David Marsh

This is such a dangerous escalation by Starmer, taking us further into an illegal & reckless war and demonstrating exactly the risk of mission creep that many have warned about, making us all less safe

@NatalieFleetMP @ladyofstars74 @reformparty_uk @AndrewHWestern You forgot to mention that they also condone war crimes.

Thinking of voting @reformparty_uk this May? Here’s 5 reasons not to bother!

@TadhgHickey @snowleopardess @10DowningStreet Their “condemnation” of the al-Minab school massacre must be stuck in the post.

@10DowningStreet Fuck off, in the strongest terms, you genocide-enabling, hypocritical supercowards

Together with our allies, we condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces.

@Mikehomeseller “Me? I’m just a lawnmower … You can tell me by the way I walk.” Genius.

My spin this morning. What are your favorite tracks? Where does this album rank in their catalog for you? #mikesquestions #Genesis #PeterGabriel

@notsosexintheci My parents’ and my first two girlfriends’ (1968-69).

I remember when they added an extra number to landlines.

@SarahIronside6 MAGA = Jonestown.

I genuinely need to know what the red line is for maga. Because at this point it seems like trump could break into your home and rape your daughter right in front of you and you would still find a way to justify your support for this absolute monster.

@Noirchick1 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. The List of Adrian Messenger. Kiss Me, Deadly.

What film is a favorite of yours that no one else seems to have ever heard of?

Repost if you’d like to see the return of traditional British values. Things like tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. Politeness. A sense of fair play. Mutual respect. Humour and wit. Kindness and generosity. Fairness. Sportsmanship. Anti-fascism. Inclusivity.

@TheonrableMuntr @danny__kruger It’s about 500 “in London alone”, of which many are just meeting and prayer rooms.

@danny__kruger At the outset of WW2 there were 2 possibly 3 mosques in the entire UK. Most of us would have lived our lives without even knowing they existed. Today in London alone there are 2000+. It is an invasion.

Nick Timothy and Nigel Farage are right, and Sadiq Khan and Keir Starmer are wrong. Small groups of people, of whatever religion, praying in public places is fine. And as a Christian country we should allow a special privilege for churches to lead services in our national spaces, like the Palm Sunday celebration that happens in Trafalgar Square. What we don't want is mass ritual observances intended to claim the civic realm for another religion, or assert the domination of another culture over our own Christian traditions. What happens in our national spaces is not neutral. People use Trafalgar Square, for celebrations and demonstrations, to make a point about the kind of country they want us to be. The Palm Sunday pageant reminds us of who we are - not as individuals (many or most of us don't identify as Christians at all) but as a national community, with the roots of our institutions in the ground of the Bible and our most solemn communal moments, from coronations to funerals, mediated through the liturgies of the Church. A mass Adhan held there, or in any town square, is making a different point: that Britain is not a Christian country, and that - inshallah - one day it shall be Muslim. This is unacceptable to the British public and indeed incompatible with our constitution. As ever with these debates, the issue is partly one of kind and partly one of degree. There is an issue with Islam itself as a religion which in most interpretations does not admit of pluralism or freedom of conscience, and therefore is inherently aggrandising, including over territory. But with a bit of confidence and a bit of toleration we could handle that - if it were not for the issue of degree. It is the scale of Islam in Britain, and the ambition of its leaders for greater scale, that makes the problem. The numbers of people who assembled for the adhan in Trafalgar Square, clearly and openly claiming the territory for a faith with no connection (indeed, with strong doctrinal disagreement) with the model of Western liberal democracy that Britain has developed and exported to the world - that is the problem. The numbers, whether everyone there understood it this way or not (and I suspect many did), convey an explicit threat to the foundations of our country. Being relaxed about other people's religion is a good thing, a very British thing. I don't mind modern druids dancing around Stonehenge in my constituency (arguably, though the historicity is tenuous, they have a claim to the place). I don't mind small groups of Hindus or Buddhists or Muslims demonstrating the reality of Britain's religious toleration by worshiping in Trafalgar Square. But let's not kid ourselves about this adhan, or pretend that we're just seeing another harmless expression of Britain's religious diversity. We are seeing an abuse of liberalism, led by people who are not themselves liberal; or - let us imagine they are acting in good faith - who are themselves deceived about what they are doing. It should not happen again. And it would be good to hear the Church of England say so.

@MichaelRosenYes @GyllKing @NJ_Timothy And wait till Nick hears about the Jewish funerals at Waltham Abbey where the women sit apart from the men!

@NJ_Timothy You must be dreading Hanukkah with those great big candles towering over everyone in Trafalgar Square. Have you prepared a statement?

Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. The adhan - which declares there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his messenger - is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination. Perform these rituals in mosques if you wish. But they are not welcome in our public places and shared institutions. And given their explicit repudiation of Christianity they certainly do not belong in our churches and cathedrals. I am not suggesting everybody at Trafalgar Square last night is an Islamist. But the domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook. Trafalgar Square belongs to all of us. It is a national memorial to our independence and our salvation. Last night was not like a televised football match or a St Patrick’s Day celebration. It was an act of domination and therefore division. It shouldn’t happen again.

He's cancelling Christmas. For the first time, a politician is *actually* trying to cancel Christmas. #womp #womp

Block the straight of Hormuz for a week and the world goes mad but block the Rafah crossing for years, preventing the entry of food and humanitarian aid into Gaza and nobody bats an eye. It’s not hard to see that this world values markets, profit and capitalism over human lives.

@paul_jkrause @susipjensen The best title, certainly. But A Canticle for Leibowitz is a better book in my opinion.

@susipjensen I wrote my application essay for Yale on Philip K Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Love him and his works.

What is the best sci-fi novel you've read? There are many good ones. Great ones. Not just because he recently passed away, but Hyperion by Dan Simmons has to be up there for everyone who has read it...

@paul_jkrause A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M Miller). No contest.

Quite a lot of people have told me they joined the Green Party after watching this BBC Newsnight Interview - so here it is again! youtu.be/cpVOHPYnnmE?si…

An illegal war waged by two countries the UK arms & supports B52s launched from British soil. Israeli jets built with British parts A UK economy still hooked on fossil fuels. We must end support for the war, cut fossil fuel addiction & support families facing this price shock

A compilation of how senior Labour figures refused to support the upholding of international law as Israel killed 10,000 Palestinians during the first month of bombing👇

The moment Israel targeted British journalist Steve Sweeney in southern Lebanon.

@NatalieFleetMP Yes, and just when Brexit is going so well, Natalie.

While London may want to rejoin, areas like mine that voted 70% to leave definitely do not. In an increasingly divided world, the last thing we need is to divide the country all over again by restarting this debate.

@andrewpakes_ You don’t think Labour’s cosying up to the Reform agenda has anything to do with this, Andrew?

Conservative attacks on a community Iftar in Trafalgar Square show the nasty party is truly back. Always running to their worst instincts worried about Reform. Always trying to blame someone else. Britain is better than this hate & division.