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James Kelly retweeted
66% want Medicare for All
61% want a billionaire wealth tax
57% want a $20/hour minimum wage
63% want a data center moratorium
58% want to end military aid to Israel
73% want to ban super PACs
79% want a 10% credit card interest rate cap
No more excuses. Democrats must deliver.
James Kelly retweeted
When the UN called for a ceasefire in Gaza, one country voted against it.
The United States of America.
James Kelly retweeted
It’s hard to grasp the BBC’s systematic attempt to launder Israeli propaganda until you see the sheer scale of it. Here's a compilation of them doing it at 2x speed.
The latest was on Newsnight on 4 November. When Bernie Sanders called Israel’s government extremist, Victoria Derbyshire answered for it: “And the Israeli government would deny that they are extremists.”
As this video shows, BBC presenters repeatedly do this as guests describe Israel’s crimes: “Israel would say.” “Israel would deny.” “They would reject that.”
We counted 70 of these denials and justifications in 52 aired interviews. The BBC calls this impartiality. But in not one of those 52 did a presenter raise any of these words from Israel’s own leaders:
- “We are fighting human animals.” Yoav Gallant, 9 October 2023
- “It is an entire nation out there that is responsible.” Isaac Herzog, 12 October 2023
- “They will not receive a drop of water or a single battery until they leave the world.” Israel Katz, 13 October 2023
- “Remember what Amalek did to you.” Benjamin Netanyahu, 3 November 2023
- Starving two million people in Gaza until the hostages came back might be “justified and moral”. Bezalel Smotrich, 5 August 2024
On 10 October 2023, Tahani Mustafa told the BBC that Israeli forces were not distinguishing civilians from fighters. The presenter replied: “They would reject that.” Mustafa then had to bring up Gallant’s “human animals” herself. The BBC supplied the denial. The guest had to supply Israel’s own words.
That is cherry-picking. The Royal Charter requires the BBC to be impartial, and the public pays for it through the licence fee. In these interviews, it handed its audience Israel’s denials and left out its leaders’ own words, during a genocide streamed live to the world.
We have archived the BBC’s coverage for three years, and we are now counting all of it: 50,000 video clips and many more written excerpts.
We are calling this first part: "BBC: The Would Say Files".
Handing Israel its denials is only one of the ways the BBC launders Israeli propaganda, so we will count every other technique too. Over the next few weeks, we will announce each milestone as we complete the report.
These are the first results, with every clip, quote and source: newscord.org/editorials/bbc-…
James Kelly retweeted
The only ground allowed to be heard in Supreme Court appeal was balance between countering terrorism and freedom of speech and assembly.
The judges referenced terrorism, terrorist or national security 60 times.
They mentioned freedom of speech zero times.
craigmurray.org.uk/archives/…
James Kelly retweeted
Then the scary question:
Was this a one-off? Or have other injunctions been granted, supposedly to prevent harassment, but actually silencing people - even in private conversations with friends, family and the police?
I don't know if there's any way to find out.
James Kelly retweeted
And for the judiciary: how could a judge grant such an order against an unrepresented defendant, without a trial, without determining whether her allegations were true and without, it seems, any assessment of proportionality?
James Kelly retweeted
The firm acting for Messrs Brand and Goldsmith was Archerfield Partners LLP. We think they have serious questions to answer.
James Kelly retweeted
"It became very plain to me that this went beyond judicial testing of the strength of the case into active hostility designed to prevent the case from being developed, with elements of ridicule.
It was extraordinary and very unpleasant."
craigmurray.org.uk/archives/…
James Kelly retweeted
I’ve no difficulty with impartiality obviously. But impartiality rules have to be both consistent and sensible. The BBC does not say “of course Mr Putin would deny he is the aggressor”. Shoehorning in an absurd qualification for mass murder is a courtesy afforded to Netanyahu.
James Kelly retweeted
"Lord Sales interrupted that criminal law might not prevail. You might not catch the criminal. If you did catch them then it might be difficult to prosecute and bring witnesses."
Surely using this logic, we should ban all people going to banks, in case one person robs it?
My full account of Day 1 of the Supreme Court hearing on Palestine Action. Vital detail you will find nowhere else.
craigmurray.org.uk/archives/…
James Kelly retweeted
Extremely tedious this absurd BBC business of interjecting “of course the mass killers would deny they’re mass killers.” And it’s not a consistent policy. Netanyahu given this fig leaf for his war crimes in a way Putin never would be.
James Kelly retweeted
"If we come to logic... the entire purpose of the Human Rights Act is to defend the citizen against executive overreach, against abuse of power by the executive. And what the judges are saying is that there can be no abuse of power by the executive because they're democratically elected... In which case, what's the point in having a Human Rights Act?"
Standing outside the Supreme Court in London following the appeal against the proscription of Palestine Action on behalf of Huda Ammori, Craig Murray breaks down the alarming reality of executive overreach and the erosion of judicial accountability in the UK. When the courts defer entirely to the Secretary of State, claiming the executive cannot commit an abuse of power simply because they are democratically elected, the foundational purpose of the Human Rights Act collapses. If citizens are stripped of their livelihoods, assets, and legal recourse without independent judicial protection, we cross a dangerous line. As Murray highlights, it is a massive mistake to confuse the law with justice when the two no longer meet. Watch the full breakdown and share your thoughts on where this leaves our rights.
#PalestineAction #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #CraigMurray #SupremeCourtLondon
James Kelly retweeted
Hayes on Medicare for All: "The odds of Donald Trump signing that into law, pretty small--"
Sen. Sanders: "Hold it, hold it, hold it... Our job is to produce it. He wants to veto it, Republicans want to sustain that veto, that is their responsibility, the American people will see it."
James Kelly retweeted
NEW poll: A supermajority of Jewish Americans believe Israeli & AIPAC actions increase antisemitism.
80% say Israel’s actions in Gaza & the West Bank increase antisemitism in the US.
66% say AIPAC’s campaign spending against candidates critical of Israel increases antisemitism.
James Kelly retweeted
Lawyers for the UK government today claimed in the Supreme Court that all these pensioners and priests getting arrested was itself an act of terrorism:
as it was Palestine Action seeking to overwhelm the justice system.
They really did say that!
James Kelly retweeted
BBC Scotland has been forced to issue yet another correction relating to the SNP after falsely claiming John Swinney had announced plans to take buses into public ownership. How many more 'mistakes' like this are to be allowed before an inquiry is held into the station?
James Kelly retweeted
Both @JakeTapper and @DanaBashCNN spent the last 9 months of their lives publicly pushing a self-serving political narrative that was completely fabricated and based on nothing other their own personal emotions and political preferences. Obviously, @AIPAC and @ADL did the same:
Our poll of Jewish voters for @jstreetdotorg: There's no exodus of Jewish voters from the Dem party:
