10 years ago my wife, the mum of our kids & the MP for Batley&Spen was killed by a far right extremist.
At anniversaries I try to be optimistic about the future. But not this time. In the ten years since she was killed we have gone backwards & I fear our democracy is now at risk
NEW: A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US news cycle and what, if anything, survives it will be a lesson for our times.
But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
This must be shocking to MAGA.
No anger.
No whining.
No boasting.
No batshiterry.
No list of enemies.
No talk of ballrooms.
No crying over elections.
No calling women piggies.
No threatening comedians.
No selling crypto and phones.
Just a kind, patriotic President and First Lady.
I think that @BBCNews, @SkyNews@ITVNewsPolitics and @Channel4News should all be reporting on Reform UK and Russian bribery.
RT if you agree!!
Why are the media ignoring such a blatant story?!
This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
@IainDale completely agree with you. We must all separate Judaism from Zionism, British Jews from the actions of Israel. But, frustratingly and dangerously, it’s a lot of leading British Jewish orgs as well as even the Chief Rabbi who have gone out of their way to say and do the exact opposite: insisting Judaism and Zionism are inextricably linked, and blindly defending everything Israel does in Gaza. I, like you, will continue to do the opposite and stress the difference between Jews and Israelis, Judaism and Zionism, the British Jewish community and the government of Israel. The former are not responsible for the latter. And every crime against Jews in the UK is inexcusable and unjustifiable.
This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it. https://t.co/gOjqFnGv0I
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like. https://t.co/uts7JpJZzN
It is foolish to say that everyone at the Unite Our Kingdom protest was far right. Some were just racists, others were simply thick twats, many were bored football hooligans and thousands more were gullible fuckwits.
"Should the Defense Secretary.."
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Wait what country are you from?"
"From the UK"
"OK we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country. We have a major migrant problem. You should care about your own borders"
Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
I hope all of those who, when warned before the election, about what would unfold should Trump win, and told us all to calm down and carry on, are now sleepless and contrite. It is much much worse than any of us anticipated.