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Steve Michaelis

@so-it-goes-etc.bsky.social
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 15h
This is a profound statement about how political power & 'mandates' are framed in UK politics. Mandates are not legal documents. They are made by political will & forces. And for too long Labour has allowed itself to be constrained by right-wing opinion. HT @jemgilbert.bsky.social
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16h
My opinion: the proscription of Palestine Action was done almost entirely for political reasons, to sound tough on the issue, without really thinking the consequences through. Another example of Labour thinking like an opposition, not like a government.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ed Miliband says, "To the millions in this country.. who have been moved & outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people, we hear you. You were right" So scrap the proscription of PALESTINE ACTION, boycott Israeli goods, stop supplying weapons parts & usIing the RAF to assist the IDF.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wes Streeting, "The contract to build the docks for our nuclear submarines, £6 billion worth of work, we commit to that contract staying in this country" My view: Why doesn’t that principle apply elsewhere?
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've never liked ICE. Even back when they used to call themselves the Klan.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)
A single building is left standing amidst utter carnage. Every single building has been levelled across a few square miles pictures. Google maps identified one pile of rubble as a school.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The majority of the world's genocide scholars agree that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Scores of top human rights organizations, including B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, agree Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 24/09/2026
"The early days of Andy Burnham’s government have made Starmer’s look positively energetic: a PM who usually loves nothing more than being on camera has studiously avoided saying a word as he loses control of law and order in Britain, and his home secretary seems determined to appease the thugs."
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If Shabana Mahmood is tough, why is she so slow to crack down on Danny Tommo and the far right?
Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere
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Bob Patin @bobpatin.com · 24/09/2026
TV ads for online gambling sites should be permanently banned.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hmmm on what is arguably the biggest issue in British politics right now, Andy Burnham’s government sounds a lot like Keir Starmer’s…. Wild thought, but maybe this is what happens when you keep the same people in post?
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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
[Reference to Evan Davis' PM interview]
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Lee Savage @leesavage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And after all, maybe trying to drown another person at sea is what the state should be doing
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Steve Michaelis @so-it-goes-etc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A 1000 times this.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 16/09/2026
superb trolling, no notes
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
Leading legal experts say sanctions on Israel ‘fall far short’ of UK obligations
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Leading legal experts say sanctions on Israel ‘fall far short’ of UK obligations
More than 130 counsels and KCs sign letter to PM saying international law requires further measures to stop illegal settlements More than 130 legal experts, including 18 king’s counsel (KCs), have written to Andy Burnham saying that sanctions on Israeli settlements “fall far short” of Britain’s obligations under the international court of justice’s (ICJ’s) finding that the occupation is unlawful. The foreign secretary, Ed Miliband last week announced an import ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine and other measures. Signatories to the letter to the prime minister, including the leading lawyers, Michael Mansfield KC and Imran Khan KC, and the former lord justice of appeal, Alan Moses, say it is not enough. Continue reading...
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Steve Michaelis @so-it-goes-etc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: 20/09 - BIG SUNDAY OUT . RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/2009-...
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20/09 BIG SUNDAY OUT
📌 Location: Borough of Camden, London 💚 In just a couple of weeks we can win our 6th Green MP in Holborn & St Pancras. Are you with us? Lets get our 6th Green MP! 💪🎉
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 11/09/2026
How it started / How it's going
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He'll do great service to his constituency, his city and his country. #BackZack !
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 10/09/2026
I think what Badenoch meant to say here is: “British employers are dependent on welfare to subsidise a massively underpaid workforce” - particularly when you consider that around 40% of claimants are actually in work. But that’s just me splitting hairs, I suppose.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Time for Andy Burnham to appoint a Culture Secretary.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Shameful and saddening from Simon Schama. What is happening in Gaza is not the Holocaust. But it *is* genocidal, perpetrated by an explicitly and openly genocidal government, and he knows that. This denialism demeans him and his record as a great historian. www.jewishnews.co.uk/simon-schama...
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Simon Schama: Anybody accusing Israel of committing genocide should be ashamed - Jewish News
In speech at HET appeal dinner, the historian and professor says 'We, the victims of the greatest genocide the world has ever seen, are being called perpetrators of genocide'
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This 'tougher' stance is the very bare minimum This rogue state is run by genocidal war criminals and the UK should cut off all relations and call for them to face charges in the International Criminal Court www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade ban
Ed Miliband to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move likely to draw fierce criticism from US and Israel
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's not just a feeble response in itself, it also leaves a vacuum that is filled by others, hence the BBC News at One led with the Tory Police & Crime Commissioner for Hampshire effectively justifying the 'protests'.
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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🧵1/2 Petition: Require all car park operators to build green roof and solar panel parking shelters which could reduce the need to use farmland for solar farms and support biodiversity. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77... Deadline 4 February
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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 06/09/2026
Contrast the police statements about the Dover blockade yesterday with the Just Stop Oil protests in 2022
No arrests made during Dover protest, Kent Police says
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Kent Police has issued a statement following the disruption in Dover earlier today.
It says officers "responded to a spontaneous protest" during Saturday morning, adding "no arrests were made".
"Traffic is flowing normally, and all involved had dispersed by midday," it addsThe Met Police said 35 people had been arrested in response to the disruption.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the action was "criminality", not protest, and pledged to bring those involved to justice as quickly as possible.
"This was a very significant and co-ordinated effort to cause massive disruption to the entirety of the M25," he added.
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The Daily Mash @the-daily-mash.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We are also available for far-right birthday parties, say 300 masked men buff.ly/7Yasnfg
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 06/09/2026
So in one week: 1) Reform get stung for dodgy finances, and the regulators play pass the parcel about enforcement 2) Farage announces plans to largely dismantle independent scrutiny of govt, and barely any press discussion of it 3) Masked thugs blockade a port, with narry a word from senior govt
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you don't find this disturbing... There's something wrong with you 🤮
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If an organisation needed proscribing, it wasn’t Palestine Action.
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Steve Michaelis @so-it-goes-etc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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UK government does not know what datacentres are being used for, FoI request shows
Lack of information raises fears over environmental impact of the AI boom
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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When Starmer says "international affairs" we should probably ask who is paying for him, and to do what for which country.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Currently somebody in Thailand can immediately influence British politics by simply paying £5 million...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Green Party - for people and planet. Labour - for carbon emissions, droughts and tech bros. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Labour rejects Zack Polanskis call to "Alan brakes" on building AI datacentres
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Steve Michaelis @so-it-goes-etc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Gotcha!
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🔴 UK politics is bankrolled by the super rich. Andy Burnham promised to restore trust in politics - so why is he is ditching plans to cap mega donors? My latest on why the PM's timidity is bad retail politics *and* bad for British democracy democracyforsale.substack.com/p/burnham-is...
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Burnham is failing his first big test as PM
The prime minister has the chance to end the power of the super-rich in British politics – he’s not taking it
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm so bored with this. If Burnham, like Starmer, thinks Labour's 'red lines' are unmoveable for political reasons then, ok, I understand that. But to then keep pretending there is some 'ambitious' deal possible that will discernibly increase UK growth is just absurd. www.ft.com/content/4ec5...
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Andy Burnham pledges to ‘take pressure off’ business ahead of October Budget
Prime minister tells the FT that he will not tax wealth creators out of the UK but stresses need for social responsibility
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our rapid disillusionment with political leaders is treated by much of the media as some kind of pathology. But what I see is these leaders backtracking on their promises, dashing people's hopes and serving the ultra-rich ahead of the rest of the population. Why wouldn't we be disillusioned?
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Steve Michaelis @so-it-goes-etc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Welcome to the crazy world of Ethical Altruism- which is nothing like how it sounds...
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Keeping our state independent of a company with overtly fascist owners overtly supportive of its origin government’s overtly fascist program and a foreign policy making invasion and extortion threats to our allies is not illiberal. It’s conserving of the liberal democratic project.
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Steve Michaelis @so-it-goes-etc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Labour ‘could lose up to 50 seats’ to Greens if new drilling in North Sea approved
Greens say analysis shows government failure to take bold climate action could lead to big gains for party at election
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Steve Michaelis @so-it-goes-etc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Economist more batshit crazy than ever...
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