Socioblah
@socioblah.bsky.social
On the bird as Socioblah.
Here for leftist politics + culture.
#FreePalestine #StarmerOut
Here for leftist politics + culture.
#FreePalestine #StarmerOut
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Nigel Farage has only mentioned Clacton FOUR times in the House of Commons over the past year.
Local residents have accused the Reform leader of “doing nothing” aside from “looking for photo opportunities” 👇
Nigel Farage has only mentioned Clacton FOUR times in the House of Commons over the past year.
Local residents have accused the Reform leader of “doing nothing” aside from “looking for photo opportunities” 👇
Nigel Farage Has Mentioned Clacton Only Four Times in Commons
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has mentioned his constituency fewer than half a dozen times in the House of Commons, DeSmog can reveal. Farage has been criticised for making multiple trips to the Unite...
www.desmog.com
July 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Nigel Farage has only mentioned Clacton FOUR times in the House of Commons over the past year.
Local residents have accused the Reform leader of “doing nothing” aside from “looking for photo opportunities” 👇
Nigel Farage has only mentioned Clacton FOUR times in the House of Commons over the past year.
Local residents have accused the Reform leader of “doing nothing” aside from “looking for photo opportunities” 👇
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Israeli defence minister Israel Katz is calling for the forced removal of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza to a concentration camp.
Here he is last year thanking David Lammy for the UK's support.
Here he is last year thanking David Lammy for the UK's support.
July 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Israeli defence minister Israel Katz is calling for the forced removal of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza to a concentration camp.
Here he is last year thanking David Lammy for the UK's support.
Here he is last year thanking David Lammy for the UK's support.
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Something dark is happening on the British right
I spoke with Harry Shukman, who spent a year undercover with the far-right, for the latest Democracy for Sale live discussion
Story and interview here:
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
I spoke with Harry Shukman, who spent a year undercover with the far-right, for the latest Democracy for Sale live discussion
Story and interview here:
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Britain’s Far Right is going mainstream
Harry Shukman went undercover inside Britain’s far right. What he found is terrifying—and increasingly part of our politics
open.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Something dark is happening on the British right
I spoke with Harry Shukman, who spent a year undercover with the far-right, for the latest Democracy for Sale live discussion
Story and interview here:
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
I spoke with Harry Shukman, who spent a year undercover with the far-right, for the latest Democracy for Sale live discussion
Story and interview here:
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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What this goes to show is that the ever-so-respectable, middle-of-the road, technocratic pillars of the British Establishment - Starmer, Cooper, Reeves and the rest - turn out, when you discover what they really want, to be just as batshit crazy as Trump or Orban.
Ever more surreal, ever more oppressive. Elderly people in Cardiff holding cardboard signs supporting Palestine Action get their doors stoved in, homes raided and food apparently tested for radioactive materials.
Cardboard: the new weapon of mass destruction. 🧵
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Cardboard: the new weapon of mass destruction. 🧵
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PR, DoJ, Police divided
For immediate release, 14 July 2025 POLICE DIVIDED OVER PALESTINE ACTION PROTESTS Cardiff, 12 July, extended detention and raids Derry, 12 July, no arrests The spectrum of responses on Saturday r...
docs.google.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What this goes to show is that the ever-so-respectable, middle-of-the road, technocratic pillars of the British Establishment - Starmer, Cooper, Reeves and the rest - turn out, when you discover what they really want, to be just as batshit crazy as Trump or Orban.
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Will the government stop training the IDF in Britain?, asks Green co-leader Carla Denyer.
June 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Will the government stop training the IDF in Britain?, asks Green co-leader Carla Denyer.
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Impartiality, my left foot.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC pulls Gaza medics documentary due to impartiality concerns - BBC News
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was due to air in February, was made by an independent company.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Impartiality, my left foot.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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June 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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We have tabled the following amendment to the Government's disability cuts Bill.
MPs should think long and hard about the dreadful consequences these cuts will have. Rest assured, we will keep campaigning for the rights of disabled people to live in dignity.
MPs should think long and hard about the dreadful consequences these cuts will have. Rest assured, we will keep campaigning for the rights of disabled people to live in dignity.
June 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We have tabled the following amendment to the Government's disability cuts Bill.
MPs should think long and hard about the dreadful consequences these cuts will have. Rest assured, we will keep campaigning for the rights of disabled people to live in dignity.
MPs should think long and hard about the dreadful consequences these cuts will have. Rest assured, we will keep campaigning for the rights of disabled people to live in dignity.
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My latest post on Substack is free to read, it details the back and forth between the UK Govt and my FOI request into Rachel Reeve's correspondence with the NAO regarding the UK's Free Zones. I am now appealing their decision to refuse disclosure of data on UK SEZs.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
I'm appealing the UK Govt's refusal of my FOI request over Rachel Reeves' correspondence with the NAO regarding the UK's Free Zones.
The UK duopoly's nationwide rollout of 12 deregulated freeports and 74 SEZs is a violation of UK citizens' sovereignty.
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My latest post on Substack is free to read, it details the back and forth between the UK Govt and my FOI request into Rachel Reeve's correspondence with the NAO regarding the UK's Free Zones. I am now appealing their decision to refuse disclosure of data on UK SEZs.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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The reading for Starmer's Cabinet today:
"Blessed are the peacemakers ..."
"Blessed are the peacemakers ..."
June 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The reading for Starmer's Cabinet today:
"Blessed are the peacemakers ..."
"Blessed are the peacemakers ..."
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Private Eye has found that that 281,000 PIP claimants *already in paid work* stand to lose out under the proposed cuts (i.e the four-point rule)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
June 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Private Eye has found that that 281,000 PIP claimants *already in paid work* stand to lose out under the proposed cuts (i.e the four-point rule)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
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I'm floored.
This is ONE stretch of ONE side of the street in deep red, small town Knoxville, TN today.
This is a city that Trump won in 2024 by 20+ points.
The scope of these protests are massive—American from both sides of the aisle are pissed.
There will be no kings.
This is ONE stretch of ONE side of the street in deep red, small town Knoxville, TN today.
This is a city that Trump won in 2024 by 20+ points.
The scope of these protests are massive—American from both sides of the aisle are pissed.
There will be no kings.
June 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I'm floored.
This is ONE stretch of ONE side of the street in deep red, small town Knoxville, TN today.
This is a city that Trump won in 2024 by 20+ points.
The scope of these protests are massive—American from both sides of the aisle are pissed.
There will be no kings.
This is ONE stretch of ONE side of the street in deep red, small town Knoxville, TN today.
This is a city that Trump won in 2024 by 20+ points.
The scope of these protests are massive—American from both sides of the aisle are pissed.
There will be no kings.
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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
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If randomly kidnapping people (including first grade kids) from places of work, education, worship, and immigration appointments and disappearing them without due process to foreign prisons does not meet your definition of fascism, then your definition of fascism is wrong.
June 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If randomly kidnapping people (including first grade kids) from places of work, education, worship, and immigration appointments and disappearing them without due process to foreign prisons does not meet your definition of fascism, then your definition of fascism is wrong.
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Yvette Cooper faces campaign to reverse Palestinian resistance as being illegal
Cooper is under further pressure, as advocacy group CAGE demonstrates proscription = discrimination
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Cooper is under further pressure, as advocacy group CAGE demonstrates proscription = discrimination
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Yvette Cooper faces campaign to reverse Palestinian resistance as being illegal
Yvette Cooper is under further pressure, as advocacy group CAGE demonstrates proscription = discrimination
www.thecanary.co
June 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Yvette Cooper faces campaign to reverse Palestinian resistance as being illegal
Cooper is under further pressure, as advocacy group CAGE demonstrates proscription = discrimination
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Cooper is under further pressure, as advocacy group CAGE demonstrates proscription = discrimination
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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The UK Ministry of Defence has admitted that it’s currently training Israeli military personnel on British soil.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The UK Ministry of Defence has admitted that it’s currently training Israeli military personnel on British soil.
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According to Declassified, the Labour government had until now refused to answer questions on UK involvement in training Israeli military personnel.
It is now confirmed that Britain is actively involved in training a foreign military currently engaged in genocide.
It is now confirmed that Britain is actively involved in training a foreign military currently engaged in genocide.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
According to Declassified, the Labour government had until now refused to answer questions on UK involvement in training Israeli military personnel.
It is now confirmed that Britain is actively involved in training a foreign military currently engaged in genocide.
It is now confirmed that Britain is actively involved in training a foreign military currently engaged in genocide.
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The information was made public in response to a question by Labour MP Rachael Maskell, who asked: "When the last time was that a member of the IDF was trained by the UK armed forces."
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The information was made public in response to a question by Labour MP Rachael Maskell, who asked: "When the last time was that a member of the IDF was trained by the UK armed forces."
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John McDonnell schools Richard Tice on his false claims about refugees
leftfootforward.org/2025/06/john...
leftfootforward.org/2025/06/john...
John McDonnell dismantles Richard Tice’s false claims about refugees
"You’re talking to the grandchild of an Irish migrant, we built the country."
leftfootforward.org
June 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
John McDonnell schools Richard Tice on his false claims about refugees
leftfootforward.org/2025/06/john...
leftfootforward.org/2025/06/john...
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You would think most immigrants to the UK were asylum seekers if you listen to the Media but it is less than 4%.
And the housing shortage?
1945-1979 - 5,000,000 council houses built.
1980-2025 - 250,000 council houses built.
That's why.
And the housing shortage?
1945-1979 - 5,000,000 council houses built.
1980-2025 - 250,000 council houses built.
That's why.
June 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You would think most immigrants to the UK were asylum seekers if you listen to the Media but it is less than 4%.
And the housing shortage?
1945-1979 - 5,000,000 council houses built.
1980-2025 - 250,000 council houses built.
That's why.
And the housing shortage?
1945-1979 - 5,000,000 council houses built.
1980-2025 - 250,000 council houses built.
That's why.