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[Meg @megansheridaan]

'Men have a higher pain threshold than women' yh but have you ever tried to pluck a lad's eyebrows

[bug girl @buggirl]

“housewife” this “1950s” that….. my bitch in christ they were giving those ladies drugs and lobotomies because they were so depressed and unhappy with their lives i am going to beat the shit out of you

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Israel can't ban journalists from going into Lebanon like they can in Gaza, so when Israel claimed there was a bunker under a hospital in Beirut the press just sent a bunch of reporters to investigate and they immediately saw Israel was lying. That's why they ban press from Gaza.

[Ashok Kumar @comrade_kumar_]

The full excerpt of the 2018 interview with Sinwar:

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

Yeah climate change looks bad, but have you considered throwing soup on a glass covered painting is far worse?

https://t.co/PgMZKUFK1m

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Tim Farron, "The unpleasantness about this debate is only matched by the lack of proper information" #BBCQT

"85% of refugees settle in the country next to where they come from"

"The French take 3x more refugees than we do"

"The Germans take 4x more refugees than we do"

"If you put us back in the European Union, we are 19th in the league table when it comes to the number of refugees we take per capita"

"Do we need deterrents? Yes. The best deterrents is competence. If we assess people when they arrive - and they are not illegal immigrants - they are people seeking asylum.. From Sudan.. Afghanistan.. Iran.. Syria.. 90%+ turn out to be genuine refugees"

"If we have a competent government, and we haven't had one, let's see about this one.. And you assess them quickly.. And return the ones that are not refugees"

"That is your deterrent"

"Rwanda was a waste of money.. If they spent that money on case workers we could have processed these people, returned the ones that weren't refugees in a humane way, and let th eones who are genuine refugees, become British, pay their taxes, be part of our country, and we should be proud to admit them"

Very well said @timfarron 👏

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

I’ve just watched a video of a Palestinian man holding a child’s lifeless body, the boy’s skull entirely hollowed out, just a face remaining.

At this point, it’s not the twisted freaks still supporting this who should make us angriest.

It’s those who are still silent,

[Ben Zaehringer @benzaehringer]

Help (1/7)

[Jesse Hawken @jessehawken]

Give Imane another gold medal for this, fantastic news

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Prof Stephen Reicher, "I would appeal to you to not call these people protestors. They're not protestors"

"To call them protestors is profoundly misleading. It is to discredit a long tradition of perfectly legitimate and peaceful and important protest that has made our society better in many ways"

"What's going on is specific to these crowds.. Crowd psychology is there when people are cleaning up the streets as well as attacking the streets.. The difference is one group has an ideology of hate and violence, another has a vision of community and solidarity"

"Most people are pro immigration.. The irony is that over recent years attitudes towards immigration has become more positive.. People see immigrants as a boom rather than as a menace to the country.. Britain is one of the more liberal countries"

"If we didn't have migrants then our care service would fall apart, our NHS would fall apart.. It's important not to highlight the negative exceptions, but to show that most people are pro migrants"

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

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.

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

'They're doing all the wrong things. We don't want to be part of that.'

An uncle in Middlesbrough urges Muslims to not descend to the level of these far-right thugs. There are many racists in the media looking to further their demonisation agenda. Don't give them any ammo.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Far-right violence hasn’t come out of nowhere.

It is the result of anti-migrant rhetoric from mainstream politicians who scapegoat refugees.

We are an anti-racist movement that believes in a more inclusive world. We defeated the far right before. We will defeat them again.

[Esheru @Eshprojet1]

Sunderland rioters throw rocks at Filipino NHS nurses on way to work as emergency cover - my mum was care worker for 25 yrs, in a residential home. She has told me the stories of being racially abused by elderly residents. How little people learn. https://t.co/1ZgMZZ5pAk

[Hannah Al-Othman @HannahAlOthman]

Just wanted to share quickly how lovely yesterday felt in Southport; a total contrast to the night before. 🧵

The mosque and people’s garden walls were rebuilt by builders and bricklayers volunteering their time and labour:

[Caroline @carolinekwan]

Michael Phelps is literally referred to as a freak of nature because of his disproportionate wingspan, double jointed ankles, lung capacity twice that of an average human, body that produces half the lactic acid of a typical athlete, and he is rightly celebrated for being the greatest male swimmer in history. Meanwhile, female athletes with genetic differences are legally discriminated against and harassed to no end. This is not about “protecting women in sports” - this is about protecting a very specific idea of what a woman is.

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

Yesterday morning I got asked the real serious question of this election -

Is the UK full?

[C @Obseyxx]

Here's Cooper in 2018 honouring the Suffragettes in the Commons. The Suffragettes who used bombs, arson, property destruction and even attempted assassination to achieve their goals.