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Patel criticises the govt for not being involved supporting Israeli/US war, Starmer gets splinters in his backside from fence sitting. Then Trump says “jump”; Starmer falls off the fence and says “how high?”

UK to allow US to use British bases for defensive strikes against Iran Keir Starmer says decision is due to Iran’s approach becoming more reckless and putting British lives at risk

Starmer learns nothing from past actions of the UK jumping to America’s call. First time of being asked to jump his only response is “how high?”

It’s always about the money

So Venezuelan oil is too expensive to drill for at $60 a barrel and this upsets the criminal POTUS - so, Trump attacks Iran and oil is predicted to spike at over $100 a barrel. All of a sudden Venezuelan oil is economically viable!

*excludes liberation of a state from another foreign occupier

Whilst happy for corrections /additions the point is obvious - if any nation is a threat to world peace in the 21st century it’s the USA
Note most European imperial colonisation in 18th/19th century was not of recognised states

Attacks on distinct sovereign states by world leaders - 1780 to present*
Adolf Hitler - 15
Emperor Hirohito - 13
Kaiser Wilhelm II - 12
Donald J Trump - 8
Josef Stalin - 7
Barack Obama - 7
Bill Clinton - 6
Benjamin Netanyahu - 5
Tony Blair - 5
George W Bush - 5
Ronald Reagan - 3
Levi Eshkol - 3

Trump, again, ignoring the law when it doesn’t suit him and sod the consequences. When will the US Congress actually take action and reign in this ignorant thug of a president?

Josh Simons resigns as Cabinet Office minister amid investigation - LabourList MP for Makerfield and former director of Labour Together Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister.

Josh Simons should have gone straight away. Why do these politicians never learn that dragging out allegations of inappropriate behaviour never ever succeeds? It always makes matters worse and ends with the same, inevitable conclusion.

YouTube video by Good Morning Britain Green Party leader Zack Polanski reacts to 'transformational' by-election win

This is a seismic victory.

The Green Party are the alternative to the Labour Party AND Reform.

youtu.be/6yoo56xYCsg?...

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

Now watch the billionaire media throw all the dirt it can at the Greens, who could thwart its dream of a Farage government.

Hate festers in the drains. Hope is at hand when the plumber arrives

Chris Mason wondering what the hell to write about now.

YouTube video by DRM News FULL VICTORY SPEECH: Hannah Spence Addresses After Historic Green Party Win in Gorton & Denton| AC1Z

Hannah Spencer victory speech
youtu.be/Tf7wVpDEvho?...

"We have shown that we don't have to accept being turned against each other. We can demand better without hating each other"

Just huge:

Hannah Spencer (Green Party): 14,980 votes
Matt Goodwin (Reform UK): 10,578 votes
Angeliki Stogia (Labour Party): 9,364 votes

Fair to say that what has happened in Gorton and Denton is pretty damn seismic - the backlash from this by the wealthy and their toadie journos will be equally seismic. Bottom line is hope won over hate. Hate will fight back like a ferret in a sack. We must be ready.

Hannah Spencer wins with 40.7% of the vote in Gorton and Denton.

An emotional Hannah Spencer - fighting for her community. Will always be honest and decent and calls out the racist right as fermenters of terror

A massive victory for the Green Party. Congratulations to to Hannah Spencer MP. Seismic. Totally seismic.

Labour must search its conscience if Reform wins Gorton and Denton, says Green leader Zack Polanski says Labour deliberately splitting left vote as voters head to the polls

It's Reform Vs the Green Party.

Vote for the Green Party.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hannah and Zack in a park

Green Menaces - let’s go. 💚

Huge huge thanks to everyone who’s backed this campaign and shown it so much love.

Now we leave nothing on the pitch. Let’s get this over the line.

Vote Green.

Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

YouTube video by Manchester Evening News Hannah Spencer on why you should vote Green in the Gorton & Denton by-election

Mood music for Gorton and Denton

Labour - Won’t Get Fooled Again
Reform - I Predict A Riot
Greens - Good Vibrations

Vote for hope over hate. Vote Green! Vote for Hannah Spencer!

Labour lost, Reform hate. Green hope.
It’s a clear choice for the good people of Gorton and Denton today.

Birbalsingh is likely why Cruella Braverman is RefUKs Education spokesperson - Braverman was the chair of governors when Michaela Community School was conceived as a “free school”

Dear Lucy On the eve of the by-election, your Labour party spokesperson has admitted to the Huffington Post that a Labour party leaflet has been delivered through doors with your imprint recommending a vote for Labour by a tactical voting organisation which does not exist. This is deeply troubling, it is actually lying to voters. Did you approve this? Do you feel the Labour Party in government should be held to different standards in terms of honesty to the British public? In your last letter to me you mentioned your ‘very extensive data’ and ‘having spoken to over a third of eligible voters’ which led you to an understanding that the by election ‘was a contest between labour and Reform’. Clearly this latest development only tells voters one thing - you will employ any type of political deception (or in Urdu “Dhoka” ) to win. You will be very aware that all three real tactical voting organisations are recommending a vote for the Greens as the best way to stop Reform. Lying to the voters, as you have been caught doing, raises the real prospect that Reform will be the beneficiaries, something you have said that you don’t want. As this is such an important issue, for the sake of your own reputation, I would strongly urge you to apologise to the voters of Denton and Gorton before the polls open in the morning.” Kind regards, Zack Polanski Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social,

Why did you invent a fake tactical voting company to stop the Green Party beating Reform?

I'm starting to think your letters haven't always been in good faith...

Labour clearly desperate. Such a different party to the one the nation thought it was electing, the in July 2024. The change the nation was promised simply hasn’t happened. The sleaze, the lies, the chaos have carried on regardless. Time for hope - it’s Green!

Zack Polanski, "We've got lots of Labour MPs who take donations form gambling companies, why is that atrocious?"

Hannah Spencer, "I don't want to live in a world where - one gambling company chief executive earned £500 million - off the back of people's misery"

Exclusive Poll: Anti-Reform Tactical Voters Poised to Defeat Nigel Farage's Party in Gorton and Denton By-election Greens and Labour are in an effective dead heat against Reform UK, with tactical voters leaning towards Zack Polanski’s party

A vote for Labour in Gorton and Denton

Is a vote for Reform

Do better, Vote Green

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/24/e...

The hope doesn’t come from Labour - more like despair. Hope comes through Hannah Spencer. Starmer has likely sealed a “Vote Green” on Thursday

Peter Mandelson arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office Video footage shows former peer being driven away shortly after being escorted from his London home by officers

Peter Mandelson arrested on same grounds as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor - possible misconduct in public office. Just need to investigate Boris Johnson and off-piste meetings in Italian castles now…