whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 22hLucas has always been extremely poor when it comes to standing up to bad faith charges of antisemitism, first against Corbyn and now the Greens. 040
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If the government calls it a genocide they will be forced to stop supplying arms, intelligence and political cover and open themselves up to a charge of complicity. 1151
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026One case is an unusual definition of an outbreak. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Zionism as a liberation movement - most liberation movements don't involve the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So - it's fine for Palestinians to live under a Jewish state, but not the other way round. Sounds more than a bit racist to me. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026What is shameful is your dreadful coverage of Palestine. Calls for one democratic state, or a federated solution, is supported by some Israelis and some Jews. Zionists are both Jewish and non-Jewish. Your constant conflation of Jews with Zionism is antisemitic and fuels prejudice. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Nope - every real world example has shown that supply reduces and the quality of the stock deteriorates as the remaining landlords are willing to spend less Give me one example of where rent controls have actually worked well 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You'll get either corporate landlords (only ones that can make money renting out properties nowadays) or those who don't spend anything on maintaining the property or bother sticking to the myriad rules, regulations and licensing regimes now in place. The demand to rent won't evaporate either. 100
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Laudable, but perhaps you can explain how you will avoid this policy further reducing the supply of rental properties? 100
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026History will not judge kindly those that stayed to listen to his lies. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Another total waste of resources. If the government weren't so hell bent on the idiotic classification of those protesting genocide as terrorists, the police and courts might have more time to deal with actual crimes. 010
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026He's an arrogant blow hard who doesn't live in the UK. Who gives a flying fuck what he thinks. 001
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Your definition of "good guy" might need a little work... 080
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Huckabee is thick as shit: "If the UK is really interested in dealing with issues they feel like are wrong, where are the sanctions against North Korea, China, Russia?" The UK does have sanctions in place in relation to trade with all these countries. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Makes sense, British businesses are renowned globally for stealing and occupying other people's land. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Labour should hang their heads in shame over this ridiculous law. The fact that their only bedfellow is the orange, racist, sex pest should tell them everything they need to know - but given how full of Labour friends of Israel the cabinet is I'm not holding my breath for any sudden epiphany. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Apparently tasers and pepper spray were mentioned in the draft at March conference and removed in the latest version - but I haven't seen the actual doc so can't confirm that. 120
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The trouble is that the press don't really care about the explanation - they'll just pick up points such as this and use them to beat the Green party with. 100
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I think that the final draft of the proposal for conference in October omits reference to tasers and pepper spray. The Times appears to be referencing the earlier draft of the proposal (March conference) which was subsequently amended. 130
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Calling pepper spray and tasers "murder weapons" isn't particularly helpful. I'd rather have police carry them than guns, which would fit that description more accurately and cause far more harm. In a utopian society we wouldn't need police, guns, prisons, but we don't live in one. 110
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Yes - and it's no good just sweeping it under the carpet. There clearly needs to be some changes to the party's policy making processes and systems if they are to be taken seriously at a national scale. 300
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Yes - but this was slightly more than "any member" - it was the Green Party's Crime and Justice Working Group. It's really not helpful having these policies proposed, they just provide an easy stick to beat the party with. 110
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Could the anti-Israel fervour having anything to do with the fact that the apartheid, racist state is committing a genocide? The Economist's abysmal coverage of Palestine hits another low - congratulations. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Zahawi and the truth are distant bedfellows. 010
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Very sad. Perhaps he should have stuck with comedy, although he's not been particularly funny for decades now. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026WTF are Israel doing at the European Athletics in Birmingham. Even though their athletes all appear to be shit - they shouldn’t be welcomed there at all. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Typically patronising piece from a stale, reactionary publication like the Economist. What is touchingly naive and puerile is your unswerving belief in the free market. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvDv...youtube.comDestiny Loves GenocideYouTube video by Professor Dave Explains 010
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026There's a lot of small dick energy going on there. Truly pathetic. 131
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jan/... He's always been a nasty fucker.theguardian.comBoy George gets 15 months for falsely imprisoning male escortSinger accused victim of hacking into his computer before threatening him with whips and sex toys 010
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 28/07/2026That genocidal twat should be in the Hague not the white house. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Yep - a truly dreadful prospect. But hardly surprising - Burnham is far from a progressive - a cheer leader for the Iraq war and a Labour Friend of Israel. 000
Reposted by @whiffler.bsky.socialCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalismx.comBBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on XAndy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m... 30934281167
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026It would be naive to expect much progressive change from Burnham given his political past. I suspect his honeymoon period will be extremely short and that he'll soon be a deeply unpopular PM. This announcement, and the likelihood that Mahmood's will be chancellor, are revealing his true colours. 010
Reposted by @whiffler.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Deeply irresponsible. We're in a climate crisis. This is such a terrible start. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBurnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drillingDrilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences. 28039411193
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Comparing profit margins of landlords to other businesses is completely irrelevant. What matters is ROCE, return on capital employed, and if landlords can earn more by selling up and putting the proceeds in a hassle free savings or investment account, they will do. Sadly, a deeply flawed analysis. 020
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026They made an operating loss of £4.7m in their last financial year and received almost a £1m of tax back from HMRC - so they were actually costing the NHS money. Fucking dimwit. 020
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Words, words, words. Full boycott of Israel, reverse ridiculous law making terrorists of thousands of peaceful protesters. Then you might win back a few votes. Not holding my breath though from a "Labour Friend of Israel" who supported an illegal war against Iraq. 010
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Ha ha - even in an article about academia the Economist can't bring itself to make any comment on the worst country in the data - Israel. At least it's in keeping with the rest of its craven coverage of the apartheid state. 010
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I wonder if, like Burnham did in 2015, he will announce that his first foreign visit as Labour will be to Israel? 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026#bbclaurak where do you dig up these blairite patsies, is there some OAP home they all live (ah yes - the house of lords) - this week Lord Hutton - the author of the "Whitewash?" report into the death of David Kelly. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Let's hope Kyle, the odious Labour Friend of Israel, gets swept out with the rubbish too. 130
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026#bbclaurak What a surprise, the grotesque Labour Friend of Israel, Peter Kyle is wheeled out to spew platitudes and flannel on the BBC 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Good riddance - a truly odious, hypocrite. 090
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Ha ha - that's quite a tortured leap of logic there. 010
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026A ridiculous decision - the law really can be an ass. 020
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 07/06/2026A series of completely inept domestic decisions, a hypocritical love of freebies and his government's complicity in a genocide might also have something to do with it. 000
whiffler.bsky.social @whiffler.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Attitudes towards the ongoing genocide in Palestine serve as a useful litmus test for politicians, and publications, of all hues. A test the Economist regularly fails. 020
