I wrote a piece on the old Turkish proverb (not) that has been a thread running right through my year from January and still ongoing: elizabethbangs.wordpress.com…

I've never planned a coup for 18 months to steal someone's job.... but if I had, I'd make pretty sure I had plenty of innovative ideas was better equipped to deal with the issues faced by the person I'd usurped, and with a work ethic to match.

This is not a civilised justice system.

Antizionism and antisemitism are not the same thing. Obviously. The two different words are there for a reason. But they overlap. And the overlap is considerable. On the Venn diagram, the parts that don't overlap are thin, like crescent moons. And the overlap is not accidental.

What we need from the PM now (it's already late) is a statement saying under no circumstances will he consider any kind of deal, coalition or co-operation in any way with the Greens. Every second he delays increases the risks they pose.

Another hanging, hello world can you see this?? On Sunday, when his family went to see him one last time, at the end of the visit he refused to let go of them. Guards had to forcibly tear him away from his father and mother. His nam is Alireza Raeisi, born in 2004, had barely turned 22 years old. That night was the last time his parents ever touched their son. On Monday at dawn, the regime hanged him in Dastgerd Prison, Isfahan His crime? protesting on January 2026 uprising, executed for demanding freedom. 💔

Everywhere we look, in both domestic and international affairs, we see why the previous PM was so cautious, careful, diligent, unwilling to overpromise, determined to make progress that would stick. And we see the consequences of others opening their gobs and blundering around.

I have to say that the history of the establishment of the state of Israel as related on here by some leading supporters of the 'Zionism is racism' motion, is just a caricature. As is the version peddled by the Israeli government. I know people don't like being told that something is complicated, but this one really is very complicated.

This was in April. It escalated further, very quickly.

Given that Healey resigned over Defence spending and forced Starmer’s resignation, this shows that Healey’s resignation was just performative and vindicates Starmer’s plans.

I presume the Chancellor who resigned as Defence Secretary over this issue is going to do the same? After all, @JohnHealey_MP is supposed to be an honourable man, isn’t he?

It does sound an awful lot like a second Holocaust.

As the long-predicted climate breakdown unleashes its fury around the planet, the ONE party founded solely to place environmental policy at the heart of our political discourse is busy figuring out who among its members can be the most anti Jewish. It is mind blowingly twattish.

So anyone who has been outspoken about Netanayu and his fascist government, but still believes in a two state solution is now a racist?

Greens. Mothin Ali should have been expelled the moment he excused Oct 7. Corbyn-era antisemites should have been barred. A definition of antisemitism should have been enforced. By the time Greens were knocking on doors making lists of “Zionists,” you had crossed a rubicon

6 October 1927 | Dutch Jewish girl Betty Simmeren was born in Groningen. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

They married by phone from separate prison cells. They executed a groom the morning after his wedding. Alireza Sepahi and Mahshad Kashani were engaged before they were arrested during Iran’s January uprising. Mahshad, just 22, was sentenced to five years in prison. Alireza was sentenced to death. The day before his execution, they were married over the phone. Their fathers listened as the vows were read. No embrace. No kiss. No holding hands. Just two voices saying “I do” through a prison telephone, while the Islamic Republic was preparing the gallows. This was not the first time they tried to kill him. In July, Alireza was taken to be publicly hanged. Minutes before reaching the gallows, under enormous psychological pressure, he suffered a heart attack. They rushed him to hospital. Then they sent him back to prison. Today, they came back for him. This morning, the Islamic Republic hanged Alireza Sepahi. He was 25 years old. For one day, he had a wife. He never got to hold her as his wife. He never got to kiss her goodbye. Think about the cruelty of a regime that is so terrified of young people that it cannot even tolerate their love. 💔

I see good posts on here liked big but reposted little. Do *I* like things anon like a coward because I fear pile-ons or losing all followers if I RT, as if that mattered? What about real life if you're hesitant on here ffs? Going to watch myself carefully. The times demand it.

Badenoch: “I just think that whether it's me or Nigel Farage or even Keir Starmer who had his home fire bombed that there is a threat to politicians that is increasing.” Why add the word “even”.

The Greens have lost the plot. Caroline Lucas at least had a functioning brain she could use to articulate mostly good stuff on equality, human rights, climate change, women, animal welfare, the environment etc. This lot have the political awareness and understanding of earwigs.

People tell me, ‘Western leaders don’t listen.’ But what do you expect me to do, lose hope? Stay silent while mass executions continue in my country? Stay silent while the terrorists target dissidents on Western soil? Here In the heart of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, facing politicians who have shaken hands with officials of the Islamic Republic👇👇