- Tue Jan 27, 2026 11:36 pm
#104853
“The horrific shooting of innocent people by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raises big concerns about the security of people from this country visiting the USA, especially if they are victims of racial profiling by ICE agents. President Trump and his administration have lied on behalf of ICE and given them backing for acting illegally and killing people who they then labels as “domestic terrorists”. As someone who was on the Met Police’s domestic extremism database for several years, along with thousands of others, that does not seem like a safe country to visit.I won't watch the World Cup because of Trump, at least not more than a couple of England games if they get to the latter stages, maybe. So I'm fine with boycotts of sporting events. But public safety is stretching it. Recent World Cup venues include Brazil and South Africa.
Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 4:48 pmRecent World Cup venues include Brazil and South Africa.And you should have seen the lines of police in full riot gear in Brazil around the stadiums...
kreuzberger wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 7:57 pm Take the cost of a ticket and buy a boat and a cargo of beer instead, and spend the evenings in the middle of a lake, listening on the wireless as the whole farce and new definition of football violence fold.Had #2 son round for dinner last night.
has made the wise choice to not follow the Tartan Army this time.Hardly worth going for such a short visit.
kreuzberger wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 7:57 pm Take the cost of a ticket and buy a boat and a cargo of beer instead, and spend the evenings in the middle of a lake, listening on the wireless as the whole farce and new definition of football violence fold.Sort of meant on television. I always wanted to visit America but I was in two minds under Obama and Biden, wouldn’t go near it with that in charge.
One Green Party insider told Jewish News it was “up there with the most popular submitted” motions.
The proposal calls for the Green Party to declare itself anti-Zionist, endorse a single Palestinian state, and challenges the definition of antisemitism, claiming it “perpetuates biological racism” by “erasing” other Semitic peoples including Arabs, Assyrians, and Palestinians.
Polanski, who previously founded the Jewish Greens group and was once supportive of Israel, now faces calls from far-left activists to back the motion.
A family friend told Jewish News: “It’s been hard enough for most of Zack’s family to put up with as he has moved further and further away from the views he once had on Israel. To equate Zionism—the idea that Jews are entitled to their own state—with racism is the absolute pits. I’m actually lost for words.”
While Polanski remains in contact with his mother, it is understood other close family members have distanced themselves from him over his stance on Israel and repeated claims of “genocide” in Gaza.
davidjay wrote: ↑Mon Feb 16, 2026 9:12 pm What the absolute is this left-wing total obsession with Palestine?Here's one for you.
Politically, with ordinary Unison members giving a clear mandate for change, our union will defend the interests of the working class as a whole without apology and without exception. I am in no doubt – that requires being unbowed in our support for the Palestinian people’s freedom struggle, and proud of our internationalism and opposition to war. I am also clear that Unison on my watch will not sit idly by while this Labour government allows imprisoned Palestine Solidarity Campaign activists to starve while protesting for their basic rights. Keir Starmer must act now.The mandate for change was about as many votes as Sharon Graham got. Is Palestine a big issue among Indian care workers? Is opposition to war, whatever that means?
