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Don't let the hate mongers win. Protect democracy.

[NewsCord @newscord_org]

A white man named Chas Chorrigan has just been jailed for life for murdering a Saudi student, Mohammed Algasim, in Cambridge.

There will be no political circus around this. No strong words from Farage. This selective outrage is what causes further division.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Henry Nowak’s family have lost their son and brother in the most appalling circumstances.

Nigel Farage is exploiting this tragedy to create grievance and division.

It’s completely unforgivable.

[Jam. @JAMvsJAM]

This Henry Novak issue is crazy because actively both of these children are children of migration, but we’re flying flags of ‘Britain’ because he was white killed by someone brown.

This just shows it’s never been about your country, and just about your race.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP*
Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.
So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.
I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.
And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface.
Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.
There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are.
• You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.
After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana protesting ‌a development planned by a company linked with Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast https://t.co/U0oPD226aW

[Anonymous TV 🇺🇦 @YourAnonTV]

🚨🇦🇱JUST IN: More than 100,000 citizens are protesting in Tirana, Albania, against the controversial resort project linked to Trump-Kushner, which is planned to be built in the south of Albania.

⚡️The project has received approval from the Albanian government, but the protesters are demanding its cancellation over its suspicious offshore financing, as the project would destroy the ecosystem in a protected area and landscape

#Albania

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

This article says climate change is “believed to have played a role” in the UK's extreme heat this week.

As a climate scientist, let me fact-check that.

First, climate change is not a religion. No belief is required. It is about evidence.

And the evidence has been crystal clear for more than two decades: climate change is making heat waves hotter, longer, more frequent and more dangerous.

In fact, science has advanced far beyond saying climate change merely “played a role.” Today, we can quantify how much more likely and how much hotter climate change made a specific event.

Here's the bottom line:

Climate is changing. Humans are responsible. And we are experiencing the impacts now. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that solutions already exist, and the majority of people care - 89%, around the world!

But meaningful action depends on helping people understand not just what is happening: we need to know how it affects our lives (this heat wave being example A today) and what we can do about it.

That’s the opportunity this reporting missed.

https://t.co/vYfPDKcWWf

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

The facts on Immigration stand in stark contrast to the picture Reform paints. It was out of control, peaking at nearly one million in 2023 under the Tories, many of whom are now in Reform - but since Labour won the election it is very much under control - dropping nearly 80% last year to under 200k, the lowest rate since the world shut down in 2020….And the number of asylum seekers in hotels is down 30%. But most people still believe the claim that immigration is out of control.

The truth is in the numbers - not in what Reform says. And not just on immigration.

https://t.co/3nWpokj51q

[Florence Lox 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @floboflo]

Tories such as Braverman, Jenrick, Kruger, Tice and Dorries need to apologise to the nation for not doing something in 14 years which could be done in under 2.
They all need to resign

[Reece Dinsdale @reece_dinsdale]

It beggars belief how many people would be prepared to vote for a party (I use the term loosely) without the first idea of what they stand for other than ‘Stop the boats’. 🤷‍♂️
Retweet far and wide.

[Adrian Edmondson ❎ @AdrianEdmondson]

So bored of news outlets trying to write the news rather than report it.

[Shirley bottomley @bottomley50]

Isn't it funny when the media go out they only find people who criticise the gov.Never someone who says,I got a £40 increase a month in my pension.I got an increase with the minimum wage,my child now goes to a breakfast club,I got a big increase for the child uplift.Funny that.

[Patrick Hurley @patrick_hurley]

For those who don't know the ins and outs of the media, I have been approached by two national outlets today to ask me to go on their programmes to talk about the @UKLabour government.

To both of them, I said I'd go on in order to make the case for stability and order.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'It's a bit like what is happening in football - everyone hates them if they haven't had immense success within five games.'

@Baddiel tells Sky's @cathynewman that 'a normal bloke or woman that is ok to lead the country, is not good enough anymore' in today's culture.

[My Left Paw 💙 (aka Darryl Griffin) @CheChe_Guevara]

Got to be honest there's a lot in what @Baddiel says here, you only have to look at the way some journos are foaming at the mouth with excitement over it. Can't help but think too many journos now try to make the news rather than report it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Steph Dennis @steffd62]

Another one bites the dust… A newly elected Reform UK councillor has been suspended over alleged racist comments… and he didn’t even last a week ⏳💀

This is the very same councillor that Richard Tice was defending on BBC News this morning 🤦‍♂️📺

Glenn Gibbins was elected on Thursday to represent Hylton Castle ward on Sunderland City Council after Reform took control of the authority… and now he’s already suspended from the party 🚨

...Yet you Tory gutter press,and Corbynites go on about @Keir_Starmer

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

Macron jogs openly in multiple cities. Starmer walks to his local Indian take away a few times a month, Mayor Khan uses the London Underground on a regular basis, Obama plays basketball at a local court in Washington DC every week, NATO chief Rutter cycles to work.

[🕷 Madame Reynard #FBPE @FbpeReynard]

@jdpoc @Gothicjelly

[Peter 💙🍊🇺🇦 @petedix57]

@jdpoc

[John O'Connell @jdpoc]

Posted elsewhere, posted here for info.

The map of Reform Councils in the UK. So much for 'WE'VE TAKEN OVER THE NATION !!!"