Has @Nigel_Farage fallen below the standards required in public life, that an MP is expected to uphold. If so, he could be excluded from the House of Commons, and consequently face a recall petition & by-election.
Retweet if you think he has.
We discuss @elonmusk on the podcast tomorrow. Someone who knows him explained that being rich and famous and quite powerful isn’t enough. What he really wants is for people to think that he is really funny. And it really makes him angry that nobody does. So he keeps trying harder. And gets angrier. And sillier. And nastier. And then ends up loving being loved by fascists.
Idea we have ‘2 tier policing’ is outlandish & shows a complete lack of familiarity with policing of protest.
On the left, after being arrested for literally standing in the way of BNP. On the right, being arrested for obstructing an arrest (I was fine, it was unlawful) 🧵
Left: Andrew Pierce, "We had this allegation from that MP yesterday that my newspaper has been part of this and she had absolutely no evidence to sustain that"
Right: A collage of Daily Mail front pages posted by 'that MP' @zarahsultana after the interview on GMB
Tommy Robinson deleted this Tweet, as it accidentally had his lawyer telling him in the bottom right corner that he will no longer represent him.
You know what to do.
This is the Daily Mails article today, laying all the blame at the feet of Tommy Robinson
Yet no mention of these dozens of front pages they have run over the years, helping to create this hostile environment, stoking hatred which has fueled these riots
"We've had a former Home Secretary who referred to refugees as an invasion.. We've had Nigel Farage on GB News saying British Muslims don't have the same values.. Migrants, Muslims, have been blamed for people not being able to access housing.. the NHS.. Rather than saying this is the result of political decisions by governments"
Zarah Sultana calls out the 'legitimate concerns' argument for these far right thugs and is piled on by everyone else on the panel - surreal @zarahsultana
The ideology driving fascist violence in Britain is frighteningly consistent, and you'll hear it echoed increasingly by right-wing populists and NatCons. To fight it, understand it. Here's my slideshow on the Fascist Thought Architecture...
1/ 🧵Just did a network analysis of the "far right thugs unite" hashtag. It largely seems to be a simulated scandal/outrage to promote the Reform Party and Nigel Farage and - while also being an attack on Keir Starmer.
We need to have some clarity about the causes of the rioting over the past few days.
A 🧵about the rioters, the instigators (two fairly distinct groups of people), and the processes leading to the current unrest. 1/21