Reposted by John PennyZoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This feels like important reading to understand why Jewish Green members are deeply concerned about this motion jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...jewishgreens.greenparty.org.ukWhy Jewish Greens are urging party members to vote against THE MOTION: ZIONISM IS RACISM - Jewish GreensWhy Jewish Greens are urging party members to vote against the motion 'Zionism is Racism' at the Green Party's Spring 2026 conference 134113
Reposted by John PennyDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I need to write a thread about this. If you don't like it, feel free to block me. But I hope at least some of you will listen. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comJewish Greens face sanctions for belonging to ‘Zionist’ synagoguesThe Green Party rejected an amendment to protect Jewish members attending self-declared ‘Zionist’ organisations from reports of racism 915992
John Penny @johncpenny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Astonishing that @zackpolanski.bsky.social doesn't believe in a 2 state solution. Which puts him at odds with over 70% of those living in Gaza and the West Bank Just abolish Israel and kick the Jews out, eh Zak? (And if you think that isnt what would happen, look at the rest of the region) 000
John Penny @johncpenny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Excellent!independent.co.ukSadiq Khan mocks Zack Polanski by speaking to him in Urdu‘I thought as the member is so proficient in Urdu, that I would speak in Urdu’, London mayor quips at Green leader 000
Reposted by John PennyDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026I wish I could stay longer to keep discussing ways to conceal illegal foreign contributions to my political party, but I'm late to lecturing on ethics at Cambridge University where I am a live-in landlord for multiple students. 15594136
Reposted by John PennyWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton 378154044303
Reposted by John PennyTarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Neutral in the culture war" 111155785321
Reposted by John PennyAndy Burnham Earnestness Enjoyer @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Incredible that Dolly was actually just nice, fair, kind and let me tell you it really was kind because this show sucked 0526
Reposted by John PennySunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/08/2026"At a time when antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and social division are causing real fear across our country, language of this kind is dangerous and irresponsible" Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy who co-lead the Movement for Progressive Judaism 522667
Reposted by John PennyThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026NEW How the BBC turned the litigation table on Trump The president now faces a dilemma about revealing his business records By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... 18833245
Reposted by John PennyT'Other Simon @tothersimon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Why does he look like a man leaning out of a caravan to drunkenly tell you all about how his wife left him for her judo instructor? 0103
Reposted by John PennyDave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Never became as popular as "ET Phone Home" did it 6543981461
Reposted by John PennyAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it. 23247482019
Reposted by John PennyChris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Chagos with Ed Milliband! [Am I doing this right?] 211680331
Reposted by John PennyThe Quietus @thequietus.com · 11/07/2026A disintegrating Specials were part of the sound of July 1981 as unrest flared up in Handsworth, Toxteth, Southall, Moss Side, Hyson Green & Brixton, as Ghost Town hit #1 45 years ago today, writes Wrongtom ‘Ghost Town’, ‘At The Club’ & Britain’s Summer of Discontent #LongRead buff.ly/yZfso9u 35917
Reposted by John PennyMitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026GUYS - I’ve just realised what Farage is going to do… The thing is he now has NO WAY to proceed which doesn’t humiliate him. If he wins, he is, as Rachel Reeves put it, The Man Who Spent His Summer Arguing With A Bin. If he bails, he’s The Man Who Fled From A Bin. And if he LOSES… 23316154
John Penny @johncpenny.bsky.social · 07/07/2026What if all the other parties simply refused to stand? Effectively saying "fuck you and your self indulgent waste of time, Farage, we're off to the beach" 050
John Penny @johncpenny.bsky.social · 07/07/2026*Martin Bell puts his phone on silent and leaves it in another room* 000
Reposted by John PennyDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 07/07/2026There's always a World War One song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQWx...youtube.comBelgium Put The Kibosh On The Kaiser From Oh What A Lovely WarYouTube video by WW1Photos 1223
Reposted by John PennyLiam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 02/07/2026Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC 80114043392
John Penny @johncpenny.bsky.social · 01/07/2026One nil down Two one up That's the way you win the cup La la lala la lala la laaaaa! 000
Reposted by John PennyJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 01/07/2026England hasn't attacked this ineffectually on 1st July since The Somme. 715128
Reposted by John PennyPedro Telles @detig.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Oh no! More riots incoming in NI! Oh, hold on... 021
Reposted by John PennyGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The Starmer government was one of the most left-leaning we’ve had that was almost never identified as such. 295461121
Reposted by John PennyCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 22/06/2026You're gonna need a bigger Cenotaph. 826538
Reposted by John PennyGavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Keir peering out the curtains, wondering why there are so many reporters outside 1246
Reposted by John PennyAndrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I guess tomorrow’s headline is ON TOP OF THE WORLD, LOOKING DOWN ON CROATIANS. 512338
Reposted by John PennyDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 15/06/2026 “The only thing necessary for the triumph of Evil Knievel is for good men to do nothing.” 1020739
Reposted by John Pennywrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 11/06/2026He invented those trainers with the wheels in the sole 2141
Reposted by John PennyAdil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors? 14375932372
Reposted by John PennySaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/06/2026@clairehanna.bsky.social : "Last week, in a very high profile case, the murder of Natalie McNally, the judge.. talked about a frenzied knife attack, he talked about wounds so bad the cause of death was unable to to be determined. There were no riots over the perpetrator of that brutal crime" 211246543
Reposted by John PennyAlistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 10/06/2026Sick of "legitimate concerns". "I'm scared of black people" isn't a "legitimate," it's just racism. "LGBT people make me irrationally angry" isn't "legitimate," you just fear difference. It's not legitimate to wish you lived in a country with only people who are exactly like you. 7578174
Reposted by John PennyDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 07/06/2026DOCTOR: "So what seems to be the problem?" PATIENT: "Mmhbbhhggr hhruuh engghhuu." DOCTOR: "I'm sorry I can't understand, but don't worry. Great singer Bob Dylan is in town. Go see his show and no matter what ails you, you'll feel better!" PATIENT (sadly): "Ehg ddnghh m'm Bddnnn." 151887508
Reposted by John PennyDavid Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 22/05/2026There are days when I miss being an editor. I loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off. 222135992230
Reposted by John PennyJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 21/05/2026It is *incredibly* shabby that the Green Party cited "family and personal reasons" for their Makerfield candidate dropping out, given it was actually in relation to sharing antisemitic posts. Had a right-wing party done the same, they'd be getting called out loudly here for it. And rightly so. 821240327
Reposted by John PennyMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Amazing how Allen key technology has developed. My current Allen key (left) and an original 80s Allen key, the size of a brick! 226831
Reposted by John PennyDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Two marches. Unite the Kingdom Nakba Day. Same hatred. 56123
John Penny @johncpenny.bsky.social · 16/05/2026daily #referdle1268: 10/25 🟩4️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ referdle.com #referdle b: @referdle.bsky.socialreferdle.comReferdleThe daily word game for those who like a real challenge 010
John Penny @johncpenny.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Emmylou Harris at the Bristol Beacon What an icon, what a voice, what a band! ❤️🤠👍 020
John Penny @johncpenny.bsky.social · 14/05/2026"Distressed avians" Paging @secondmentions.bsky.social 141
Reposted by John PennyJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 12/05/2026A fellow Labour Party member once described Wes Streeting to me as Zippy from Rainbow if he'd been radicalized by Mumsnet. which is a very specific set of references but also disturbingly accurate. 442245683
