Musician, sound engineer and architectural technologist.

Edinburgh
Joined April 2011
Robert Halkett retweeted
We are pleased to be featured on the latest compilation by the excellent @pestrecords out today! “Holy Rats” is from our new EP “Ruined & Serene” which came out last month. Check it out alongside some other killer bands ⚔️ pestrecords.bandcamp.com/alb…
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This has to be the most incredible puff pieces about geopolitics I can remember. Verbs are important. "taking" isn't what people with no skin in the have would call an invasion, but more importantly it's framed as some kind of intervention that's necessary for stability.
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Robert Halkett retweeted
Saw a girl in a Franz Ferdinand t-shirt. She couldn't even name 3 other main causes of the outbreak of World War I
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Robert Halkett retweeted
I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian. Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg during their conference. Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say? Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Robert Halkett retweeted
For a man who fashions himself a free speech martyr, Mr. Farage seems most at home with Putin and the autocrats of the world. In Congress he testified freely, calling the UK an “authoritarian” regime but left before all Members could question him so he could be on his TV show!
Jamie Raskin notes that despite Farage saying he had to leave early, he’s currently being interviewed by GB News outside. They’re sending someone to ask him to come back.
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Jeremy Corbyn: - MP for 42 years - Leader of the Opposition for 5 years Number of BBC Question Time appearances: THREE Nigel Farage: - MP for just over 1 year - Leader of a minor party with 4 MPs Number of BBC Question Time appearances: THIRTY EIGHT
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Robert Halkett retweeted
Remember when Britain had a week of coordinated outrage when a punk band said death to the genocidal Israeli army? In the North of Ireland, a part of my country Britain still sadly has jurisdiction over, this year like every year, British loyalists call for KAT, i.e., all Irish nationalists & Catholics ('Taigs' - derived from my name!) to be killed. Not a dicky bird from Brit media. Are Jews more important than Catholics? That seems like state sanctioned sectarianism.
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This is what oligarchy looks like: Jeff Bezos, the 3rd richest man in the world worth $231 billion, can afford to sail into Venice on his $500 million yacht for his $20 million, 3-day wedding to give his bride a $5 million ring because his real tax rate is 1.1%. Tax the rich!
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It’s important to understand that BBC Question Time panel members are not chosen based on the number of MPs there are of the party they represent. They are based on the extreme right wing views of talentless, socially ambitious BBC middle managers.
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Important context & clarification:
MISE À JOUR : contrairement à ce que dit la propagande israélienne, les ressortissants français n’ont pas refusé d’être rapatrié en France. Ils ont refusé de signer un document dans lequel ils devaient reconnaître être entrés illégalement sur le territoire israélien, condition fixée par Israël pour leur libération. C’est scandaleux, inacceptable et doublement faux : d’abord car l’arrestation a eu lieu dans les eaux internationales. Ensuite car les eaux au large de la bande de Gaza ne font pas partie du territoire israélien à moins de reconnaitre l’annexion de la bande de Gaza par Israël. Monsieur Macron, quand allez vous faire respecter la France ?
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Robert Halkett retweeted
The Settlers, the doc I made for the BBC, is now available to stream in the US on BBC Select. It couldn’t be more timely with the announcement today that the Israeli govt has approved construction of 22 new settlements in the West Bank - which are illegal under international law.
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It is a domestic UK offence under the ICC Act to be complicit in genocide. The UK has supplied munitions, aircraft parts, aerial surveillance, special forces and diplomatic support to open Genocide in Gaza. Nobody charged. Kneecap face terror charges for - displaying a flag.
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Robert Halkett retweeted
Bualadh bos to Carl Kinsella writing in the @thejournal_ie 👇
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Just one element of what's wrong in the music world🤮 “Everybody sues everybody for no reason”: Why Gene Simmons is charging $12.5k for his “roadie for the day” experience Source: Guitar.com search.app/XyCMu Shared via the Google App
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Ignoring an SOS in international waters is a breach of maritime law. Bombing a humanitarian vessel is a war crime. Silence from those who claim to uphold human rights is complicity.
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Robert Halkett retweeted
Poor old Gary Stevenson they invited him on to Question Time because they thought they could all gang up on him and make him look a fool. Instead they all looked like fools, so now he will be cancelled from TV just like Mick Lynch and Jeremy Corbyn.
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Robert Halkett retweeted
That silence you hear is the entire Republican Party and propagandists waiting for their talking points to excuse one of the most outrageous national security breeches in modern times by all of the leading idiots of the Trump Admin.
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