brendanbelfast
@brendanbelfast
Comms & political consultant & sometime commentator. Love sport esp GAA & Spurs. Parkrun Run Director. Fan of proper music, Springsteen aficionado
O’Neill & Little-Pengelly need to turn up together to defuse flashpoints, not duck interviews. To act immediately to reduce tensions among communities & find solutions to seemingly intractable problems. That’s their job. No-one else has the clout to do so belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…
Lammy "The grotesque spectacle of kids holding out their hand for food & being shot" Are you imposing sanctions on Israel? No Are you halting all arms sales? No Are you stopping all trade? No Are you ending all military assistance? No Are you expelling the Israeli ambassador? No
Having already killed or wounded 200,000 Palestinians, the extremist Israeli government is using mass starvation to engineer the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Despite these crimes, the US has provided $22 billion to Israeli military operations since the war began. Enough is enough.
The GAA weekend is up and running….and it’s a big one 😊
Formula feed for babies being brought in by American medics, was confiscated at the border.
“Teenagers being shot by Israeli soldiers.” Nick Maynard is a British gastrointestinal surgeon, who is currently in Gaza, working at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. We began by asking him what he can tell us about the shootings near the aid distribution sites this morning.
Belfast’s stand against Gaza genocide the focus of new photo exhibition by celebrated Irish News photographer @MalMccann irishnews.com/entertainment/…
🚨 | BREAKING: We're calling on the UK government to: 🔴 Recognise Palestine now 🔴 Suspend the Israel trade deal 🔴 Ban imports from illegal settlements 🔴 End all licenses for arms traded with Israel in line with International Law 🔴 Sanction individuals who promote and commit…
Tens of thousands of Israelis participated in a protest in Tel Aviv this evening, demanding an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the immediate return of all remaining hostages, all at once. Over 80% of the Israeli public demands this. footage credit: Amir Goldstein
Israeli footballers, like Israeli goods, should be boycotted until such time as Israel end their barbaric war against the Palestinian people. Good to see fans of @RangersFC making this point so clearly. bdsmovement.net 🇵🇸
#Scotland - A group of Glasgow Rangers supporters wrote a letter to the club expressing their opposition to the potential signing of Israeli striker Dor Turgeman. The protest is based on ethical grounds, due to the ongoing genocide in Palestine. The letter stated that such a…
Late, but surely significant
The IDF has killed starving Palestinian civilians trying to get aid. Settler terrorism and talk of imposing the illegal E1 settlement plan are flagrant attempts to prevent a Palestinian state. There is no justification for this. A two-state solution is the only path to peace.
Times like this you’d miss Janey Godley
Mr Murray’s comments come despite a 2019 motion in the House of Commons which he backed – along with Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Health Secretary Wes Streeting – while in opposition which accused the president of 'misogyny, racism and xenophobia' 👇
This is your sign to have your tickets downloaded and ready to go ahead of The All-Ireland Football Final this Sunday!! 🎟️ 🔃
‘Price of a coffee’ tourist tax could help fund Northern Ireland’s public services irishnews.com/news/northern-…
He knows Badenoch won’t even lead the Tories into the next election. He’s a shameless grifter who sees a chance of Tory leadership.
Wilfred Frost: Will Kemi Badenoch be the next Prime Minister? James Cleverly: "Yes... I think they'll reward us at the ballot box & we'll see Kemi Badenoch go through the door at No.10." 😂
Clive Lewis listening to David Lammy in the commons yesterday.
BREAKING: David Lammy says he is appalled and sickened by what Israel doing in Gaza with the weapons and intel he is giving them. If only he could do something about this...
Fascinating thread, the insiders view of Ofwat, regulation and the water industry.
I spent a year at Ofwat back in 2013 working on price controls I’m not remotely surprised it’s being abolished - what I saw astonished me 🧵 theguardian.com/business/2025/…
The anatomy of a collapse – how Cork managed to lose the second half by 3-14 to 0-2. Surreal. irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-g…