@AlexCrawfordSky@BarbaraGSerra@SkyNews Whenever @AlexCrawfordSky pops up in my TL, I know - without even looking - it will almost always be a tweet critical of Israel. Not Hamas, not Hezbollah, not Iran, not Houthis.
And she wonders why ppl think she might be antisemitic herself 🤷🏼♂️
@policylaila He still has free speech. On TV, on X and across all social media platforms. To millions of people. What he doesn’t have is the inalienable right to be heard. A visa is a privilege and he hasn’t earned it.
It's just all so exhausting.
Three weeks ago, the UK Home Office cancelled the ETAs of a bunch of controversial commentators on the right. That included Ezra Levant (explicitly pro-Israel), Joey Mannarino, Valentina Gomez etc.
The cited reason was that their presence in the UK would not serve the public good.
There was no outrage. No claims they did it for nefarious reasons. No concerns for free speech. No news articles.
Then Shabana Mahmood's office does the same thing to Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker for the same justification. They rush out to blame Israel. And suddenly, it's widespread outrage and non-stop stories pushing their claim while explicitly and intentionally ignoring the context above.
It's just tiring and dishonest.
@SarahLudford@blablafishcakes@EdwardJDavey@LibDems It’s almost as if politicians say whatever they need to chase voters depending on the prevailing wind. In this instance, nibbling at the edge of the Green loons.
Ireland has played football matches against Nazi Germany, England, China, Qatar and the women’s team have played against North Korea.
That the only time there was pause to discuss a boycott was before a match vs Israel is very telling.
@SusanFairweathe@ODEONCinemas@ForWomenScot@MForstater@jk_rowling@michaelpforan Because the common area was full of men and she shouldn’t have to go to the toilet with men hovering outside her cubicle. I guess that’s one of the reasons we’ve had separate male and female toilets for so many years 🤷🏼♂️. But you know that, of course…
@ApsanaBegumMP It’s not unprecedented. Pavlo Lapshyn was convicted of murder for the killing of Mohammed Saleem. The judge determined the motivation was terrorist-related and (rightly imo) added 10yrs to his 30yr sentence.
*It literally happens all the time at point of sentencing*