Sending reporters to do heatwave stories to camera at the beach is a such a lazy bit of consent manufacturing. 35C does not equal the beach. Do the report on a building site where people are on the verge of passing out. Do it from a hospital ward.
Corbyn's spokesperson said: "Keir Starmer ends as he started: with lies.
"Corbyn turned Labour into the largest party in Europe, built and funded by half a million people who believed in social justice and peace.
"Starmer swapped political principles for corporate donors - and leaves behind a legacy of broken pledges, grotesque inequality and complicity in genocide. If that isn’t moral bankruptcy, then what is?"
This is from DEREK WALKER on Facebook. If he is on here please tag him.
As I said, sharing his post:
This. Tip Toe is a warning and a reminder.
Pride is, still, a protest.
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Watching Russell T Davies' Tip Toe has been an odd experience for me as a gay man.
I've seen so many people online saying, "This is awful," "This is shocking,"...
And all I can think is... where have you been?
This isn't a new story. Watching this was just familiar to me, not shocking?
I've lived it. I live it daily.
Feeling unsafe in jobs, bars, choosing a safe welcoming holiday destination or simply walking down the street in my home town.
Being called, "faggot" at on George Street by a random passer by in Edinburgh, just for walking beside my partner.
Walking round the bay at Silver Sands with my husband Martin and having a "man" and his girlfriend pass us and call us "poofs".
I could give thousands of examples...
That knot in your stomach when you realise a situation could turn ugly very quickly.
This isn't a dystopian future. It's not a television writer exaggerating for effect.
For many LGBTQ+ people, this has been ordinary life for decades.
And then people ask, "Why Pride?" or "Where's Straight Pride?"
Pride exists because for generations we were told to be ashamed. Because some of us still look over our shoulders. Because some of us still measure whether it's safe to hold the hand of the person we love.
It shouldn't take seeing a gay man hanging from a lamp post on television for people to stop and ask, "Who's next?"
Because hatred rarely stays in one lane.
Which minority is next?
Who are they coming for after us? Who's son or daughter is next?
And what role does social media play? Feeding prejudice, reinforcing fears, creating echo chambers where people hear only what they already believe.
I want people to feel uncomfortable.
Feel guilty if you've stayed silent.
Feel angry at injustice.
And then do something.
Stand up for your community and for every community.
Because everyone is different.
Enjoy that.
Relish it.
Celebrate it.
That's why we have Pride.
Not because we think we're better.
Not because we want special treatment.
But because we still hope for a world where we are surrounded by love instead of suspicion.
Where we don't have to shout just to be accepted.
Where loving someone isn't brave.
Where people finally realise that life is far too short to hate.
Love and let love.
It's really that simple.
LGBTQ+ Allies and friends. Thank you for speaking out, for your support and for your love and kindness.
#bekind #loveislove
Some of those women gave everything so you could sit in that chair, and you repay them by rewriting and erasing their stories, to give cover for genocide. Absolutely pathetic.
btw few will appreciate how grimly funny it is that this judge both issued a gagging order so that the filton 4 could not explain their motivation to the jury, and then also sentenced them according to a specific intent provision requiring them to have had a specific motivation
"We are the only people in history who are expected to witness our own genocide,and then watch what we say so we don't hurt the feelings of the people who did this"
(Susan Abulhawa, Palestinian/US scientist and writer)
Some of you may remember ‘Man at C&A.’
It was the advertising catchphrase for a well known fashion retailer in the 70’s & 80’s.
Here’s the 21st century version:
‘Man at See & Hate.’ 😬