Peter Clee
@peterlclee.bsky.social
Lifelong socialist, community activist and pirate.
Grandfather of ten, Father of three, Husband and best friend of one.
Habitually trying to do my best and failing. Still trying hard to fail better.
Love books, libraries, art, poetry and philosophy.
Grandfather of ten, Father of three, Husband and best friend of one.
Habitually trying to do my best and failing. Still trying hard to fail better.
Love books, libraries, art, poetry and philosophy.
The boats drove furrows homeward, like ploughmen
In blizzards of gulls. Gaelic fisher girls
Flashed knife and dirge
Over drifts of herring.
A stanza from Hamnavoe by George MacCay Brown seemed right for this wonderful piece of work.
In blizzards of gulls. Gaelic fisher girls
Flashed knife and dirge
Over drifts of herring.
A stanza from Hamnavoe by George MacCay Brown seemed right for this wonderful piece of work.
The work of Sue Welfare, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmaker
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The boats drove furrows homeward, like ploughmen
In blizzards of gulls. Gaelic fisher girls
Flashed knife and dirge
Over drifts of herring.
A stanza from Hamnavoe by George MacCay Brown seemed right for this wonderful piece of work.
In blizzards of gulls. Gaelic fisher girls
Flashed knife and dirge
Over drifts of herring.
A stanza from Hamnavoe by George MacCay Brown seemed right for this wonderful piece of work.
There really is no end to the evil and cruelty of the Israeli State. This is where nationalism, racism and outright fascism takes you.
THIS IS A GENOCIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT
IF YOU DON'T OPPOSE EVIL, YOU BECOME COMPLICIT
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
THIS IS A GENOCIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT
IF YOU DON'T OPPOSE EVIL, YOU BECOME COMPLICIT
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There really is no end to the evil and cruelty of the Israeli State. This is where nationalism, racism and outright fascism takes you.
THIS IS A GENOCIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT
IF YOU DON'T OPPOSE EVIL, YOU BECOME COMPLICIT
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
THIS IS A GENOCIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT
IF YOU DON'T OPPOSE EVIL, YOU BECOME COMPLICIT
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This had me crying tears of laughter. Absolute belter.
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This had me crying tears of laughter. Absolute belter.
I wonder whether Kier Starmer is still such a great supporter of Maccabi, now that they've been shown to be the club most likely to engage in racist chanting in Israeli football.
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT ANTISEMITISM
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT ANTISEMITISM
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Research reveals racist chants on rise in Israeli football – with Maccabi Tel Aviv the worst offenders
Kick It Out Israel found 367 instances in the 2024-25 season – of those, 118 were observed in stands containing Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I wonder whether Kier Starmer is still such a great supporter of Maccabi, now that they've been shown to be the club most likely to engage in racist chanting in Israeli football.
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT ANTISEMITISM
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT ANTISEMITISM
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Food and water insecurity and rising prices are increasingly driven by climate change. It is going to get a great deal worse and the greatest impact will be upon working people and the poor.
Climate change is a class issue.
THE BILLIONAIRES HAVE GOT TO GO BEFORE THE KILL US ALL.
Climate change is a class issue.
THE BILLIONAIRES HAVE GOT TO GO BEFORE THE KILL US ALL.
I used to buy Lavazza coffee double-pack - it went up from £4.80 to £11.80 at my local Tesco over the space of 3-4 years... My ESA hasn't gone up by anything like the same percentage!
Butter, milk, beef, chocolate and coffee are responsible for much of the UK’s food inflation, with climate change the key driver of rising grocery bills
#climatecrisis
@eciu.net
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
#climatecrisis
@eciu.net
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Food and water insecurity and rising prices are increasingly driven by climate change. It is going to get a great deal worse and the greatest impact will be upon working people and the poor.
Climate change is a class issue.
THE BILLIONAIRES HAVE GOT TO GO BEFORE THE KILL US ALL.
Climate change is a class issue.
THE BILLIONAIRES HAVE GOT TO GO BEFORE THE KILL US ALL.
Sometimes we can forget that none of this is new
Hats off to whoever at TFL decides which poem is having its moment
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Sometimes we can forget that none of this is new
So let me get this right in my head...The Israeli police have effectively cancelled the Maccabi game in Tel Aviv, but Kier Starmer thinks that we should welcome their fans to the UK.
It was never about anti-semitism you absolute dope.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
It was never about anti-semitism you absolute dope.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi called off after rioting
Israeli police make nine arrests, citing ‘disorderly conduct, riots, injured police officers’ and infrastructure damage
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
So let me get this right in my head...The Israeli police have effectively cancelled the Maccabi game in Tel Aviv, but Kier Starmer thinks that we should welcome their fans to the UK.
It was never about anti-semitism you absolute dope.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
It was never about anti-semitism you absolute dope.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
This is definitely something we could all benefit from. Hugely impressive.
Since we delivered free bus travel for those under the age of 22, over 250 million free journeys have been taken.
That's congestion off ours streets, pollution out our air, and money back in people's pockets.
That's a resounding success we can build on.
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That's congestion off ours streets, pollution out our air, and money back in people's pockets.
That's a resounding success we can build on.
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is definitely something we could all benefit from. Hugely impressive.
Reposted by Peter Clee
I can't do it
We can do it
Build Community
Defend it
We can do it
Build Community
Defend it
Authoritarians fear only one thing: DEFIANCE‼️
(Downtown Portland)
(Downtown Portland)
October 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I can't do it
We can do it
Build Community
Defend it
We can do it
Build Community
Defend it
What a perfectly composed image by the brilliant Dorothea Lange. Just wonderful.
October 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
What a perfectly composed image by the brilliant Dorothea Lange. Just wonderful.
A perfect insight into the consequences of the complete corporate capture of both major political parties. It is also another perfect example of:
THE SLOW VIOLENCE OF THE STATE
The state continuing to drive completely discredited neoliberalist policy, largely at the cost of working class people.
THE SLOW VIOLENCE OF THE STATE
The state continuing to drive completely discredited neoliberalist policy, largely at the cost of working class people.
The EU Prohibition: Why Rejoin is Impossible
From the EU Commission on State Aid:
"Parliament stresses that State aid should support ecological transformation and foster the development of services, knowledge, and infrastructure rather than providing support to specific companies."
1/5
From the EU Commission on State Aid:
"Parliament stresses that State aid should support ecological transformation and foster the development of services, knowledge, and infrastructure rather than providing support to specific companies."
1/5
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A perfect insight into the consequences of the complete corporate capture of both major political parties. It is also another perfect example of:
THE SLOW VIOLENCE OF THE STATE
The state continuing to drive completely discredited neoliberalist policy, largely at the cost of working class people.
THE SLOW VIOLENCE OF THE STATE
The state continuing to drive completely discredited neoliberalist policy, largely at the cost of working class people.
Reposted by Peter Clee
Your occasional reminder that Mone can not be stripped of her peerage without an act of parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Baroness Mone-linked PPE firm misses deadline to pay £122m
PPE Medpro was ordered to repay damages by 16:00 BST on Wednesday after breaching a Covid-19 contract.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Your occasional reminder that Mone can not be stripped of her peerage without an act of parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Peter Clee
Going from liberal hero to liberal pariah! Greta Thunberg has transgressed against the only values the liberal class understands: imperial values. For this they abandoned her www.donotpanic.news/p/the-libera...
The Liberal Abandonment Of Greta Thunberg
The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by Israel and reportedly maltreated by her Israeli captors after she was kidnapped, along with hundreds of other activists, from Gaza’s territoria...
www.donotpanic.news
October 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Going from liberal hero to liberal pariah! Greta Thunberg has transgressed against the only values the liberal class understands: imperial values. For this they abandoned her www.donotpanic.news/p/the-libera...
It’s known as:
THE SLOW VIOLENCE OF THE STATE
It allows the state to “shorten the lives” of people, just as long as they are poor.
Yes, well spotted; that is a euphemism for MURDER.
STOP THE WAR ON THE POOR.
THE SLOW VIOLENCE OF THE STATE
It allows the state to “shorten the lives” of people, just as long as they are poor.
Yes, well spotted; that is a euphemism for MURDER.
STOP THE WAR ON THE POOR.
This article is from 2017, but research from the Glasgow Centre for Population Health and University of Glasgow estimates 335,000 excess deaths across Scotland, England, and Wales between 2012 and 2019 as a result of austerity policies. That was six years ago, so we're probably pushing 500,000, now.
Nope it's the way the tories work, from 2017👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
October 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It’s known as:
THE SLOW VIOLENCE OF THE STATE
It allows the state to “shorten the lives” of people, just as long as they are poor.
Yes, well spotted; that is a euphemism for MURDER.
STOP THE WAR ON THE POOR.
THE SLOW VIOLENCE OF THE STATE
It allows the state to “shorten the lives” of people, just as long as they are poor.
Yes, well spotted; that is a euphemism for MURDER.
STOP THE WAR ON THE POOR.
REALLY love this.
The continuation of GENOCIDE and APARTHEID is not inevitable. We can all take meaningful action, however small it may feel, to help.
I can't stop this terrible crime, but WE can stop this.
The continuation of GENOCIDE and APARTHEID is not inevitable. We can all take meaningful action, however small it may feel, to help.
I can't stop this terrible crime, but WE can stop this.
October 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
REALLY love this.
The continuation of GENOCIDE and APARTHEID is not inevitable. We can all take meaningful action, however small it may feel, to help.
I can't stop this terrible crime, but WE can stop this.
The continuation of GENOCIDE and APARTHEID is not inevitable. We can all take meaningful action, however small it may feel, to help.
I can't stop this terrible crime, but WE can stop this.
Why is the UK Government failing in its legal duty to protect its own citizens from the illegal actions of the IDF?
THE UK GOVERNMENT IS AIDING AND ABETTING A GENOCIDE
How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
THE UK GOVERNMENT IS AIDING AND ABETTING A GENOCIDE
How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists
Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Why is the UK Government failing in its legal duty to protect its own citizens from the illegal actions of the IDF?
THE UK GOVERNMENT IS AIDING AND ABETTING A GENOCIDE
How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
THE UK GOVERNMENT IS AIDING AND ABETTING A GENOCIDE
How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
This is a great response from Zack Polanski, again showing how to lead with courage and honesty.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked about the Home Secretarys comments that yesterdays protests about Israels actions were dishonourable (she also said they were unBritish).
Zack is spot on.
Zack is spot on.
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is a great response from Zack Polanski, again showing how to lead with courage and honesty.
The abolition of rent controls has allowed the rich to massively abuse private renters and also the public purse, through the Housing Benefit scheme.
PRIVATE LANDLORDS ARE THE REAL SCROUNGERS
PRIVATE LANDLORDS ARE THE REAL SCROUNGERS
Join the movement taking on the rich & powerful to build a fairer Scotland 👇
members.greens.scot/join
members.greens.scot/join
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The abolition of rent controls has allowed the rich to massively abuse private renters and also the public purse, through the Housing Benefit scheme.
PRIVATE LANDLORDS ARE THE REAL SCROUNGERS
PRIVATE LANDLORDS ARE THE REAL SCROUNGERS
The tide is turning, slowly but surely. Israel is an Ethno-nationalist Zionist state, built upon a principle of Apartheid and committed to the Genocide of the Palestinian people.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
World must deny Israel ‘tools of genocide’, says growing alliance of activist states
New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isolate Israel
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The tide is turning, slowly but surely. Israel is an Ethno-nationalist Zionist state, built upon a principle of Apartheid and committed to the Genocide of the Palestinian people.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
A beautiful article.
My own interest is in the subject of Sir Gawain, the flawed character of the hero and the acceptance of that flaw by the others around that Round Table.
I also live on Wirral, close to the Hall of the Green Knight.
Supereffable www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
My own interest is in the subject of Sir Gawain, the flawed character of the hero and the acceptance of that flaw by the others around that Round Table.
I also live on Wirral, close to the Hall of the Green Knight.
Supereffable www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tom Johnson · Supereffable: Mysteries of the Pearl Manuscript
Any book made by hand is unique, but the Pearl Manuscript’s claim to uniqueness is unparalleled: the manuscript...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A beautiful article.
My own interest is in the subject of Sir Gawain, the flawed character of the hero and the acceptance of that flaw by the others around that Round Table.
I also live on Wirral, close to the Hall of the Green Knight.
Supereffable www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
My own interest is in the subject of Sir Gawain, the flawed character of the hero and the acceptance of that flaw by the others around that Round Table.
I also live on Wirral, close to the Hall of the Green Knight.
Supereffable www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Sign the Petition
Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns
chng.it
September 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This is a series of jokes in a cartoon with a very serious point.
When the actions of a small group of super rich people threaten the lives of the whole population of the Earth, are we not allowed to defend ourselves?
What is to be done?
THE BILLIONAIRES HAVE GOT TO GO, BEFORE THEY KILL US ALL.
When the actions of a small group of super rich people threaten the lives of the whole population of the Earth, are we not allowed to defend ourselves?
What is to be done?
THE BILLIONAIRES HAVE GOT TO GO, BEFORE THEY KILL US ALL.
September 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This is a series of jokes in a cartoon with a very serious point.
When the actions of a small group of super rich people threaten the lives of the whole population of the Earth, are we not allowed to defend ourselves?
What is to be done?
THE BILLIONAIRES HAVE GOT TO GO, BEFORE THEY KILL US ALL.
When the actions of a small group of super rich people threaten the lives of the whole population of the Earth, are we not allowed to defend ourselves?
What is to be done?
THE BILLIONAIRES HAVE GOT TO GO, BEFORE THEY KILL US ALL.