Reposted by L. J. McCartanZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5hThe winner of Nobel peace prize doing what the Government of the United Kingdom will not do: calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide. 311007329
Reposted by L. J. McCartanShamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 3hReading Nerd Reich and it is jarring to learn for how long technocrats have been dreaming of the society we're inching closer to everyday. 23714
Reposted by L. J. McCartanSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 17hInteresting that they’ve learned that people will react positively to socialism if it is defined correctly so they’ve had to stop doing that. 630750
Reposted by L. J. McCartanDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 5hMicheál Martin does not actually believe in democracy, he believes in the periodic ratification of elite consensus at the ballot box, and he treats any attempt to oppose, resist or even question elite consensus as an attack on "democracy" 33411
Reposted by L. J. McCartanJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 4hSanctioning Justice: The International Criminal Court denounces an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order.reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace PrizeThe Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges. 287
Reposted by L. J. McCartanBrendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 15hWe can expect to see the BBC putting more pressure on the Greens over this than they ever will on a government that has been arming and assisting a genocide. 1367
Reposted by L. J. McCartanKevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Quelle surprise a super-rich exodus recent story is shown to be complete bollocks This billionaire said to have quit Britain over fears of a potential Labour wealth tax actually moved to Monaco in 2014 when the Conservatives were in power. Next. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...theguardian.com‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already leftTaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus 817555
Reposted by L. J. McCartanEnd Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 13hOpen the books on State use of agents, enabling and prolonging far-right activities. MI5 linked Fulton/Keeley was written about as early as 2022, but PSNI used Neither Conform Nor Deny to conceal his identity for 4 more years. MI5 agent links to NI & Tommy Robinson’s rise echo dark state collusion. 1149
Reposted by L. J. McCartanDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 14hThe party of business and sound financial management? Give me a break Badenoch pamphlet seems to have made this ridiculous claim about net zero delivery by copying am erroneous spreadsheet from one of the right-wing junktanks www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data 39139
Reposted by L. J. McCartanSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The ICJ says Israel is an apartheid state. An independent commission of inquiry of the UN says its committing genocide. The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for its PM for war crimes An Israeli spokesperson says the UK & Israel are like minded countries that hold the same values 118443
Reposted by L. J. McCartanflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I’m sorry, but this is a fantasy. The *entire point of all this* for ten years has been 1) Absolutely fuck you, the left does not get any kind of power, ever, 2) We will do and say literally anything, whatever it takes, to ensure this never happens and 3) Britain does what America wants, full stop. 44537109
Reposted by L. J. McCartanSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You know who else said that zionism is racism? The UN. In 1975 the UN general assembly passed a resolution declaring "zionism is a form of racism & racial discrimination". The resolution was revoked in 1991 because Israel made this a condition of its participation in peace talks 17640
Reposted by L. J. McCartanThe Paul of the House of Usher @katamaridumassy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I agree that “Britain cannot call itself a diverse democracy when communities are living with such fear” but I will note some communities’ fears are taken less seriously than others 118739
Reposted by L. J. McCartansolomonhughes.bsky.social @solomonhughes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026(1) Dave Rich on the (very real) problem of antisemitism in the Guardian also says the (wrongful) demand British jews distance themselves from Israel is a "Unique Demand" - but British Muslims throughout the War On Terror faced the "You must distance yourselves from Taliban/Al Qaeda"..... 2246
Reposted by L. J. McCartanDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Jury Equity Centuries ago, this legal principle enshrined in law the absolute right of jurors to acquit (find not-guilty) a defendant according to their conscience. It’s proudly carved in stone inside the Old Bailey. Yet judges are lying to jurors about this right. Why? 1/2 16545
Reposted by L. J. McCartanPaul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 06/10/2026Independent Ireland and Aontú join with the government to vote through a reduction in inheritance tax which will benefit the richest 3% of the population! We should be protecting ordinary people from the cost of living crisis, not having tax giveaways to the rich. 0188
Reposted by L. J. McCartanPaul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 06/10/2026A trend emerging on the budget votes tonight. Once more Independent Ireland and Aontú voting with the government. This time they are reducing Capital Gains Tax for landlords and corporations. €186 million for the richest people in the country while most people are struggling. 1208
Reposted by L. J. McCartanM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Will a government minister be making a statement and visiting? Of course not - not MANLY jobs in STEEL or CHEMICALS or CARS 416348
Reposted by L. J. McCartanPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Shadow chancellor vows to cut tax in every Tory budget As always, it would be tax cuts for the rich. No mention of corporate welfare, equitable distribution of income/wealth. We haven't recovered from previous Tory follies. NHS queues, potholed road, crumbling schools. What will they cut next?bbc.co.ukShadow chancellor vows to cut at least one tax in every Tory budgetShadow ministers unveiled a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. 60481218
Reposted by L. J. McCartanThe Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The majority of people on the Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) board are not Labour party members, it has emerged. This means the group does not have to tell the Electoral Commission who has donated to the organisation, journalist Solomon Hughes revealed today in the Morning Star.declassifieduk.orgWhy is Labour Friends of Israel not led by Labour members?The pro-Israel group does not have to declare its funders because majority of board are not Labour party members 11512
Reposted by L. J. McCartanPhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The problem AI is being designed to solve is wages. 02710
Reposted by L. J. McCartanMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: “The thorough cleansing that we are carrying out now in southern Lebanon is unprecedented. “They have nowhere to return to. Look at how it looks. “And by the way, the world isn’t stopping us.” 81852556
Reposted by L. J. McCartanSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026".. a 15 year old boy who had his hand blown off after picking up a police stun grenade.. 4,000 out of the 5,000 arrested are under the age of 18.. right now.. pictures being broadcast around the world of police firing tear gas at French children" #GMB 33424
Reposted by L. J. McCartanSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026@rmtunion.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social members who work on a number of North Sea platforms are on strike today as they defend their existing pay & terms & conditions. Rather than negotiate, the employer (Wood Group) has instead threatened to issue fire-and-rehire notices. 1149
Reposted by L. J. McCartanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'seven women...have told the Guardian they are survivors of domestic abuse carried out by key figures in the anti-immigration street patrol movement. All have chosen to come forward to make the public aware of the patterns of violence behind this new form of activism.'theguardian.com‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrolsSeven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement 8399228
Reposted by L. J. McCartanErica Fischer @enf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There are numerous elevators 441310232
Reposted by L. J. McCartanOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There is nothing racist about any ethnic or religious group wanting their own homeland. The problem is if this desire is at the expense of another people. Zionism in practise meant "a homeland at the expense of Palestinians". It's really not hard to grasp this basic point! 49540140
Reposted by L. J. McCartanSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Salma Yaqoob: "This is not about denigrating any people based on their faith, based on their identity. Zionism is a political ideology which insists on a supremacist approach" 213432
Reposted by L. J. McCartanAdam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The environmental costs of AI is mostly in the infrastructure required to build these unwanted sinks, and here are these avaricious ghouls avoiding paying for their environmental desecration. 210530
Reposted by L. J. McCartanDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Latest announcement from Tory shadow chancellor strongly suggests a party stuck in an idealogical rut, unable to learn 1. Scrapping regulations on low carbon home building - was done in 2015 by Tory govt, ended up costing UK many ££ billions in fuel & retrofit www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 37735
Reposted by L. J. McCartanJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ireland's chronic over-dependence on HGVs for freight leaves us at mercy of every fuel crisis & cutting diesel prices is only a short-term salve. We need to shift to rail freight & electrify our HGV fleet, as I explain in @irishexaminer.bsky.social today. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...irishexaminer.comSubsidies for diesel are lost money when electric trucks are the futurePumping taxpayers' money into diesel-guzzling trucks is fair to nobody when we should be subsidising companies to transition to electric vehicles 14494125
Reposted by L. J. McCartanEnd Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We've been sounding alarm bells about pogromists agitating around Drumcree, trying to build momentum, waiting for a spark. The 'Green & Orange together' mask has slipped. Sunday World reports former BNP member Glen Kane and supporters were at Drumcree backing Portadown Orange District LOL No1.crimeworld.comRight wing sectarian killer ‘Mr X’ backs Orangemen at Drumcree flashpointGlen ‘Killer’ Kane was jailed for nine years in 1993 after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Catholic Kieran Patrick Abram. 21715
Reposted by L. J. McCartanNikola @greasyboiler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Britain, from now until eternity. 520567
Reposted by L. J. McCartanRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The World Court ruled against United Kingdom and in favour of Mauritius in the case of Chagos Islands. UN General Assembly voted that UK has to return the islands to Mauritius. Eventually UK agreed to. Exiled Chagossians could return. Burnham says he will break the deal to please Donald Trump. 31818
Reposted by L. J. McCartanSarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Meanwhile in France, a high school student protesting during the second week of strikes asking for better learning conditions lost his hand, after a police grenade ripped it off his arm.franceinfo.frUn adolescent de 15 ans a eu "la main arrachée" par une grenade près d'un lycée de Lens, une enquête de l'IGPN ouverteL'élève est scolarisé en seconde au lycée professionnel Auguste-Béhal de Lens, dans le Pas-de-Calais. 21613
Reposted by L. J. McCartanIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Actually the U.N. declared Zionism as racist and an apartheid ideology in 1971... they just forgot apparently 😠 www.middleeasteye.net/news/green-p...middleeasteye.netGreen Party members to vote on declaring Zionism a form of racism at conferenceIf the motion passes, the Greens will become the first major party in Britain to recognise Zionism as a form of racism 23459154
Reposted by L. J. McCartanMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"The money flowed around football. It made a lot of other clubs richer. It helped teams everywhere and especially in the Premier League." Seems a bit weird to build an entire piece around a Man City-friendly claim yet be unwilling or unable to cite anyone making it. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...bbc.co.ukMan City guilty charges: Which clubs did 'inflated' money flow to in transfer market?BBC Sport follows the trail of transfer money flowing to other clubs during Manchester City's period of financial rule-breaking. 208413
Reposted by L. J. McCartanPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"persuade" here is a really vital word. We are getting on for 15 years of a programme specifically aimed at cajoling, forcing, starving and battering people on benefits to get them to cease their laziness and "get back into work" and, yet, there seems to be no end to their recalcitrance. 35015
Reposted by L. J. McCartanIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The message from outside the Aviva Stadium last night was very clear. Ireland should never have crossed the Palestinian picket line and played against apartheid Israel. It must not play the second game of shame on Sunday. #StopTheGame Photos Fidelma Bonass 📸 02310
Reposted by L. J. McCartanSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Andy Burnham on Sunday. Beths tweet yesterday. 11410
Reposted by L. J. McCartanMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football. 2664089929
Reposted by L. J. McCartanThe National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Journalists have a right to protect their sources. The NUJ continues to call for a broader inquiry into unlawful surveillance by police and security forces in Northern Ireland. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-respond…nuj.org.ukNUJ responds to claim of further PSNI source protection breachThe NUJ has responded after an investigative journalist filed a high court claim against the Police Services of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for unlawfully obtaining communications in order to identify journalistic sources. 044
Reposted by L. J. McCartanFREE @freefreeforum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Francesca Albanese's last two books read as a sequence: When the World Sleeps, then La luce del risveglio, The Light of Awakening. She joins Clara Mattei on FREE to talk about both, the Palestinian lives at their heart, and the companies her UN report named. youtu.be/YGRBcGjvpxc 186
Reposted by L. J. McCartanisobel @gynoid74.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026ban landlordism, confiscate their property and give it to the tenants who have paid their fucking mortgages for years. 12712
Reposted by L. J. McCartanelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 01/10/2026static.klipy.comZohran Mamdani WahAlt: Ms Rachel and Mamdani pretending to be crying babies 715439
Reposted by L. J. McCartanMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think this will be one of the defining images of the Premier League's void years: a proudly working class fanbase celebrating that the ruling family of an oppressive regime had hired a barrister on £10,000-an-hour to try and prevent them suffering consequences for their cheating. Embarrassing. 23326112
Reposted by L. J. McCartanMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have argued for some years that one of the key problems with having football clubs owned by foreign rulers isn't just their limitless wealth, it's the special legal status it confers on them. www.ft.com/content/1256...ft.comManchester City chair shielded by diplomatic immunityKhaldoon al-Mubarak was granted immunity six years ago, protecting him from potential legal proceedings in the UK 15417