Late Gen X. Adopted city Norwich, started out life in Dorset. Juggling twins, hearing aids, politics and climate concerns. Partial to dramatic landscapes, Wes Andersonesque architecture, unsung historical figures and Peanuts cartoons. Do we all get better at juggling or do we acknowledge some balls are just too precious to drop?
“The language of “save the whales/children/country” suggests some kind of finality, and so do the plots of action movies.
But evil comes back, so you have to keep defending your reproductive rights, your freedom of speech, your marriage equality, your forests and rivers and climate, even though maintenance is not as exciting as conflict”
Rebecca Solnit
“I’ve celebrated how a movement that may not achieve its official goal may nevertheless generate or inspire those indirect consequences that matter sometimes as much or more than the original goal.
I’ve also noticed how often a movement is dismissed as having failed during the slow march to victory, when victory comes.”
Rebecca Solnit
@ChrisMayLA6 @CherylMorgan @Naich
Not voting I agree is not the same as not caring…but the end result is the same as voter apathy.
Whether it’s tiredness, feeling politically homeless or just giving up politics altogether…it only benefits Reform.
@CherylMorgan @ChrisMayLA6 @Naich
I don’t disagree that it was hard work ensuring collectively the Tories were comprehensively beaten last year. It did involve holding your nose and tactical voting for many…and to then see that it was all to enable Tory Lite/Blue Labour to rule is galling.
But Reform is a real electoral threat now at a national level. The next 4 years cannot be squandered if we are save our country from falling into a Trumpian abyss.
Bombing an unarmed ship in international waters still seems unquestionably the real crime here, regardless of where or whether that ship was registered.
But how will it play out in the mainstream media, if at all?
The narrative I have seen in Israeli news is that the Freedom Flotilla was registered to Palau and this is also stated on Wikipedia:
But Israeli news is claiming at an unspecified time before the attack, that nation removed the right for the ship to sail under its flag…implying illegality on Freedom Flotilla.
@ChrisMayLA6 @CherylMorgan @Naich
‘The rise in the #Reform vote can be almost entirely explained by people deserting the #Tories for Reform. The number of people voting #Green has gone down slightly, not up. The major story seems to be people deserting Labour in droves, but choosing not to transfer their vote to any left-leaning party.’
Left leaning folks are not voting…it’s apathy that Labour needs to counter, not engage in a rightwing race to bottom.
Also appears there is now evidence of an #Israeli military plane flying low and close to #Malta’s airspace at the time of the attack:
"What happened is very serious. Israel appears to have flown an unauthorised military aircraft over Malta, an EU state and in breach of our neutrality. This is very serious," said one military source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Still much anger online about the attack on the Freedom Flotilla, a civilian unarmed ship attacked by drones while headed towards #Gaza, that Greta #Thunberg was in the process of boarding when the attack took place…but no official condemnation.#Israel has refused to comment and so the mainstream media goes silent and moves on.
I’m not suprised to hear this…if McSweeney continues to be the unelected driver steering Labour policy, then we’re all doomed.
“This #Labour government and Prime Minister Keir #Starmer need to do nothing short of a complete reset.
Tonight’s results, not just in Runcorn, show that rather than pandering to #Reform, they need to address the genuine concerns of working people by taxing wealth to ensure they can rebuild our health service and provide decent social housing.”
Adrian Ramsay, #Green Party Co-Leader
#LocalElections2025
Assuming the radio silence from governments around the world right now is because they are currently assessing whether they dare condemn #Israel for carrying out a planned assassination attempt on renowned climate activist Greta #Thunberg.
This was an attack on an unarmed civilian ship in international waters attempting to provide aid to #Gaza.
‘A spokeswoman for the NGO, Caoimhe Butterly, said the attack took place as the ship was preparing for activists to board from another vessel.
A transfer at sea had been planned rather than the ship going to harbour, for bureaucratic reasons, she said.’
The timing of this attack suggests the perpetrators had precise knowledge of the NGO operation.
‘In comments to Times of Malta #Thunberg said the incident was "yet another crystal clear example of how international law and human rights are being completely disrespected".
Thunberg added that "too many people are being deliberately starved in #Gaza by #Israel", and it is everyone's responsibility to do everything in their power to try to stop that.
I see Turkey has condemned this attack on an unarmed ship in international waters…nothing from any other governments.
“We condemn in the strongest terms this attack on a civilian ship,” it said, noting that there were “allegations that the ship was targeted by Israeli drones”.
What will be the UK’s response?
Greta #Thunberg was due to be on humanitarian aid ship attacked by suspected #Israeli drones while it was in international waters.
“I was part of the group who was supposed to board that boat today to continue the voyage towards Gaza, which is one of many attempts to open up a humanitarian corridor and to do our part to keep trying to break #Israel’s illegal siege on #Gaza,”
‘Five different judges over two separate hearings have made it clear: these anti-protest laws were a flagrant abuse of power and quite simply should never have existed.
Ministers cannot step outside the law to do whatever they want to shut down causes they don’t agree with.’
#Protest
#RightToProtest
#AntiProtestLaws
#Labour
#Liberty
#ClimateProtest
