Twitter to Liam Byrne

Hunger because the political parties have wrong priorities. Always more money for nuclear warheads, aircraft carriers, arms manufacturing for war in Yemen, £15 BILLION for 150 miles of tram lines when buses, trains need upgrading. AND fare-free travel for all ages, not just mine!

Insulting 1% for heroes

They can find the money to increase military spending above inflation; for an undemocratic, very costly regional government; and a totally unnecessary, look how rich we are, "bus on rails" tram to replace perfectly good buses, YET NURSES GET A DERISORY 1% pay rise. Disgraceful! Timweller1@gmail.com

"Ministers have decided to “balance the books on the backs of the starving people of Yemen” in an act that will see tens of thousands die and damage the UK’s global influence, the head of the UN’s Office for Humanitarian Affairs has said.

"Speaking with rare bluntness after the UK more than halved its funds to help Yemen, the former permanent secretary at the Department for International Development Mark Lowcock said he was shocked by the decision. It is understood he was given no chance to appeal to the UK to rethink."   Guardian 8 March 2021

Spend on the poor; on making them richer!

Spend on humanitarian aid for Yemen.

Spend on Fare-Free Public Transport for all

Spend on green jobs to address the climate emergency.

Spend on a Basic Income scheme and more generous Universal Credit

Spend now to save on greenhouse gases in the medium to long term.

Spend on renewables - solar, wind, hydro.  PV on every roof.

Spend on trains and stations back on our wasted/part used 106 Kms of double-track railway lines in the Black Country and Brum.

PfP Fighting for Climate Jobs means:

Spending/Jobs = greenhouse gases must mean we have to spend on jobs in the short term on the projects that will save greenhouse gases in the medium to long term.

Therefore, national infrastructure projects: HS2, trams like Metro, Sprint buses jobs do not meet this urgent golden rule. Nor does building, demolition, rebuilding jobs.  Nor do spending/jobs on luxuries, like above.  Nor, spending/jobs on Trident and armaments for our wars in Yemen, Afghanistan ...

Nor does built-in obsolescence jobs with even more waste and very high greenhouse gas emissions for yet more overconsumption - one of the main drivers of global destruction and ecocide.

Same Difference - just change the name of the country!

The international community - US/UK/France - perfidious, duplicitous foreign policy in a nutshell

The West supports and arms 'moderate' rebels overthrowing the Syrian government but, supports Saudi Arabia stopping rebels overthrowing the Yemen government.

Russia supports the Syrian government stopping the rebels overthrowing it.

Russia, unlike US/UK/France, is not officially involved in the Yemen war on either side, apart from, no doubt, also continuing their normal arms sales - like us reprobates.

If we Westerners tried to overthrow our legitimate, UN recognised government, we would also get in the neck, like the Syrians have found - to their cost.

Russia did not agitate, promote or, in anyway encourage the Arab Spring.
Guess who did?

It appears that it is the 'Christian' democratic Western European nations, with their monarchs and empires, that have done the most subjugating down the centuries.  Certainly not the East or Middle East.