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Zack Polanski speaks without notes in a rational but passionate repudiation of the insults aimed at him by the pro-Israel mob. This is an example of powerful oratory that will be completely ignored by the BBC, Sky etc so lets retweet to make sure it gets maximum coverage here.
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Paul Nowak, "The national minimum wage is £12.71 an hour"
"Nobody on this panel is on £12.71 an hour"
"And I think it is right that we are looking to increase people's wages"
"Why? When low paid members get a pay rise, what do they do, they go out and spend it in local shops and local restaurants"
"They don't squirrel it away in offshore bank accounts"
My view:
For someone earning the least, a pay rise can mean putting the heating on without worrying, buying fresh food, or getting through the month without borrowing. That matters in its own right. People deserve more than a lifetime of work spent barely scraping by.
There is an economic value too. When household budgets have been stretched to breaking point, extra income helps meet needs that have gone unmet. That spending supports other people’s jobs and gives local businesses customers who can afford to walk through the door.
We spend so much time asking whether the economy can afford to pay people more. We should also ask what it costs us to keep so many people poor.
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.@Taj_Ali1: "We knew that this company took over Poundland last year, we know they are private equity, we know what they do to companies.. far to often.. we act when its too late.. we should be scrutinising the ownership of these major firms.. its the govts job"
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One of the interesting things I’ve noticed in this discourse about sexual strangulation is that people with low–sex and kink drives appear to not have a theory of mind for people with high drives.
To them, even if the act has no further moral implications, it’s hard to comprehend why someone would take such a risk for such a low reward.
I’ll be honest, I have a hard time comprehending motorcyclists that zip around at three–digit speeds on the highway; I have no desire to engage in that behavior, and I struggle to comprehend people who do.
The trouble is when we treat our lack of comprehension of the other as if the other doesn’t exist, must be lying, or is some abomination.
A few decades ago during the AIDS crisis, a heterosexual with no personal comprehension of homosexuality might say, “Having gay sex is so risky, why not just avoid something that’s so easy to avoid?”
It would be easy for him to avoid; it obviously wouldn’t be easy to avoid for those very attached to the activity and the people they engage in it with.
I think this is something we can engage with seriously if we are able to have empathy for the people on either side of the discussion.
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The BBC consistently interrupts every guest that criticises Israel with a defence on their behalf: “Israel would say [insert genocide justification here]”
They say they do this for “transparency” and “due impartiality”.
If they were honest about that, they would also add the other things Israel themselves have said.
Allow us to demonstrate:
1. “Israel would say [genocide justification] although Isaac Herzog, Israel’s President did say on 12 October 2023 ‘It is an entire nation out there that is responsible’”
2. “Israel would say [genocide justification]. Netanyahu did also say in a letter to his soldiers on November 2023 that Gaza is a ‘holy war of total annihilation’”
3. “Israel would say [genocide justification]. On 9 October 2023, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant also said ‘We are fighting against human animals.’”
4. “Israel Katz, the Energy Minister on 13 October 2023, did say that Gaza's civilians would ‘not receive a drop of water or a single battery until they leave the world.’”
5. “Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister in August 2024 said starving two million people “might be just and moral until they return the hostages.’”
The BBC has consistently hidden behind “transparency” and “due impartiality” to defend Israel at every opportunity.
But their cherry-picking of what they say after “Israel says”, is telling of just how opaque and partial they are.
“Israel says” is not inherently bad, if one actually says what Israel says.
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It's fucking beautiful watching the dying embers of the ZioNazi aligned corporate media's control of the riff raff.
Michigan's Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed confronted @jamesmatthewsky, telling him he wouldn't answer his questions as he wants "zero" votes in the UK.
Watch the heated exchange between the two.
Watch our live coverage of the US midterms➡️ trib.al/BikRSb2
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UK press seeing progressives elsewhere: You can't help but feel hope for the future 🥹
UK press seeing progressives here: Jeremy Corbyn's communist plot to plant more trees will kill you and your firstborn. Why won't you condemn photosynthesis Jeremy???
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Zack Polanski-hold firm 👊
Green Party-don't give an inch 👍
Don't listen the UK liberal establishment on Israel and 'anti semitism' when the US democrats have just proven that being anti-zionist is a vote winner
Zionism is racism
End Israel's genocide
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From Brazil, to Serbia, and the United States, communities around the world are standing up for their interests against the power of the billionaire class.
In Britain, only the Greens fight for these values. Join us 👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
ALT "Congratulations Abdul El-Sayed. Congratulations to everyone celebrating victories across the United States. These are victories for communities standing up to billionaires & the media empires they own. Around the world, we've all got a lot of work to do. Let's go!" Zack Polanski Leader of the Green Party Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales, c/o PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
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Burnham and his Zionist appeasers in Labour will have to take stock this morning. APOLOGISE to Zack. Go on, you snivelling little hypocrites. Do it. AIPAC and Zionism are finished in America. And while you’re at it apologise to Corbyn and all the ‘entryists’ too.#votegreen
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It's a sickening spectacle to see Labour MPs who think anti-Zionism is racism celebrating the election of Abdul Al-Sayed--an anti-Zionist Muslim who they would've expelled from their party
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Our country is genuinely run by incredibly boring, fun-hating, sexless, nightlife-destroying, culture-eroding, pencil pushers. I want MPs who've had orgies and have snorted lines of coke off a man's dick. Instead we have strictly-missionary-no-blowie legislation being tabled
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i need every diva to clock tf in when it comes to elections in the uk im so serious
