I share your anger and agree with every single word you have written.This is a tragic country,and,I believe hopelessly ignorant.The only way I can draw strength is that we now have some serious Independents in Parliament and Jeremy Corbyn.Keir Starmer is as you describe him and things will get a lot worse.I am utterly ashamed to be British and will never stop fighting for Palestine.
I'm really feeling your pain. I know how tough it is to fight uphill battles. I hope you're able to take some time off to rest and recoup your energies and get out there again. We need folks with passion and smarts like you. We've gotta keep fighting until we get the real leaders we need, not just deserve.
Thank you for trying. Sincerely, thank you. I can only admire your energy and drive for progressive causes. Sady, the Starmer bullsh*t about "hard decisions" will become more than his rhetoric. Austerity is going to be the continuing policy, I believe. That and more pro-growth, pro-military policy. In other words, more environmental destruction.
So full of admiration for your work Aya - and for what you achieved. I totally understand why you're feeling so angry at the outcome, I feel angry too and I live 12,000 miles away in NZ. I do hope - after some rest and recuperation and re-grouping - that you'll continue to fight the good fight. There were tiny glimmers of hope amidst the wreckage of this ghastly election - Jeremy Corbyn's win in Islington North and the wins of the other pro-Palestinian candidates in other electorates the names of which have gone right out of my head. The UK is a bin-fire at the moment - the whole Western world, including here in NZ, is a bin fire - but we have to keep fighting in whatever ways we can. Sending you lots of aroha from the bottom of the world xx
Sounds like a tough gig out on the local streets of your local area, door knocking and cold calling Joe public. Tried it once also just to see. The main thing is you tried and we at least have a new set of feet to hold to the fire. If it doesn't change it stays the same. Remember an old squaddy calling in on a talk show after Obama won, everyone gushing... just laughed and said don't be stupid he is just a politician. This may help.
Nationally 46,560,452 people registered to vote of these 56.4 % voted of which 34 % vote for Labour. Many people voted tactically just to get the Tory's out of office, which worked. So now the job really begins and even though I share much of your skepticism about SKS et all, I go along with Mick lynch on his analysis that we now all get a chance to participate in this Democracy every day from now on.
Take a few days off maybe, rest up and see you out on the streets on Monday to fight the good fight. PEACE
I mean to be honest, I did better than I expected as my campaign wasn't a big one - I was sick and had a lot of personal issues to attend to which meant I took weeks off. Meta also kept blocking my social media attempts. It wasn't really my constituency that bothered me so much than the national view on it all.
The fight for a free Gaza is much harder now Keir Starmer - spokesperson for Tel Aviv - is our supreme, supermajority leader.
I hope you are able to rest and regain your strength.
Someone recently asked me, how did we (the entire “western world”+Japan/South Korea/Taiwan/Singapore) get here (committing a live-streamed genocide for the last nine months)? I replied that people have brainwashed (conditioned) to believe the lies spewed by the education (sic) system, politicians and the media. Caitlin Johnstone has written a lot on narrative control. I think this is the gist of it, but there is one other key component. Conscious and sub-conscious fear of losing their livelihood, status, etc., if they speak out.
The oligarchs think that they can just carry on acting as they always have. But I wonder if younger people, who have had less exposure to the propaganda, and who crucially have little to lose, might not be at the forefront of a seismic societal change?
The people who feigned ignorance of genocide or voted for more genocide are in for a rough time when the moral bills become due.
I feel like you. This daytime genocide by the ultra apartheid regime of Israel, United States, UK and the rest has affected me badly I think. I look at people going about their lives with sadness. I wonder why they are not talking and upset about this genocide. I didn’t vote at the election because I didn’t care. These people voted against a ceasefire! Even as I write they are being killed and injured terribly. The unimaginable agony of the injured leaves me staring for hours. I think we will all pay for this injustice somehow because it is too much.
You are a VERY brave woman. And I share your despair. I too was a tribal voter of Labour first in the UK and then in my adoptive New Zealand, but no more! I would sooner have cut off both my hands and poke out my eyes than vote for Starmers Labour Party. But the system is rigged, voting whilst necessary is a shallow version of representative democracy especially when the lobbyist for the status quo have both the media and big business in their back pocket
Don’t give up on us , as some are with you on the proverbial “barricades”, especially for the Palestinians .
I am also in horror and despair at the prospect of Keir Starmer . I heard one political commentator this morning say that because Keir Starmer is so unpopular, his government will not last long.
Sadly, I agree most people in the UK are ignorant, manipulated and duped, but some of us are not. I appreciate and applaud what you have done, it has not been wasted.
Aya, Thank you ! Unlike many other people at least you tried ! I have disliked Starmer since he became an MP, his eyes were what gave him away! He lied Lied then lied a lot more made pledges and broke them made promises and Broke them, Made Statements then denied he made them ,he has openly declared himself an unequivocally Zionist and Supporter of Israel! The Country whose PM and Government's have done everything in their power to deny the Palestinians a two state Peaceful Solution to israels illegal occupation of Palestine, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and now the Genocide of the people of Gaza! Aided and abetted by the USA, UK, the EU and worse of all Germany! All those Countries leaders and the people supporting Israel have to be held to Account! In 1982 the MFO ( Multinational Forces Observers) were Peacekeeping the West Bank and Sinia the World's leaders should have learned fromctheir mistakes from that time but obviously we're too stupid to set any Positive conditions on either side!
Israel is sadly Finished in the Eyes of many of my Jewish Friends as well as by many Israeli Jews, I honestly do Thank You and all those who have tried to hold Starmer to Account I believe that the UK needs a "Real" Labour Party not Starmers version but the version I have been a member of and voted for all my voting life until this election! I voted independent. We need people like yourself who are prepared to fight for the 99% and for our Country ! Not their own pockets or for a power trip. Britain Needs more Jeremy Corbyns and less Right wing Labour. How a human rights lawyer can side with Israel is beyond my understanding!. Thank you Aya ,May Your God Bless You.
The nobility of spirit, the nobility of sentience & humanity which you have displayed throughout your journey to bring about a better world. Maybe this world needs to collapse further before the blind will see.
Like others have said, I truly appreciate the valiant fight you fought and often alone at that. That is courage of a goddess 💜
I also was fighting for a better way for my people (Nigerians) until I realized they were not angry about the stealing and looting, just angry they were not directly profiting from it and so I've given up on my people and now couldn't care less what our government does to them cuz you are a 💯 right, people get the leaders they deserve
So it is in Britain, and so it is in Nigeria and all the world if we're being honest. The human species is truly fucked up, we need to find a way to cull the stupid amongst us as the inhumane leaders use them as shackles and human shields against we the few smart and enlightened ones. The stupid amongst us fight us even when we're fighting for their best interests and so it has gone beyond stupidity now to utter foolishness and creeping into evilness with the fucked up leaders using them as pawns
It is so interesting what you have said about Nigeria because someone else relayed similar sentiments to me. I am ashamed to say that I do not too much about the issues in Nigeria but if you could direct me to any good pieces where I could learn, I'd be very grateful.
If you want a place to understand us better than look no further than nairaland.com forum
There you will hear the thoughts of Nigerians unfiltered and we are a very funny lot I'll give us that so you will enjoy a lot of the topics and threads there but you will also quickly pick up on the major flaws and issues we have as a society which are both rooted in tribalism and religion mainly
I will really love to hear your thoughts on what you think about us when you go through that forum if you don't mind and I can also help explain the termolonogies and slangs you'll be seeing a lot of there 😀
The one glaring reality with what has been allowed to happen in Palestine and the corruptness of the rulers in the west shows how inherently racists the people are. Give them immigration etc to focus their anger on and they fall for it every single time. Society has not evolved and that truly is the saddest part. If it had then this horrid genocide would have been stopped in the beginning. Sunak ousted just to be replaced by a worse genocidal maniac who made it clear that he agreed with Israhell’s operative of blatant inhumanity. Voted for as “white” genocidal maniac. Media of course to be blamed for dble betrayal; killing their own profession by becoming propagandists and blatant complicity in genocide.
I share your anger and agree with every single word you have written.This is a tragic country,and,I believe hopelessly ignorant.The only way I can draw strength is that we now have some serious Independents in Parliament and Jeremy Corbyn.Keir Starmer is as you describe him and things will get a lot worse.I am utterly ashamed to be British and will never stop fighting for Palestine.
I'm really feeling your pain. I know how tough it is to fight uphill battles. I hope you're able to take some time off to rest and recoup your energies and get out there again. We need folks with passion and smarts like you. We've gotta keep fighting until we get the real leaders we need, not just deserve.
Thanks for all your efforts, and I find it unbelievable that people voted him in too. I'm glad Corbyn got in.
Thank you for trying. Sincerely, thank you. I can only admire your energy and drive for progressive causes. Sady, the Starmer bullsh*t about "hard decisions" will become more than his rhetoric. Austerity is going to be the continuing policy, I believe. That and more pro-growth, pro-military policy. In other words, more environmental destruction.
So full of admiration for your work Aya - and for what you achieved. I totally understand why you're feeling so angry at the outcome, I feel angry too and I live 12,000 miles away in NZ. I do hope - after some rest and recuperation and re-grouping - that you'll continue to fight the good fight. There were tiny glimmers of hope amidst the wreckage of this ghastly election - Jeremy Corbyn's win in Islington North and the wins of the other pro-Palestinian candidates in other electorates the names of which have gone right out of my head. The UK is a bin-fire at the moment - the whole Western world, including here in NZ, is a bin fire - but we have to keep fighting in whatever ways we can. Sending you lots of aroha from the bottom of the world xx
Sounds like a tough gig out on the local streets of your local area, door knocking and cold calling Joe public. Tried it once also just to see. The main thing is you tried and we at least have a new set of feet to hold to the fire. If it doesn't change it stays the same. Remember an old squaddy calling in on a talk show after Obama won, everyone gushing... just laughed and said don't be stupid he is just a politician. This may help.
Nationally 46,560,452 people registered to vote of these 56.4 % voted of which 34 % vote for Labour. Many people voted tactically just to get the Tory's out of office, which worked. So now the job really begins and even though I share much of your skepticism about SKS et all, I go along with Mick lynch on his analysis that we now all get a chance to participate in this Democracy every day from now on.
Take a few days off maybe, rest up and see you out on the streets on Monday to fight the good fight. PEACE
I mean to be honest, I did better than I expected as my campaign wasn't a big one - I was sick and had a lot of personal issues to attend to which meant I took weeks off. Meta also kept blocking my social media attempts. It wasn't really my constituency that bothered me so much than the national view on it all.
The fight for a free Gaza is much harder now Keir Starmer - spokesperson for Tel Aviv - is our supreme, supermajority leader.
I hope you are able to rest and regain your strength.
Someone recently asked me, how did we (the entire “western world”+Japan/South Korea/Taiwan/Singapore) get here (committing a live-streamed genocide for the last nine months)? I replied that people have brainwashed (conditioned) to believe the lies spewed by the education (sic) system, politicians and the media. Caitlin Johnstone has written a lot on narrative control. I think this is the gist of it, but there is one other key component. Conscious and sub-conscious fear of losing their livelihood, status, etc., if they speak out.
The oligarchs think that they can just carry on acting as they always have. But I wonder if younger people, who have had less exposure to the propaganda, and who crucially have little to lose, might not be at the forefront of a seismic societal change?
The people who feigned ignorance of genocide or voted for more genocide are in for a rough time when the moral bills become due.
Narrative control and comfort zone - even comfort zone activism - definitely have a part to play, I think you are completely right
I feel like you. This daytime genocide by the ultra apartheid regime of Israel, United States, UK and the rest has affected me badly I think. I look at people going about their lives with sadness. I wonder why they are not talking and upset about this genocide. I didn’t vote at the election because I didn’t care. These people voted against a ceasefire! Even as I write they are being killed and injured terribly. The unimaginable agony of the injured leaves me staring for hours. I think we will all pay for this injustice somehow because it is too much.
You are a VERY brave woman. And I share your despair. I too was a tribal voter of Labour first in the UK and then in my adoptive New Zealand, but no more! I would sooner have cut off both my hands and poke out my eyes than vote for Starmers Labour Party. But the system is rigged, voting whilst necessary is a shallow version of representative democracy especially when the lobbyist for the status quo have both the media and big business in their back pocket
Don’t give up on us , as some are with you on the proverbial “barricades”, especially for the Palestinians .
I am also in horror and despair at the prospect of Keir Starmer . I heard one political commentator this morning say that because Keir Starmer is so unpopular, his government will not last long.
Sadly, I agree most people in the UK are ignorant, manipulated and duped, but some of us are not. I appreciate and applaud what you have done, it has not been wasted.
Aya, Thank you ! Unlike many other people at least you tried ! I have disliked Starmer since he became an MP, his eyes were what gave him away! He lied Lied then lied a lot more made pledges and broke them made promises and Broke them, Made Statements then denied he made them ,he has openly declared himself an unequivocally Zionist and Supporter of Israel! The Country whose PM and Government's have done everything in their power to deny the Palestinians a two state Peaceful Solution to israels illegal occupation of Palestine, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and now the Genocide of the people of Gaza! Aided and abetted by the USA, UK, the EU and worse of all Germany! All those Countries leaders and the people supporting Israel have to be held to Account! In 1982 the MFO ( Multinational Forces Observers) were Peacekeeping the West Bank and Sinia the World's leaders should have learned fromctheir mistakes from that time but obviously we're too stupid to set any Positive conditions on either side!
Israel is sadly Finished in the Eyes of many of my Jewish Friends as well as by many Israeli Jews, I honestly do Thank You and all those who have tried to hold Starmer to Account I believe that the UK needs a "Real" Labour Party not Starmers version but the version I have been a member of and voted for all my voting life until this election! I voted independent. We need people like yourself who are prepared to fight for the 99% and for our Country ! Not their own pockets or for a power trip. Britain Needs more Jeremy Corbyns and less Right wing Labour. How a human rights lawyer can side with Israel is beyond my understanding!. Thank you Aya ,May Your God Bless You.
Noblesse oblige”.
The nobility of spirit, the nobility of sentience & humanity which you have displayed throughout your journey to bring about a better world. Maybe this world needs to collapse further before the blind will see.
Like others have said, I truly appreciate the valiant fight you fought and often alone at that. That is courage of a goddess 💜
I also was fighting for a better way for my people (Nigerians) until I realized they were not angry about the stealing and looting, just angry they were not directly profiting from it and so I've given up on my people and now couldn't care less what our government does to them cuz you are a 💯 right, people get the leaders they deserve
So it is in Britain, and so it is in Nigeria and all the world if we're being honest. The human species is truly fucked up, we need to find a way to cull the stupid amongst us as the inhumane leaders use them as shackles and human shields against we the few smart and enlightened ones. The stupid amongst us fight us even when we're fighting for their best interests and so it has gone beyond stupidity now to utter foolishness and creeping into evilness with the fucked up leaders using them as pawns
It is so interesting what you have said about Nigeria because someone else relayed similar sentiments to me. I am ashamed to say that I do not too much about the issues in Nigeria but if you could direct me to any good pieces where I could learn, I'd be very grateful.
Thank you for your kind words.
Damn, our reputation precedes us I guess 😅
If you want a place to understand us better than look no further than nairaland.com forum
There you will hear the thoughts of Nigerians unfiltered and we are a very funny lot I'll give us that so you will enjoy a lot of the topics and threads there but you will also quickly pick up on the major flaws and issues we have as a society which are both rooted in tribalism and religion mainly
I will really love to hear your thoughts on what you think about us when you go through that forum if you don't mind and I can also help explain the termolonogies and slangs you'll be seeing a lot of there 😀
Thank you! I will definitely have a look!
I get it - we face much of the same here in Canada, but especially the US. Very frustrating.
The one glaring reality with what has been allowed to happen in Palestine and the corruptness of the rulers in the west shows how inherently racists the people are. Give them immigration etc to focus their anger on and they fall for it every single time. Society has not evolved and that truly is the saddest part. If it had then this horrid genocide would have been stopped in the beginning. Sunak ousted just to be replaced by a worse genocidal maniac who made it clear that he agreed with Israhell’s operative of blatant inhumanity. Voted for as “white” genocidal maniac. Media of course to be blamed for dble betrayal; killing their own profession by becoming propagandists and blatant complicity in genocide.