The quiet violence of the Commonwealth: When the 21 yo Queen famously declared in segregated Cape Town that her life "shall be devoted [to] the service of our great imperial family" it was 1947-a year before apartheid became official & 141 years after British conquest of the Cape
Refugees who were forcibly taken to the Rwanda flight have spoken out.
Guards handcuffed them, restrained them with harnesses, kicked & punched them.
One said there’s no difference between border agents & traffickers.
The entire system is violent. We must abolish borders now
BREAKING: Two more Rwanda deportees have had their tickets cancelled.
Twenty three people have now had their Rwanda tickets cancelled. Eight still have live tickets for tomorrow.
If the entire trade union movement was like this we’d have a £20 minimum wage, zero homelessness, a 4 day week and be retiring at 60. Great job Eddie Dempsey.
I don’t think people fully understand the consequences of Sinn Fein’s success. We’re witnessing the impending and I think now inevitable collapse of the United Kingdom..
BP has just announced record profits: £5,000,000,000 in the last 3 months.
But Boris Johnson today again rejected using a windfall tax on these companies to cut soaring energy bills.
He's choosing to squeeze your living standards, not their profits. That's whose side he's on.
this man was banned from twitter for saying he “preferred AIDS” to people supporting trans rights. when twitter unbanned him, jk rowling gave him a warm welcome back.
this is who she is, in case anyone had a shadow of a doubt
This is why we say ACAB always.
The police and specifically the Met exist to carry out these racist attacks on a regular basis. Racist violence is at the core of policing.
The PM, Boris Johnson, is a vile corrupt & racist law breaker. #Partygatefines to trafficking #AsylumSeekers to Rwanda is an accomplishment.
Don’t call it ‘offshoring’ - call it human ‘trafficking’ for which he gets political capital from bigoted racist British voters. Disgrace
Tory policy to 'offshore' immigrants to Rwanda is racist and xenophobic. Pandering to base of bigoted voters & to distract from #Partygatefines.
It is repugnant, reprehensible & inhumane. Boris Johnson is following Britain's well-trodden path of dumping undesirables elsewhere.