The UK is projected to spend an estimated $9 million on Queen Elizabeth's funeral, amid warnings the country is heading toward recession and skyrocketing costs of living.
Over 2 million people in the UK cannot afford to eat every day, surveys show. 🧵
At the start of the Nakba, Zionist forces ethnically cleansed Palestinian towns and villages. Aerial imagery from before 1948 and from google maps today allows us to see the erasure. On this #NakbaDay I'm sharing some of these before and after images below...
This government's #PolicingBill would give the police the power to stop and search anyone attending a protest.
While he parties at Downing Street, Boris Johnson is turning this country into an authoritarian state. #KillTheBill#PCSCBill
As you watch this, remember that Boris Johnson's £20 cut to universal credit this week will push thousands of families into poverty.
(Location: Manchester)
Remember the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan is estimated to have rendered 5.3 million Afghans refugees, and the war on terror overall is estimated to have displaced 37 million ppl. It entailed an average of 46 bombs dropped per day. The humanitarian crisis that never was.
Booing and racially abusing the fine young men that play for our country and have given us so much pleasure and joy over the last month is not being an @england fan. That goes for the pathetic fighting at the ground too. It’s a minority but it’s a loud one and it’s embarrassing.
We must never allow them to forget the causes of the Grenfell Tragedy. As I said before, few put it better than Akala.
We will not stop until we get justice in a court of law.
The Conservatives just voted the #PoliceCrackdownBill through its Second Reading.
It’s an authoritarian attack on our fundamental right to protest.
We cannot let this silence us. We must continue fighting – loudly, defiantly – for our rights & for justice for all. #KillTheBill
are they talented... or did they grow up with generational wealth which allowed them to inherit access to opportunities that they simply wouldn’t have otherwise