First they came for the Jews, but I did nothing. Then they came for more Jews but still I did nothing. And then finally they came for those few Jews who were left. But they never came for me. Why would they? I hadn’t stood up for the Jews - so obviously the antisemites wouldn’t have an issue with me…
How to tell if you’re middle class? You belong to a golf club. You hold dinner parties. You enjoy smashed avocado on sourdough toast. You shoplift the avocado…
As news of the Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians began to emerge this day last week, an elected member of our local Assembly, Gerry Carroll from People Before Profit, tweeted “Victory to the Palestinian Resistance.” He rounded off his jubilant post with that ultimate symbol of puerile machismo - two clenched fist emojis.
Walking through Cornmarket in Belfast city centre the other day, I spotted a wee woman feeding the pigeons. She was scattering chunks of what looked like an entire loaf around the pavement as she sat on the wall beside that big, ugly metal sculpture that dominates the area.