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Fair enough. So long as you're comfortable to what this strategy is doing to Jewish people living here. B'cos, as you must know, it's not just about Israel/Gaza. Anti-Israel sentiment bleeds into anti-Semitism without trying.

themselves with some of the most reactionary voters around. Does your party cynically appealing to conservative Muslim voters not concern you? Voters whose views on women, gay people, Jews, etc. are diametrically opposed to what your party should stand for. It's a very dangerous game.

Hi Rob. Think your party is very different now to the one you first joined and got elected to. Which is a real shame. B'cos we've never needed a stronger environmental presence in frontline politics. Gaza as a rallying cry is sectarian politics at its worst. The Greens using it are aligning

Very true. And they're totally dependent on their younger voters/activists. No way are they going to jeopardise that.

Is there a Green campaigner and campaign literature that doesn't mention Gaza? That doesn't have the Palestinian flag front and centre?

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Green Party seamlessly taking on the mantle of proud anti-Semites from Corbyn's Labour is the least surprising move in British politics. I'd argue their anti-Semitism is even more toxic and is becoming more dangerous than Corbyn's, with Israel the rallying cry more so now than ever before.

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This general outlook has been growing in the Green Party. A few weeks ago The Canary, which has become very close to the Greens, ran a piece by David Miller. Miller claims to be "anti-Zionist" (and just won a tribunal hearing which could help designate 'anti-Zionism' as a protected characteristic).

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh, and it's not just members, as far as I can tell. It's anyone who attends a service at such a Synagogue, or an event put on by such an organisation. Again, an amendment specifically designed to remove this section of the motion was proposed - and was specifically rejected.

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What is a "Zionist synagogue"? There are two possible meanings. 1) Any Synagogue affiliated to a denomination which in some way has expressed support for Israel's existence. Which is most of them. 2) Any Synagogue which has prayers which can be interpreted as "Zionist". Which is ALL of them.

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As part of the "Zionism is Racism" motion which the Green party will be voting on at conference, there is a specific section which says that members of the Green Party who are members of 'Zionist Synagogues' should be kicked out. Efforts to amend this language were rejected at a "party workshop".

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 6h

Just a reminder that if you're supporting the "Zionism is Racism" motion you're quite literally supporting re-heated National Front propaganda.

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 12h

The greatest service Keir Starmer did the Labour party was to drive the anti-Semitic left out of the Labour party. He deserves immense credit for that. The Greens welcoming them with open arms was absolutely always going to prove a disastrous decision

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 28/09/2026

"Too often, centre-left governments force themselves into the role of defender of the status quo, taking the blame for failures that often aren’t even their fault, being the one to explain why things are bad, instead of being the people making them better."

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Memo to Burnham: this is how you beat the populists

Carney, Mamdani and Ossoff are all showing you can take on the raging right and win. But there’s one crucial lesson from them that Andy Burnham must learn

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A lot of this batshit craziness dominates leftist politics. And until the Left rids itself of these nutters, it will keep on alienating the sensible sane majority of people who loathe id politics, despise Trump, and are desperate for a moderate Left that speaks to them.

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And guess what? Most of the time people give in b'cos they want a quiet life and are too scared/intimidated/exhausted to just say no. And it happens in the workplace all the time.

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There are plenty of people who subscribe to this sort of grievance politics. There's always someone who's a bigger victim out there. Actually felt quite sorry (sort of) for the owners. People who insist on mask mandates need help not indulged.

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In another age, most of the people in this article would be sectioned. That said, enjoy this wonderful example of the purity spiral in action. You can go out of your way to accommodate this bunch of narcissists but it'll never be enough. This is what passes for 'progressivism' nowadays.

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The major problem with this reporting - beyond its fundamental inaccuracy - is that when arrests are eventually made there will be no proper context and therefore it will seem like the state is smothering free expression.

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yep. It's noise pollution. The automated ones on trains that stop everywhere are particularly grating. List of stops announced over and over and over. There are so many little things we could do to make life that much more pleasant.

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It may not have been called Paintbox...

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On my god! We used to sing this at our school. Must have been primary. Surely. And all us naughty kids at the back would jump up after "broadbeans are sleeping in a..." and go "Hey.!" What memories. Thought the song was called Paintbox.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

JFC, leave your grown up kids alone!

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They can't. This is how so many people (usually middle class) parent nowadays. They smother their kids, never say no, never impose boundaries and project all their anxieties onto them. It's one reason why kids just aren't prepared for the big bad world.

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'd also apply this to the workplace. Which should be places of institutional impartiality but have instead been hijacked by EDI consultants imposing their contested world view. Leave us in peace to work. Or go to the gym, a concert, gallery. I'm a political nerd and it still winds me up.

Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Went to all those places in early May. First time in Northumberland. Wore my winter coat, hat, scarf and gloves. Then 2 weeks later we had our first heatwave. But yes, all lovely places. Was staying in tiny village of Lesbury which was v sweet. Great pub!

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The arrogance of these singers who think it's ok to turn concerts into political rallies. Seriously, it's fine to keep your opinions to yourself. If you want to subject the audience to your views, fuck off and join the next Palestinian Solidarity march.

Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wise words from none other than Ed Sheeran (or whatever publicist wrote this):

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

And of course the mention of This Life, probably my all time favourite British TV series.

Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Unsurprisingly, I love this piece. Have felt for some time that the 90s was the last great decade. I'd be amazed if we ever get another. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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We owe it to our kids to reclaim the Nineties spirit

Nostalgia is building for a decade full of optimism — we need to give future generations light at the end of the tunnel

Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just read the piece this morning and needless to say agree with every word. The worshipping of all things drag on the BBC is disturbing but entirely unsurprising.

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becca @boodleoops.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As a feminist, you know you’re doing something right when you criticise misogynistic elements of the culture, and men talk about you like this. Women who identify misogyny have been caricatured as joyless hags forever

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There's a real petulance with how people conduct themselves when they don't get their own way. We've seen this with so many other issues. Passing a Bill of this magnitude should have been difficult.

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm afraid far too many politicians/activists/campaigners have lost the art of persuasion, of stating their case, of standing up to debate and scrutiny. No one should have to spend the last few weeks of their life in agony, devoid of dignity. But, the Yes side made a poor case.

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm sorry, if that's all you've got you deserve to lose. I would have classed myself as lukewarm in favour at the start. By the end, I was horrified at how lightweight the arguments in favour were. This would have been a huge change for society. At least do your sodding homework.

Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm afraid the resorting to insults, accusations, emotional blackmail and the rest, is exactly why Yes lost and deserved to. They failed to persuade throughout. There were valid reasons for Yes, but when asked about safeguards, slippery slopes etc. all they had was asking us to 'be kind.'

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Strongly recommend the TV series "The Looming Tower" (unfortunately no longer on iPlayer), which chronicles the years leading up to 9/11, the growing threat of al-Qaeda and the rivalry between the FBI and CIA and the consequences of. Think it was s'thing I watched during the pandemic.

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ingeniousname.bsky.social @ingeniousname.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Everyone knows what a woman is when it comes to surrogacy, strip clubs, brothels, pornography. Basically anything where the female body is exploited.

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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Really fascinating. Politics vs. Delivery; I want to do X vs. How will X work in practice. The disconnect explains why political ambitions are so often thwarted/not properly thought through.