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Is #FakeFur campaign undermined because #StephenFry supports #Israel?

Stephen Fry: people who were offended by the support for the genocidal regime in Israel he provided in his ‘alternative’ Christmas message are now offended by his campaign to end the persecution of bears to make military uniforms, suggesting that he has had nothing to say against the slaughter of innocent Palestinians in Gaza.

That much-loved institution of British comedy, Stephen Fry, is in the news again – this time with a campaign to end the use of real fur in military uniforms. But has he undermined himself by supporting a genocidal, rogue state?

He’s calling for an end to the use of real fur in the bearskins worn by the King’s Guard:

Personally, This Writer thinks he makes a good point; there’s no reason to hunt and kill bears when synthetic materials can be used instead, and will do just as good a job.

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And others agree:

But there is resistance – and it is not related to the fur trade at all, but to much-loved institution of etc etc Stephen Fry’s apparent support for Israel, as demonstrated in his ‘alternative’ Christmas message.

This Writer published an article about that last month, discussing ways in which it caused offence.

Sadly, this offence has now overflowed into much-loved etc etc Fry’s other interests, So we are seeing messages like these:

And their points are valid too. Aren’t they?


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Shame campaign against firms supporting genocidal Israel is WORKING. So what?

This is self-explanatory:

We do need to unpack some of what’s said here, though.

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For the record, Starbucks came under fire after bosses seemed to oppose a post on ‘X’ by its employees’ union, expressing support for Palestine.

This was seen as support for Israel and Zionism, although the firm has also been attacked by the pro-Palestinian camp.

And the effect on profits has been devastating, with $11 billion in sales lost.

Hence the message that Starbucks supports peace: “We stand for humanity.”

Shall we take it as a call for a ceasefire? Okay. But it hasn’t happened yet and Starbucks still has business interests in Israel, so there’s no reason to go back there for coffee just yet.

And there are plenty of other firms with investments in Israel that should be avoided until they start doing the sensible thing too.

It’s a victory – but a much smaller one than it has been made out to be.

And, as a commenter on Facebook told This Writer, it won’t stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza because there’s a huge gas pocket off the coast – belonging to Palestine – that Israel wants to exploit (along with its partners from other countries).

Lives don’t matter to these creeps; to them, it’s all about money.


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Campaign to ‘boycott Pret’ over plan to expand into occupied Palestine

Sandwich shop chain Pret a Manger is facing a possible nationwide boycott after it announced a plan to expand into occupied Palestine – to serve Israeli customers who have settled there.

The following sums up the response from disillusioned customers:

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This Writer doesn’t habitually patronise Pret anyway – I live in a remote part of Wales where that franchise has not bothered to seek a foothold.

But I support the boycott. These firms need to understand there are consequences for supporting countries that commit genocide.


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The news in tweets: Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Is Jamie Driscoll’s crowdfund the dawn of a new model of politics?

Some seem to think so:

In fact it is more the continuation of a democratisation of politics that we’ve been seeing on the social media for several years.

Long-term followers of This Site will remember when I started the CrowdJustice fund to fight Rachel Riley’s lawsuit against me. I started by hoping for £5,000 by the end of the first month – and had it within a single day.

That was in 2019, and my public profile even then was much smaller than Jamie Driscoll’s is now.

The corporate bosses of the social media platforms have since tried to squash independent, left-wing news and politics sites out of public view but Mr Driscoll, being already highly-visible, has been able to avoid such censorship (so far).

It will be up to his supporters to keep it that way – and we can all expect a strong backlash from the Establishment that wants someone like Kim McGuinness (Labour’s just-announced candidate to be North East Mayor) to win:

Gosh. She loves the region and its people and wants to make the North East the home of real opportunity. For whom?

And hasn’t Mr Driscoll already done all of that? And isn’t he better-placed to continue all of that?

The only reason STP (Substitute Tory Party) leader Keir Starmer wanted to replace him is to change policies away from those that work for working-class people and towards something else.

In such circumstances, only a fool would support anyone but Jamie Driscoll.

Is Labour’s candidate selection process racist?

Read Mish Rahman’s statement and you will learn that, it seems, racism is alive and well in the STP (Keir Stürmer’s Substitute Tory Party), despite all the leader’s (false?) claims to have cleaned up the party’s act.

Mr Rahman says: “None of my fellow Bernie Grant Leadership Programme alumni have been selected. We were told the party would support us towards leadership positions as black and ethnic minority activists – yet after this longlisting process, nothing has changed.

“I was blocked for how I voted on the NEC in relation to the composition of party disciplinary structures, following the EHRC report… Being blocked for casting a vote in a democratic process should be a serious concern for all of us in the Labour Party.”

So: not only racism but also totalitarianism. Stürmer’s party hates democracy.

What else are we supposed to conclude from this?

Doubletalk and bafflegab over Labour’s child poverty betrayal

The pundits are out in force, trying to smooth over – or emphasise – the mistake Keir Stürmer’s STP (Substitute Tory Party) has made in refusing to promise to lift the two-child limit on Child Benefit claims.

Some (mostly representatives of the party leadership) are trying to support the decision on the grounds that changing the limit is unaffordable:

Others are attacking it – while still saying Stürmer’s party should get our vote in upcoming elections:

The debate reached ridiculous levels when STP right-winger John McTernan appeared on the BBC’s Newsnight to ask, if the two-child limit on Child Benefit is abolished, where will it end? Scrapping the punitive Benefit Cap? Abolishing Universal Credit and it’s five-week delay in paying claimants?

He said this as though those outcomes would be bad things; they’re not. Watch:

Oh, so the plan is to lift children out of poverty via an improved economy. But Stürmer has no economic policies that are intended to do that – or even like to achieve it by accident; no consequence of any mythical improved economic performance are set to be channelled into a better quality of life for working people under a Stürmer-run government.

In fact, we don’t know what such a government would do, because we are simply not being told.

We can only echo the words of former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn – a man who explained very well exactly what he would have done if elected to form a government:

The simple fact is that Stürmer could find more than enough cash to support the proposed Child Benefit change, by reversing Conservative tax system tinkerings. For example:

Nobody should vote for any candidate – on Thursday (July 20, 2023) or at any other time – just because they have a Labour Party logo next to their name. Without knowing what the organisation behind that banner now intends to do, it would be foolish in the extreme.

Instead – if you want to elect someone with policies equivalent to those for which the Labour Party was originally formed – standing up for the people who do the work – you need to support the Independents who used to be Labour members but have left because their politics and those of Keir Stürmer and his cronies have diverged.

We all know about Jamie Driscoll, whose election for North East Mayor isn’t until next year.

But there’s also Rosie Mitchell, standing as an Independent in Somerton and Frome on Thursday.

And there are two other by-elections on the same day. Who are the candidates there who stand for what you need?

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Jamie Driscoll has given up on the Labour Party and gone Independent. Help him get re-elected as North East Mayor

Independent: Jamie Driscoll.

This is fairly self-explanatory:

The letter in the tweet, to Labour leader Keir Starmer, states: “Given you have barred me from running as North East Mayor, despite being incumbent Mayor, I have no other choice. In 2020 you told me to my face that you would ‘inspire people to come together… disciplining people to be united is going nowhere.’ You’ve broken that promise.”

That’s one more broken promise to add to a very long list, then! And Mr Driscoll comments on this: “You’ve U-turned on so many promises: £28 billion to tackle the climate emergency, free school meals, ending university tuition fees, reversing NHS privatisation; in fact, a list of broken promises too long to repeat in this letter. And please stop saying ‘I make no apologies for…’ before you find yourself saying ‘I make no apologies for making no apologies.

“Britain is a mess. Wages have fallen behind inflation. People are struggling to pay mortgages. Knife crime is out of control. Business investment has flat lined. The climate response is barely existent. People with chest pains wait an hour for ambulances. Our transport system is in chaos.

“It is not grown-up politics to say Britain is broken, and then claim things are now so difficult
we will abandon any plan to fix it. That is mental gymnastics worthy of Olympic gold.”

Mr Driscoll continues: “Worst of all, you’ve said you’re not interested in hope and change. Well, I am – Britain needs hope and change. Instead of London Labour HQ barring me from running, you could have used my work as a showcase of economic competence.

“My Combined Authority has built affordable homes in rural and urban areas. I’ve worked with businesses large and small to deliver a pipeline of over 5,000 new jobs, all backed by our Good Work Pledge. Implemented a Green New Deal and invested heavily in offshore renewable energy. Our Child Poverty Prevention Programme is hailed as an exemplar of best practice. And we’ve increased adult education enrolments from 22,000 a year to 33,000 a year for the same budget. All this wealth generation was done without charging people a penny in council tax.

“I’ve led negotiations and delivered an expanded £4.27 billion devolution deal across the North East to transform our region’s transport system.

“I’ve done this by being pragmatic and putting results ahead of party politics – to the effect that I’ve received praise for my ‘constructive, non-partisan approach’ from Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem, Green and Independent Ministers, Mayors, MPs and councillors.

“I think I’ve shown that hope and change is not only possible – but that it’s a pragmatic, common sense response to the challenges of our time. This is not a time for faint hearts. It’s a time for bravery. Shy bairns get nowt.

“I didn’t become a politician until I was 48. I’m an engineer. Fixing broken systems is what I do.

“We need a new settlement. I value patriotism – and believe it’s expressed by public service, not xenophobia. My Dad drove a tank in the army, my brother served in the navy at the time of the Falklands. My politics are simple – I believe Britain should be run in the interests of the people who do the work. That includes those unable to work, and those retired from a lifetime of work. It’s not left-wing. It’s not right-wing. It’s common sense.

“The groundswell of support I’ve received has been humbling. Business leaders, trade union leaders, charity workers, huge numbers of Labour members, and elected politicians from every party have encouraged me to run as an independent, saying they will vote for me because the North East needs an autonomous voice that’s not in hock to Westminster Party HQs. They may be right.”

It all seems sensible to This Writer.

As an Independent, Mr Driscoll has no access to a political party’s electoral machine. He needs funds and he needs people who are willing to go out and campaign for him.

He has a GoFundMe site here. Its introductory information states: “A full campaign will cost around £150,000. I believe in listening to the public – so if you donate £25,000 by the end of August, I promise I’ll run. And I don’t hit that target, I won’t run. This decision is in your hands.

“As North East Mayor I’ll deliver a Total Transport Network, create a job for everyone who wants one, and deliver a Green New Deal. Find out more on my website https://jamiedriscoll.co.uk/

Funders hit that £25k target in less than two hours. At the time of writing, he is well on his way to the full £150,000 needed to run a full campaign. I would urge you to support him.

And I would remind you that Jamie Driscoll is not the only former Labour representative now standing for election as an independent.

Expect information about the others in the very near future.


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Here’s the public response to calls to #VoteConservative

Casting about for a balancing view on the local elections, This Writer found the hashtag #VoteConservative trending on Twitter.

So I clicked on it to see some of the arguments for such bizarre self-harming behaviour.

Here’s what I found:

So there you have it! Now you have plenty of reasons to #VoteConservati-

Oh, wait a minute…


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You’re more likely to see Labour’s Keir Starmer in court than on the campaign trail

The High Court in London: are Keir Starmer and Labour spending more time there than Vox Political’s Mike has?

Can you believe how many high-profile court cases Keir Starmer’s Labour is embroiled in?

Witch-hunters from Labour Against Anti-Semitism have launched a demand for millions of pounds in damages because they reckon the so-called ‘Labour Leaks’ report has outed nine of them as having made complaints against party members.

The trouble is… it seems they have been publicly admitting it themselves.

Meanwhile, Keir Starmer is still pursuing – through the courts – people he thinks were behind the leaking of that damning report, even though he doesn’t actually have the faintest idea who was responsible.

All in all, this litigation against the Left is costing Starmer a fortune – but he won’t give up because he doesn’t like to lose.

Meanwhile, Labour is – what? – £15 million short of the cash it needs to carry out a winnable general election campaign, because Starmer squandered the £13 million Jeremy Corbyn left in the party bank account (on court cases) and either turned away or expelled the member who would others have contributed and campaigned for funds.

It seems the private firms he thought would support him haven’t bothered.

Here’s Damo, to put some meat on the bones I’ve laid out for you above:


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Disgruntled Tory job applicant releases ‘honest’ campaign advert

If you’re a Tory, you won’t want anybody to share this!

Sadly, my fingers seem to be slipping…

Can any of you feel your fingers slipping too?


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Keir Starmer’s Labour is like an abusive partner. Here’s how

Open arms: Keir Starmer will probably welcome you to his events if you have done some door-knocking for him beforehand. But what will he then do for you?

Did you ever have a friend or romantic partner who always wanted you to do things for them, but never bothered to reciprocate?

I mention this because of the latest wheeze from Keir Starmer’s New New Labour:

“Labour is trialling a ‘Queue & Do’ system at the evening rally where attendees will have to sign up to a task – like knocking a certain number of doors – in exchange for their ticket.”

So basically you have to pay your way to get into the event by doing something for Starmer first.

And you don’t know in advance whether you’ll get anything worthwhile back in return.

Yup. Reminds me of a few gold-digger girlfriends from prehistory (Before Mrs Mike).

People who try to get you to do things for them without offering you anything more than a tiny part of their time in return are just using you.

Avoid.


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Voters cringe as Keir Starmer launches local elections campaign

Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner: prepare to recoil in horror at their local election launch video.

This was predictable, after Keir Starmer had Labour’s National Executive Committee block Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a party candidate in general elections.

Members of the public were always likely to consider Starmer unkindly; he just made it worse with the kind of cack-handed publicity drive we are more used to seeing from Tories like Theresa May or Liz Truss (heavens help us).

I mean…

Get the picture? That clip alone has managed to wipe away all the points Angela Rayner earned at Prime Minister’s Questions on March 29.

There’s worse, though. The following tweets may speak for themselves:

So if zombies and/or reanimated corpses get the vote, Starmer might have a chance.

As far as the rest of us are concerned – he can whistle for it.


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