“For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.” — Mamdani
Perhaps the single greatest articulation of postcolonial thought I’ve read since Said.
It’s really important to highlight Starmer is one of the most eminent human rights lawyers in the world. In the world.
It’s pretty clear now that he never believed in any of it, or cared, it’s just this stuff was high status in the 1990s.
meryl belting out 'the winner takes it all' to pierce brosnan, on a greek clifftop at sunset in mamma mia, with a scarf that seems to be a paid actor. gets me every single time.
Brian May on politicians who support fox hunting:
"Someone who's not bothered about torturing an animal is not bothered about the welfare of people either. Don't vote for them." 🎯
I am gravely concerned by the Government’s ongoing position on the hunger strike.
Since I raised the 8 prisoners’ plight in Parliament yesterday, the Government said they ‘do not treat prisoners any differently from any other’.
If that is the case, why are they being held on remand, beyond the Custody Time Limits?
Last weekend, I spoke to 28-year old Kamran Ahmed who has been hospitalised twice. His situation is dire. They need our help.
The Government will be held responsible if these people die in prison without ever having been convicted or put on trial.
The prisoners have rights enshrined in law. The Government must act, now!
Just imagine the media uproar if someone on benefits had conned the British taxpayer for a tiny proportion of the amount Michelle Mone and her husband have…
All MPs enter a ballot to be picked for a PMQ - you have the same chances of being called as the rest of us.
I note though that you came out the ballot for DEFRA questions this morning but didn’t show up to ask your question….
Political parties are not the same as employers. There is a specific exemption in the Equality Act to discriminate based on beliefs within a belief organisation, which a political party is. If your beliefs are contrary to the party’s aims then you may be expelled because of them.