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I know everyone is devastated.
I am not. I was waiting to be surprised but I'm coldly unsurprised. Britain formally joins the ranks of USA, Brazil, Turkey, India, Russia, Israel & the Phillipines, among others: vicious rightwing regimes voted in on ethnonationalism.
As a Jewish academic, I'm genuinely worried about the prospect of a Tory govt under Johnson emboldening real antisemites.
A Labour government under @jeremycorbyn will lead the fight against antisemitism and all racism both in and out of Labour. Here's why-
#VoteLabourHateRacism
I am no supporter of Jeremy Corbyn but I wonder are some being dishonest in their allegations of anti Semitism! He is opposed to Israeli policy against Palestinians, as are many Jews in Israel, but being anti Israel is not anti Jewish!
The rise of Hitler was possible because of article 48 of the Weimar Constitution which allowed the executive government to bypass parliament with emergency powers.
Guess what's on #page48 of Boris Johnson's manifesto? Yes, that's right!
https://t.co/ErUMQCkrir
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Fav story from our weekend activities ❤️ So much commitment to change here, such a beautiful thing to be part of! Thank you to every single person that has knocked on a door or delivered a leaflet.
We’ll keep fighting to the end 💪🏾
#votefaiza#votelabour#GE2019#labourdoorstep
This is @faizashaheen. She has 9 days to oust Iain Duncan Smith, the architect of Universal Credit. His majority collapsed from 8,400 to 2,300 in 2017.
She can win. Share this. Amplify her.
There’s been a 7-point swing to Labour in the latest BMG poll.
The Tory lead is now just 6 points.
Conservatives 39% (-2)
Labour 33% (+5)
Lib Dems 13% (-5)
Brexit 4% (+1)
Green 5% (-)
Fieldwork 27-29th November
🛑Usman Khan was released under a sentencing regime which no longer exists
🛑Johnson’s manifesto says not a single word about current Extended Sentences.
🛑The minor changes he has proposed to automatic release would not have applied to Khan.
Exploitative, dishonest, cynical.
8 year old Courtney and her family live off £5 a day - they rely on a food bank to eat and wear coats to bed when there's no money for heating.
This is Britain today, where more than 4 million children are growing up in poverty.
We don't mince our words up here. 😂
🔥"They don't give a damn about the North East, they don't give a damn about what happens up here...The Tories have done nothing for the North East, and never will do. They're an absolute shambles." 🔥
“The “lock ’em up & throw away the key” battle cry may suit a panicked politician in the middle of a general election campaign, but it isn’t going to keep us safe from another Usman Khan” @alantravis40
https://t.co/ZRoNWAk0gj
He was bloody right, wasn’t he?
@JeremyCorbyn on the Iraq War : “It will set off a spiral of conflict, of hate, of misery & of desperation that will fuel the wars, the conflict, the terrorism, the depression & misery of future generations.”
We need him.