The UK Deputy Prime Minister declined to condemn the Israeli occupation's killing of Palestinians and their burial in mass graves, stating that the UK expects the "democratic government of Israel to investigate any allegations of misconduct."
'at least we never woke up to a Labour government!!!' yeah good we woke up to a nightmare Tory hellhole dystopia every day for 14 years where they've scrapped a whole bunch of our rights instead, we really dodged a fucking torpedo there didn't we
The Mail on Sunday in printing shit shocker (sarcasm).
After the failure of the highly clipped Gideon Falter sh*t-stirring video to successfully weaponise accusations of antisemitism (see previous posts), and the Met Police's refusal to yield to the accompanying manufactured media outcry, I suspect some elements of the media are going after the Met Commissioner for not playing ball. But this headline may represent an interesting development. Even hopeful. It may, I hope, betray a level of desperation on the part of those who back Israel's genocide in Gaza (eg. the Government and its press controllers / attack dogs). They know that, as things stand, they're not winning the fight for public opinion, so they'll start picking fights left right and centre, including with other members of the 'establishment'.
And it's always good to see the various powers-that-be going at one another's throats.
Say what you like about celebrity culture (and I really do), but right now as a queer (and disabled) trans person in the UK, there being some cis celebrities being loud in their support for us is really fucking valuable and gives me a lot of hope.
Above all they keep reminding me that the transphobia movement, however politically powerful and well-funded and however much they seem to be winning at the moment and fucking up legislation left it too late to get all or even most of the cis people on their side. That's a mistake that I hope eventually they will pay for. And celebrities being loudly allied has a real and powerful impact.
I'm thinking above all of David and Georgia Tennant, Neil Gaiman, Russell T Davies, Ncuti Gatwa, Rhianna Pratchett, Jameela Jamil, most of the cast of the HP films, etc., but very definitely not only them. <3 Less well-known people like the glorious archaeologist/historian/anatomist/author Dr Alice Roberts and the wonderful art historian/goth/author Dr Janina Ramirez are also beautifully loud about things when they can be, among so many others.
(And when Georgia Tennant sends love to us all on her Instagram account, damn it helps my brain. <3)