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Rorza8472

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disabled, geeky 36 year old muddling through life here in North East Somerset. politics nerd (Green Party member) football fan (Manchester United/Bath City) gamer (any genre if a game is fun/interesting) sci-fi lover, especially Star Trek.

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · Feb 28

if you don't want to care about "identity politics" then that's your decision of course, but don't pretend you can do that and still call yourself a socialist, because it means you are turning your back on the most vulnerable & discriminated against members of the working class.

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 1h

a poll today also showed a plurality of Reform voters want foreign hooligans to come here to put the safety of BRITISH people in Birmingham at risk.

you scumbags aren't patriots, you are literally just tools of the rich and powerful who tell you what to think and you do so.

pathetic.

Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 1h

so apparently Nigel Farage and Reform are okay with "fighting age" foreigners coming to the UK if those foreigners are...football hooligans with a track record of abuse and violence...so much for being patriotic, they actively want British people to be less safe to appease a foreign country!

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 7h

genuinely one of the most beautiful things ever written, this is what being British really means to those of us who understand our history, the richness of our culture and the joy of diversity, we won't let them divide us, we won't rest until there is no more injustice in our society.

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1d

Professor Benjamin Zephaniah testifying for all of us here in 🇬🇧 with a multicultural culinary poem about the people of Britain (with notes)

"The British"

The British by Benjamin Zephaniah (Serves 60 million)

Take some Picts, Celts and Silures And let them settle, Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.

Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years

Add lots of Norman French to some Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.

Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans, Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese, Vietnamese and Sudanese.

Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians And Pakistanis, Combine with some Guyanese

And turn up the heat.

Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians, Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese And Palestinians

Then add to the melting pot.

Leave the ingredients to simmer.

As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish Binding them together with English.

Allow time to be cool.

Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future, Serve with justice And enjoy.

Note: All the ingredients are equally important.

Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.

Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain.

Give justice and equality to all.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 9h

I'd prefer it if he gave up his money and his liberty, but sure

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after ‘discussion with king’

In statement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew says he will give up titles and honours including the Duke of York

www.theguardian.com

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 7h

yes, and every time it is spoken to protect Israel/Israeli's, it's actual meaning is eroded and Jews (regardless if they are Israeli or Zionists or not) are less safe, which is, of course, what Israel wants, they hate Jews, they want them to feel unsafe so they seek "protection" from Israel.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 8h

Antisemitism a word that is said thousands of times a day to try defend the indefensible actions of Israel.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 10h

We’re being asked by half the media & politicians to swallow the idea that known racist football hooligans should be allowed to rampage through our cities for NO OTHER REASON than that they happen to be Israeli.

Fuck. That.

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 15h

Kier Starmer and this entire rotten government deserve the ritual humiliation and decimation of their political careers that is coming soon, they deserve all of it and more, genuinely the most mendacious bunch of runts to ever set foot in parliament, and that's saying something.

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 15h

Starmer wants violence against British Muslims to happen, he's actively gagging for it, and he will blame the victims if it does, he's a racist piece of dog shit.

Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 15h

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - good, I hope the High Court makes the government weep by overturning this obscene and fascistic ban on a peaceful protest group.

Government loses bid to block Palestine Action ban appeal

In a highly significant ruling, the Court of Appeal paved the way for the review of the ban before a High Court judge next month.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 16h

they are saying the right to safety of British Muslims and the people of Birmingham are irrelevant compared to the rights of Israeli football hooligans to come and abuse them.

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 16h

apparently the right to safety and security of Brummies and British Muslims are irrelevant to Starmer, whereas the right of foreign hooligans to come here to attack people are sacrosanct.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 22h

If the police get pressured by politicians into allowing one the the most violent and Islamophobic groups of football supporters in the world into a city with a large population of British Muslims will those politicians take responsibility for the racist attacks on Brummies? Will they b*******!
#utv

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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 17h

Maccabi Tel Aviv shouldn't even be competing in European football. Firstly they're not European and secondly the nation from which they come has been enacting a genocide for two years. Fuck Starmer and worship of all things racist.

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 17h

it's also him explicitly making the people of Birmingham LESS safe to appease foreign hooligans, it's insane, it's a racist and anti-British move for the government to overturn this ban.

Kev @caoimhin1.bsky.social · 17h

Keir Starmer:

The ban on extremely violent, racist football fans - I strongly object to this, overturn it.

The abduction of British subjects by a foreign state in international waters - None of my business.

Starmer is a puppet of Israel.

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 17h

it's also an attack on the safety of Aston Villa fans and the people of Birmingham for the government to force police to allow hooligans in who have a history of racially abusing Muslims and violently attacking opposing fans.

disgraceful from Labour, utterly shameless.

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 17h

FAO all the braindead Left "YIMBY's", this was entirely predictable, Labour's agenda has nothing to do with fixing the housing crisis and everything to do with enriching the Landlords and Property Developers who bribe Labour MP's.

KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 17h

Canary
@TheCanaryUK

🚨 NEW: A leaked memo shows Labour plans to CUT affordable housing targets for developers from 35% - 20%.

Anyone else tired of Labour being in the pockets of the super rich?

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20h

Decades after the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters, can politicians please not second-guess expert safety assessments for football stadiums.

Thank you.

An Aston Villa fan.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 20h

Rinder wants us to believe people marching against Israels genocide & our govts complicity in it are the extremists, not the violent racist 'fans' who sing about raping Palestinian women & the slaughter of Palestinian children &who ran riot in Amsterdam last year attacking people

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 18h

Just like the world did with South Africa, we must boycott Israel for its apartheid and colonial project in Palestine.

Apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide are not welcome in football. Not in Birmingham, not in the UK, not in Europe.

@greens4palestine.bsky.social
@brumgreens.bsky.social

Football hitting the back of a net in distorted green colours.
Text reads:
NO
apartheid states in
European Football.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 19h

Sky News continuing to present an entirely misleading picture about what happened in Amsterdam

A reminder that last year a Sky report correctly identified Maccabi 'fans' attacking locals before it was withdrawn & re-released with the violence now ascribed to "hooded men" instead

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 17h

"this is a government of patriots" says Kier Starmer as he actively interferes in a local policing issue to ensure that British Muslims aren't protected from violent, fascist, hooligans from Israel.

the contempt for British Muslims from this government is clear as day, it is disgusting.

Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 17h

the safety of British Muslims is meaningless to Starmer compared to the right to abuse them of Israeli hooligans, evidently.

this is a disgraceful attack on British Muslims by the government.

Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 17h

Labour despise British Muslim's so much they are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure that violent thugs who want to abuse and attack them can come to Birmingham to do so.

this government has ZERO regard for the wellbeing of British Muslims, none.

utterly disgraceful, this should end them.

Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 17h

apart from Kier Starmer, who actively wants these thugs to come here so they can abuse British Muslims, who Kier clearly thinks are worthless and irrelevant.

rancid government of rancid Zionist scumbags.

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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 17h

Kier Starmer literally thinks appeasing Zionists is more important than the safety of the people of Birmingham, he is actively protecting the rights of racists to abuse British Muslims, utter scumbag.