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Another one who has been zapped by Jezza's lawyers.

I have deleted the tweet and I am happy to retract that comment to correct the record. I apologise for any damage caused to Jeremy Corbyn's reputation

— Rachel Cunliffe (@RMCunliffe) October 11, 2023

Bizarre.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/12/snp-mp-lisa-cameron-defects-tory-party-toxic-bullying-treatment

Apparently she is no longer backing independence as it's too "divisive"

Who'd hae thocht?

it's almost as if being a politician is a career path for some people and the pay, conditions and sense of importance are the motivators rather than actually believing in anything

Imagine seeing the Tory party as a bully-free zone.

I am devastated by the ongoing violence in Palestine and Israel. My statement: pic.twitter.com/9e4vy4Cd9w

— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) October 12, 2023

Reliable as ever. My what a lot of bluetick non-entities in the replies.

A reliable source of gammonati blocks.

The U.K. immigration minister is threatening deportation, on national security grounds, for expressing solidarity for Palestinian liberation…which the government is equating with support for Hamas https://t.co/kupBDxuUCW

— Yaz (@ontologoff) October 13, 2023

We may be witnessing the total obliteration of Gaza.

Political leaders refusing to speak out should feel eternal shame over the horror they are allowing to unfold.

Those of us who believe in peace cannot stay silent. We must say to the Palestinian people: you are not alone.

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) October 13, 2023

A power which requires a person to remove items which conceal their identity has been authorised in the areas pictured below.

This is known as a Section 60AA.

It will be in force until 22:00hrs. pic.twitter.com/ifu300CRqR

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) October 14, 2023

I couldn’t join the march because Widget’s sitter is on holiday but I saw loads of happy young people with Palestinian flags join the Tube carriage I was on (was coming back from taking W to Battersea Park to play with other whippets). Chatted to the kid sitting next to me who said it was super-peaceful, who was also delighted by the ‘fuck Starmer’ chanting.

"The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) - of which [Conservative MP Crispin] Blunt is co-director - announced it has written a notice of intention to prosecute UK government officials for "aiding and abetting war crimes in Gaza""https://t.co/ORxrFJgMZ0

— Jas Nijjar (@JasNijjar123) October 14, 2023

Christina Patterson on Sky News saying Starmer and Sunak have got it right and thank God Jeremy Corbyn is no longer the leader of the Labour Party and how fearful the Jewish community would be if Corbyn was leader. This is Christina Patterson, by the way:

In 2010, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an anti-racist watchdog group, selected one of Patterson's columns as among the top ten anti-Semitic incidents of that year. She had written in The Independent: "I would like to teach some of my neighbours some manners … I don't care if they wear frock coats and funny suits and hats covered in plastic bags and insist on wearing their hair in ringlets (if they're male) or covered up by wigs (if they're female), but I do think they could treat their neighbors with a bit more courtesy and respect. I didn't realize that goyim were about as welcome in the Hasidic Jewish shops as Martin Luther King, Jr. at a Ku Klux Klan convention. I didn't realize that a purchase by a goy was a crime to be punished with monosyllabic terseness or that bus seats were a potential source of contamination or that road signs and parking restrictions were for people who hadn't been chosen by God." Patterson responded to the assertions made by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in a column titled "How I was smeared as an anti-Semite", in which she defended her original prose.

there’s always a tweet

or a career, in this case

impressively gratuitous gender essentialism within her antisemitic rant too - incredible

even by UK media standards that is really bad - as bad as the worst from any prominent corbynite - I'm sure she'll be fine though

She's been fine! The article is from 2010 and didn't damage her then, it won't now either.

I briefly worked for CPatt and had to resign after a month because she was so insane.

She's been fine! The article is from 2010 and didn't damage her then

In fact she got some more material for her column, hurrah!

So what is Crispin Blunt's story?

His wiki says he supports Transgender and Palestinian rights.

https://twtter.com/SaulStaniforth/status/1713518340847567144?s=20

"It is article 25 of the Rome Statute, which makes that powers and people who aid and encourage the committing of a war crime are then committing an offence themselves"

Tory MP Crispin Blunt. pic.twitter.com/ci9Aa1jNAg

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) October 15, 2023

Maverick Tory.

or that bus seats were a potential source of contamination

That’s a skill issue, i travelled on many buses through that area of north London & never had any trouble or that experience, seems like a personal problem

I imagine everything she has ever written is a personal problem.

zac goldsmith tweeting about how rife with anti-semitism the demonstrations that he didn't attend were. thank god he's here to point out racism for us

Characterful (i.e. irritating dickhead) Tory MP, Peter Bone, should be be suspended for six weeks for bullying and sexual misconduct according to report.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/16/tory-mp-peter-bone-hit-and-abused-staff-member-watchdog-says

6 weeks suspension is absolutely in line with what you'd get in any other job for "many varied acts of bullying and one act of sexual misconduct"

Just so appalled by this

Keir Starmer's right. Gaza is a humanitarian emergency.

Hamas must release hostages and stop using Palestinian civilians as shields.

Israel’s defence must be in line with intl law - protecting civilians, giving access to aid and safe corridors.

We must bring more aid to Gaza.

— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) October 16, 2023

Keir Starmer and David Lammy do you condemn Tzipi Hotovely?

wondering how much this ICJP letter has put the fear in them

i mean not enough, of course, but the aggro stance is getting dialed down

Surely it's more likely to be Lammy's Washington contacts?

i'm sure it can be both, but there's another set of questions there about Washington suddenly tempering its war crimes appreciation

I don’t know anything about the letter but the absolute callousness of the response only confirmed what I already thought about this iteration of the party. No doubt they’d be siding against the fucking Guildford Four if that happened today.

Richard Madeley asks British Palestinian MP Layla Moran if she or her family knew about Hamas's attack before it happened #GMB pic.twitter.com/guUptvdlGk

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) October 17, 2023

Jemima Goldsmith is the only one of her dad’s kids who is worth anything.

https://i.postimg.cc/nrDnHTqW/IMG-0895.jpg
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Reproducing the text of her latest tweet, which is too long to embed:

I realise that Twitter spats don’t help anyone. I have found it hard to disengage - I have Jewish and Muslim family members & friends, whom I deeply love. I have lived in a Muslim country for ten years and have been to Gaza & The West Bank and I also have a historic family connection to Israel. I have personally had (and continue to receive) countless death threats on account of my Jewishness & faced decades of antisemitic abuse. The father of my children was shot, according  to his would- be -assassin, because of his “proximity to the Jews” – ie. me. Meanwhile my children have faced Islamophobia in the UK (& antisemitism in Pakistan!).  

Perhaps because of these experiences, I passionately believe that political tribalism is the enemy, not just of reasonable discourse but of peace. It’s why I’m so in awe of the bravery & integrity of those Israelis who despite having lost relatives in the last few days, have made some of the most powerful statements against the ongoing bombing of Gaza. I pray their voices are heard. Killing and maiming thousands more innocent children will not save terrorised hostages, nor will it bring peace and, like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan post 9-11, will likely only create more terrorism and a less safe world for all of us.

The details here are horrible. like #1 of every option is "stop taking this into account when deciding if someone has low capability for work" and the things are like "are they incontinent", "are they unable to move 50m unaided" i hate the dwp https://t.co/nMUvdmYECh pic.twitter.com/N0DvUzck2l

— tom (@tombomp) October 20, 2023

Poor guy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67172707

Londoners who want to support Palestinian businesses could do a lot worse than getting food from branches of Hiba, another Palestinian restaurant/take-away.

looking forward to all the op eds railing against the people making these threats

🇵🇸 Our march for Palestine has begun 🇵🇸

Thousands on the streets calling for a #CeasefireNOW and a #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/2kcvr4tipd

— PSC (@PSCupdates) October 21, 2023

Lol.

EXCL: Jeremy Hunt expected to quit as MP before next election, according to senior Tories, who say chancellor is aware he could suffer a “Michael Portillo” moment on polling day - by ⁦@tobyhelm⁩ https://t.co/zwZSaODTRD

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) October 21, 2023

profiles in courage pt 8769

this fuckin guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-fWDrZSiZs

Missing a once in a lifetime opportunity to give anyone a little bit of pleasure.

Today tens of thousands of people will take to the streets in towns and cities across Ireland in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

I joined my local rally in Dungannon, and the message from there and across the island to the Israeli government is clear and simple - STOP.… pic.twitter.com/8bJDhkl4Cf

— Michelle O’Neill (@moneillsf) October 21, 2023

🚨NEW: the gov has announced an indefinite delay to banning no-fault evictions following "extensive lobbying" from the UK's biggest landlord group

it also comes days before michael gove delivers the keynote speech at the national landlord conference...https://t.co/GAots79nHi

— ruby lott-lavigna (@RubyJLL) October 23, 2023