Sentenced and imprisoned on grounds of “terrorism” that no jury ever convicted them of.
Meanwhile, the British government continues to aid and abet the greatest crime of our time.
A historic miscarriage of justice — and a truly dark day for civil liberties in this country.
I’ll put my hands up and say that I was wrong in the way I covered Southampton, and I definitely needed to be more cautious in how I reported on events.
Knowing what I know now, I would have approached the situation completely differently. Going forward, I will either blur faces of patriots or attend protests without filming at all.
There is no greater tradition for Keir Starmer than dressing his rock-hard udders in an unofficial and ill-fitting England shirt once a year to show a bit of respect for our brave boys on the green.
@maojxi only caveat is that some courses and exams can only be done privately past a certain age so you’d need to pay, but sometimes you can get a bursary or advanced learner loan to cover it depending on your financial circumstances.
@maojxi there definitely are. although it kinda sucks falling off the wagon academically and being out of sync with ppl your age, you can always retry if you don’t get the grades you want.
@timothy_stanley Starmer is already cutting spending on welfare and public services to pump billions into Ukraine, Israel and the military industrial complex, and it's still not enough for the weirdo bloodthirsty neolibs who have wet dreams about war with Russia.
Healey wanted to increase defence spending by £28bn/year from
£61bn to approx £89bn. That's an increase of 40%!
It was an ABSURD ask - UK would be the fourth largest military spender in the world after US, China and Russia.
Vast amounts of that would be siphoned off by rapacious, price-gouging contractors in the most corrupt industry in the world. And none of it would help - in fact, it would mostly worsen - the biggest threat to global security, which is climate change.
The right wing press will try and present Healey's ask as eminently reasonable, but it was a ludicrous cash grab at the same time that were cutting overseas aid, climate change mitigation and welfare spending.