Marl Karx retweeted
Jackdaw is a decision to accelerate the worsening climate crisis. Shame on Labour.
Marl Karx retweeted
The Israeli Foreign Ministry is lying.
No coordination was required, and we were never told that it was. We were not in a restricted security area. We did not pass any checkpoints.
Palestinian farmers do not — and should not — need permits to harvest their own olive fields. But they fear doing so, because the IDF doesn’t protect them from settler violence.
We’re trying to model solidarity & co-existence between Jews and Palestinians, and to call attention to the horrors of the occupation. The Israeli government is trying to foment violence between Jews and Palestinians, and to make it impossible for Palestinians to harvest their olive groves, drive on their roads, or live in their homes.
This was not about harvesting olives.
It was about harvesting headlines.
Brad Lander’s latest stunt is nothing more than a calculated political provocation.
Lander traveled to a foreign country, deliberately entered a restricted security area, and participated in an unauthorized activity without the required coordination.
What makes this stunt even more outrageous is that his own team contacted Israeli representatives in the United States ahead of his visit and was explicitly informed that proper coordination with the relevant authorities was required.
He chose to ignore those instructions.
At a time of heightened security tensions, Israeli security forces have a responsibility to protect lives, prevent dangerous incidents, and maintain public order.
Had anyone been injured as a result of his reckless political theater, Lander would undoubtedly have been among the first to demand that Israeli authorities intervene and provide protection.
Brad Lander came looking for a confrontation. Now he is pretending to be its victim.
Marl Karx retweeted
Today's decision by Labour to approve new drilling in the North Sea is climate vandalism.
It's a betrayal of all of our futures, and Labour has abandoned all credibility in the fight against climate change.
This is a victory for Shell over the people.
UK government gives go-ahead for gas production from Jackdaw field in North Sea bbc.in/4yzB0mv
"Noooooo, don't tax us bro, we're job creators!"
Meanwhile:
Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs as bank increases its use of AI bbc.in/4zNvcXC
Marl Karx retweeted
You see why they urgently need to slash welfare.
Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs as bank increases its use of AI bbc.in/4zNvcXC
Marl Karx retweeted
I will never be deterred from speaking out against Palantir, which should have no place in our public services whatsoever.
Kick Palantir out!
Exclusive: The US spytech firm sent letters to British MPs who made critical comments or asked difficult questions in parliament. @harriepw reports. novaramedia.com/2026/10/22/p…
Marl Karx retweeted
Yes, Brad Lander should have coordinated with Israeli forces. Just look at how well they've treated their partners who follow the rules in the past!
This was not about harvesting olives.
It was about harvesting headlines.
Brad Lander’s latest stunt is nothing more than a calculated political provocation.
Lander traveled to a foreign country, deliberately entered a restricted security area, and participated in an unauthorized activity without the required coordination.
What makes this stunt even more outrageous is that his own team contacted Israeli representatives in the United States ahead of his visit and was explicitly informed that proper coordination with the relevant authorities was required.
He chose to ignore those instructions.
At a time of heightened security tensions, Israeli security forces have a responsibility to protect lives, prevent dangerous incidents, and maintain public order.
Had anyone been injured as a result of his reckless political theater, Lander would undoubtedly have been among the first to demand that Israeli authorities intervene and provide protection.
Brad Lander came looking for a confrontation. Now he is pretending to be its victim.
Marl Karx retweeted
We have just experienced our hottest summer on record.
It is unfathomable that the government would approve another gas field in the midst of a climate emergency.
The government has put the profits of fossil fuel giants over the future of our children. Beyond shameful.
Marl Karx retweeted
"We're always.. told we're going to have to add to your bills to pay for them, but then they look at the profits that water companies make, or the dividends that are taken out of those companies to pay their shareholders.."
Gareth Barlow sums up 35+ years of water privatisation
Marl Karx retweeted
It will never not be grimly funny that many social democrats think ‘Labour’ means ‘Work’ instead of ‘Workers’
Marl Karx retweeted
Jackdaw offers just 27 jobs, 35 million tonnes of carbon, and no change to energy security or bills.
Greens offer a different vision. Our own homegrown, renewable energy, creating thousands of British jobs and investing in our children's futures.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Horrible feeling this is going to be used to justify new oil and gas licences beyond just approving Jackdaw or Rosebank.
Would be catastrophic for the climate and make decarbonising too reliant on the proceeds of gas and oil to make the rapid transition required.
NEW
Britain’s missing sovereign wealth fund… Treasury officials have modelled that had the UK done what Norway did with North Sea revenues, there would be a £1 trillion fund…
As Chancellor sets up Energy Wealth Fund, a look at the long historical argument about where the oil windfall went, including from interviews with those who have run Norways $2.4 trillion fund, now the biggest in the world, filled from the proceeds of the same North Sea.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4g…
Marl Karx retweeted
About time the UK had an honest reappraisal about Thatcherism
NEW
Britain’s missing sovereign wealth fund… Treasury officials have modelled that had the UK done what Norway did with North Sea revenues, there would be a £1 trillion fund…
As Chancellor sets up Energy Wealth Fund, a look at the long historical argument about where the oil windfall went, including from interviews with those who have run Norways $2.4 trillion fund, now the biggest in the world, filled from the proceeds of the same North Sea.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4g…
Marl Karx retweeted
It’s outrageous that Sir David Bell has had historical roles within the Israel lobby, including as a National Council member within an organisation whose sole aim was fighting BDS in higher education
Marl Karx retweeted
Lucy Powell wants every school in England to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Seven of its eleven examples are about Israel. We analysed the review as well as the 37 news articles about it.
What the review shows:
• Its longest section, 1,073 words, is about pupils and teachers showing support for Palestine with badges and flags. It mentions antisemitism twice.
• 2,407 words on political impartiality. 267 on supporting the victims of antisemitism.
• 23% of the review is about Israel, Palestine or political expression. In the staff conduct chapter, it is 60%.
• It says a view held by 45% of British adults, that Israel treats Palestinians like the Nazis treated Jews, could be antisemitic. Source: a YouGov poll for the Campaign Against Antisemitism, September 2025.
• Its terms of reference committed it to IHRA's definition of antisemitism in March, eight weeks before the call for evidence opened.
• The review says there is "confusion around the boundary between legitimate political expression and antisemitism". It asked people that directly: 526 of 590 said they could tell the difference. It leaves that answer out.
• 158 of 587 responses criticised the review, including its use of IHRA. It quotes none of them.
• "Three in five Jewish pupils" rests on 70 students.
• A charity named The Academic Study Group, whose only firm policy is opposing boycotts of Israel, lists Sir David Bell on its council. The terms of reference say he has "no conflict of interest".
How the media framed it:
• 27 of 37 reports named the IHRA definition. Only 4 quoted any of its examples about Israel.
• None mentioned the 45% passage, the 158 critical responses or Bell's place on the Academic Study Group council.
• Critics of the definition got 883 words across 37 reports, 828 of them from one NEU statement. The Community Security Trust alone got 1,119.
• 9 reported any criticism of the definition. In 6, the only critic was the NEU.
• 8 put badges, flags or political symbols in the headline or standfirst, in an attempt to reinforce the message that solidarity for Palestine is linked to antisemitism.
• The Times cut "and the genocide in Gaza" from the NEU leader's words and put an ellipsis in its place.
Antisemitism in schools is real, and Jewish children must be protected. A definition that cannot tell Jewish children apart from the Israeli state only benefits the Israeli state, by conflating the two and misrepresenting real antisemitism.
Read the full analysis, with the evidence and our data:
newscord.org/editorials/bell…
Marl Karx retweeted
Britain’s top-selling far right politics magazine telling its audience broadcasters, officials and political leaders are plotting in secret to kill them and their loved ones. What conclusions does Dougie here want readers to draw about What Must Now Be Done?
Marl Karx retweeted
We deserve to know exactly what military, economic and political support this country has provided to Israel.
The last government did everything it could to hide Britain’s complicity in genocide. Why is this government following in its footsteps?
Tomorrow's front page:
Burnham blocks Corbyn Gaza bid – Official inquiry pleas is snubbed
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