Terry Macalister
@TerryMac999
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Journalist (ex-@guardian), film maker (@theoilmachine ), co-author “Crude Britannia” @PlutoPress, Bored Stiff punk zine, Lefty Men Sing street choir etc
Cambridge, England
Joined November 2009
What a difference a few years makes. FYI: The new ‘peace plan’ is still inconsistent with international law and human rights protections.
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@zarahsultana tells @TWT_NOW she is all for YourParty alliances with the Greens but would not personally join the latter unless they made clear they would leave NATO and break all UK ties with Israel.
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Following everyone who guesses the correct number between 1 and 670… 👀
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Biggest cheer of the morning @TWT_NOW was for Abubaker Nanawaba @themuslimvoteuk telling Zack Polanski and Zarah Sultana that “I will not forgive you” if you split the Left vote by Greens standing against Your Party or vice versa. Audience wants alliances!
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Labour’s novel plan for growth: get workers to stay longer in the boozer.
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Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts
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Hezza tells it how it is👇
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?” “Because that’s what they are.” @vicderbyshire asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference. #Newsnight
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A very blunt “hatchet job” on Zack. Seems like a clean bill of political health 👇
I kept seeing the name David Paulden bandied about which led me to do a little search. A jet setting family, private school and work as a 'corporate trainer': Why the Left's new poster boy Zack Polanski isn't the working class hero he'd have you believe.
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@labourlewis This was my response, adding to the Jewish presence at the DoJ action yesterday. My abhorrence of antisemitism, islamophobia, and genocide in Gaza are powered by the same ethical force. @RichardBurgon @labourlewis @TerryMac999
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Sending children away to boarding schools in their formative years is outsourcing parenting to strangers. Wrong on all levels:
theguardian.com
VAT on school fees has led to a rise in overseas interest and even relocations as UK fees have jumped by as much as 22.6%
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Absolutely clear that an underfunded NHS is damaging the health of the nation.
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Analysis of NHS data by Radiotherapy UK also shows some patients face waits of up to six months
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Very high levels of E Coli bacteria - dangerous to human health - recorded early last month at the so-called designated bathing area of Sheep's Green in Cambridge:
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Having nicked off with all the dividends…
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Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040
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Why does anyone take lessons or even listen to advice from this violent country?
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Church allegedly set ablaze by gunman on weekend when shooting attacks also took place in North Carolina, Texas and New Orleans
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Blair took his lead from Thatcher...Starmer clearly from Trump...you can just see it: next stop caps saying - drill baby drill
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Kent County Council has "undeclared" the climate emergency. (The new Reform UK leader worked for the BBC for 20 years):
bbc.co.uk
The motion was proposed by Reform UK after it took control of Kent County Council in May.
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We are not spending too much on welfare We are refusing to tax the rich We are refusing to invest in the public We are choosing neoliberalism
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Last days of Rome vibe for Starmer’s Labour gov:
theguardian.com
As our party conference gets under way this weekend in Liverpool, we must start to work out how we can inspire the country, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Wow factor fireworks in Grantchester tonight to mark the very last filming of the series of that name..
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Those big Palestine marches paid off (even though it has not stopped the arms sales yet):
theguardian.com
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Great discussion with @cameraZoe and @DragonLFilms about how we try to engage audiences on the climate crisis in doc films like our @TheOilMachine plus their Rivercide and Six Inches of Soil at the 🔥HEAT film festival near Oxford organised by @trizcs
https://t.co/l4gJnma4pV
theoilmachine.org
THE OIL MACHINE explores our economic, historical and emotional entanglement with oil by looking at the conflicting imperatives around North Sea oil. This invisible machine at the core of our economy...
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You could almost believe that the academy system in education is really about land profiteering. (It is) Education Uncovered | News| Questions abound following academy trust’s sell-off of secondary school’s land for housing
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