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[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@JimDelahunt @Ed_Miliband Israel needs to deal with settler violence and be held to account, particularly some of the leaders who are responsible. I don’t think this Labour govt is going about it correctly.

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@JimDelahunt @Ed_Miliband Since 1936 Palestinian leaders have been turning down a 2 state solution. The biggest step that could be taken would be for Hamas to lay down their arms and recognise Israel’s right to exist. Instead they are still terrorists wanting to destroy Israel.

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@gary10201 @Rangers_FAB Fans are meant to celebrate in the stands not on the pitch, maybe sanctions are required against the clubs of those fans

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@campbellclaret here is a white man you might be familiar with

[Sister Rosetta @quineofthenorth]

Alastair Campbell put enormous pressure (using the power of the state) on journalist Andrew Gilligan to name his source. We all know the result of his bullying of the press and Dr David Kelly. But he claims what happened to Jason Arday wouldn't have happened to "a white man with

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@campbellclaret another sensible view for you

[Jim Spence @JimSpenceDundee]

Social media opened a window on the very dark souls of the extreme progressives Roger. Turns out they’re in favour of horrendous crimes and violence, as long as they’re committed against the right folk in their warped world view.

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@campbellclaret much better analysis than yours, might be time for you to get a grip

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Jason Arday’s death is tragic. But please spare us the sanctimonious complaints that he was merely an ‘obscure’ academic who was the victim of a racist witch-hunt. The probing and questioning and exposure were entirely legitimate.

Arday was plainly guilty of plagiarism. He had also made a series of fantastical claims about his life and career. He ended up being appointed as a professor at one of the world’s most august seats of learning – where his students, who had worked extremely hard to get there, were paying large fees for the privilege of being taught by him.

Far from being obscure, Arday had happily engaged with the media over many years, often repeating his false claims. He appeared on numerous TV shows and guest edited Radio 4’s flagship Today programme. He even carried the Olympic torch.

Moreover, he had secured a major publishing deal for his autobiography, which was set to be released in Britain and the US just as the scandal broke. By no measure was this man ‘obscure’.

When a fellow academic in Plymouth began to question his credentials, Arday (or someone close to him) made a complaint to the police. When a journalist from Times Higher Education started investigating, he was subjected to a police inquiry and also received a threatening letter from the leading libel solicitors, Carter Ruck.

Arday and those around him were clearly not averse to hounding others when they felt like it.

It’s very possible that Arday did not have sufficient support measures in place when he was finally exposed – but that’s on others. The investigation and questions amounted to legitimate journalistic inquiry.

This was never just about Arday’s fabulism. It was also about the increasingly controversial philosophy of DEI, the obsession of our political, corporate and educational institutions with pushing that philosophy, and how it might have led to someone with Arday’s subpar credentials being appointed in the first place.

These are all valid questions to ask – and, by asking them, journalists are simply doing their jobs.

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Jason Arday’s death is tragic. But please spare us the sanctimonious complaints that he was merely an ‘obscure’ academic who was the victim of a racist witch-hunt. The probing and questioning and exposure were entirely legitimate.

Arday was plainly guilty of plagiarism. He had also made a series of fantastical claims about his life and career. He ended up being appointed as a professor at one of the world’s most august seats of learning – where his students, who had worked extremely hard to get there, were paying large fees for the privilege of being taught by him.

Far from being obscure, Arday had happily engaged with the media over many years, often repeating his false claims. He appeared on numerous TV shows and guest edited Radio 4’s flagship Today programme. He even carried the Olympic torch.

Moreover, he had secured a major publishing deal for his autobiography, which was set to be released in Britain and the US just as the scandal broke. By no measure was this man ‘obscure’.

When a fellow academic in Plymouth began to question his credentials, Arday (or someone close to him) made a complaint to the police. When a journalist from Times Higher Education started investigating, he was subjected to a police inquiry and also received a threatening letter from the leading libel solicitors, Carter Ruck.

Arday and those around him were clearly not averse to hounding others when they felt like it.

It’s very possible that Arday did not have sufficient support measures in place when he was finally exposed – but that’s on others. The investigation and questions amounted to legitimate journalistic inquiry.

This was never just about Arday’s fabulism. It was also about the increasingly controversial philosophy of DEI, the obsession of our political, corporate and educational institutions with pushing that philosophy, and how it might have led to someone with Arday’s subpar credentials being appointed in the first place.

These are all valid questions to ask – and, by asking them, journalists are simply doing their jobs.

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@soclp_uk @ianbfawu A deal that would have benefited the miners rather being on strike for months with no pay. Better redundancy, training, investment in the local areas to bring in jobs. Scargill was only interested in himself. The miners were collateral damage in his fight with Thatcher.

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@soclp_uk @ianbfawu Even the leader of Scottish NUM moved to gas, the coal industry was on its last legs, if Scargill cared about his members as much as remaining a powerful union leader who wanted to be remembered for bringing down the elected govt he would have negotiated a deal with the gov

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@soclp_uk @ianbfawu Absolute horseshit, number of mines in 1946 when we had Labour gov was over 1,000. When Thatcher came to power there was just over 100 and most of the closures were by a Labour government. Oil and gas was coming on stream and most homes in the 80’s moved from coal heating to gas.

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@tvproduceruk @DanNeidle @Klutzes Stop talking nonsense, No, a company cannot pay more in dividends than its total available retained profits from current and past financial years. Doing so makes the payments unlawful or illegal dividends, which can trigger legal and tax penalties.

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@JimSpenceDundee @ZackPolanski @johnmcdonnellMP might want to think about impact on the police officers before you start bleating about their sentences

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@Heccles94 Look back at the Soviet Union to see how well that went

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@EwenDCameron @MotherwellFC @shebahn @chris_sutton73 @GrahamSpiers @mrewanmurray Assume this clears it up for both of you. Terrible decision.

[Ewen Cameron @EwenDCameron]

Those who questioned the integrity of Sam Nicholson owe the boy an apology.

The @MotherwellFC player swore on his kids life that the ball didn’t strike his hand.

This new video clip is the clearest evidence of that.

I’m looking at you @shebahn @chris_sutton73

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@campbellclaret North Sea gas can only be used in Britain. We can’t process it to ship it elsewhere. However increasing production, opening new fields will create jobs, will generate more tax revenues, it is a win win, you aren’t that smart either.

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

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[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@Sam_Dumitriu @paulmasonnews How do we create these jobs with the highest industrial electricity prices in the developed world

[Keith @KeithGemmell1]

@Alonso_GD @HasAhmed_ That is through your choice and living in a big city, not the same across the country and after what happened with Covid do we want government dictating where can go. Once government does that they won’t stop the.