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@NadineDorries Cat check: The suspect arrived in the UK in 2020 and was granted asylum in 2022, all under a Conservative government that Nadine Dorries was a member of.
In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
What a test match! That final wicket has to be one of the luckiest dismissals I’ve seen! Relieved England got over the line but fair play to Jadeja for his performance! #Cricket
As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”.
The man is a fraud
Cat check:
The Mayor of Birmingham is Ken Wood. He is not Muslim https://t.co/aPxpg845oS
The Mayor of Leeds is Abigail Marshall Katung. She is not Muslim https://t.co/4x88TKc4RH
The Mayor of Blackburn is Brian Taylor. He is not Muslim https://t.co/GzEOvR4u3B
The Mayor of Sheffield is Jayne Dunn. She is not a Muslim https://t.co/svpa3vuqEO
The Mayor of Oxford is Mike Rowley. He is not Muslim https://t.co/iEBYVpuxfg
The mayors of London, Luton, Rochdale and Oldham are Sadiq Khan, Tahmina Saleem, Shakil Ahmed and Zahid Chauhan respectively. They are Muslim.
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5 Council By-Elections yesterday.
Reform UK failed to win any.
They’ve won only 7 seats from 184 by-elections since the General Election.
They have just 53 out of 20k councillors across the UK.
#ReformTrain#ReformDerailed