Aaron Bastani
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Co-Founder @novaramedia . Author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Next book on politics and economics of an ageing planet.
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The Workers Party plans to stand hundreds of candidates at the next general election.
Today suggests they could stop Labour winning in dozens of seats.
The reason? Gaza.
George Galloway told me the war on Palestine is the worst it’s ever been.
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Gary Neville announces his hotels will have no redundancies, nobody will be asked to take unpaid leave, and both will be given over to the NHS immediately.
Compare this response to Richard Branson
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Gaza: “9,000 civilians have died”
Joe Biden and Sky News: “the Palestinians are massively overstating deaths for media attention - their numbers aren’t credible”
The IDF: “we think we’ve killed 20,000 people”
גורם ביטחוני בכיר: 20 אלף נהרגו מתקיפות צה"ל בעזה, רובם מחבלים
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I spoke to protest organisers earlier in the week, and they were confident today would be Britain’s largest protest since 2003.
Looks like they were right.
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.
@GBNEWS
were setting up this taxi driver to slag off the rail unions about this week’s strikes. Watch what happens next. Not surprised the questions stopped there!
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Watch the police smash in the window a man’s car after he was wrongly accused of concealing drugs.
He was driving home from a TV interview about institutional racism in the police.
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It was a horrible mistake with the first hit. Then, just to make sure, two more mistakes were fired.
Nobody wants to hit aid workers. It’s a horrible tragedy. Have some dignity and delete this tweet.
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Do this at the House of Commons and in Canary Wharf and then let's talk.
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Jesus was a refugee in Egypt as a child who would later say it is harder for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
You are Herod with a spray tan and a Twitter account.
People are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again. I am proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
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Channel 4 overtly saying the clip of two ‘Palestinians’ discussing Al Ahli hospital - disclosed by Israel in response to it being bombed - is fake, is the bravest reporting a U.K. broadcaster has done in a very long time.
It has massive implications.
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I still can’t quite believe a British Prime Minister made an emergency statement, outside Downing Street, because George Galloway won a by-election.
The Conservative Party is so unbelievably cooked.
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This is, without doubt, the craziest thing I’ve seen on twitter. A white person erasing an anti-apartheid message is new levels of bizarre. It’s something you expect from the alt-right.
This person has fronted ‘anti-trolling’ campaigns. Good grief.
Photoshopping out anti-apartheid slogans is a great look, Rachel Riley.
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This is Waterlooville, in Hampshire.
My wife’s friend took this video and was kind enough to let me share it.
While politicians and the London media live in a parallel universe this is reality for much of UK. Economic malaise & high streets that look like a zombie film.
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The third consecutive week of extremely large protests in London 👇🏽
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The British media will try its hardest to redeem the guy on the left, and slander for life the one on the right.
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13 people were killed in Israel’s attack on an Iranian consulate in Damascus.
You get headlines like this because, the truth is, Muslim life is viewed as less valuable.
Arabs and Iranians have been used to it for a very long time.
Netanyahu meets top officials as fear of Iran attack on Israel grows
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Watch
@OwenJones84
wait just long enough to make
@piersmorgan
look like a complete wally.
Delicious
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Say hello to our daughter, Aryana Mary 🥰
She was born at 6.5 pounds earlier this week - and her and mum are doing very well. She’s the greatest gift we could have ever asked for. 🙏🏽
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Utterly bizarre moment here when BBC’s Clive Myrie essentially says millions facing fuel poverty this year is ‘insignificant’ compared to news about the Queen. Just shows a complete disregard for potential suffering of millions.
At least he was corrected somewhat by colleague.
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cost of living reaching new heights, my local co-op is now a grocery show room. also ft periodic tannoy announcements from mitie security that their cameras are watching you. bleak af
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If you want a 2nd referendum within 6 months vote Labour.
If you want 500k new council homes vote Labour.
If you want young people to not face a life of debt for getting an education vote Labour.
If you want Britain to be a world leader in climate change vote Labour.
#GE19
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I can’t quite believe what happened a few hours ago, but on my way to the train station, to head into the
@novaramedia
office, a man I’ve never seen before screamed my name while passing by and assaulted me. I was punched multiple times. (1/5)
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"Chaos with Ed Miliband"
"At least it's not Corbyn"
We have electronic security tags on extra mature cheddar. I think it would have been fine if Labour won either election.
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One of the reasons the British press don’t like Harry is he won’t play their games and gives them the respect they deserve - which is none.
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Finally some honesty about the disgusting treatment Jeremy Corbyn received from figures at the BBC. And it’s coming from…Alistair Campbell.
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Fascism as a philosophy explained in 9 seconds on British television
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My highlight of 2018?
Liz from Leeds explaining communism to Trisha Goddard
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Here’s
@jeremycorbyn
speaking to
@novaramedia
yesterday.
His level of familiarity & understanding on these issues is unmatched by any other U.K. politician.
And on Sinai, I think he’s right. End game is as many Gazans in Egypt as possible. Egypt will then send to Europe.
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This is genuinely the most revolting thing I’ve seen on the bbc for a while. Alibhai Brown raises Stanley Johnson assaulting his wife (he broke her nose) & Fiona Bruce cites his friends saying it was a ‘one off’.
A feudal media elite in a modern country.
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This is quite something.
@MailOnline
'reports' a story where the 'source', the guy actually wearing the T-shirt and the 'journalist' are all the same person.
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This is what a developed country in the 21st century looks like.
In South Korea 🇰🇷, the solar panels in the middle of the highway have a bicycle path underneath - cyclists are protected from the sun, isolated from traffic, and the country can produce clean energy.
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Surreal to watch Man City players wear ‘no to war’ t shirts while the club’s owner, the UAE, plays an active role in Yemen war.
Save the Children estimates 84,701+ children died from starvation by October 2018, and total casualties (mostly indirect) are touching 400,000 deaths.
Heartbreaking to see Oleksandr Zinchenko in tears before kick-off as both teams show their support for Ukraine 💔 🇺🇦
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Tory cabinet ministers are considering strike action until they are guaranteed that they won’t be put on TV against Mick Lynch.
This is arse on a silver platter stuff. Must watch!
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A Palestinian Christian woman saw her funeral attacked by Israeli forces today. Her casket, with a symbol of crucifixion on the front, fell to the floor.
I’ve not seen a word from a senior member of any church in U.K. Does Justin Welby only call out mean tweets?
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Honest question: how have so many Germans turned responsibility for the Holocaust into a form of *moral superiority*?
It’s genuinely one of the most bizarre phenomenon imaginable?
Der Antisemitismus, camoufliert in zur Schau getragener „Palästina-Solidarität“, ist binnen Monaten zu einem globalen pop-kulturellen Phänomen prosperiert. Er ist das Ticket konformistischer Rebellen, die sich nach einer widerspruchsfreien Welt sehnen.
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This is brilliant. And I’m genuinely puzzled why the BBC, Sky & others can’t have robust conversation and guests like this. It’s so informative too.
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Normal guy who is a socialist and an internationalist. He’s in politics to help other people.
This is what absolutely terrifies establishment media the most. Believe me, they can’t get get their heads round it. It’s driving them crazy.
While Johnson continues his run of stage managed events,
@jeremycorbyn
has been out looking intensely relaxed around ordinary people
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Behold the British media. A multi millionaire with a flat in Trump Tower & villa in south of France chides a union leader whose demand is a pay rise in line with inflation - while ignoring dozens of rail bosses who earn more than the PM. See how it works?
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Dominic Cummings drove for 45 minutes to Barnard Castle on what just so happened to be his WIFE'S BIRTHDAY (April 12) to....check his eyesight.
The government thinks the public is utterly credulous, thick, or both.
#DominicCummings
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This is illegal ffs. Of course postal votes are bad for labour, it’s older voters!
Just unbelievable. What has to happen for the BBC to do something about their political editor? She’s destroying credibility of many hard-working colleagues.
The reason broadcasters are not allowed to reveal postal votes before 10PM polling day is it influences the vote.
I really have no explanation of how this is allowed under broadcasting code
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The age of top Democrats is unreal.
Joe Biden, 77.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, 80.
House majority whip Jim Clyburn, 80.
House majority leader Steny Hoyer, 81.
The baby among top Democrats is Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer at 69!
The country's median age is 38.
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Why do I now recognise the front door of Gary Lineker and Jeremy Corbyn’s houses, but not a single member of the ruling party which governs the country?
🤔🤔🤔
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@yeahrightgirlhg
McDonalds pays workers $20 an hour in Denmark. It's a pretty successful country.
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My favourite Instagram account.
Guy works 40 hours a week, owns a home, goes to gym most days, has a dog, has a wife. Eats out a tonne & watches football. I think he’s about 30
How is this…sad?
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The exact same voices in the media who say young people can’t get on the property ladder because they spend too much money on coffee and lunch are now saying everyone has to...spend money on coffee and lunch in order to save the economy.
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“The Nazis, as fundamentally evil as they were, believed that they were engaging in a necessary evil for an ultimate good; they still had a spark of humanity at their core”.
We are genuinely looking at utter insanity here. Nazi apologism to defend bombing civilians.
This is the best interview I have EVER seen.
Ever; ever; ever; nothing comes close.
Douglas Murrey has a heart – and mind – of gold.
And what unfolds in this seven-minute clip is something you need to watch for yourself. (Once you see it halfway through, you’ll know exactly…
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Imagine being so utterly weird that a major part of your program for government was letting people 'hunt' these
@theresa_may
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One of the first things a sensible labour government would do would be to strip Rupert Murdoch and Lord Rothermere of their British media assets. If you don’t pay tax as a resident here you don’t get to tell people what to think. Quite a simple, common sense idea really.
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Boos meet ‘God save the King’ in Edinburgh.
Consent for the monarchy in the U.K., while a majority view today, is taken as presumed & implicit. One downside with ceremony of accession is it creates space for those who disagree.
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It’s no coincidence that ahead of the election the BBC is claiming the NHS ‘shouldn’t be politicised’.
It’s the largest share of public expenditure, the country’s largest employer & a matter of life or death for many.
Of course it is political - if it isn’t, then what is?!
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Israeli forces attacking a *casket* with a dead woman inside.
Utterly disgusting, inhuman behaviour that virtually no politician in the West condemns. Extraordinary video.
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This is entirely correct. The Tories, Lib Dems and the establishment media denigrate Jeremy Corbyn’s character because the policies he advances are correct and popular
#bbcqt
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If you are waking up and wondering how the British general election went - a guy who called for forced labour camps is now the Tory MP for Ashfield.
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I’m a republican but what on earth is the point of the monarchy, as a series of figureheads for a national community, if they don’t have time to attend a World Cup final with a home nation involved?
The stuff about how ‘hard working’ they all are is nonsense.
BREAKING: Prince William has said "sorry we can't be there in person" as he wished the Lionesses good luck ahead of the Women's World Cup final tomorrow.
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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Bloke claiming to earn more than £80,000 a year also says he’s not in top 50% of earners in the country.
He’s either lying & clueless or emblematic of what a country looks like when tax dodging right wing billionaires control the print media
#bbcqt
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Thought this was a typo but it was actually the site of a Byzantine church from the 5th century (making this a holy site so old it predates Islam).
Do European governments only get upset when ISIS or the Taliban does this? Imagine something of this heritage being destroyed here.
The Israeli military bombed the oldest and biggest mosque in the Gaza Strip.
The Great Omari Mosque is a historical monument which was built between 5 and 7 AD.
They are annihilating Gaza, its people abd its history.
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It’s still great to see Mick Lynch, an electrician who left school at 16, being effortlessly more intelligent and politically literate than political journalists and pundits.
Watch this.
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There’s a generation of right wing british men who seem to think they could have endured the privations of trench foot and war rations and yet are unwilling to go to Marks and Spencer in a mask to buy their wine hamper.
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The Cenotaph on Armistice Day. What an utter disgrace.
This is entirely on the Home Secretary and the right wing press. If the former had a shred of decency or decorum she’d resign.
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You’ll be told all kinds of things about the people marching in London today.
Here’s one of them, an anaesthetist in scrubs, with his child, extending solidarity to healthcare workers in Gaza.
Now ask yourself why someone would want to demonise him, or these noble sentiments.
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Last night Corbyn was interviewed by Andrew Neil - chairman of Spectator which is owned by billionaires & whose editor used to be...Boris Johnson.
Corbyn did interview after being lied to that Johnson was confirmed.
The BBC is as bent as a £2 note.
#andrewneilshow
#GE2019
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We’ve all met this guy. The provincial small business owner who would tell a nuclear physicist how a power station works or an airplane pilot how to land a 747.
Last night his PhD was in railway engineering, as he explained to a rail worker and the leader of the RMT! 🤣
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If the ‘source’ for this was Cummings and Cummings alone Laura Kuenssberg should resign as BBC politics editor.
This isn’t journalism, it’s spin.
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Absolutely sickening that as a country Britain spends £45 million on poppies to feel good and help a worthy cause while 13,000 ex veterans are homeless.
When was the last time the Royal British Legion challenged the government on homelessness and public services? Joke.
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As a man dies next to Westminster and over a 100,000 kids live in temporary accommodation this Christmas, Theresa May shops in luxury retailer Hermes - where handbags can cost several hundred thousand pounds.
Merry Christmas.
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Genuine question. Why has the thin blue line union flag never created this much controversy?
Black and white union flag with blue stripe through the middle. (Personally I don’t think police officers should be able to ‘personalise’ their kit).
England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
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Kate Hoey who recently voted with the Tories on a customs union - thereby helping prop up the government - has suffered a unanimous vote of no confidence by her own CLP in Vauxhall tonight. An MP for 29 years and not a single vote.
Career almost certainly over.
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This is really classy from
@Keir_Starmer
There’s no need to answer a trivial question like this. Right response.
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Here’s a Tik Tok influencer saying she was offered money to say *she doesn’t* support the Palestinian cause.
What a lot of the media doesn’t get is MILLIONS of Brits - white, brown and black - feel the same way as this.
Trying to libel them won’t work.
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Leading Labour politician talks seriously about climate change.
Allegedly serious BBC journalist asks, “would you nationalise sausages?”
It’s over guys. I thought this was an unhinged crank rather than a ‘journalist’. Laughing stock.
#ge2019
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A wealthy Englishman wants to be the MP in a rural Welsh seat with 29% child poverty.
His link to the constituency? He has a second home there. You honestly can’t make this stuff up.
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Coronavirus has now killed more people in Britain than in South Korea. There is nothing ‘inevitable’ about how many lives it takes - which is partly down to how the state responds.
The media needs to stop giving the government a free pass on this. It’s costing lives.
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Good man. This chap makes his point in a calm, measured & polite way.
It’s precisely this attitude, and access to politicians, which underpins democracy and which is so precious - however much the commentariat want to call this person a bully, abusive etc.
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Barrister Paul Powesland is a fantastic model for making your point powerfully and persuasively.
He tells GMB that after the last week he is a republican. Really worth watching.
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Now do Prince Andrew.
“if you want to see how Britain has changed in half a century, put Prince Philip next to Prince Harry and compare and contrast.”
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Soooo....there is a guy with a sound system outside Downing Street saying he won’t let
@BorisJohnson
sleep until he steps down as PM.
😂😂😂
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When did it become acceptable for credentialed people in the media to talk like this, let alone be taken seriously? You’re an adult.
I’ll be raising this with the Guardian. Insane nonsense slandering our audience, staff and supporters.
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I’ll be totally honest: I never expected large scale ‘population transfers’ of more than a million people gleefully given green light by Western governments in the 21st C
It’ll take months but beneficiaries are Russia & China. The West has just jettisoned any moral authority.
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@sajidjavid
Thank you for saving us from the threat of Corbynism? What would that have entailed exactly? Rising real wages? Housebuilding? Cheaper rail fares?
Scary stuff.
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Missed this one yesterday.
@piersmorgan
spends two minutes asking Mick Lynch why his Facebook profile picture is a character from the Thunderbirds (a puppet show from the 1960s).
This is while we face 10% inflation. Just crazy!
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If you want to understand middle class English culture start here.
I’ve seen dozens of London pundits & journalists describe this clip as ‘rude’ ‘aggressive’ & ‘outrageous’. I thought “this must be bad!”
Corbyn says ‘thank you very much’ three times.
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This is why what should be the core Tory vote of the future has disappeared. Nobody under 45 is voting for them.
This is what the Conservatives call ‘aspiration’ presumably. Crazy numbers…!
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I genuinely never expected an English speaking country’s parliament to give a standing ovation to a one time member of the SS. Nothing surprises me anymore.
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A nice glimpse of Britain’s placebo police force which, if you are wealthy and politically powerful, doesn’t much mind if you break the law.
BREAKING:
It has been reported that PC Laura Hughes of Wiltshire Police (Aka Laura Jordan) who turned her back as violent hunt supporters assaulted peaceful anti-hunt protestors in Lacock on Monday, is a fully paid up member of the Avon Vale Hunt.
@wiltshirepolice
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A great amount of ink is being spilled in the media to somehow convince people that the RMT’s demands are outrageous and excessive. Judge for yourself!
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There's a 7-point swing to Labour in the latest BMG poll.
The Tory lead is now 6 points.
Conservatives 39% (-2)
Labour 33% (+5)
Lib Dems 13% (-5)
Brexit 4% (+1)
Green 5% (-)
13 days to go.
#GE2019
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Manchester attacker was okayed by British security services to fight in Libya as 16 year old. Theresa May was Home Secretary.
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“Are you willing to be subject to minor inconvenience so workers get a fair deal and don’t see their real pay fall?”
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