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Martin Smith

@MSmithOrganiser

Workplace and Community Organiser. All posts in a personal capacity. Likes and retweets not necessarily endorsements. Certified AI Free Posting

 London, England
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Joined January 2011
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A new leadership? Eugene Debs: “If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of this capitalist wilderness, you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I led you in, some one else would lead you out.”
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He never said a word about the white nonce gangs that make up 80% of offenders. He's just a racist con man
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Kay Burley
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Tommy Robinson isn’t Tommy Robinson…
Gilly (@easyballinside) profile pictureGilly
@easyballinsideOct 28
We are all Tommy Robinson
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BladeoftheSun@BladeoftheS13h
This is Lord Rothermere the owner of the Daily Mail. He lives in a massive mansion in the English countryside, but he pays no tax here because he identifies as French. While the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda and pays no tax anywhere. That is his ‘Patriotism’.
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Rupert Lowe and half the right spent weeks calling David Lammy and Kier Starmer corrupt for even looking at the jury system. Same jury system just convicted Tommy Robinson. Suddenly it’s a stitch-up. You don’t care about juries. You care about being permanently aggrieved. Pick a fucking side.
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A reminder, When they talk about the national debt, we only paid off the debt for the Napoleonic Wars in 2012, and the debt for the compensation for slave owners in 2016. What politicians tell you about economics is usually bobbins.
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Brexit Buster@BrexitBusterOct 22
As the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal is launched today beware of the ‘Poppy Nazis’. These traitorous pro-Nazi turds slither among us under false colours. They are pissing on the graves of the Allied war dead and monuments. #NeverAgain #PoppyAppeal
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Zack Polanski@ZackPolanski20h
We've waited patiently for a plan to end neoliberalism. We won't wait anymore. We need rent controls We need a wealth tax We need *serious* cuts to energy bills Instead it's a few pence off gherkins & a payout which the experts say won't touch the sides on energy bills.
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@SullyDrummerOct 28
There’s already been an independent review of the evidence by twelve people. We call it a jury.
Libby Parker (@LibbyParker1506) profile pictureLibby Parker@LibbyParker1506Oct 28
Tommy Robinson was convicted today on a 10 to 2 jury majority. Like him or not, everyone deserves a fair process. This petition just asks for an independent review of the evidence. Please sign and share 👇 c.org/pmGCGBckkP @TRobinsonNewEra @careovercost
This campaign needs you now

This campaign needs you now

Review and overturn Tommy Robinson's harassment conviction

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Natrasleep@Natrasleep1Oct 29
Replying to @DerrickEvans4WV
America has a paedophile for president, yaxley lennon would love that, after all he is happy to be associated with sex offenders, wife beaters and paedophiles as long as they are white
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troovus@troovus21h
Why do Labour always attack young people, pensioners, disabled people? People who didn't cause the mess we're in? Why not take on corporate parasites, energy companies, water companies, private equity, landlords?
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Cat Hobbs@CatHobbs20h
Whose side are you on @andyburnham ? US hedge funds or Thames Water households? Why should 16 million people pay an extra £40 on interest alone for a bailout when you can write down Thames Water's debt RIGHT NOW by taking it into special administration? theguardian.com/business/202…
Thames Water creditors to vote on emergency £2.4bn loan as cash runs low

Thames Water creditors to vote on emergency £2.4bn loan as cash runs low

Campaigners say costly new funds will lead to higher bills, which company denies

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Tory Fibs
@ToryFibs16h
Abolish Tuition Fees. • Students past & present owe £300 billion in student loans • An average of £50,000 per person • Growing at an interest rate of 4-6% a year • Even though people pay on average back £1,200 a year. It is a scam. It is unsustainable.
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Judith Meyer
@GermanPolyglotOct 28
"But Israel is a democracy!" Exactly. That's the problem. People keep reminding me that Israel is a democracy, as if that should end the argument. It doesn't. If anything, it's why my sympathy is running out. Think of Stalin or Putin. When those regimes attacked their neighbours and committed atrocities, many of us never stopped sympathising with ordinary Russians, because they were victims of the regimes too, being sent to the gulags or the front against their will. A democracy doesn't get that alibi. When a government is freely elected, when the press is free to criticise it, and when the opposition could stand against the war but instead cheers it on, the crimes no longer belong to a regime. They belong to the society that chose them. So whoever came up with "Israel is a democracy" as a defence should have thought harder. The line that would actually earn sympathy is the opposite one: that ordinary Israelis are trapped under a regime that crushes dissent. "We chose this, freely" is not the defence they think it is.
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Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) profile picture
Mark Ruffalo
@MarkRuffaloOct 28
“Those in the West who want to see change in Palestine need to confront the question of how international pressure might alter the political calculations of Israeli voters and leaders. Sanctions, diplomatic isolation, divestment, sports boycotts and travel restrictions are among the measures that could make the continuation of occupation and denial of Palestinian rights carry a tangible cost.” equator.org/articles/israel-…
Blame It on Bibi • EQUATOR

Blame It on Bibi • EQUATOR

Israeli liberals and Western allies still want to pin everything on Netanyahu. But whoever wins, the apartheid consensus will endure

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Dale Vince
@DaleVinceOct 28
The banks are having a laugh - £200 Billion over last five years - more than half of that is money we pay them, interest on the cash they hold. We need to cut benefits - to banks. The EU did already, as did Switzerland (famously good at looking after money).
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Owen Jones
@owenjonesjournoOct 28
White South Africans did not want to dismantle Apartheid. They overwhelmingly believed in it. They ended up deciding the costs were too great - sanctions, being a pariah state. It will end like that for Israel, too.
Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) profile pictureOwen Jones
@owenjonesjournoOct 28
The problem isn't Israel - it's Netanyahu, we were told. The Israeli election exposes this total, raging horseshit. New column 👇 zeteo.uk/p/israels-election-…
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Hannah Peaker from the @NEF explains that if you equalise capital gains tax with income tax so you tax wealth at the same rate as work, along with sorting out some of the problems with CGT, some estimates say you could raise £19.7 billion a year.
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Larry the Cat
@Number10catOct 28
Replying to @RupertLowe10
Which of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon's numerous convictions (listed below) do you object to? On what basis? 2005: Convicted of assaulting an off-duty police officer; sentenced to 12 months in prison. 2011 (May): Convicted for leading a street brawl; given a 12-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work. 2011 (July): Convicted of assault (headbutting); given a 12-week suspended sentence. 2013: Convicted of using someone else's passport to enter the United States; sentenced to 10 months in prison. 2014: Convicted of mortgage fraud; sentenced to 18 months in prison. 2017–2019: Multiple contempt of court convictions related to filming and live-streaming outside active court trials; received prison sentences up to 13 months. 2021: Convicted at Westminster Magistrates' Court of stalking a couple; received a 5-year restraining order/ban. 2024: Sentenced to 18 months in prison for contempt of court after breaching a High Court injunction by repeatedly airing false allegations against Jamal Hijazi 2026: Found guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court of two counts of harassment causing fear of violence against two Daily Mail journalists
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When basic essentials cost more than Universal Credit provides, poverty isn't personal failure. It's built into the system. UBI provides an income floor; UBS cuts essential costs. A safety net that leaves people hungry isn't fit for purpose.
LurgeeLiz (@LurgeeLife) profile pictureLurgeeLiz@LurgeeLifeOct 28
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation calculated that £520 pcm is needed for essentials (single, no disability/illness) Standard UC Allowance for a single adult 25 yrs+ will be £443.21 pcm in 2027 (as per UC Act calcs) ❌ £76.79 pcm short = a week's worth of food, energy & water bills
https://www.jrf.org.uk/social-security/guarantee-our-essentials-reforming-universal-credit-to-ensure-we-can-all-afford-the Guarantee our Essentials: reforming Universal Credit to ensure we can all afford the essentials in hard times Written by: Trussell & Joseph Rowntree Foundation 30 Jan 2026 Amount needed to afford essentials for the adults in a household (2026/27) 1. Single (£ per week) 2. Couple (£ per week) Food & non-alcoholic drinks 1. £42 2. £74 Electricity & gas 1. £24 2. £33 Water 1. £7 2. £11 Clothes & shoes 1. £7 2. £11 Communications, incl. phones, internet & postage 1. £8 2. £11 Travel 1. £21 2. £42 Sundries - e.g. toiletries, haircuts, cleaning materials, bank charges 1. £13 2. £20 Total (rounded based on unrounded components) 1. £120 2. £205

ALT https://www.jrf.org.uk/social-security/guarantee-our-essentials-reforming-universal-credit-to-ensure-we-can-all-afford-the Guarantee our Essentials: reforming Universal Credit to ensure we can all afford the essentials in hard times Written by: Trussell & Joseph Rowntree Foundation 30 Jan 2026 Amount needed to afford essentials for the adults in a household (2026/27) 1. Single (£ per week) 2. Couple (£ per week) Food & non-alcoholic drinks 1. £42 2. £74 Electricity & gas 1. £24 2. £33 Water 1. £7 2. £11 Clothes & shoes 1. £7 2. £11 Communications, incl. phones, internet & postage 1. £8 2. £11 Travel 1. £21 2. £42 Sundries - e.g. toiletries, haircuts, cleaning materials, bank charges 1. £13 2. £20 Total (rounded based on unrounded components) 1. £120 2. £205

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/22 Universal Credit Act 2025 Standard allowance for tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30 Step 1 Where the tax year is 2027-28, 2028-29 or 2029-30, take the amounts resulting from Step 2 for the previous tax year Step 2 Increase the amounts identified in Step 1 by the relevant CPI % for the tax year Step 3 Increase the amounts resulting from Step 2 by the relevant uplift percentage for the tax year (3) The "relevant CPI %" for a tax year is the percentage by which the consumer prices index for the September before the start of the tax year is higher than it was for the Sept before that (or 0% if it is not higher) (4) The table below sets out the relevant uplift percentage for tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30- Tax year Relevant uplift % 2026-27 2.3% 2027-28 3.1% 2028-29 4.0% 2029-30 4.8%

ALT https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/22 Universal Credit Act 2025 Standard allowance for tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30 Step 1 Where the tax year is 2027-28, 2028-29 or 2029-30, take the amounts resulting from Step 2 for the previous tax year Step 2 Increase the amounts identified in Step 1 by the relevant CPI % for the tax year Step 3 Increase the amounts resulting from Step 2 by the relevant uplift percentage for the tax year (3) The "relevant CPI %" for a tax year is the percentage by which the consumer prices index for the September before the start of the tax year is higher than it was for the Sept before that (or 0% if it is not higher) (4) The table below sets out the relevant uplift percentage for tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30- Tax year Relevant uplift % 2026-27 2.3% 2027-28 3.1% 2028-29 4.0% 2029-30 4.8%

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/september2026 Office for National Statistics Consumer price inflation, UK: September 2026 Release date: 21 October 2026 The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.5% in the 12 months to September 2026, up from 3.1% the previous month.

ALT https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/september2026 Office for National Statistics Consumer price inflation, UK: September 2026 Release date: 21 October 2026 The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.5% in the 12 months to September 2026, up from 3.1% the previous month.

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Tom London
@TomLondon6Oct 28
Israeli “democracy” Five million Palestinians on the West Bank and in Gaza have NO vote and NO rights Two million Palestinians in Israel within 1948 borders, are subject to apartheid in all aspects of their lives but they can vote, if they can overcome obstacles In this election, many Palestinians in Israel within 1948 borders, did vote despite the obstacles NOW the Jewish Israeli - Zionist - parties refuse to talk to or work with the elected Palestinians Zionism IS racism
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