London-based researcher/writer. Tweets from this address on life, arts & culture; on the Information Society as @DSouter_ictDA. Keeping the Twitter bird alive.
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Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy MP
Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Claire Coutinho MP
Reform UK's Home Affairs Spokesperson Zia Yusuf
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Vance vigorously supported the mass pardoning of the January 6 rioters - nearly 100 of whom have already been arrested for other crimes. And he lectures Britain - a country with a fraction of his nation's per capita homicides.
It has suddenly become quite ‘okay’ to use racist language and actually be overtly racist on this platform and in much of the media and in daily life; The Overton window is no longer even in its frame, it lies in smithereens, smashed upon the floor.
In the last 48 hours I’ve been deluged with 100s of vile, misogynistic tweets and death threats. Why? For doing my job: asking @ZiaYusufUK questions about claims by @Nigel_Farage of 2-tier policing. I spoke about this on tonight’s show. Enough is enough. https://t.co/SSHiAI3Umc
Perhaps Nigel Farage could persuade his cyberdaddy to match his tax-free gift to Nigel by giving £1,000 each to 5,000 homeless people to help them get somewhere to live.
Barely a month ago this man was imprisoned for the violent rape of a Sikh woman believing that she was a Muslim. No Douglas Murray articles in the Spectator, no Baroness Fox speech in the Lords. No riots. Two tier? Too right https://t.co/8wABWe3bww
@drchrisnewton It is possible to be outraged by the footage AND condemn Farage for ignoring Henry Nowak's family & exploiting his death to foster division for political ends. In fact, it's the only responsible response: one that in the past Conservatives would have clearly understood.
Arrive three hours before your flight home and bring water and phone charger to help you survive queues, Wizz Air boss tells British passengers as new EU border checks cause chaos https://t.co/kADZilq00v
@ZiaYusufUK So anyone who disagrees with you is a traitor? Do you have a list? Does it include everyone who believes in decency, humanity and British values? What do you propose to do to us if you gain power? What is your “reckoning”?
Tony Blair’s deeply flawed essay has triggered Keir Starmer’s best explanation of what his government is about.. finally linking ideas and values to policies and going well beyond his previous tendency ( influenced by Blair) to making a tame apolitical technocratic case.