Ann Widdecombe’s comments on the LGBT community, Me Too movement and racism within Reform, were deplorable. I refuse to canonise appalling people after their death. Her views harmed entire groups of people. She had a choice and that’s the legacy she chose.
I call BS.
The facts are these:
Henry Nowak told officers he'd been stabbed. He told them he couldn't breathe. An officer replied, “I don't think you have, mate”. They dragged him along the ground and handcuffed him. He died before anyone called an ambulance.
No DEI course teaches you to ignore a dying man. Officers have a duty to assess injured persons, call for medical assistance, and not take one party's word as gospel. They failed on all three.
This is incompetence repackaged as ideological victimhood. “DEI made us feel certain ways” shifts anger from officers who let a teenager die onto a culture-war target. That's their defence strategy.
Henry told them he was dying. They didn't listen. They didn't follow protocol. That's a conduct and skill problem, not a DEI problem.
Octogenarian campaigners among those arrested in Northampton at a peaceful protest.
Nine people aged 87, 81, 75, 67, 64, 62, 60, 57 and 44 were arrested under suspicion of offences under the terrorism act for holding paper signs.
https://t.co/6dX1Ea35L5
Truly saddening to watch peaceful protestors arrested today in Northampton. Opposing a genocide is not crime nor does it make you a terrorist and you should not be treated like one. @NNjournalism
BREAKING: Police in Northampton cuff and drag away elderly protestors for opposing genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
The state are prioritising the interests of a foreign genocidal weapons manufacturer over the freedoms of its own citizens.
https://t.co/xHyNnPti3B
Wish I could say I was shocked, but here's the Labour government constraining the right to peaceful protest again...
'You can protest but only according to our rules. The rules are: you're not allowed to use any of the tactics that make protest effective.'
You can protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and unequivocally condemn the antisemitic terror attack in Manchester.
Don’t let politicians or the media tell you that you can’t do both.
'I'm a Jew and I'm British, not Israeli. I have no association with Israel.'
In the wake of the Manchester synagogue attack, caller John pleads for people to understand: 'Not all Jews are Zionists, and assuming otherwise puts us at risk'.
ARREST - SHENSTONE
Police arrested a protester today at an anti-genocide rally at the Shenstone, Staffordshire. The protester, who is a wheelchair user, was seen wearing a Palestine Action tshirt.
UAV Engines, a subsidiary of Elbit Stystems, has a Shenstone factory.
Baron Hain, "Palestine Action members spraying paint on military aircraft is moderate by comparison to what the suffragettes did"
"Treating young people as terrorists because they feel frustrated about the failure to stop mass killings and bombings of civilians in Gaza"
"I've never supported their activity, but there's a great difference between what they did and terrorism"
"And if you start labelling people willy nilly terrorists right across the board, you're going down a very dangerous route"
"Al Qaeda's attack on New Yorks twin towers killing 2,753 people - real terrorism"
"ISIS - real terrorism"
"This Labour government is treating Palestine Action as equivalent to ISIS or Al Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled, and morally wrong"
"Frankly I'm deeply ashamed"
A friendly reminder that during this flooding there are dozens of imprisoned climate activists who caused minimal disruption in an attempt to push the UK Government to take action to prevent the loss of lives.
Two of those in prison are from Northampton. #FreePoliticalPrisoners