Sue

Great singaround! Thanks to everyone who came, and to The Castle for having us! Our next singaround Upstairs at The Castle will be on Sunday 9 November at 7pm.

WTF?

That was the longest four minutes of my life, mal. I forced myself to watch to the end 🤣 I didn't recognise any of it 🤣

Oh no, are you ok?

This is tonight! Everyone welcome!

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Who are the people "supporting Hamas"?

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Are you living in some kind of parallel universe? Please can you explain what you are referring to?

I'm interested to know why you say that? They both sell the same kind of thing, they both have own brand products, and unless I've got it completely wrong, they both seem to be trying to attract the same kind of customer? I would have thought a Waitrose and an M&S so close to each other would have split the customer base (?not sure of the correct term) for both of them? People might shop in both, but I'd have thought each store would still lose out on sales?

With M&S just over the road, it wouldn't be an ideal site for them, apart from the size, I imagine.

I don't suppose that will influence Tesco's decision one way or the other 😂

There used to be an Iceland where M&S now is. I doubt they would move back. I presume the change in the local demographic was the reason they left in the first place. Anyway, there is one in Peckham, plus they deliver to East Dulwich. And I thought this was going to be a little Tesco?

I think they are relevant. So would you like to answer them? And also explain your last sentence above? How exactly would going on the march now "intimidate/antagonise/express hatred towards Jews"? Do you think the Jewish people on the march are there to express hatred against themselves?

Sorry no, didn't notice, I was just relieved not to have to walk back from the next bus stop! There was an announcement at the previous stop that the next bus stop was closed, but I ignored that, as quite often those announcements are wrong, and I hadn't seen that bus stop closed earlier. Silly me.

I sincerely hope that wasn't the cause, because if it was they surely can't have been stored properly? Last I read, they hadn't identified the cause of the fire, but I guess it's hard to do that while the place is still burning.

Hi Naiada, thanks, that's helpful, but it wasn't me who was asking for advice, it was intexasatthemoment !

????? Obviously there isn't a weapon making factory at Westminster. And your response to my other questions?

This raises a lot of questions. Here are some of them. What do you mean by "a few" people? How many is "a few"? Do you think those few (and others) should also be protesting about every other area in the world where people are being oppressed? How would they do that? Is our government providing weapons to all these other countries for use in genocide? What is your evidence for your second paragraph? What do you mean by "genuine (but exclusive)" concerns about Israel?

Whether the march still goes ahead will depend on what happens in the next couple of days, I imagine. Things have looked hopeful before, but fingers crossed this time is different. Have you actually read the posts above? Do you understand the difference between antisemitism and being against the Israeli government killing thousands of civilian adults and children? Do you understand why people were intending to demonstrate against our own government's involvement in killing thousands of civilian adults and children by supplying arms to Israel? It seems not. Why on earth would a march "still go ahead "to demonstrate antisemitism"?

Thank you for posting that. Chilling.

There is a separate thread on here about the main Singaround! Please don't confuse people 😭 And when have you ever seen anyone put a finger in their ear at a singaround?

To clarify, this is just for singers, not musicians, though you are welcome to accompany yourself on a (non amplified) instrument

Perhaps I should. Perhaps you could explain it to me. There are many things in the world I don't know. In what way do you think it would affect anything I have said on here about my reasons for going on the march on Saturday? Why out of all I have said have you picked out that one sentence? Would you like to respond to my other points?

To the best of my knowledge, our government is still supplying weapons to Israel, which presumably are amongst those being used to kill these children. Plus used to kill thousands of innocent adults whose only crime is to have the misfortune to live in Gaza. And that is not including the thousands of adults and children who have been maimed or are dead or dying from starvation. Or dying from lack of medical care because hospitals have been destroyed and medics killed. How do you feel about that?