John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social
@johnlowe56.bsky.social
Contemporary History and Politics MA. Green Party. Appalled by world events currently. Like football, cats, dogs, Scotland.
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#IsraelisATerorristState #ZionistsAreWarCriminals
Francesca Albanese: Israel Breaks All Agreements With Impunity
⚠️Israel has committed over 700 violations of the ceasefire.
🗣Nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed.
🗣And Israel is occupying 50% of the Gaza Strip.
Via @theAxisofTruth (Telegram)
Francesca Albanese: Israel Breaks All Agreements With Impunity
⚠️Israel has committed over 700 violations of the ceasefire.
🗣Nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed.
🗣And Israel is occupying 50% of the Gaza Strip.
Via @theAxisofTruth (Telegram)
December 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#IsraelisATerorristState #ZionistsAreWarCriminals
Francesca Albanese: Israel Breaks All Agreements With Impunity
⚠️Israel has committed over 700 violations of the ceasefire.
🗣Nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed.
🗣And Israel is occupying 50% of the Gaza Strip.
Via @theAxisofTruth (Telegram)
Francesca Albanese: Israel Breaks All Agreements With Impunity
⚠️Israel has committed over 700 violations of the ceasefire.
🗣Nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed.
🗣And Israel is occupying 50% of the Gaza Strip.
Via @theAxisofTruth (Telegram)
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Meet Rose. She was the runt of the litter, but now at 1 year old is very healthy.
Her big brother is a great Dane I met later😁
Her big brother is a great Dane I met later😁
December 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Meet Rose. She was the runt of the litter, but now at 1 year old is very healthy.
Her big brother is a great Dane I met later😁
Her big brother is a great Dane I met later😁
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The Reform vote continues to stagnate. The Green vote continues to creep up. There is never zero hope.
🚨 NEW | Poll shows Greens ahead of Labour
➡️ REF: 25% (-1)
🔵 CON: 22% (+2)
🟢 GRN: 19% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 18% (=)
🟠 LD: 10% (-1)
Via @LordAPolls, 11-15 Dec (+/- vs 17 Nov)
➡️ REF: 25% (-1)
🔵 CON: 22% (+2)
🟢 GRN: 19% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 18% (=)
🟠 LD: 10% (-1)
Via @LordAPolls, 11-15 Dec (+/- vs 17 Nov)
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Reform vote continues to stagnate. The Green vote continues to creep up. There is never zero hope.
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Georgian traditional hat is often used at #GeorgiaProtests, usually in 🇬🇪🇪🇺 flag colours.
Day 389.
📷 MOSE
Day 389.
📷 MOSE
December 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Georgian traditional hat is often used at #GeorgiaProtests, usually in 🇬🇪🇪🇺 flag colours.
Day 389.
📷 MOSE
Day 389.
📷 MOSE
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Tommy Robinson Right Wing hate monger deported from Dubai over insults towards Muslims after Dubais authorities were alerted to his hate filled tweets.
Massive respect for Clifton Ty Mitchell for getting the ball roiling by confronting Tommy face to face.
Massive respect for Clifton Ty Mitchell for getting the ball roiling by confronting Tommy face to face.
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Tommy Robinson Right Wing hate monger deported from Dubai over insults towards Muslims after Dubais authorities were alerted to his hate filled tweets.
Massive respect for Clifton Ty Mitchell for getting the ball roiling by confronting Tommy face to face.
Massive respect for Clifton Ty Mitchell for getting the ball roiling by confronting Tommy face to face.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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#SocialistSunday
The Metropolitan Police have raided at least 5 pro Palestine supporters homes in the last 24 hours.
This is where we are, arresting pacifists for opposing genocide
The Metropolitan Police have raided at least 5 pro Palestine supporters homes in the last 24 hours.
This is where we are, arresting pacifists for opposing genocide
December 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#SocialistSunday
The Metropolitan Police have raided at least 5 pro Palestine supporters homes in the last 24 hours.
This is where we are, arresting pacifists for opposing genocide
The Metropolitan Police have raided at least 5 pro Palestine supporters homes in the last 24 hours.
This is where we are, arresting pacifists for opposing genocide
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Closing the year with one of our highest ever polls.
Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year.
We're all just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year.
We're all just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
🚨 NEW | Poll shows Greens ahead of Labour
➡️ REF: 25% (-1)
🔵 CON: 22% (+2)
🟢 GRN: 19% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 18% (=)
🟠 LD: 10% (-1)
Via @LordAPolls, 11-15 Dec (+/- vs 17 Nov)
➡️ REF: 25% (-1)
🔵 CON: 22% (+2)
🟢 GRN: 19% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 18% (=)
🟠 LD: 10% (-1)
Via @LordAPolls, 11-15 Dec (+/- vs 17 Nov)
December 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Closing the year with one of our highest ever polls.
Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year.
We're all just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year.
We're all just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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When the GOP wasn't evil.
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When the GOP wasn't evil.
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Antifascist stickers spotted in Dundee, Scotland
December 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Antifascist stickers spotted in Dundee, Scotland
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The worry with Epstein stuff is that we find it easy to direct our hatred at an individual, but struggle when guilt is dispersed, murky, and uneven. An elite class comprising a complex network of nodes of power and super wealth with institutional immunity from consequence is too big to comprehend.
December 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The worry with Epstein stuff is that we find it easy to direct our hatred at an individual, but struggle when guilt is dispersed, murky, and uneven. An elite class comprising a complex network of nodes of power and super wealth with institutional immunity from consequence is too big to comprehend.
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Alan Milburn the New Labour secretary of state for health from 1999-03 promoted NHS outsourcing, & PFI outsourcing, is a multi-millionaire consultant, is brought in by Starmer to advise on the minimum wage
Of course
Just get the Tories out they told us
🤨
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Of course
Just get the Tories out they told us
🤨
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage
Exclusive: Blair-era minister echoes concerns about young people being priced out of jobs, in intervention likely to dismay Labour MPs
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Alan Milburn the New Labour secretary of state for health from 1999-03 promoted NHS outsourcing, & PFI outsourcing, is a multi-millionaire consultant, is brought in by Starmer to advise on the minimum wage
Of course
Just get the Tories out they told us
🤨
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Of course
Just get the Tories out they told us
🤨
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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If Qatar can ban Pride at Fifa because of “local customs” then Seattle gets to make the world cup gay as hell
I wrote about Seattle's non-canceled Pride Match, what the World Cup is really about and how to save it from itself.
Column @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Column @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The World Cup is about places and people. In Seattle, it should be about Pride | Leander Schaerlaeckens
The US host city’s resolve in maintaining its ‘Pride Match’ should be commended as exactly the sort of thing this tournament is for
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If Qatar can ban Pride at Fifa because of “local customs” then Seattle gets to make the world cup gay as hell
I never got why PLP and Labour supporters didn't want their twice elected former leader. I don't care about now because I support neither Labour nor Your Party.
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I never got why PLP and Labour supporters didn't want their twice elected former leader. I don't care about now because I support neither Labour nor Your Party.
The abuse of these powers by the ever corrupt Met must be robustly challenged.
Met using outdated powers to police pro-Palestine protests, say legal experts
Met using outdated powers to police pro-Palestine protests, say legal experts
Lawyers argue ‘cumulative disruption’ regulations were quashed in May and should therefore not be used
The Metropolitan police have been using powers they no longer have to crack down on pro-Palestine protests, according to legal experts.
Based on evidence obtained by the Guardian and Liberty Investigates, legal experts said officers had imposed restrictions on at least two protests based on their “cumulative disruption” since their power to do so was quashed by the court of appeal in May. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The abuse of these powers by the ever corrupt Met must be robustly challenged.
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Happy Birthday #JennyAgutter, seen here with Bernard Cribbins & Iain Cuthbertson on location at Oakworth Station in West Yorkshire for the iconic reunion scene in Lionel Jeffries' film adaptation of E. Nesbit's 1906 novel "THE RAILWAY CHILDREN" (1970)
🎬 EMI Elstree
🎞 MGM- EMI
🎬 EMI Elstree
🎞 MGM- EMI
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Happy Birthday #JennyAgutter, seen here with Bernard Cribbins & Iain Cuthbertson on location at Oakworth Station in West Yorkshire for the iconic reunion scene in Lionel Jeffries' film adaptation of E. Nesbit's 1906 novel "THE RAILWAY CHILDREN" (1970)
🎬 EMI Elstree
🎞 MGM- EMI
🎬 EMI Elstree
🎞 MGM- EMI
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"Protect women" if and only if accords with both Murdoch's business and political interests.
On David Walliams: The Daily Mail reveals that “showbusiness reporters at The Sun were told to drop negative stories about Walliams because both that newspaper and HarperCollins are owned by Rupert Murdoch's NewsUK, even sharing offices near London Bridge.”
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December 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Protect women" if and only if accords with both Murdoch's business and political interests.
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12 Covers of Christmas!
Day 8: Today’s cover comes from December 2020, the year Father Christmas came to superspread some joy.
Day 8: Today’s cover comes from December 2020, the year Father Christmas came to superspread some joy.
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
12 Covers of Christmas!
Day 8: Today’s cover comes from December 2020, the year Father Christmas came to superspread some joy.
Day 8: Today’s cover comes from December 2020, the year Father Christmas came to superspread some joy.
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I am not sure, apart from his own personal journey and some big ambitions and rhetoric makes Milburn a "Social Mobility Expert"
I would say a "outsourcing key public services to the private sector then getting jobs on company boards" expert
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I would say a "outsourcing key public services to the private sector then getting jobs on company boards" expert
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage
Exclusive: Blair-era minister echoes concerns about young people being priced out of jobs, in intervention likely to dismay Labour MPs
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I am not sure, apart from his own personal journey and some big ambitions and rhetoric makes Milburn a "Social Mobility Expert"
I would say a "outsourcing key public services to the private sector then getting jobs on company boards" expert
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I would say a "outsourcing key public services to the private sector then getting jobs on company boards" expert
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Heartwarming story. 5Live referred to the fans gathering under the scoreboard. I thought this meant so they couldn't read it....
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Ashes 2025-26: England fans praised for litter picking at Adelaide Test
Things may be going badly on the field for England in the Ashes but touring supporters have been praised for their work off it in Adelaide.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Heartwarming story. 5Live referred to the fans gathering under the scoreboard. I thought this meant so they couldn't read it....
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Put money in people's pockets. Cost of living especially rents going up much faster than wages. Benefits unfairly curbed.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Retail sales unexpectedly fall in Great Britain in run-up to Christmas
Shoppers held back on Black Friday spending in November and budget uncertainty hit consumer confidence
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Put money in people's pockets. Cost of living especially rents going up much faster than wages. Benefits unfairly curbed.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The lack of preparation and casual optimism going into the Ashes series reminds me of Scotland going to the FIFA World Cup in 1978. Who is going to step up? It's too late for the series but England can still win a match.
December 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The lack of preparation and casual optimism going into the Ashes series reminds me of Scotland going to the FIFA World Cup in 1978. Who is going to step up? It's too late for the series but England can still win a match.
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A break from politics:
Aurora magic.
Aurora magic.
December 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A break from politics:
Aurora magic.
Aurora magic.
I well remember PFI at Oxford University NHS Trust. One build was delivered 7 years late. A roofing contractor once asked for £12,000 to investigate a roof leak it did not believe was its fault. Planning meetings were packed with people and went on for hours. Racketeering.
🏥 Hospitals built with PFI were found to be 70% more expensive than public builds.
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
December 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I well remember PFI at Oxford University NHS Trust. One build was delivered 7 years late. A roofing contractor once asked for £12,000 to investigate a roof leak it did not believe was its fault. Planning meetings were packed with people and went on for hours. Racketeering.
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via Julia Forbes-Nish
December 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
via Julia Forbes-Nish