Steve Pottinger
@bigstevepoet.bsky.social
Old enough to know better. Still doesn't. Likes it that way.
Poet/stage manager/defiant square peg.
www.stevepottinger.co.uk
Poet/stage manager/defiant square peg.
www.stevepottinger.co.uk
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“De-proscribe Palestine Action, it is not a terrorist organisation.”
“The Israeli State is a terror organisation.
The IDF is a terror organisation”
This brave sign-holder calls out Israel and their genocidal military while being arrested in Sheffield for holding a paper sign.
“The Israeli State is a terror organisation.
The IDF is a terror organisation”
This brave sign-holder calls out Israel and their genocidal military while being arrested in Sheffield for holding a paper sign.
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“De-proscribe Palestine Action, it is not a terrorist organisation.”
“The Israeli State is a terror organisation.
The IDF is a terror organisation”
This brave sign-holder calls out Israel and their genocidal military while being arrested in Sheffield for holding a paper sign.
“The Israeli State is a terror organisation.
The IDF is a terror organisation”
This brave sign-holder calls out Israel and their genocidal military while being arrested in Sheffield for holding a paper sign.
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Israel's insidious war crimes have not subsided just because Trump succeeded in convincing Western public opinion that the genocide in Gaza has paused. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Israel's insidious war crimes have not subsided just because Trump succeeded in convincing Western public opinion that the genocide in Gaza has paused. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This was a phenomenal project to work on.
In September, we ran a poetry project for Walsall’s #MakerFest, encouraging Walsall residents to write haiku saying what they loved most about their town. It was a lot of fun, with a huge range of responses… /1
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This was a phenomenal project to work on.
Palestinians have been telling you this for years....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UN panel says Israel operating 'de facto policy of torture'
Rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions in Israeli detention centres. Israel has not responded but has previously denied allegations of torture.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Palestinians have been telling you this for years....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trying to find something pithy to say about this. Other than 'fuck', I can't. 😶
For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trying to find something pithy to say about this. Other than 'fuck', I can't. 😶
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#OtD 28 Nov 1985 a Shell report showed they knew that global heating was real, caused by fossil fuels, and that global temp and sea levels were rising and would rise further. Shell covered it up and began sponsoring fake studies to deny climate change stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#OtD 28 Nov 1985 a Shell report showed they knew that global heating was real, caused by fossil fuels, and that global temp and sea levels were rising and would rise further. Shell covered it up and began sponsoring fake studies to deny climate change stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
You'd barely know if from watching the news, but the people of Gaza are still struggling, and starving, and being killed. If you want to help support them, then check out the accounts shared by @mommunism.bsky.social and send a little money their way. Thank you. 🙏
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
You'd barely know if from watching the news, but the people of Gaza are still struggling, and starving, and being killed. If you want to help support them, then check out the accounts shared by @mommunism.bsky.social and send a little money their way. Thank you. 🙏
Here's a few small, independent publishers (and poets) who won't be doing Black Friday, but who do deserve your support. And where the money will be ending up with talented artists, rather than going into the pockets of multinationals. Ready? Here we go... /1
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Here's a few small, independent publishers (and poets) who won't be doing Black Friday, but who do deserve your support. And where the money will be ending up with talented artists, rather than going into the pockets of multinationals. Ready? Here we go... /1
Nationalise the railways, *including* the companies who lease the rolling stock.
£1.8 billion extracted by private business since 2016, RMT report reveals
Private rail companies have quietly extracted £1.8 billion from the railway in dividends since 2016, new RMT analysis reveals.
rmtunion.org/3XU3lUB
Private rail companies have quietly extracted £1.8 billion from the railway in dividends since 2016, new RMT analysis reveals.
rmtunion.org/3XU3lUB
£1.8 billion extracted by private business since 2016, RMT report reveals
Private rail companies have quietly extracted £1.8 billion from the railway in dividends since 2016, new RMT analysis reveals.
rmtunion.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Nationalise the railways, *including* the companies who lease the rolling stock.
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Also holds true on Fridays. 😎
Your Tuesday evening reminder that the #WolvesLitFest poetry competition has a £400 1st prize, and is currently open for entries. 😎 pandemonialists.co.uk/wolves-lit-f...
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Also holds true on Fridays. 😎
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The UK acknowledges "the massive increase in settler violence" in the Israeli-occupied territories, with 264 attacks in October.
But ministers still refuse to even ban trade in goods from illegal Israeli settlements.
But ministers still refuse to even ban trade in goods from illegal Israeli settlements.
November 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The UK acknowledges "the massive increase in settler violence" in the Israeli-occupied territories, with 264 attacks in October.
But ministers still refuse to even ban trade in goods from illegal Israeli settlements.
But ministers still refuse to even ban trade in goods from illegal Israeli settlements.
The first of today's trains was delayed by 'defective track'. Now a signalling fault has left this one stuck at a station for over an hour. Sometimes it's hard to escape the feeling this country's infrastructure is falling apart....
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The first of today's trains was delayed by 'defective track'. Now a signalling fault has left this one stuck at a station for over an hour. Sometimes it's hard to escape the feeling this country's infrastructure is falling apart....
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Apparently, they sold the world the idea there was a ceasefire.
There wasn't.
There was the illusion of one.
The killing still continues.
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren
There wasn't.
There was the illusion of one.
The killing still continues.
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Apparently, they sold the world the idea there was a ceasefire.
There wasn't.
There was the illusion of one.
The killing still continues.
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren
There wasn't.
There was the illusion of one.
The killing still continues.
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren
Tony? Are you there, Tony??
So if Tony Blair is part of Trump’s peace council…
…where is he while Israel continues to breach ceasefire, bulldoze homes, kill children and restrict humanitarian aid?
…where is he while Israel continues to breach ceasefire, bulldoze homes, kill children and restrict humanitarian aid?
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Tony? Are you there, Tony??
Our leaders are pretending there’s a ceasefire. There isn’t.
Two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded after Israeli shelling hit the area near Beit Lahia Square in northern Gaza.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Our leaders are pretending there’s a ceasefire. There isn’t.
A midsummer date for the diary... 😊
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A midsummer date for the diary... 😊
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As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza persists, goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT continue to be imported into Britain's markets - proceeds of a crime under international law.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza persists, goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT continue to be imported into Britain's markets - proceeds of a crime under international law.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
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"Reform slide to lowest polling since April"
Great news as people are waking up to the reality of Reform, corruption, racism, misogyny, failing councils and Farage a man finally showing his true character.
Great news as people are waking up to the reality of Reform, corruption, racism, misogyny, failing councils and Farage a man finally showing his true character.
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Reform slide to lowest polling since April"
Great news as people are waking up to the reality of Reform, corruption, racism, misogyny, failing councils and Farage a man finally showing his true character.
Great news as people are waking up to the reality of Reform, corruption, racism, misogyny, failing councils and Farage a man finally showing his true character.
It’s a thought…
Instead of a government led by human rights lawyers, perhaps we need a government led by human rights defendants.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It’s a thought…
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Jeez.
Fun fact I couldn't mention until now: At the time Graham Linehan was harassing Sophia Brooks online, I was contacted by her former teachers and School Safeguarding Team to get her latest contact details, as they were worried sick about her being publicly stalked by an abusive alcoholic celebrity.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Jeez.
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There's two excellent poetry and spoken word events in #Wolverhampton this weekend, with open-mic opportunities at each of them. Get yerse;ves down there! 😊
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
There's two excellent poetry and spoken word events in #Wolverhampton this weekend, with open-mic opportunities at each of them. Get yerse;ves down there! 😊
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
I see we're back to minimising the suffering and murder of Palestinians with that well-worn phrase "Hamas-run health ministry says". FFS, BBC.
Another 22 dead in Gaza as a direct result of Netanyahu's aggressive collective punishment. This feels like a short pause not a path to peace
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 22 Palestinians, Hamas-run health ministry and civil defence say
Israel says it struck targets in Gaza after an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I see we're back to minimising the suffering and murder of Palestinians with that well-worn phrase "Hamas-run health ministry says". FFS, BBC.