A very long and important THREAD -

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.

And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.

Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

The UK's permission for the US to use its bases in attacking Iran amounts to complicity in the crime of aggression. It drags us into what could be an endless war, without democratic or even parliamentary consent.

Six years ago, his principles were entirely different.

Israel has been continuously bombing Lebanon almost every day for over a year. Anyone who tells you “Hezbollah broke the ceasefire” is either lying to you, or is just so incredibly biased that their brain genuinely doesn’t register Israeli bombings of Lebanon as ceasefire violations.

anyone familiar with British politics will know that any news that isn't entirely negative will be closely followed by a sustained bombardment of misery that will make you want to fucking die. but currently it's Friday, it's payday, and the fascists have lost

A new study finds Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip killed far more Palestinians than initially reported. Writing in The Lancet medical journal, researchers found there were over 75,000 violent deaths in the first 16 months of Israel’s assault.

@chadbourn.bsky.social

The emotional guy from this video is my hero.

"It's not a business, it's a union! And there's no union in the @welshrugbyunion.bsky.social"

Genuinely moving segment.

"It's not a business, it's a union, and right now there's no union in Welsh rugby."

So, Welsh rugby success is back to making England feel they can easily take on a side that can't beat Italy

If sport is the new opium of the masses, distracting from injustice etc, maybe we should focus on building a better Wales now? Because this can't be helping anyone forget their problems...

REFORM POLITICIANS THREATEN BANGOR UNI! When Reform UK asked to visit Bangor Uni Debating Society, the society refused. In response, Reform politicians are threatening to cut 100% of the University's funding.

Reform UK'S TANTRUM This is the entitled politics of Reform UK: if you don't invite us to your events, we'll shut down your whole university in the name of "free speech"

"WE'RE COMING FOR YOU° Reform are threatening an act of massive cultural and economic vandalism: hundreds would lose their jobs and thousands would lose their education. Make no mistake, Reform UK are threatening not just Bangor but all of Wales. Reform are coming to take away our universities, our jobs and our country; they want to turn Wales into their personal playground.

Reform UK threaten Welsh jobs and Welsh education! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

£240m. With no tender. Palantir.

I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.

Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.

Palantir out.

Theory: Labour are actually bigger separatists than I am and are positively driving forward the end of the UK and if so, damn it I'm here for it.

That's not to say I think the greens will become some great revolutionary force, but change doesn't happen if people aren't aware that it's even possible. They don't need to have the answers - highlighting the real problems is enough to motivate and get the ball rolling

It's pretty basic stuff but damn it's nice to see mainstream parties talking like this again - and to be referring to the greens as mainstream.

Leanne Wood got me paying attention to party politics, Corbyn did it too - we need voices who can make people believe in an alternative

not to state the obvious but he and his team are so incredibly good at this — and all they’re doing is actually putting forward a positive vision while acknowledging what’s currently going wrong

Well, I think I speak for literally every person in Wales not currently a board member when I say:

Fuck the WRU.

IT'S HAPPENING IT 'S HAPP EN ING

Fascism is always a war on the left. It's not all it is, but it's always that.

The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela.

This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.

It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.

Zohran Mamdani being sworn in as mayor of New York

Amdani Mamdani!

My constituent, Amu, is on Day 40 of their hunger strike in prison.

Last month, I requested an urgent meeting with the Justice Secretary to discuss their wellbeing.

He has now officially declined my request.

What an absolute disgrace.

All of global politics is really just to distract us from this horrible fact

pete_wharmby_books & ••• HADLEY FREEMAN Wes Streeting must stand up to the ADHD activists I can help with the minister's review: some people are just confused by life Hadley Freeman pete_wharmby_books Ah, as expected the right wing press (and Freeman's pipeline from the Guardian op-Ed pages to the Times is worth looking into) is now piling on, suggesting that these scary ADHD activists are just trying to ruin things for everyone. Not, like, try to improve people's self esteem and sense of what is going on. 2025 is so horrifyingly, predictably *boring*

then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM

I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:

"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."

All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.

And again! Watching a couple of goldcrests about 6ft away and the kingfisher flew between us. I absolutely love living in the valleys

Worse than Tories.

Just had a Kingfisher almost hit me in the face, which was pretty cool