Torch Song
@lightorchestra.bsky.social
Proud member of Palestine Action & Defend Our Juries. Formerly on twitter @themattachines - Société Mattachine. Anti Zionist. Ex Labour. Democratic Socialist. Queer. Antifa. I oppose genocide.
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237 people took action in 10 cities across the UK. Police made arrests at all 9 actions in England & Wales. Police Scotland did not arrest anyone holding the same signs.
Forces in Aberystwyth, Truro, Oxford & Gloucester exhausted their capacity for arrests, leaving people to continue protesting.
Forces in Aberystwyth, Truro, Oxford & Gloucester exhausted their capacity for arrests, leaving people to continue protesting.
90 were arrested in the Peace Garden at London’s Tavistock Square yesterday. 5 were arrested in Hastings. Meanwhile, no arrests were made in NI as 45 signs were held across actions in Belfast & Derry.
The inconsistency of UK policing exposes how absurd & unenforceable this ban is.
#PalestineAction
The inconsistency of UK policing exposes how absurd & unenforceable this ban is.
#PalestineAction
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
90 were arrested in the Peace Garden at London’s Tavistock Square yesterday. 5 were arrested in Hastings. Meanwhile, no arrests were made in NI as 45 signs were held across actions in Belfast & Derry.
The inconsistency of UK policing exposes how absurd & unenforceable this ban is.
#PalestineAction
The inconsistency of UK policing exposes how absurd & unenforceable this ban is.
#PalestineAction
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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People are ready to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
People are ready to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
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"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
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Israel has violated the Gaza ceasefire 393 times, killing 279 Palestinians and injuring more than 672 since the deal came into force on 10th October.
Last night, Israel killed at least 28 Palestinians including 17 women and children.
#Gaza
#CeasefireViolations
#HumanRights
Last night, Israel killed at least 28 Palestinians including 17 women and children.
#Gaza
#CeasefireViolations
#HumanRights
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Israel has violated the Gaza ceasefire 393 times, killing 279 Palestinians and injuring more than 672 since the deal came into force on 10th October.
Last night, Israel killed at least 28 Palestinians including 17 women and children.
#Gaza
#CeasefireViolations
#HumanRights
Last night, Israel killed at least 28 Palestinians including 17 women and children.
#Gaza
#CeasefireViolations
#HumanRights
ANTIFA means ANTIFAscist
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
ANTIFA means ANTIFAscist
#Burnham faces several hurdles to be able to run. If things move quickly, he may not be able to return to parliament in time, to be a candidate.
This might give #Starmer and his team hope. If there is no obvious candidate that can beat him, he will feel much more secure in place.
#Labour
This might give #Starmer and his team hope. If there is no obvious candidate that can beat him, he will feel much more secure in place.
#Labour
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When it comes to the festering wound in what was once historic #Palestine, the job of western journalists is to obfuscate, equivocate, distort and excuse.
And it always has been.
And it always has been.
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
When it comes to the festering wound in what was once historic #Palestine, the job of western journalists is to obfuscate, equivocate, distort and excuse.
And it always has been.
And it always has been.
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Some grim polling here for Labour from Ipsos beyond the headline figures
-69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction
-Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66
-50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.
-69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction
-Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66
-50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Some grim polling here for Labour from Ipsos beyond the headline figures
-69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction
-Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66
-50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.
-69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction
-Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66
-50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.
237 people took action in 10 cities across the UK. Police made arrests at all 9 actions in England & Wales. Police Scotland did not arrest anyone holding the same signs.
Forces in Aberystwyth, Truro, Oxford & Gloucester exhausted their capacity for arrests, leaving people to continue protesting.
Forces in Aberystwyth, Truro, Oxford & Gloucester exhausted their capacity for arrests, leaving people to continue protesting.
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
237 people took action in 10 cities across the UK. Police made arrests at all 9 actions in England & Wales. Police Scotland did not arrest anyone holding the same signs.
Forces in Aberystwyth, Truro, Oxford & Gloucester exhausted their capacity for arrests, leaving people to continue protesting.
Forces in Aberystwyth, Truro, Oxford & Gloucester exhausted their capacity for arrests, leaving people to continue protesting.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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A selling point of Labour and a part of their growth plan,was 5 years of stability so people could plan long term investments. But even without the leadership stuff there's been so much speculation and change of direction around the budgets that people still can't confidently plan ahead.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
A selling point of Labour and a part of their growth plan,was 5 years of stability so people could plan long term investments. But even without the leadership stuff there's been so much speculation and change of direction around the budgets that people still can't confidently plan ahead.
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#Labour
In years to come, when this is #Labour Govt is dust, historians & political observers will spend hours in TV studios & write a mountain of books wondering at how #Starmer lied his way to become leader, then lied his way to become PM and when he had it all in his hands, it all fell away...
In years to come, when this is #Labour Govt is dust, historians & political observers will spend hours in TV studios & write a mountain of books wondering at how #Starmer lied his way to become leader, then lied his way to become PM and when he had it all in his hands, it all fell away...
“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them".
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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#BREAKING | Israeli settler terrorists, under full protection of the Israeli army, are now burning down the village of Si'ir in Hebron in the occupied West Bank — setting fire to several homes and cars, and beating women with clubs, injuring many of them.
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#BREAKING | Israeli settler terrorists, under full protection of the Israeli army, are now burning down the village of Si'ir in Hebron in the occupied West Bank — setting fire to several homes and cars, and beating women with clubs, injuring many of them.
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📊 NEW | As Labour announces fresh crackdown on refugees, their approval falls to an all-time low.
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📊 NEW | As Labour announces fresh crackdown on refugees, their approval falls to an all-time low.
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
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It is clear to all that the Starmer government is more than willing to sacrifice the rights and protections of marginalised groups, such as refugees, in order to satisfy pressure from rabid forces on the far-right of British politics.
The dehumanisation of refugees must end
Project for Peace and Justice, founded by Jeremy Corbyn. A hub for discussion and action, building solidarity and hope for a more decent world.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It is clear to all that the Starmer government is more than willing to sacrifice the rights and protections of marginalised groups, such as refugees, in order to satisfy pressure from rabid forces on the far-right of British politics.
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Labour seems to think this further lurch to the right is a political masterstroke. On the contrary, it confirms their moral and political bankruptcy.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Labour seems to think this further lurch to the right is a political masterstroke. On the contrary, it confirms their moral and political bankruptcy.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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EXCLUSIVE: Richard Tice has been accused of 'spreading misinformation' by a leading Scottish charity after Reform UK launched a fresh attack on neurodivergent young people
Richard Tice accused of 'spreading misinformation' over neurodiversity claims
www.thenational.scot
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Tice has been accused of 'spreading misinformation' by a leading Scottish charity after Reform UK launched a fresh attack on neurodivergent young people
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Meanwhile in dangerous London.
Lowest rate for decades, in fact on record.
Lowest rate for decades, in fact on record.
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Meanwhile in dangerous London.
Lowest rate for decades, in fact on record.
Lowest rate for decades, in fact on record.