GenX leftie, veggie and occasional muso. #AVFC. @UKLabour and @Unitetheunion activist. Threads about antisemitism: https://xitter.gq/t.co/UtQsIgt3dH
Stockton-on-Tees, UK
Joined March 2009
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Aston Villa held an important working meeting today to plan the club's future and lay the foundations for its long-term sporting and institutional project.
The meeting brought together Nassef Sawiris, the club's Chairman and Unai Emery alongside President of Football Operations Roberto Olabe and Director of Football Operations Damián Vidagany.
The discussions focused on jointly planning the club's long-term strategic direction, with positive discussions establishing a clear commitment beyond 2029 for the joint development of the club under the sporting leadership of Unai Emery based on the shared ambitions and common goal to reach excellency and keep growing during the next years.
The objective is clear: to build an ambitious, competitive Aston Villa capable of taking on the biggest challenges and achievements.
Steve Cooke retweeted
In Owen Jones’s The Fall of the West, history is a morality tale in which Western elites do things and everyone else has things done to them.
I’ve written about historical determinism, selective evidence and the consolations of certainty
Steve Cooke retweeted
BREAKING: Labour has announced it is pulling out of coalition and power-sharing deals with the Greens in 11 local authorities over the “Zionism is racism” policy adopted by Zack Polanski’s party.
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You can access the full submission from the JLC and CST on the Palestine Action case here - supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2…
It really is worth reading.
The UK Supreme Court has permitted @JLC_uk and @CST_UK to intervene in Palestine Action Supreme Court appeal.
Read more here:
jewishnews.co.uk/jlc-and-cst…
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EXC: The Green Party’s membership has dropped by 18,000 since May, internal figures leaked to me show.
That’s a drop of 8%, with every 1% loss of members resulting in an annual income loss of £110k, party officials estimate.
It means spending adjustments will be required in the 2027 draft budget.
A party source blamed the Zionism is Racism motion for ‘undeniably alienating people’.
Hw figures opposed to the motion have expressed reluctance to form their own group to counter the influence of Greens 4 Palestine, believing the appearance of factionalism will create further division and put off voters.
Read more: news.sky.com/story/politics-…
Steve Cooke retweeted
BREAKING: The leader of the Green group on @CornwallCouncil Drew Creek has defected to Labour.
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💖 RIP Sir Patrick Stewart - #StarTrek's "Captain Jean-Luc Picard" Dies Age 86 🖖
The British actor, best known as Captain Picard in #TheNextGeneration and Charles Xavier in X-Men, has sadly passed away.
1940 - 2026 💔
Steve Cooke retweeted
One of the most insane videos I've seen.
American-Jewish comedian who describes himself as pro-Palestine is attacked at his show by a woman who believes all Jews are evil.
This antisemitic garbage has become totally normalised. Social media brain rot!
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הצבעתי! כערבייה פלסטינית ונבחרת ציבור בישראל - זו זכות אדירה ובלתי מובנת אליו להצביע ולהשפיע. יום טוב להעיף את הפאשיסטים הביתה, ולהמשיך לבנות מקום שבו לכלנו יש זכות לעצמאות, לביטחון, ולצדק.
Steve Cooke retweeted
Using Israel as an argument against proportional representation is misleading.
Its electoral system is unusual, with no local constituencies or vote for individual candidates.
PR isn’t one system. We can have fairer elections and strong local representation.
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electoral-reform.org.uk/the-…
Steve Cooke retweeted
Damn but Aston Villa were superb today. Jackson is an Emery machine. Cash was a terrier. Gomes and Kamara superb. Lindelof excellent. Subs were perfection. Put a tenner on Emery 2.0 to win it all.
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It’s important to not lose sight of what Mehdi Hasanabi, Barry Baloney, the head of the fucking NEU and Owen Buffer Zone Jones are trying to minimise here.
This is a national scandal. An unacceptable situation for British children to be facing.
And they’re trying to bury it.
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Please can @TheGreenParty make this person their official spokesperson for all matters?
'If only you were talking about the environment as much as you were Zionism!'
@BenKentish puts it to a Green Party councillor that any brand issues the party face are 'totally self-inflicted'.
Steve Cooke retweeted
We occasionally look into trolls on our timeline. The latest is 'TribalFusion001,' known to his friends at Southend PSC as Graham Franklin. Unsurprisingly, Graham believes 'little hats' run the UK, supports Hamas, and claims it is not a terrorist organisation.
Steve Cooke retweeted
What a week! Proud of the team and the what we are building! Stay calm and believe.. #UTV 💜
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If she wants all people to live together in peace; why did the Green Party ban Standing Together from their conference.
The panel included Palestinians, one from Gaza, yet they weren’t allowed to hold their event.
And why, has no journalist asked them about this?
Responding Rachel Millward, co-deputy leader of the Green Party, told Jewish News:”This video is from the Green Party 2025 conference when we made a symbolic red line along the beach, to call an end to the bloodshed in Palestine.
“It is my heartfelt desire that all Palestinians be free, and all people – Jews, Muslims and Christians – in that territory can live in freedom and equality. I have been clear that I do not support the call for a single state solution – I do not believe it to be our place to dictate the outcome of any peace process.” jewishnews.co.uk/green-party… via @jewishnewsuk
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If a right wing commentator posted a 16-tweet thread trying to dismiss and undermine an official report into any other type of racism, Owen Jones would be the first to call them racist. But when it comes to antisemitism, he is first in line with the 'debunking'. What a hypocrite.
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Zack Polanski only appears to cite antisemitism in two contexts.
There's the antisemitism that happens to him (real, terrible)
And there's the antisemitism that the rest of the community speaks about (apparently deserving of denial, disparagement or conspiracy theories).
Steve Cooke retweeted
Britain has the opportunity and ability to help lead the world into an age of AI that genuinely benefits humanity
My background in industrial innovation on Teesside has taught me that new technology brings huge opportunities…
#G20 #ArtificialIntelligence #Science #Innovation