Britain was a much more equal society before Thatcher than it has been at any time since.
In this short THREAD, I just want to try and quickly take stock of what forty years of increasingly deregulated free-market capitalism has actually achieved.
Shamima Begum is harshly punished although she was only 15 when she went to Syria
Meanwhile a number of British adults are going to Israel to join an army undertaking a GENOCIDE and there is no punishment whatsoever for them
No one should be left hungry, cold or without essentials. Join the fight with @TrussellTrust and @jrf_uk to demand an Essentials Guarantee - so Universal Credit actually covers the basics. Sign the petition now! https://t.co/hENF6sZIjR via @38degrees
Michael Caine has announced his retirement from acting. Some are saying the new Michael Caine should be a woman or from an ethnic minority background, but producers insist the part should again go to a humble cockney millionaire with a knighthood who remains a loveable outsider.
This is a lesson in decency from an Iraqi - compassionate, decent and sensible - that many Western activists, useful idiots and campaigners who r excusing justifying or celebrating the atrocious slaughter of innocents shld learn and emulate…
The Israeli government boldly announces the collective punishment of the Palestinian people in Gaza, an illegal act that will lead to many deaths.
This move must be internationally condemned and a pathway to peace found urgently.
It's impossible to understand the way this man has been harassed, bullied, called a racist, an anti-semite, his grief used as a weapon, named a crank, his near death derided all because he is a Jew who supported Corbyn. This man exemplifies the best in humanity, the best of the great tradition of left wing anti racist Jews. Congratulations to Micheal Rosen. He deserves love, admiration and respect
@_Happy2BeMe_ @Aja02537920 So it’s not a spouses business who their partner has consensual sex with? Interesting. Some pupils are of legal age; 1st cousin marriages are legal in many US states and the age of consent is from 12 to 17 yrs - parental consent that is. The kids get no legal say in the matter
The Labour leadership is not interested in the right to a fair hearing, within a reasonable time. They are not interested in fair treatment nor natural justice. This is especially so, if you are of the left, black and female. They simply do not care.
Solidarity Diane Abbott MP
As a Black woman, and someone on the left of the Labour Party, I have unfortunately been forced to reach the conclusion that I will not get a fair hearing from this Labour leadership.
The treatment of Diane Abbott — Britain’s first female Black MP — is a disgrace.
The latest stitch-up represents yet another flagrant attack on local democracy.
A lifelong anti-racist campaigner, Diane deserves so much better. So do party members being treated with contempt.
Can’t believe I missed the first anniversary of the greatest moment of the royal funeral malarkey - BBC subtitle writers getting confused by Mark Drakeford reading from the Bible in Welsh