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Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
I have officially resigned from the Green Party and will currently sit as an independent Cllr
A statement to the people of Waterloo
Today I have made the incredibly difficult decision to resign from the Green Party. As things stand, I will now sit as an Independent councillor for Waterloo.
I'm 23. I grew up here, walked these streets as a little boy and couldn't be prouder to now represent the community I call home. I didn't get into politics for a career or a party badge. I got into it to help people and make my community better.
At Green Party Conference, a motion was passed declaring Zionism a form of racism and committing the party to oppose it.
I had serious concerns about what this could mean for Jewish members. Being Jewish does not make someone a Zionist. Jewish people hold many different views on Israel and Zionism.
An amendment was put forward saying members should not be pressured or disciplined simply because they attend or are connected to Jewish institutions such as synagogues or community centres. It also sought to ensure Jewish members weren't punished for views that wouldn't see non-Jewish members punished.
I voted for it. It was rejected. I then voted against the final motion.
I saw Jewish members in tears afterwards. I won't forget that.
I came back to Waterloo knowing I couldn't look residents in the face and defend something I believe is wrong.
I will always stand up for Palestinian freedom and speak out against the actions of the Israeli Government. But I can do that while standing with our Jewish community against antisemitism. We must be able to do both.
I fear the Green Party is heading to a very dark place. I cannot follow it there.
If that means my political career ends at 23, so be it.
I'm not leaving Waterloo. I'll still be here, taking up your casework, fighting your corner and doing everything I can for the community I love.
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
"Dear Diary,
ยฃ72 million in 48 hours! It sounds a lot, but it's peanuts compared to what they'll make when I keep my promise to slash capital gains tax on crypto assets from 24% to 10% and set up a Bank of England Bitcoin Reserve Fund"
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
My thoughts and reflections on @Ed_Miliband statement yesterday with a longer piece on my substack here jonathanwittenberg.substack.โฆ
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
The โanticolonialโ crowd went awfully silent when Turkey started talking about reconquering Jerusalem.
Theyโd go nuts if British ministers vowed to reconquer New Delhi. Theyโd go ballistic if the French said theyโd โliberateโ Algiers or the Spanish said theyโd take back Lima.
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
BBC: "have you ever been to Clacton?"
@CountBinface: "no, because I understand from the current incumbent that is part of how you do the job."
politics is BACK, baby
ALT Count Binface on BBC
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Antisemitism isn't just swastikas daubed on walls. It can also be "wrapped in the language of human rights and social justice.. and posit that all Jews must be regarded as suspect until they have proven their purity".
Telling story from @JewishChron
Our holiday landlord realised we were Jewish. What happened next was deeply troubling
thejc.com/opinion/our-holidaโฆ
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
This agreement is far worse than I expected. To reopen the straitโ a strait that was open before the warโ we and our partners are transferring billions to the autocrats. We get nothing elseโ no elimination of enriched uranium, missiles, or terrorist support. And to add one final gift, we agree to not help the Iranian people pursue their democratic aspirations. Just incredible.
The full text of the Agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war:
nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/poโฆ
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
PROS of the MOU
โข Iran pinky promises not to develop a nuclear weapon.
โข The Strait of Hormuz reopens, with commercial shipping passing toll free for 60 days.
CONS of the MOU
โข Broad sanctions relief for Iran.
โข Frozen Iranian assets are unfrozen.
โข Hezbollah appears to be protected from continued Israeli military pressure.
โข Enriched uranium remains inside Iran.
โข No provisions addressing Iranโs support for terror proxies.
โข No provisions addressing Iranโs ballistic missile program.
โข No provisions addressing Iranโs systematic human rights abuses.
โข No requirement for Iran to dismantle or disarm the Axis of Resistance.
โข No commitment from Iran to end support for Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, or other proxy groups.
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
โA young Jewish woman was pressured by her CEO to accept being assigned a non-Jewish name at work, in the directory, email & office interactions to avoid offending clients. In Australia, where a trans personโs chosen gender & chosen name must be accepted to avoid offence. If I live to be 100 I will not get over todayโs testimony.โ
These are the words of one of our Australian followers in response to yesterdayโs hearing of the Australian Royal Commission on Antisemitism. She adds, โI tried imagining the fallout if anyone had told India Willoughby that he had to use his male name. Then I realised I didn't have the brain capacity to hold the hypocrisy & insanity of both these things.โ
One minority is expected to erase itself to avoid offence, while another is protected from offence by institutional force. That is a profound double standard. We say: antisemitism is not a burden for Jews to manage, but an entrenched conspiracy theory that society must confront.
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
J.D. Vance in April 2025: โI think a lot of European nations were right about our invasion of Iraq. Frankly, if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of IraqโฆI donโt want the Europeans to just do whatever the Americans tell them to do. I donโt think itโs in their interest, and I donโt think itโs in our interests, either.โ
unherd.com/2025/04/transcripโฆ
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Targeting the IRGC is not an attack on Iran or its peopleโitโs quite literally the opposite. Itโs targeting the very force that massacred 40,000 unarmed protestors just a few weeks ago. Iranians are celebrating the strikes to dismantle the Ayatollahโs killing machine.
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
A photo of 5-year-old Osama al-Rakab has gone viral, used to falsely depict Israel as responsible for his condition, claiming Israel is starving children.
#TheFacts: Osama suffers from a serious genetic illness unrelated to the war. On June 12, we actively coordinated Osama's exit from Gaza with his mother and brother through the Ramon airport.
He is now receiving treatment in Italy.
Tragic images rightfully stir strong emotions, but when theyโre misused to fuel hatred and lies, they do more harm than good. Donโt let compassion be exploited for propaganda. Check the facts before parroting blame.
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Today, we Iranians are faced with something truly unbelievable:
Western, liberal, โwokeโ feminists, clueless about the brutal reality in our country, consistently stand with our oppressors under the delusion of saviorism. They have no understanding of the decades of humiliation, violence, and systemic oppression weโve endured under the Islamic Republic.
Driven by their own need to feel morally superior, they claim to fight for justice while turning a blind eye to the suffering of millions. And letโs be honest, they are some of the most racist voices out there. They look at Iranians and other โbrown peopleโ as too backward, too uncivilized, too dumb to deserve real freedom or democracy. In their eyes, weโre wild animals, only manageable under tyranny.
But hereโs the truth: we are the ones fighting for real freedom, the same freedom they weaponize to silence us. And we want absolutely nothing to do with their hypocrisy.
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Putin: โWe have this old rule: wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, itโs ours.โ
Heโs not even pretending to hide his imperialism. Contrary to what Trump and others claim, this war was never about NATO expansion
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
25 years ago, Yasser Arafat walked away from a deal that would have handed him Gaza, the West Bank and all of East Jerusalem on a silver platter.
He walked away and began the Second Intifada.
"I am a failure, because you have made me one"
- President Clinton to Arafat
Mr Sharp ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
As Hamas begins again executing Palestinians in Gaza for protesting โ nine killed, others kidnapped and disappeared โ the Western pro-Palestine movement remains deafeningly silent. You chant "Free Palestine" while ignoring Palestinians who demand freedom from a regime that tortures and kills them. You cry out against bombs, but say nothing about bullets fired into the heads of unarmed protesters by Hamas. This is not solidarity โ itโs moral bankruptcy. If you can't condemn the fascists ruling us, then you're not standing with us โ you're standing on top of us, speaking over our dead.
If you truly stand with Gaza, then act like it. Protest not only for the end of war, but for the end of tyranny. Raise your voice for the Gazans being executed, kidnapped, tortured, and silenced by Hamas. And if you mean what you say about liberation, then demand what Gaza needs most: Hamasโs surrender and disarmament. Your silence helps them kill. Your voice can help stop it.
