandelson 40 years ago. Now he’s the Prince of Darkness’ current representative on Earth.
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Carla Denyer
Carla Denyer@carla_denyer·
After more than a year of disastrous political direction it looks like Labour MPs are finally questioning McSweeney's judgement. Remember - this is the man whose strategy is for Starmer to become a Farage tribute act with no solutions
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Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷
Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷@MichaelRosenYes·
Loving the chorus of outrage about sleazy Peter Mandelson, but many of the big journalists doing the tut-tutting must have known about this stuff years ago...no? So why didn't you say anything? And because you didn't, you're part of the problem, aren't you? Covering for him.
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Just Stop Oil
Just Stop Oil@JustStop_Oil·
🚨 BREAKING: GANTRY CLIMBERS NOT GUILTY A jury found Sam, Isobel and Rachel not guilty of public nuisance at Guilford Crown Court today, after they climbed gantries above the M25 in 2022. The jury decided they had a reasonable excuse for taking action.
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Apsana Begum MP
Apsana Begum MP@ApsanaBegumMP·
In February I found out in a news article, that I had not had the Labour whip restored, which was removed for voting to scrap the two-child limit policy. Yesterday, Peter Mandelson was sacked for retaining links to a sex offender, yet he holds the Labour whip and remains a Peer.
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Ellie
Ellie@artymesia·
@BladeoftheS starmer is taunting us! The anger at him is ratcheting up. Despicable husk of a man, no soul, no heart, no principles, no conscience, no humanity, sold it all to the Zionists.
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