BREAKING: Commissioner of the Met Police Sir Mark Rowley has been seen leaving the Cabinet Office in Westminster.
As he left, he was asked a question about two-tier policing, but Sir Mark grabbed the journalist's microphone and dropped it to the ground.
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The other thing is: did any of those bastards ask @zarahsultana if she is ok and how is she doing?
Total lack of empathy & respect.
It is a heavy load she has to carry!
@edballs@kategarraway@toryboypierce @BenPBradshaw @GMB
'We need to call this racist and we need to call it Islamophobic.'
@zarahsultana is 100% correct.
How revealing that she is shouted down at the very point she calls out politicians and journalists for fanning the flames of far right violence.
One of the most repulsive, inaccurate and frankly embarrassing headlines in the history of the Daily Telegraph. It has appalled many of its own journalists. It is beneath contempt.
When politicians demonise migrants, the far right listen.
When they say refugees should be “sent back to where they came from”, the far right listen.
When they complain about asylum seekers staying in hotels, the far right listen.
Let’s promote a message of unity instead.
One that tackles the issues facing us all: the housing crisis, the collapse of our NHS and the disaster of privatisation.
One that gives hope to all communities that a fairer society is possible.
Stand up to racism. Defend refugees. Inspire belief in a better world. That is how you defeat the far right once and for all.
Some people don't like the word 'Islamophobic'. I'm trying to think of another word that describes 'attacking a mosque' or 'attacking people because they "look Muslim".'
What will it take for political leaders to explicitly call out the Islamophobic and racist nature of the violence we are witnessing across the country?
“I Imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
Remembering the late, great James Baldwin, who would have been 100 today.
📷 Ulf Andersson