2026-04-09T15:25:17Z https://yabu.me Jeffrey Rogers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 https://yabu.me/npub1s76hmxg8gxkywm6a8ht9njdy3rwds2g0ecxf3yfmrefzuxd7c0dq674vys https://tooting.ch/system/accounts/avatars/107/524/608/156/771/705/original/d775ea0ec7a715d3.jpeg https://tooting.ch/system/accounts/avatars/107/524/608/156/771/705/original/d775ea0ec7a715d3.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrx3auta8n0txf0egvyygxryhp2h27frjzg7npxr8l0tfvqcw6rkgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5tdu5es In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9p5pnjcwl3nlfk63fll0c3e7zfn23wyt2um2sxn4xdtv56n5046qye4kfq'>nevent1q…4kfq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suspect that US big tech’s ability to analyse social media and other internet data is no small part of the US ability to locate human targets. Also and without doubt, if there was access, there would also be considerable US/Israeli propaganda fed to social media users. Only one side has this ability. Are we surprised that their opponents shut it out? 2026-04-09T12:53:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsftpqqyhxkjr5nsejglxgdes30etgesxddr83kuukzhk5trnjsnqgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5aunguq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2pp5y4hdnhxl6u0zvg3txhqnqkdc9prf7mdaytt0mvyt9lrn2t9swchuv8'>nevent1q…huv8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I remember Julian Tudor Hart telling me that he’d never contributed to GDP as publicly funded services are counted as costs. His work on blood pressure saved, and is still saving, millions of lives. Marilyn Waring’s 1995 documentary gives an excellent critique of this method of accounting. Also, remember when our nationalised services gave much better service than we have now, and produced generations of youngsters with apprenticeships? Not counted in GDP. I’m with Polanski 2026-03-18T19:14:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx8jr22smtn6477j5jams4zrrcn5urp3xlfv47xvrdtv3whn42rtczyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5aea2q6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfx7p8nk5cakxz6ss2h9eahdedwzdc2pfsfd9yhtsanurzlqrpqcsmwntwj'>nevent1q…ntwj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think you cling to the notion that the Labour Party is a labour party 2026-02-24T08:19:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp3murqutjhpructhttfxpj8gwyw8jyuezhc847pxjhj5dw94zujszyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5uj05s0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs07v8ekawfgtn9y7vmslkfu584mf82gcflc3qcnp253n9xjmh67dcu57j0n'>nevent1q…7j0n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do we know if the Greens have a candidate yet - or when the deadline is to register one? I may take a trip to Denton to do some canvassing. 2026-01-26T19:08:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqfekpwcg76z689rzeghm8prpmje5r65rwl8au36frq2zfcdn42qzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5dp3jn9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs98xzul8ay3eh5m2awzdkkedt8evgvmelnwm8nngc83dpdwkzt32q8r8qd8'>nevent1q…8qd8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The majority of the Labour MPs he would inherit have been selected for their right wing credentials and have left voters in no doubt who they are after 18 months in power.<br/><br/>We’re way beyond a well meaning middle of the road Labour man being the solution to our problems.<br/><br/>Do we know his view on Palantir, Jury trials, climate “terrorists”, Palestine? <br/><br/>We know the view of the majority of the Parliamentary Labour Party on these. 2026-01-22T21:27:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs99lxg5xm75y3gan7d7hyhdsdkp2vxg7rmdddkdgf034enez364fgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5pdwkul The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants, and a nightmare for the rest of us. A new proposal could let toxic pesticides, including glyphosate, stay on the market forever. Yes, forever approvals. Yes, no safety tests. Yes, this is real. Join thousands fighting to stop this dangerous plan.<br/><br/><a href="https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12-omnibus-food-petition-EN?akid=s6771546..rxpO5Z">https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12-omnibus-food-petition-EN?akid=s6771546..rxpO5Z</a><br/> <img src="https://tooting.ch/system/media_attachments/files/115/762/266/563/879/268/original/ce9a32b28a840074.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-22T08:30:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqm4y65mj6z2v8z2dcw2l7wv3pg8au2a2u7evzne9ypfxgtad5gaczyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5lsugwq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2mh8fn8q2cj40vws0mrvkv83at7ydu5nzdw3r3q0qmukwqslmkwchuck4s'>nevent1q…ck4s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The three directors of MOU were:<br/><br/>Andrew Feinstein - resigned from YourParty<br/>Beth Winter - this month registered a new party in Wales<br/>Jamie Driscoll - joined the Green Party<br/><br/>Momentum seems to be with the Green Party in England, and with Plaid Cymru in Wales. A poll I saw today for the Senedd elections put Plaid Cymru at 33% leading Reform at 30%. Labour was at 10% with the Greens at 9%. I think the Tories were 10%. 2025-12-17T13:06:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv2l83hfpkarpx53vs5uwszt0crwz06564lwl0rekpcya706dtr7szyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5n7cpyz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxrmw57e368j54lt0gscxz3qjzuxuwfa8qe6f44du276fcl5rsywcsavgd3'>nevent1q…vgd3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This assumes that facts can change a person’s political opinion or voting intention. How do we think that has worked in, for example, the politics of Climate Collapse? The facts are objectively more convincing and terrifying all the time yet people’s views are entrenched. I believe that the most powerful thing that can accomplish such a change in viewpoint is lived experience. 2025-12-13T12:40:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsykxf78knsh7c3akmyq2g26xnywy5v347yayxs7sznzhn5zswhfwgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5lvl8ns In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvsq4mtqm96u7cml9cu4s55rs9tvztnlj92j6hlaca2chxn0kxm3gc5lcxg'>nevent1q…lcxg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If I make something individual with, or involving, wood I invariably want to use the most beautiful or unusual pieces in positions on the work where they will be seen at their best. I doubt anyone who makes individual things does not do this. 2025-11-25T18:05:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs889ywvjglxasxqj6qmhqryfwc492a0y20lwakldj6t0jfykwhlxczyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa55zwfwa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyfy5yk6qcluk5kykr4s0wcc92xqq7pmcmg995tzkm0ptm39d4pysz5tvkm'>nevent1q…tvkm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One of my neighbours, Leigh Evans, is a retired nurse and Gaza Medic who was captured by Israel as part of the Madleen Fleet. Starmer did less than nothing to protect him and those sailing with him.<br/><br/>He returns this weekend<br/><br/>I’ve started a petition to honour him with the Freedom of Swansea, his home city. <br/><br/>It can be supported here…..<br/><br/><a href="https://c.org/5dY96CJ2Zn">https://c.org/5dY96CJ2Zn</a> 2025-10-11T16:50:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgdrz39et7xvr5rs8cenffyde8u6shkqqjxt4gzegehv7pra062eczyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5q5fd3n I’ve started a petition for returning Madleen Fleet sailor Leigh Evans to be honoured with the Freedom of the City Of Swansea.<br/><br/>Link here. <a href="https://c.org/7rLRdzrzPM">https://c.org/7rLRdzrzPM</a><br/><br/>Please share!<br/><br/>#palestine #Israel #BDS #genocide #gaza<br/> <img src="https://tooting.ch/system/media_attachments/files/115/351/065/763/108/560/original/66d8ebf3426b57fa.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-10T17:40:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgvlrs00s76npu3zt2rff8wy20uxr7nqxr64y62w3wksmr276cj7czyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5s8uylj Happy to help even in a small way. This Palestinian family is trying to escape Gaza. Verified by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p095l6jcegr5j3zz0zjg2zukf7aq34awuetvkkpc8z78qwlvwavs5hm5vl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Aral Balkan</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p09…m5vl</span>)</a></span> Thank you for enabling this.<br/><a href="https://chuffed.org/project/save-my-family-from-war-in-gaza-help-us-reunite-safely">https://chuffed.org/project/save-my-family-from-war-in-gaza-help-us-reunite-safely</a> 2025-09-30T15:29:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsde3mac9gureld0ertqtksyzy9w9s0h5vzxfej5qxvuy3hmx2pkxczyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa59q68pq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstg0ykkw20zn6ecuv7n40zm9ntp57h648p92gn80g3mg8c080vmrqrsgnfx'>nevent1q…gnfx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Labour Party rank and file members and those who voted Labour at the last election - by which time the seeds of all this new PFI were clearly there to be seen - also learned nothing.<br/><br/>Continual agonising along the lines of: Will they change course…don’t they understand…surely they will see…has been shown to achieve nothing.<br/><br/>Labour is not the prodigal son. There is too little talk of the political alternatives by those accustomed to discussing politics in terms of the Labour Party. 2025-09-08T07:19:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2amx7se04jx2dla7tqk0wjnwf40jhcaut62yaw4gmquxwsx682fqzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5kzr226 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf2kxaffuhmsgt97ytnmu00rv3gslkdf4u8v4up6lch9sm8shq69gkgp2xe'>nevent1q…p2xe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pretty much the same as us. Have you seen the “No Thanks” android app which identifies Israeli products and corporate investors?<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Thanks_(app)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Thanks_(app)</a><br/><br/>#Palestine #BDS #Israel #Gaza 2025-09-07T11:39:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst2kazl89gstjflxjke2lvlhm452gcqr7l6uhw58j8wxt4rnlxxrqzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5vxj4pw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstrvlvmzfcxnjezgxxz5rkjl38zwnajdyuu8uz59azq3yf56mmxsc0e3q0x'>nevent1q…3q0x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>…..and establishes that well known working class vehicle, the Family Trust. 2025-09-06T08:34:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyked4cx625svt6mfs8sfnsalfwhjc2p9h9crl5yah6q4aeeevvzszyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa59ycd07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvcvts55jkym5pvkav88lk5evkt5zecgsdpshfg0uhku7kcmx098c3p206h'>nevent1q…206h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>She moved her name from the deeds of a family home to make sure she did not pay tax on this property. A game of “find the loophole” by people that set our tax laws does not appear respectable to me. They presumably try to close loopholes when they set laws. For legislators to then seek loopholes for themselves is distasteful at best. Quite different if ordinary folk need to understand the labyrinthine tax system. 2025-09-05T07:37:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspkehmpwr8tdv4rdttl7weldtqkdqlysaaw3eakwd60k2tz2kw68szyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5luwyu2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgkwmvua9t55wrj8nhrdkpav85u6yn53jky989p0w8eqm3qlhq5zcqvhln9'>nevent1q…hln9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Call me naive but you don’t generally need a lawyer to tell you what’s ethically right, only what you can get away with. I don’t find this unexpected from a Labour MP, it’s an indicator of who they are. I’m probably like a million other ex Labour voters who will happily watch New Improved Labour brought down. 2025-09-04T18:04:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdze4fkz0g6wayjkhq2kg40gs4jldkl2pkfxl6tefnluj536zmpxgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5wgfs9f Gardeners, fruit experts, can you help?<br/><br/>What’s eating my plums?<br/><br/>#gardening #fruit #horticulture #plums<br/> <img src="https://tooting.ch/system/media_attachments/files/115/037/565/771/746/852/original/a991a870ec03c84e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-16T08:47:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs98mkhrc240d6r0mppr5h73e2n0lfjxsn66ae29r0kshl7qes2hnqzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa54ny6k3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgnqq4yl23wpejrq8zm567jfxl8uhnkpqtz5stjp7wy3tkz7m72kcw8fhut'>nevent1q…fhut</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s a waste of time engaging with these pointless grifters. Labour will be history, hopefully at the hand of #yourparty but otherwise by Reform, which they have encouraged by their actions. 2025-08-05T20:48:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf2unvffvep939wplz9hdse8qm9fhvyx25zwst0m0nhhev9mdjncgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5rvt4yu Excited to have signed up for the #yourparty conference on 20th/21st September in London!<br/><br/>Looking forward to hearing some seriously good speakers:<br/><br/>UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese<br/>UCU general secretary Jo Grady<br/>Anthropologist Jason Hickel<br/>International law expert Shahd Hammouri<br/>Jeremy Corbyn<br/>Israeli historian Ilan Pappé<br/>Economist Stephanie Kelton<br/>Author Gabor Maté<br/>NEU general secretary Daniel Kebede<br/>Journalist Peter Oborne<br/><br/>Tickets here: <a href="https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/65ba75280f006e5416df158b/e/67a1faf04ccfa96748acf0bf?lang=en&amp;link_id=3&amp;can_id=a75180aa20fd3af0bc262139346299b1&amp;source=email-first-speakers-announced-for-our-first-annual-conference-in-september&amp;email_referrer=email_2827544&amp;email_subject=first-speakers-announced-for-our-first-annual-conference-in-september">https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/65ba75280f006e5416df158b/e/67a1faf04ccfa96748acf0bf?lang=en&amp;link_id=3&amp;can_id=a75180aa20fd3af0bc262139346299b1&amp;source=email-first-speakers-announced-for-our-first-annual-conference-in-september&amp;email_referrer=email_2827544&amp;email_subject=first-speakers-announced-for-our-first-annual-conference-in-september</a><br/> <img src="https://tooting.ch/system/media_attachments/files/114/935/827/650/835/101/original/bf554efa586d0861.png"> <br/> 2025-07-29T09:35:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstevlljgn6plg9wz0yw5hsmdcwktmena4jm5zwks843kps58xqn7gzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5kmhk60 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy573wh83lv5ygr6e3xj4umq4nuwn37vpmx7wh7xc9xm33l2y3yyc0ekra5'>nevent1q…kra5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As Ralph Miliband wrote - “The belief in the effective transformation of the Labour Party into an instrument of socialist policies is the most crippling of all illusions to which socialists in Britain have been prone”<br/><br/>…………and so it continues to be. Too many people with principles still make the case for Labour’s illusory Damascene change instead of recognising this. Past time to move on. I hope #yourparty continues to get traction and makes a coalition of the left a reality. 2025-07-29T07:08:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstj22gsxf4mwca7tvhnuwqs78t9chrhjlckfd3g67kpc3kfnzxntgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa569dyns In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfv9p6j9aekgmuwuv4mp04t7x0n8v22kehggvwml0eueswp357gaqv44jvf'>nevent1q…4jvf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I see that it is a good idea. I don’t follow the bit about a Labour Government though. When was the last time we had one of those that wasn’t in name only? It really is time to let go of Labour for our discourse on alternatives to develop. They shouldn’t even be in the conversation. It’s said that when people show us who they are we should believe them. If we fail to believe them when they continually tell us who they are then it surely indicates a rut in our thinking. 2025-06-15T12:49:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp8r8ndcynrpq6tjmxm843nx2mf8a7r8v8t2pcjkwty8m68d8maygzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5vdavl0 Ban genocidal Israel from Eurovision - petition with a huge number of signatures!<br/><br/>Children in Gaza are dying of hunger. Now, Israeli officials want to take over all of Gaza, displacing millions. Yet Eurovision is getting ready to give Israel a global stage.<br/><br/>Russia was banned from Eurovision one day after invading Ukraine, but Israel’s participation continues despite the war crimes in Gaza.<br/><br/>#bds #israel #gaza #palestine<br/><br/><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/eurovision_no_stage_for_war_crimes_rb_1_2/?copy&amp;utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=social_share&amp;utm_campaign=54179&amp;share_location=post_action">https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/eurovision_no_stage_for_war_crimes_rb_1_2/?copy&amp;utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=social_share&amp;utm_campaign=54179&amp;share_location=post_action</a> 2025-05-12T07:15:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2tpqx448r5xqyzf4w0hs8a9tuupfad9vlg0296wcqcuqzazl4usszyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5hwcllr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nu7x432mh76uv366kjkxmlzdpnvk8zchn6c6sgh63th3qsswx8cnuj966'>nevent1q…j966</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here in Wales - maybe across the UK - affordable housing is sold at 80% of the market rate. Buyers cannot resell at the market rate for some years.<br/><br/>We’re on Gower, where house prices are high (for Wales). Prices are driven up by people who sell up in English cities and move in, or similar folk buying second homes or AirBNBs. No local people with ordinary jobs consider these houses to be affordable.<br/><br/>#Wales #affordable #buytolet #airbnb 2025-04-25T15:59:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqg5w9pur0c3vncz56jykrflqpsvytkhrtq9ppz7ur6h20hqu2luczyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa57l0kdl Netanyahu coming to Europe - sign the urgent protest<br/><br/>#bds #Palestine #genocide #netanyahu <br/><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/arrest_netanyahu_hungary_loc/?copy&amp;utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=social_share&amp;utm_campaign=53821&amp;share_location=post_action">https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/arrest_netanyahu_hungary_loc/?copy&amp;utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=social_share&amp;utm_campaign=53821&amp;share_location=post_action</a> 2025-04-02T14:15:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxnxtamdp63e92ytsvqa0e3c28qy355wnz5qu00akjmdr9ff0j7eqzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5lz2ejs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy2xxkpgw5sgjputymgwnh3kf0eakxma6g7vqqzygafrmjnh4fngc750jqa'>nevent1q…0jqa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This history of the left “rescuing” Labour, or “staying and fighting” or getting any progress whatsoever that wasn’t already endorsed by the right reads as a delusory tale for forty years. It’s high time we stopped wasting energy on a lost cause. 2025-03-29T15:46:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswccx353hm6gj3kgqtc06fkw85h9yp5epq2d87vavmps48hy8rfqqzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa525utp7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswe8klgy2nn2g5x8a2zmk0542yfpawgdl4exad9wt97z9pt8d7daqke4jra'>nevent1q…4jra</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They’ve moved some windows in a Quaker meeting house over the past few days. This thread is ageing badly. 2025-03-29T09:09:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsffhflmay7l2p3m7c4uszfyy67z0z49ywh438kc9c5jgs78afcl0gzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa59wgk2m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0p72jw5aucznw4a78jp6tvazak0x02vccnval6h8kg39v72u5zacq7m6wz'>nevent1q…m6wz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If the world under which they received their mandate has changed then the ethical thing to do is to seek a new mandate. I should be careful what I wish for though, as the left has been systematically beaten out of shape over fifty years, whereas the likes of Reform are pressed on us from every media quarter. 2025-03-26T08:18:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfkfd2mugzwn9skxp6j8ufxkcqa4ganvfmrayjy4hjxw34a9mfmkqzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5h43gp0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxu724vnv9c06zq0gpmvp682394rh6a6ayljn9v38zj4ml2qcc8ucwu46d2'>nevent1q…46d2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t know if you follow [@RichardJMurphy](<a href="https://mas.to/@RichardJMurphy">https://mas.to/@RichardJMurphy</a> ) or sometimes see his posts, but this video on the under politicisation of health touches on our discussion.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIdpSs5HlaU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIdpSs5HlaU</a> 2025-03-21T08:41:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst7t8wyh4lj285ur5pk60ue8pq2k42yla9tu2rf87nhk98rghgzcgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5znnalq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs92p0pynxf3vz6xp3ma0j5krapt5t68d0prp0f2lp4tldr9cfc7cczt0j86'>nevent1q…0j86</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We could add suppression of dissent to all this and the argument is even stronger. We are seeing people arrested for taking positions on Palestine endorsed by the UN, and record sentences under terrorism legislation for selfless climate activists. 2025-03-17T19:16:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstvag6agcharsl3aw09kjqenvmq4escczsqfyznxqaa4ds78g97wgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa567h9jc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxu724vnv9c06zq0gpmvp682394rh6a6ayljn9v38zj4ml2qcc8ucwu46d2'>nevent1q…46d2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, it is in bad faith. Starmer is trying to both shrink the state and pass power to corporates. He wants to say neither of these things, but everything he does points to this. If we take Mussolini’s description of Fascism (and he knew a thing or two about it) then we are seeing a Neoliberal route to Fascism. 2025-03-17T17:02:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz920v92eqsme8e8c2wscpr646a5x6sz5rqqpsvem7k85dp5y8ycszyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5y306p4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9e0t8y62ezxsxt8gn542rvmr906c89rgamdl37ysmv9turhkt5tck2rrp0'>nevent1q…rrp0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think that our political class actually shares the MMT mindset. We never see them agonising over increasing nuclear weapons spending, or even corrupt Covid payments, They and the press don’t then lead with “where’s the money coming from?”<br/><br/>They only use this argument when keeping us in our place, and we do their work by repeating it. 2025-03-17T08:56:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs96kacdk8v5crmptj7kl0tahn6t23xd0wfm0ftpjne9vlz7watw6gzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5agpa8c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsymc0zu4za8m9axu3ut5l55ev2ehu89pqc2mdljqhpgu93ze987sslznzuu'>nevent1q…nzuu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We seem to have been conditioned into describing this as a problem. Our ability to resolve more of our health issues is positive. We have also been conditioned into regarding the 0.01% with awe instead of recognising that they are hoarding the wealth that could make good, universal, health a reality. 2025-03-16T19:58:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgq7z53qaetjas604cwva04u34navqu3y8lh6s44jlhlahwqfdkpqzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa57f2ll9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5meaqnfhux6l5e5900xeyfykc8m8klcxmxfffllzj2wsmlcwcack39ux2'>nevent1q…9ux2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Unfortunately hope is a useless policy -one the left has relied on since the 80’s. Was the great failing of the established Labour Left not to warn incoming troops in 2016 of the unremitting duplicity of the Labour Right? I for one might then have been much more rigorous in having a clear out. Instead the unsubstantiated expectation was that they would fall democratically in line. What Starmer has done is a lesson in what WE should have done. The chance will not come again in Labour 2025-03-10T10:30:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgnkml2rx36c4qzh5vy72fsxwap8j09nzw6227eu9heqd8rqh9x2gzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5ej6m7z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgn394qn8x5dasfgwnf6akalv8fecjhkgczcqqfczee2rlhf7ej2crlz6pa'>nevent1q…z6pa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Starmer should…<br/><br/>Labour needs to….<br/><br/>A policy change will….<br/><br/>Expecting Labour to be the vehicle for the change we all know is needed is futile and delays the emergence of a left wing alternative. Four decades of evidence tells us this.<br/><br/>Shall we stop talking wistfully about Labour as an alternative now? 2025-03-10T09:06:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsder0k3ufwnutplkts8ssf4gr94e0ntzpjd9d7cgexh90n2uset2czyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa58q5ct4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsplg2sd9zlf53y6glk88f87n6zfurv6zvj76scqwshxthhew2ashqnvp3dr'>nevent1q…p3dr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Martin Luther King knew that his worst opponents were hand-wringing liberals. They support all historical social advance movements but never any current ones. That’s why so few of them can point to any protest they attended at a critical time for success.<br/><br/>They want the social kudos of being on the ethical side, but draw the line at risking any social capital to achieve it.<br/><br/>At least you know where you are with opponents who don’t pretend to share your objectives. 2025-03-08T16:28:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszhrvams7yj0w6lpuulynqzarkf4klaaf7cucew69gx8dxs2rns9czyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5l2gysw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvwcen30smyn48zcmjutyrjasje2z6ese9cqpazw57v4fajfux8lsvrgsqu'>nevent1q…gsqu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Re-selection incoming….<br/><br/>Labour MP’s representing the views of their members have not been tolerated for some considerable time.<br/><br/>A wasted vote for about 45 years that has only served to drive the Tories further right with the established left chasing them. 2025-03-08T08:38:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8hnmcyxm27qhl50jqvuyjwx0gta9wcn6drmjm8s2nu2rtj8g3hwszyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5nnwgsg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsph0kjauhx9kns9z0v5hhefgt77ufafvp9h7njsx7sx55q5xyf4tgcf3m3a'>nevent1q…3m3a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, that accounts for fifteen then. Surely you’re not mystified by the other five?<br/><br/>So this could be presented as a feature of life under the previous Labour government, and this was hardly likely to change under the Tory government. Here we are back with Labour again.<br/><br/>Given that consequences always lag policy and actions we know that the reasons were in place well before.<br/><br/>No wonder folk despair that, whoever they vote for, the government gets in. 2025-02-10T08:14:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrjtpnu58cf9duj949z2f3lf7s23ue4z723yvf3slndh4lca55drszyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5runhuw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr7g86gx2c9h0vamxsc69r94z32wusfxlxcs9gl25ufk958jl9xkqwmu2kt'>nevent1q…u2kt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wilful and more wilful are both varieties of wilful. I sat through CLP meetings (you may have too) where the Labour right completely dismissed our arguments that this is where their policies would lead. Here we are. Both parties are complicit. Labour was complicit with our backing. I think arguing otherwise is a form of delaying grief. 2025-02-07T09:55:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy2mf088mkt3darpzst3mj20370axxptc80j7yv8jfswrq8dp6qkgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5n39s36 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqzxdw7rtvj6c9k0k8fzpsgdneekf5vsflr3kk8v560f65kfcqmtqejavv5'>nevent1q…avv5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All of which seems to point to the fact the the second word in your Toot is redundant. All governments have increased NHS privatisation for decades. We are now close to the objectives of both Tory and Labour - calling it “Tory engineered” lets Labour off the hook. You often seem to do this. Why? 2025-02-07T09:39:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstdl99d25gn7ka856dhpxpsu85rtm33nez7ax535wqrg2fttjmsxgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa545rsxy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2v4yed066lt20442kvp8x9qscq3g7n8kjg5yyg37nfugncx33ecszt4awh'>nevent1q…4awh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In my view the Labour Party has effectively collected, filtered out and neutralised socialists for 50 years on behalf of neoliberal paymasters. They have generally been docile in their own collection. The movement to the right has continued apace under governments of every colour, with the captured socialists wringing their hands. Sad and perhaps harsh, but true nonetheless. 2025-01-30T16:33:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspx2jcl9reua55a2wplv4eyr57u9exp9wkwhz2pfljll9ps5eamfgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa56nwn43 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8zlm42j0nm66dtlyexjhnfwlyjy6myt6tajwql8fk93p9l6edswca2a926'>nevent1q…a926</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bevan would have been expelled some time ago. (I know he was briefly expelled anyway). How’s this first step in a long grinding journey leftward going, by the way? 2025-01-29T10:24:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg7jpehu360wst7py7nkrsznep6g57vmhp3s8mk0ej7etxw0m5fyqzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5j6ja0d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszv4dwft882h09e34hugr292fdv7xqpzuhe9wpy9pvvhhn9n5t3uceqlty3'>nevent1q…lty3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Someone leaked a photograph of the Police shortlist……<br/> <img src="https://tooting.ch/system/media_attachments/files/113/596/145/535/309/255/original/81bccc7de6b4e01b.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-04T19:22:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgkjjpuaua76wchvq62dgmq2hh0zsge0z7ayhdtldydqj02f6glnszyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa568szj6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7qkz8vrls0kknk3t344xgpxnlkqlwje59zt2crm09e85p4ek60g4jykjx'>nevent1q…ykjx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Now THAT’s catchy! 2024-11-26T17:47:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszhc7576h2juzdzkgncad4zqz85cn59s6cah8e26pdd8wvcljuvdgzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa54e2mlg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxwqhvynwsy46p5fnepusm7u2w7axl92f55fdwx25z3mtwd6s4vqg96nvhq'>nevent1q…nvhq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is a petition to expect the Israeli Ambassador to the UK.<br/><br/>What is needed is; <br/>Expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador.<br/>Stopping arms sales to Israel.<br/>Applying pressure to the ICJ to enact the warrants for the Israeli Prime Minsters arrest for war crimes. <br/>Providing Aid and medical support to the innocent of Gaza and the West Bank. <br/>Economic sanctions applied to Israel. <br/>Formal recognition by the UK government of the state of Palestine. <br/><br/><a href="https://chng.it/rv6qqjQLzf">https://chng.it/rv6qqjQLzf</a> 2024-10-15T19:57:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswujc26cartu8sz8t376ccp5qkdmzp5lcsu3g2hay9e4c8tc85megzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa52ax6wj Petition to expel the Israeli Ambassador from the United Kingdom<br/><br/>What is needed is; <br/>Expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador.<br/>Stopping arms sales to Israel.<br/>Applying pressure to the ICJ to enact the warrants for the Israeli Prime Minsters arrest for war crimes. <br/>Providing Aid and medical support to the innocent of Gaza and the West Bank. <br/>Economic sanctions applied to Israel. <br/>Formal recognition by the UK government of the state of Palestine. <br/><br/><a href="https://chng.it/8Gj8CMbTXJ">https://chng.it/8Gj8CMbTXJ</a> 2024-10-15T19:52:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxf5ghd94wvl4yhjy55n8yf7gzhdtq00xv5929ynue3rvnusf47wqzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5pps9hw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswy5sv3069ra2duyx0p9uykmy86n46ydswd4wg6etrvhutq3g280s85zl3v'>nevent1q…zl3v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Taking thousands of other species with us, and countless people who have not contributed to global warming and who certainly do not deserve it. 2024-10-11T19:11:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstuy8vwey8nmrh6uavaddm4hgrvu06kz54tzrvy9xsldxzfhwscwszyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5h26g2g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfsrpvusvvpr8n7f8fqgd9e5whummt9ha5t3nw0e2zmput6d7r0mg3g8ss4'>nevent1q…8ss4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I took my wife out on our first date on her 19th birthday and promised her a four course meal. It was three pints and a pasty. Worked for us. We’re in our seventies now. 2024-10-10T18:41:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr2qyr74gg5ls5zcjre5hsuzy8yygwv0esgx4duw8lvy2qjpuuvvszyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5l8cs7y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdf9qun27x6ak7vd7s2tsfr9s62n22r4n4gr27mt769dyn59jj6vgv2x9wh'>nevent1q…x9wh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh dear, the Guardian again. They colluded in using false accusations of Antisemitism to thwart the first opportunity in decades to start to reverse neoliberalism and privatisation. Now they can safely return to wringing their hands over the effects of neoliberalism until there’s a chance of it being replaced. @Guardian@mastodon.com 2024-09-19T07:24:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszlqr4s05lsvcfzdnglt7zqk5ycrp8r9f3c2w5epw8ssssm7l9npszyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa59xp9a7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2uksr5z3a3q5pj88cn5hpcdqhudkrz4fzrpzxj6gvzd6ftyavkmq6jhdeg'>nevent1q…hdeg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wouldn’t be surprised if the support for Welsh Labour is similarly disappearing. The main thing holding it together was Mark Drakeford’s integrity. Many of the Labour stronghold valleys can no longer support a party branch. Decades of neglect of post industrial area and communities. The demise will be swift and, for some, unexpected. 2024-09-19T07:11:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8zyxcalh3l2ctmhqq30558hldu4tv8d37pl2t75tq0pra39r9u0gzyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5xcguzu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8qrrjhqxxs3n4talxt5vtrqq3m3p787wu4pfmg3lklx3sz78n85cdsqqz2'>nevent1q…qqz2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>An emergency supply of giraffes. 2024-09-14T11:25:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspjwy8dtm2lhgsglt28trg5u3732f6k9p9wr3vwgkupw0lz2yr7jczyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5x2eken In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxtv0ttmn7mzvt2ll5cwurjepgnwfxzvecuhsx7n89rsezujj6xgcule8gn'>nevent1q…e8gn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I sometimes use horse and cow poo too. They roam freely behind our house. I don’t use farmyard manure as cattle are routinely (and mostly illegally) fed antibiotics “to give them a boost” (in the words of a farmer I know). Just as the antibiotics kill bacteria in the animals, it kills the good bacteria in the compost. 2024-09-14T06:34:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfdesqck26w9yyywtt2ls50cgg6sf0c4yk7tsx5xqejxa3xdy9j0czyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5f0e69h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5dwhlw6wnt9kxj9wu57zz6tevf6nf963ndpglv95z7qfhrx5gwgdwu6kt'>nevent1q…u6kt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Don’t forget that human urine usually contains the “pass through” remains of medication. Fine if you want to treat your compost heap for high blood pressure. :blobamused: 2024-09-13T21:56:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8rs3a3dejzwfvf6l37g4gyshgukea095p56xnj3ekfr4lpjd0a6szyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5l4fsef In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspgn0x7nf9g4amyeuqq3zyd5mdu5skd2zm5jngtqf9vjtqc8x7lyqykjt4e'>nevent1q…jt4e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Paywall. What a pity. Interested in this. 2024-09-09T21:01:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsww072ytgtg4h8z73ekqma9sd0mtzlghg73ks484dyqt3sdq7cytczyzrm2lveqaq6c3m0t57avkwf5jydekpfpl8qexy38v09ytsehmpa5jzqxzr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsveprlux8ym9y5yp7302s9qlgdlhhwy7yjd9n9rx58gnmkq8tj6zgguq6xw'>nevent1q…q6xw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Our favourite tomato sandwich - so simple but spectacular- crush a garlic clove into butter, thenspread on bread with sliced very ripe tomato on top. Add some ground sea salt. 2024-09-06T20:48:57Z