steve pottinger
@BigStevePoet
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Old enough to know better. Still doesn't. Likes it that way. (Found primarily on the blue-skied platform now.)
far far away
Joined December 2012
The Caffè Nero letter is making waves again. So I wrote this: http://t.co/7kNYdyvozg
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Israel have just announced that they're letting the world's press into Gaza. Oh...sorry, I misread something there. I mean, they're NOT letting the world's press into Gaza. As you were. Apologies.
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In the 1960s more than 40% of the money you spent went straight back to Government, everything spent on Water, Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity, Social Housing, Telecoms, Steel, Ships... Now it's less than 5%, the rest all goes to billionaires Tax Havens That's why there is no money
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It's utterly mad that we've had days & days of front pages demanding Rachel Reeves resignation over nothing & Nandy's role in this will vanish without mention.
The West Midlands Police explained to the Homes Affairs Committee why they decided to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans. Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy, and every single person who tried to undermine the police and gaslight us should be ashamed of themselves.
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🧵 Elon Musk has turned Twitter (@X) into a political weapon. It has become arguably the most significant #propaganda machine in history, radicalising millions into extremist ideology and fuelling dangerous polarisation which harms individuals, democracy, and societal cohesion.
🚨 In the run-up to #GE2024, foreign-operated accounts masquerading as genuine ardent Reform UK voters in order to influence public opinion, racked up MILLIONS of views. It's a national scandal that we allow so many foreign accounts on @X to so easily subvert our democracy.
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Tesco has suspended one of its workers after they refused to handle goods made in Israel, sparking protests by trade unionists and pro-Palestine activists, plus a petition against the supermarket chain. Protesters waved Palestine flags and chanted “shame on Tesco” outside one
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Closed Material Procedures (CMPs) are a legal nonsense. They effectively allow the state to present evidence in secret with no one present to rebut that evidence. They r supposed to be used to protect national security but r abused to hide criminal conduct as shown in numerous
At some point in the challenge to the ban on Palestine Action beginning on Wednesday, the co-founder of the direct action group will be asked to leave courtroom five at the Royal Courts of Justice, as will her legal team and most others present. Then the case will continue
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My counsel, Kevin Saunders, struggled to read out this paragraph from my written statement yesterday and had to pause and come back to it: 'There are no words that can explain the tragedy of this Holocaust - that is still ongoing. Watching our children decapitated, their limbs
British-Palestinian NHS doctor, Rahmeh Aladwan, has been suspended for 15 months pending an investigation over anti-Israel social media posts, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) in the UK has ruled. https://t.co/7eI6N6EwXF
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Israeli soldiers know they can execute Palestinians in cold blood, and in full view of the world, with no consequences. Here are the consequences of the impunity granted to Israel by Western governments and the Western media.
A shocking crime The Israeli army executed two Palestinian men after they surrendered and were arrested in Jenin, in front of the cameras. How can anyone stay silent about the Israeli war crimes?
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Woooooow. This is unbelievable, epic gaslighting by Melanie Phillips. Here is what she said: "In my view, the Palestine cause is a form of holy war, Islamic holy war, and it is a Trojan horse for the Islamization of the West. By adopting the language and the moral inversion of
This rant by Owen Jones is a farrago of falsehoods, distortions, bigotry and abject ignorance. He claims that I said the whole of Islam is intent on conquering the west. Untrue. He claims that I didn’t even use the term Islamist. Also untrue. This is what I said on that issue:
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A Modest Proposal for the 21st century By Steve Pottinger @BigStevePoet
https://t.co/Nzx071jmWg
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
A Modest Proposal for the 21st century
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The hostages have all been released. Still Israel carpet bombs Gaza daily. Yet this context has not once been mentioned in the media. Propaganda by omission.
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Israel has killed at least 342 Palestinians since the fictitious "ceasefire" was signed. Describing these massacres as "testing the ceasefire" is straightforward racism. If this was describing 24 Israelis killed in a Hamas attack, this language would never be used.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
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These are some of the people the Labour Home Secretary is responding to.
Disgusting. A local school teacher, pulled over at this asylum hotel protest to say she doesn’t agree with it, was called a “bitch” and told to “fuck off.” And that was in front of their children—who know her from school as well. All they know is hate.
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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱BREAKING: Israel killed today so far 28 Palestinians including 17 women and children in Gaza despite the “ceasefire”.
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Thanks to @YorksBylines for publishing my poem. 🙏
A Modest Proposal for the 21st century By Steve Pottinger @BigStevePoet
https://t.co/Nzx071jmWg
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Sally Rooney addresses the hunger strikers in an article with The Guardian. As some of the prisoners begin their third week of hunger strikes, the government are yet to acknowledge or respond to them More here: https://t.co/9qsbR6ckYR
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Exclusive: author urges ministers to engage with those on hunger strike, who want better conditions, bail and lifting of ban
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Heading out to Azerbaijan to protest Bridgend Council road works. Anyone interested?
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