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OliverNoble

@OliverNoble@mastodon.world

Quite new to mastodon so blundering about - please be kind!!

socialist (ex labour), chilled, always curious and learning xx
GTTO is one thing but inadequate.... need to GTTO wherever they are and GetSocialistsIn

I may boost random stuff that just seems interesting , my comments may be satirical, or sarcastic

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juglugs, to random
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You don’t become cooler with age, but you do care progressively less about being cool, which is the only true way of being cool. This is called the Geezer’s Paradox

OliverNoble,
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@Pineywoozle @thepoliticalcat @juglugs
You cant be fabulous if you are just normal
Be fabulous in whatever way suits you

So yeah, forget aspiring to normal

RichardJMurphy, to random
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The Greens were the biggest winners in the local elections, so why aren’t they getting fair air time? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/07/the-greens-were-the-biggest-winners-in-the-local-elections-so-why-arent-they-getting-fair-air-time/
Proportionately, the Greens won most seats at the recent local elections, but they are denied airtime, and we get Reform instead. Why?

OliverNoble,
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@simon_brooke @Kellys 100℅ agree,

Given how poor and negative reporting about Scotland is, it might take a while for the English to notice but, in time, it would become incredibly obvious

it would be inspiring to the left to see Scotland achieve its potential once free to determine its own destiny

OliverNoble,
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@steviesyerda @simon_brooke @Kellys
Would the loss of Scotland from tbe union really lead to a rethink of England's place in the world? It should - but I think there will be a lot of this (below) for years and years:

"England doesn't need a "modern sense of self", we got churchill, England won the war (and world cup), got the royal family, the mother of parliaments, beer sold in pints, the SAS and Ross Kemp, we got ev'ry fing wot is worth 'avin"

OliverNoble,
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@simon_brooke @Kellys very true, i should maybe have said they perceive the as a more immediate threat to the status-quo

In part because, although it is hardly reported and the Scottish parliament has limited powers, Scotland has lead on no fault evictions, nationalising rail, settling NHS pay etc - nothing very radical but if the people of saw how achievable things are, they might look at the "opposition" and start demanding something better

OliverNoble,
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@Kellys @simon_brooke when the greens represent the same level of challenge to the status-quo as the , then then the smears, slurs and negative coverage of will step-up a gear - its already started

ChrisMayLA6, to humanrights
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You'll be unsurprised that @humanrightswatch , citing the scandal, attacks on the right to strike & institutional has concluded that:

'The UK’s nose-diving domestic human rights record undermined its efforts to promote the rule of law and human rights globally'!

It also notes problems with , the treatment of & (the rights poverty violates) as other aspects of UK's declining respect for & the

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/united-kingdom

OliverNoble,
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@ChrisMayLA6 @humanrightswatch
Our likely next PM was a "human right lawyer" apparently

So he can reverse some of the most abusive legislation and policy......right?

Or just let it "bed-in"

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23527102.public-order-bill-labour-refuse-back-snp-bid-repeal-law/
“They [] are not opposing the restrictions on the right to (protest) and their dithering is enabling it. They have said they are a government in waiting, but today, on this Bill, and on so many other Bills, they are simply looking like gormless Tory sidekicks.”

OliverNoble, to UKpolitics
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To all the "grown-ups" who obsess about and denounce socialists as a 'ists...

Hmmmm....

OliverNoble, (edited ) to DuckDuckGo
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Searches for "psc" on ddg had the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign as first or second
Until today - now its nowhere

Hmmmmm, reasons?

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Lee Anderson is a National Front tribute act.
Just give us our money, goods, energy and other resources back, keep your fucking queen and your fucking Brexit, and we'll call it quits.
:baner: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇮 🇪🇺

OliverNoble,
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@fkamiah17 Parody indistinguishable from reality

For reality indistinguishable from parody, here's channelling brass eye
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=swGdVIbbm2c

transworld, to transgender
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Trans journalist India Willoughby told PinkNews in August that she found Starmer’s gradual shift on trans rights “deeply disappointing.“

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/24/can-keir-starmer-be-trusted-on-trans-rights/

OliverNoble,
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@transworld India Willoughby is clearly very polite and restrained

OliverNoble, to Stoicism
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"No more illegal wars. Introduce a Prevention of Military Intervention Act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice."

Chances ?

(Not those arms sales or their human rights obviously)

April 2020 "my pledges to you"

Colinsay, to random
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Westmonster is not a democracy. It is a conservative dictatorship.

OliverNoble,
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@Roadwarrior29 @Theriac @Colinsay nope, lacks the warmth and depth

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to Palestine
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As the #IDF continues to attack and murder defenceless Palestinians in #Rafah, ignoring the International Court of Justice, what response can we expect from Starmer?

What would Starmer be saying / doing now if he were Prime Minister?

Would #StarmerChameleon be on the side of the #ICJ or the IDF? Would he just go into hiding as usual, leaving Lammy to address the issue with weasel words in The Daily Mail?

#Gaza #Palestine #CeasefireNOW #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraelGenocide #ICJ4Israel

OliverNoble,
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@MadeyeTheCarnaptious Phillipson couldnt even answer whether a government would obey they Rome statute and arrest Netanyahu etc if there were warrants in force

Pathetic

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Yikes.

"Former defence secretary Ben Wallace has branded the SNP and Greens “wee pretendy foreign secretaries” after Israeli flights were barred from using Prestwick Airport."

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24197690.top-tory-mp-furious-israeli-military-barred-scottish-airport/

OliverNoble,
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@fkamiah17 Ben Wallace working hard to ensure MPs from are a rarity - just in case anyone forgot how much contempt tories have for everyone else

OliverNoble, to Israel
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Today I learned ..
The UK parliament has an "All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide (APPG-G)"

This is a cross-party group which apparently aims to ensure Britain does all it can to stop genocides and crimes against humanity.

Thats good, isnt it?
What have they said about , the , "plausible genocide, and arms sales to ?

https://mas.to/@NotImpressed/112435407401915855

alexanderhay, (edited ) to random
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What Gorgeous #GeorgeGalloway was promising #Rochdale electors. In essence, #Transphobia, homophobic dog whistles, #Racism and "MAKE ROCHDALE GREAT AGAIN."

[Image care of /u/New_Issue_447 @ /r/GreenAndPleasant, over at that colossal shit-pit, Reddit.]

#News #Politics #UK #Populism #UKPolitics

OliverNoble, (edited )
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@alexanderhay
What the limp, centrist, "grownups" will never accept about this kind of populism is that their policies and their constant failures to deliver for the people is the cause

In this case the Galloway campaign was very heavily centred around
Had not been utterly shit on this, would have lost and his revolting views on social questions wouldnt be an issue

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Trudat.

OliverNoble,
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@fkamiah17 I'm not sure the "squabble" is even real - rather than a performance to maintain the appearance of choice

rhamphorhynchus, to random
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I already have an app for looking at your website, it's called Firefox and is most satisfactory, thanks anyway.

OliverNoble,
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@rhamphorhynchus
I do not want your stupid app
I will not use this siloed crap.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
I do not want this mobile spam!

Full version here:
https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/03/with-apologies-to-theodor-geisel/?guccounter=1

Would you like them on your phone?
On your waking home screen shown?

No! And no and no and no!
I do not want your stupid app
I do not want these wares of crap.
Your interstitials make me mad!
My ad blockers will make you sad.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
I do not want this mobile spam!

TallVenti, to UKpolitics
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Just a word for those saying vote for independent candidates as a protest against Labour’s stance on Gaza.

In my experience independents are Tories with a grey rosette.

I live in an area with a lot of independent councillors. They side with the Tories on everything.

Vote an independent in and you get a Tory.

OliverNoble,
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@TallVenti
I agree about independents - mixed bunch, due diligece required

As for , I dont want to vote for a party where nasty racist are welcome but leftwingers and those objecting to genocide are vilified

You may consider it a "blinder" , I consider a stupid, childish prank and a sign that is an unprincipled opportunist with no moral compass

JorisBohnsonPM, to uk
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“Labour has said there will be no rises in income tax or National Insurance if it wins the general election - but some spending cuts have not been ruled out”

…The UK has be ransacked, looted & vandalised by the tories for the last 14 years

Urgent repair is needed

How is this to be done without raising taxes ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-69063581

OliverNoble,
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@JorisBohnsonPM apparently and have discovered a big red button in the treasury somewhere that will immediately deliver growth - with mo investment required

That growth will apparently fund everything good and not trickle upwards to private health providers, landlords and shareholders - despite there being no changes in tax or utility ownership or funding for the

Its absolute bollox of course,

but, hey, at least they're not wearing blue rosettes /s

ChrisMayLA6, to politics
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Keir Starmer appears to think this is a get out of jail free card, on accusations of backtracking on previous promises:

'with the damage that’s been done to the economy, particularly by Liz Truss, it is not possible to do that'!

While he may well be right that things have been made so much worse in the last three years that earlier promises have been undermined.... for many, its a series of shifts that have suggested he wasn't serious in the first place.

pragmatic or hypocritical?

#politics

OliverNoble, (edited )
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@ChrisMayLA6 Reform of the house of lords has zero cost to the government

The pledge to tax the richest 5% has a less than zero cost to the government

just crumbles and defers to the wealthy and the establishment - its what he is

(Edited for spelling)

OliverNoble, to UKpolitics
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@essjayjay @AutisticMumTo3 @PamCrossland

Labours foreign policy is set by Washington

Economic policy set by big business donors

Social policy set by fear of the right-wing tory press

What is the point of ?

OliverNoble,
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@jackLondon @Oldmanstan @AutisticMumTo3 @essjayjay @PamCrossland
The slaughter in is not
"A nasty little war" - it is 2.2million people being starved, bombed, displaced and dispossessed
So far 7,000 children have been killed and the UK is complicit

As for "two brutal antagonists" - there is no equivalence ,the population of gaza, who have no army, no airforce are being attacked by an army and airforce with enormous capacity delivering destruction equivalent to Dresden- with UK support

simon_brooke, to random
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Jings, is dreadful as a political speaker. He has all the verve, energy, enthusiasm and eloquence of a geriatric tortoise on Valium.

Wake up, man! It's an ELECTION, not a wreath-laying!

How can we invest our hope in this useless rag-doll puppet?

OliverNoble, (edited )
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@simon_brooke Not only does he read a script like an automated phone system, he is also absolutely terrified and useless when there isnt a rehearsed script

Whether it is a young labour member, Audrey White or an unfriendly journalist, he looks like a rabbit in the headlights and has nothing to say - he seems to lack the knowledge, the confidence, and the ability to interact in any way other than speaking at people with pre-prepared lines

fkamiah17, to random
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"Return to duties"??!?? 🤬

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/27/army-injured-horses-household-cavalry-london

OliverNoble,
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@fkamiah17 I wonder if its still true that the army has more horses than tanks?
https://www.forces.net/services/tri-service/leading-charge-twice-many-horses-tanks-british-army

World-leading /s

And if you are "the right sort of person" you and your horsey friends get free horse-hire
General public need not apply

"It was invitation only, in my case I was introduced through a friend who had ridden as a civi for a while"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68903460

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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🤬 🤬 ✊ 🇵🇸

Telegraph: "Make Palestine march organisers pay towards policing costs, official review says"
"An official review by Lord Walney, the Government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption, has said there is a case for charging because of the “great amount of police resource” being absorbed by the protests."

Lord Walney, formerly known as LABOUR MP John Woodcock

https://archive.is/gk25U

OliverNoble,
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@fkamiah17 the party had (and still has) some real authoritarian wrong'uns

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