Matt Erskine

Matt Erskine

@matt72423.bsky.social

Socialist, anti-Zionist, anti-NATO, ex-Labour, now Green. MMT. Unsure about EU...too many pros and cons. Indy for Wales & Scotland. Abolish royalty and House of Lords. Sunderland, England. Sunderland FC.

4,176 Followers 5,746 Following 934 Posts Joined Sep 2024
2 days ago

*I* don't believe this period in history...

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2 days ago

How much more death and destruction is Trump going to cause around the World before Americans do the decent thing and impeach the fucker?

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6 days ago

So hitting a school and murdering dozens of children was 'pinpoint accuracy'?

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1 week ago

No longer can anyone say that a non-Labour vote is 'letting the Tories/Reform in'. Maybe Labour will have to think of some positive policies to make people *want* to vote for them.

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1 week ago

Yeah, I think that's a sensible way of looking at it. But we mustn't take too long as we'll be hounded by the media as a weak point if we're sending out unclear messages.

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1 week ago

...but I'm now confused as to what the policy specifically is. Can any Green person on here help me out? Thank you. [3/3] (For what it's worth, I believe that the decriminalisation 'route' is the better as it better serves the stated goals of drug policies).

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1 week ago

Portugal is held up as the best example of adopting policies to dramatically improve lives. But their policy is *decriminalisation* of drugs, and not *legalisation*. There is a huge difference, but Zack always talks in terms of the latter. I've been critical of those who confuse the two... [2/3]

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1 week ago

I'm not wishing in the slightest to piss on the Greens' parade; I'm over the moon with the G&D result. But some have pointed to, quite rightly, an apparent inconsistency in Green drug policy. It's vital we get this right, both in terms of the nuts and bolts, but also the messaging. [1/3]

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1 week ago

Reform asked voters of Gorton and Denton to 'channel their patriotic Blitz spirit'

And they did just that - by defeating fascists.

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1 week ago

@gnickod.bsky.social, please learn the difference between 'legalise' and 'decriminalise'. They are very different things.

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3 weeks ago

dear 'centrists',

the fact you don't care about starmer taking bribes.

the fact that you agree with his proscription of peaceful groups as terrorists.

the fact that you agree with his abuse of trans youth.

doesn't make my description of him as a corrupt, authoritarian, child abusing bigot untrue

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3 weeks ago

Kissing Trump's arse and presenting him with an absurd 'peace' trophy swung it for me. I'll not be watching even though England are participating. Fuck FIFA, fuck Trump.

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3 weeks ago

Yet the GOP is expected still to control the Senate? At 60% they're still favourites!

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3 weeks ago

Who could've predicted that a Labour Party led by a faction that actively undermined the previous party leader, threw a general election, buried official reports of racism within their ranks, and used antisemitism to smear internal opponents might end up mired in allegations of sleaze & scandal?

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3 weeks ago

I hope the people of Gorton and Denton bear in mind that their Reform candidate thinks that incitement to murder is acceptable, and boasts that he thinks so.

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3 weeks ago

As Simon and Garfunkel very nearly sang: 'And the people bowed and prayed to the neoliberal god they made'.

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3 weeks ago

Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about sex with an intern. It's a good job Trump hasn't done anything as bad as that...

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1 month ago

And they are her good bits; wait till we see her faults...

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1 month ago

A government of traitors πŸ‘‡

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1 month ago

Yet another day dawns and Trump hasn't been impeached. How much proof of law breaking, depravity, murder and threat to the World does it take, people of the US?

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1 month ago
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UK signed deals with US firms that were clients of Mandelson lobbying company Clients of Global Counsel, co-founded by Mandelson, included OpenAI and Palantir, which have both signed deals with government

But Sir Goody-two-shoes didn't know anything about Mandelson's dealings, eh?

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1 month ago

By all means, investigate Russian links to Epstein. Investigate Russian links to Johnson, Farage, and others. Investigate everything. But the overwhelming evidence points to Zionist Israeli links. Has that fact somehow gone unnoticed by the British media?

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1 month ago

Why are we still talking about who is in the Epstein Files?

For fucks sake, believe the victims' testimonies, start legal proceedings and lock the bastards up.

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1 month ago

It was known by the British government that Mandelson was using a private email address - now deactivated - and private devices, for government business.

Yeah, nothing dodgy there, Starmer.

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1 month ago

Until we get our heads around the fact that taxes are not a source of 'income' for the government, we will continue to have a tax regime not fit for purpose. We need to understand the roles of taxation.

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1 month ago

100%

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1 month ago

I'd like a journalist to ask Starmer if he ever had an off-the-record meeting with Peter Thiel.

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1 month ago

The notion that Starmer didn't know about the history and activities of Mandelson is so absurd that it's laughable. Starmer is 'angry' cos the whole campaign to destroy the left, a campaign of which he is a central part, is unravelling.

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1 month ago

So, US, no impeachment today? No? Maybe tomorrow?

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1 month ago

The only time I want to hear Mandelson's name again is during his court hearing.

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