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Despairing socialist
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Just arrived, 'Complicit - Britain's role in the destruction of Gaza' by Peter Oborne.

As Miriam Margolyes says on the rear side cover, "Gaza is being murdered, Britain is guilty. Here's the proof"
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Mandelson Crisis
Starmer Acts!

The new Private Eye is out now.
September 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Private Eye
September 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Reminder that immigration is good and we should say so
August 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Israel’s horrifying plans to take over Gaza City will lead to more death and destruction.

States, like the UK and US, have enabled this escalation by transferring arms and failing to take concrete action to stop the genocidal assault on occupied Gaza.
August 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Labour: “we must listen to the genuine concerns of people who want to burn other people alive in hotel buildings”
July 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Bro you won’t be able to get prescribed limes for your scurvy at this rate
July 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Martin Forde concluded Labour operates a hierarchy of racism, where anti-Black racism & Islamophobia are brushed aside.

Now we have a Prime Minister who mimicked Enoch Powell with “island of strangers” & suspended the UK’s first Black woman MP twice.

It’s institutional racism.
July 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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July 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Don't buy The S*n.
Don't read The S*n.
Don't post articles from The S*n.

You could have chosen umpteen sources for this story.
July 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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This could fully pass for something on Clickhole, but it’s real, and I love it. Even down to his name.
July 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Heroes ✊👏
July 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Zarah Sultana "As a share of GDP working age benefits have not risen since 2015... we do have alternatives, a 2% tax on extreme wealth... yet this govt will not tax the super rich... while they squeeze the most vulnerable they found billions for war... money for war but not the poor"

Spot on!
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
To understand where the US is going, you need to understand history. The transfer of money from Medicaid to ICE is the modern day version of July 1934; it is the night of the long knives.
July 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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There are many British commentators who have made several posts showing deep concern for Rachel Reeves over the last 24 hours but apparently lost their phones whilst hundreds of thousands of disabled people were terrified of losing the benefits they need to live.
July 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.

Join us. The time is now.

Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
July 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Keir Starmer confirms No 10 is offering concessions to Labour welfare rebels..

The only concessions that matter are:
No benefit cuts, must increase real value
Equitable distribution of income/wealth
Curbs on profiteering

Anything less is cosmetic and will prolong harms.
Keir Starmer confirms No 10 is offering concessions to Labour welfare rebels
PM says conversations over changes to bill will ‘continue in coming days’ with more than 120 MPs poised to rebel
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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June 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Govt officials brace for up to 50 Labour MPs rebelling against welfare bill, cut disability benefits.

You can help. Meet your MP. Tell him/her to vote against the cut.

Poor hit whilst no questions asked about corporate welfare.
Government officials brace for up to 50 Labour MPs rebelling against welfare bill
Sources say party should have focused on the moral case for reforming the benefits system
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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May 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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"The London marches, several of which have broken the half a million mark, are the flagship of the whole movement, and are not stopping yet"

'The Gaza solidarity movement outlives the Government’s support for Israel'
www.counterfire.org/article/the-...
The Gaza solidarity movement outlives the Government’s support for Israel
The London marches, several of which have broken the half a million mark, are the flagship of the whole movement, and are not stopping yet explains David Jamieson Something immense but not sufficie...
www.counterfire.org
May 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM