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[Banner @B4nner]

Until the Story of the hunt is told by the Lion, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. #RobertMugabe

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

THIS IS BRILLIANT

[Richard Sudan @richardsudan]

The racial abuse of Delroy Lindo & Michael B Jordan is NOT about Tourette syndrome.

It’s about how normalised, accepted and even encouraged, anti-Black racism really is.

The BBC CHOOSING to broadcast the racial abuse of two world leading Black actors, to millions, IS the story.

[Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙 @DawnButlerBrent]

The @BBC should never have aired the N-word racist slur, directed at @michaelb4jordan & @authenticdelroy.

It had a two-hour delay!

This is painful & unforgivable.

I've requested an urgent explanation.

[Zak @zakfilm]

The fact that the BBC censored out Free Palestine during a winners speech by black filmmakers but kept in the racial slur used against fellow black creatives really irks me.

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

It’s infuriating that the first reaction wasn’t complete and full throatted apologies to Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan. The insult to them takes priority. It doesn’t matter the reasoning for the racist slur.

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

As I told the BBC this weekend, what should concern the Prime Minister greatly is that it's not just MPs on the left, but it's a growing view across the Labour Party, that his position is now untenable.

[Don Salmon @dijoni]

@sahil_e_ This is absolutely brutality. They should never have the African cup in Morocco again..

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

Every day since the 'ceasefire', Israel has blatantly breached it, killing scores of Palestinians.
With not a word of criticism from a Labour government.
Instead, we have had a defence of the rights of football hooligans to go on the rampage.
Shameful.

https://t.co/SfkfFPl55p

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

Reform UK is a threat to the country and to Labour.
But you can't fight it if you spend all your time echoing their lines, imitating their policies.

Starmer wants rethink on international law to curb migration
https://t.co/daqRVOTtKA

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

The Met is institutionally corrupt, racist, homophobic and misogynistic. It cannot be a surprise, as it is has been detailed in a string of official public reports.
But the Met and politicians are in denial.
Like the RUC, the Met needs to be replaced.

https://t.co/27D6VpONn6

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

A police officer is arrested after the Panorama programme aired. Met chief Mark Rowley says it could take more than a decade to clean out the Met.
Yet he and politicians still deny that these are institutional failings.
This itself is a cover-up.

https://t.co/G4H3mSK9Zr

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

This is the clip of my interview.

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

72 people died at Grenfell. No-one, and no firm has been prosecuted and no-one has lost their job as a result.
Over 2,400 other tower blocks are similarly dngerous.
The government will need to respond on all these issues.

https://t.co/GQ7hE5cPxZ

[Marcus Origa @Iya_Livity]

Rastaman A Trod To Mount Zion - Theocracy Reign Album

Morgan Heritage Live At London Astoria 2002

[Thomas van Linge @ThomasVLinge]

#DRCongo 🇨🇩: apocalyptic scenes in #Goma as hundreds of thousands of people are forced to flee, desperate to escape from the advancing #M23 and Rwandan forces.

Many of the people have been on the run for over 30 years at this point.

[Byline Times @BylineTimes]

🚨Statement on behalf of the Duke of Sussex and Lord Watson 22 January 2025

In a monumental victory today, News UK have admitted that The Sun, the flagship title for Rupert Murdoch’s UK media empire, has indeed engaged in illegal practices. This represents a vindication for the hundreds of other claimants who were strong-armed into settling, without being able to get to the truth of what was done to them.
After endless resistance, denials and legal battles by News Group Newspapers, including spending more than a billion pounds in payouts and in legal costs (as well as paying-off those in the know) to prevent the full picture from coming out, News UK is finally held to account for its illegal actions and its blatant disregard for the law. It has also specifically admitted wrongdoing against Tom Watson, and admitted unlawful acts by The Sun, as well as by the News of the World, against Prince Harry.
The truth that has now been exposed is that NGN unlawfully engaged more than 100 private investigators over at least 16 years on more than 35,000 occasions. This happened as much at The Sun as it did at the News of the World, with the knowledge of all the Editors and executives, going to the very top of the company.
What’s even worse is that in the wake of the 2006 arrest of a Royal correspondent, there was an extensive conspiracy to cover up what really had been going on and who knew about it. Senior executives deliberately obstructed justice by deleting over 30 million emails, destroying back-up tapes, and making false denials – all in the face of an on-going police investigation. They then repeatedly lied under oath to cover their tracks – both in Court and at the Leveson Public Inquiry.
At her trial, in 2014 Rebekah Brooks, said “when I was Editor of The Sun we ran a clean ship”. Now, 10 years later when she is CEO of the company, they now admit, when she was Editor of The Sun, they ran a criminal enterprise.
Far from being relics of a distant past, many of those behind these unlawful practices remain firmly entrenched in senior positions today, both within News UK and other media outlets across the world, wielding editorial power and perpetuating the toxic culture in which they continue to thrive. It’s perhaps no surprise that all of their senior executives and editors refused to turn up to court to give evidence. The failure of each of these key individuals to come and answer questions under oath spoke volumes in itself, but their collective silence is deafening.
Today’s result has been achieved only through the sheer resilience of Prince Harry and Lord Watson, whose willingness to take NGN to trial has led directly to this historic admission of unlawfulness at The Sun. It has only been by taking NGN - not just to the steps of court but inside the court room itself - that these
Claimants have finally managed to extract this historic admission of guilt.
As a direct result of him taking a stand, Prince Harry and his immediate family have also had to repeatedly withstand aggressive and vengeful coverage since starting his claim over five years ago. This has created serious concerns for the security of him and his family.
The rule of law must now run its full course. Prince Harry & Tom Watson join others in calling for the police and Parliament to investigate not only the unlawful activity now finally admitted, but the perjury and cover ups along the way. Its clear now this has occurred throughout this process, including through sworn evidence in inquiries and court hearings, and in testimony to Parliament, until today’s final collapse of NGN’s defence.
Today the lies are laid bare. Today, the cover-ups are exposed. And today proves that no one stands above the law. The time for accountability has arrived.

[Banner @B4nner]

@RMTunion Micheal Lynch you are a true ambassador for trade unionism you will be sorely missed. Enjoy your retirement.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Tony Benn’s 5 critical questions:

“What power have you got?
Where did you get it from?
In whose interests do you exercise it?
To whom are you accountable?
How do we get rid of you?

And if you can’t get rid of the people who govern you, you don’t live in a democratic system.”

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

I remain deeply concerned about the ongoing detention of Imran Khan.

His disgraceful treatment is an affront to the democratic rights of the people of Pakistan.

We must continue to speak up for the release of all political prisoners everywhere.

[Julius Sello Malema @Julius_S_Malema]

@TimesLIVE @sisanda_aluta