Phil Lowthian

Same for us at Saints. Jeopardy of the cup!

“When I was growing up, the story of Israel was always ever-present in the family home and in the school,” he says. “As I got older, though, I was always really aware of socialist Zionism, a small group of people that were always against the eviction of the Palestinians from their homeland, and [non-Zionist Jewish socialist movement] Bundism as well. “So, there’s lots of different aspects of what a Jewish homeland would look like. It is a complicated, sensitive and nuanced conversation. What is clear to me, though, is what Zionism is under Benjamin Netanyahu – a genocidal regime.” “Zionism is racism” is the title of a motion that is being sent to the next Green Party Conference and that Polanski has not opposed. Would that statement not flatten the nuance he speaks of? “If we’re talking about Benjamin Netanyahu and the genocidal regime, then that is obviously racist,” he replies. But “Zionism is racism” would be labelling as racist those he grew up alongside – family, friends – who consider themselves Zionist. “I think all statements and slogans are complicated because there’s always more nuance behind a sentence, and so that’s why I think the sentence needs qualifying to talk about the present day and what’s happening right now.” He would not consider them racists for being Zionists, though, would he? “Who, sorry?” Zionists he grew up around, for example. “I think if someone supports Benjamin Netanyahu’s genocide, then I think there’s no other definition of that than racist.” But he has mentioned different kinds, such as socialist Zionism? “Yeah, and so that’s for that person to define what their Zionism is. That’s why I’m defining the Zionism that I’m talking about. And that’s the problem with labels, right?”

This is also a fucking word salad response. 'It all depends what the definition of Zionism is' - except this motion (which he refuses to condemn) literally does not make any distinction! You could be a left-wing Histadrut organiser who hates Netanyahu, this motion would still define you as a racist.

YouTube video by The Jazz Estate Thelonious Monk - Rhythm-A-Ning (Brussels, 1963)

A bit of Monk for your Monday evening x

In your Dreams

He is just a rambling lunatic

He doesn’t!

The #BBCNewsatTen played two clips from this speech, but not this one. Protecting Trump?

Thought I would have gotten used to it by now, but I’m still grappling with the realization of just how stupid the men running this country are.

Him and Trump could have cheated their way round the course together!

Twat

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The “not so special” relationship!

Want your daughter to play cricket for England? Send her to private school With facilities good enough to make Test-playing countries jealous, elitism in the English women’s game is growing to match the men’s

www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025...

Almost the same as for the Men’s team sadly

This godforsaken idiot piece of shit.

The “special” relationship😜

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…

Can we STOP with this ‘special relationship’ BS

And also…can we wake up to the treachery of our right wing press?!

With Reform UK calling for the return of grammar schools, I’ve shared an excerpt from my first book The Myth of Meritocracy examining the evidence on who actually benefits from selection.

Clue: it isn’t working-class pupils. www.forthedeskdrawer.com/p/the-enduri...

But, rather than receiving a formal invite to meet Trump, Farage was in fact invited to Mar-a-Lago by a member of the club, according to multiple people briefed on the matter They said Farage had hoped he would be able to catch Trump for a conversation as the US president was scheduled to travel to Mar-a-Lago that evening. However, Trump had a change in his itinerary and decided to stay instead in Doral, about an hour`s drive away The Reform leader's failure to secure an audience with the US president underscores a weakening of ties between the two populist leaders who famously formed a close friendship in the vears before and after the 2016

Massive humiliation for Farage, who tipped off the UK press that he was flying to Florida to have dinner with Trump... only for Trump to decide he had more interesting things to do when Nigel arrived.

And WW1 in 1917.

Ha ha. In fairness I have lived in a few of those! Wythenshawe, Sale, Stretford, Old Trafford, Bury, Rochdale is my sequence! A ‘break’ in Leicester for 3 years which was another great student city!

Yes you do and you need to get rid of the idiots in charge.

Maybe not. I speak only of my experience as a Mancunian. I’d say music culture from late 70s to present day very much student driven (Hacienda, Smiths, later Oasis). Same with foodie things like curry mile. Not sure about Sport! All cities unique I guess - most vibrant ones have lots of students.

Of all the complaints against Starmer, the most absurd is that it's "weak" to have a Cabinet that doesn't just rubber-stamp what The Leader wants on questions of war & peace.

I'd take Cabinet govt - in which ministers kick the tyres of big decisions - over the kneel-and-obey model of Farage any day

Why don’t the club’s just get off this vile platform?

I think this healthy academic history and culture has more to do with “Manchesterism” than given credit for. The student/local mix is a critical part of the uniqueness of the City and a most important part of its fabric.

Fox’s dignified transfer footage now just completely excludes Trump

Remarkable how shook Fox is by the footage of Trump wearing a tacky campaign hat to a dignified transfer

I don’t see the humiliation. The appalling behaviour is on Trumps side and it seems most of the UK population can see that.

I guess there is no reason to vote for a supplemental military appropriation for Trump’s War or anything else since he isn’t signing anything right now.