Adil Ray OBE
@adilray
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Creator Citizen Khan / Actor The Inheritance / Ackley Bridge / Presenter Lingo / Good Morning Britain / Patron @acornshospice @avfcfoundation Views all my own
Joined January 2009
Muslims didn’t visit homes on Eid, Hajj didn’t take place, no Diwali for Hindus, no Vaisakhi for Sikhs. Yet at Christmas it’s perfectly legal to have three families over for 5 days - illegal during the entire pandemic. Never let it be said that minorities don’t put Britain first.
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Priti Patel’s parents & mine were told to leave Uganda & Kenya, in some cases to save their lives. After much protest (at one point they wanted to dump them on the Falklands) UK let them in. To think years later a daughter of that generation would pose for a photo opp like this.
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Really simple question. Why are we sending Afghan, Syrian refugees to Rwanda but paying UK citizens to house those from Ukraine? It’s pretty black and white….
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Child marriage is legal in 37 US states.
"Of course not all cultures are equally valid". Tory leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch says "cultures that believe in child marriage, or that women don't have equal rights" are not in line with "Western principles" . #BBCLauraK
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I can’t quite believe that during a pandemic, our government and some sections of the press have actually managed to make doctors their enemies. During a pandemic! We literally owe our lives to these people.
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So we have a PM who lied to The Queen & Parliament & broke his own COVID rules, a Chancellor who wanted to live in US, health sec who was a non dom (who replaced a rule breaker), a home sec who broke ministerial code but kept her job & a culture sec who thinks she owns C4.Blimey.
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I cannot believe what I’m hearing. The Conservative Govt who have been in power for 12 years are blaming the current strike action on Labour who have not been in power for 12 years. It’s quite a take. TWELVE YEARS!.
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BBC & others running interview by brother of convicted #ghislanemaxwell, claiming her innocence. In 2011, when I filmed a doc on the sexual exploitation of young girls by some Pakistani men it would not have been acceptable to hear a defence from their brothers. Why is it ok now?.
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In one week we are going to see a huge rise in energy bills, COVID tests to no longer be free and NHS staff will lose free parking. A reminder that Shell announced a £4.7bn profit in the final Q of 2021 and those in charge squandered £12bn during the pandemic. A total scandal.
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Stop what you’re doing and watch this please. One of the greatest deliveries of all time.
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Dorries implied this morning that doctors, nurses, & teachers could have had drinks & parties in their hospitals & schools if they wanted to. Thankfully they knew they were there to work and we are so grateful, but it tells you much about the culture at No. 10. Utterly reckless.
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I have just watched a clip of a white man @bbcquestiontime last night saying the racism accusations were “all getting a bit boring now”. If I went on TV and said that about homophobic, anti-semitic or sexual harassment allegations I’d never work again. That’s privilege for you.
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Rishi Sunak’s family have £727m stake in Infosys that Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian MP, warned on Friday was helping to "fund bullets that are killing children and civilians". Sunak wants everyone else to cut business ties with Russia.
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C4 has been the lifeblood of UK diversity. Skins, It’s A Sin, Ackley Bridge, Desmond’s, Undateables, Paralympics, This Is England, Britz, Eastern Eye, Black on Black, The Word, Brookside, Dispatches, Bandung File, Queer As Folk, My Beautiful Laundrette. we owe them everything 🤛🏾.
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I’ll still be wearing my mask when moving indoors and travelling until I hear enough medics say it feels safe not to do so. I have no issue with a piece of cloth if it means the most vulnerable and our hospitals are protected. Save lives not the careers of politicians.
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If British Muslims set fire to a hotel with guests inside. What would you call it?.
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The saddest part of the Braverman story is the realisation that we are illegally detaining fellow human beings in awful, sick, overcrowded conditions. Most of whom are victims and genuine asylum seekers. It’s utterly cruel and inhumane.
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This is the most honest two minutes of video you’ll hear from a prominent Conservative today. Damning.
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At this rate we might need a few migrants to host Match ot the Day.
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I suppose we just have to hope the same drivers we threw out months ago, haven’t filled vacancies elsewhere and would now like to happily return and spend a few months here before being told to go back home. Again. Aren’t we lovely?.
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Corruption at the top, racism in cricket, a royal in a sex scandal, misogyny in the police, floating away from Europe without any kind of plan and some of the worst COVID rates in the world. We’re looking good on the outside aren’t we?.
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When other countries do it, it’s called corruption. But when Britain does it, we call it cronyism and lobbying. This only serves to protect the classes and feeds the bad apple narrative. The system is corrupt to support the privileged. This is corruption.
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It’s simply not good enough for Met Police to issue just one fine to the PM and close the case without explanation. He holds the highest position in public office. He works for us. We deserve accountability and transparency. Anything else could easily be seen as complicity.
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This mornings revelations. The govt knew Indian variant was in UK on April 1st. The April Fool’s Joke: they failed to tell us until Apr 15. India went on red list Apr 23. When UK identified Kent variant in December, India suspended all UK flights in 4 days. Utterly incompetent.
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If a Muslim had said he wanted an MP shot, they’d be arrested, their home raided and Muslims in the country would face further scrutiny. A privileged man says the same and he continues to be a major influence on the government.
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Yesterday MPs voted to stop the National Insurance rise. With high energy bills, food prices and petrol prices looming this seems sensible. However Johnson and the govt are going to implement the rise anyway. The same govt that has written off £4bn of COVID fraud and £9bn of PPE.
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How come we can find billions to send migrants to Rwanda but we can also write off COVID fraud, bad PPE and only offer a £200 LOAN for enormous energy bills? Is this the best use of OUR money?.
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On the day TWENTY fines were handed out for illegal parties held at Downing St, the PM and his MPs are having a party in a hotel in Westminster. They just don’t seem to care how this looks, especially to the COVID victims families stood outside reminding them of the audacity.
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Soon the only way to avoid chlorinated chicken will be to go halal. On top of that remember to keep your face covered and absolutely no filthy hanky panky for unmarried couples. FFS Britain if you want to be Muslim just ask!.
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Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for Health has not yet read the full COVID report. Also, after calling for more face to face appointments from underresourced GPs, he’s pulled out of a face to face appearance at today’s GP conference. I think he might be in the wrong job.
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The comments levelled at Nazanin are vile. We should be thankful to her for speaking out & trying to ensure something like this never happens again. A woman imprisoned because her country refused to pay an owed debt. She’s speaking out for you. Braver than a social media bandit.
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“We looked after Boris Johnson, we saved his life and they won’t even discuss pay with us”. Nurse on Channel 4 News.
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Imagine if an MP accused a gay person of not looking ‘obviously gay’ which means they can’t blame others and can’t really call out prejudice. The MP would be sacked within hours. Fabricant has said exactly that about a Muslim woman. Not a peep from the party. That’s Islamophobia.
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What in this video are you unable to tolerate exactly? I’m confused.
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I know I’m not alone here but over the past week “we should send you to Rwanda” has become the latest racist slur thrown at POC. Our crime? Not being white and standing up for those worse off than us. These racists are radicalised by our ministers, they know the consequences.
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Brave Russians. It’s very important we share this. The more this voice grows, the harder things become for Putin.
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Johnson says internet is full of fake news and UK is “way out in front in our willingness to help refugees". The Home Office is still tweeting about Ukrainians needing to apply for visas. Even at a time of war, we can’t seem to get clarity and facts from our government.
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So now Sajid Javid says he was a non domicile for six years because his Dad was born in Pakistan? So was mine and millions of others but we’ve always been told to be more British, not less. He also campaigned to introduce aggressive tax avoidance measures in the 2019 election.
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Allowed COVID in care homes, India not on red list, Brexit, partygate,standing by disgraced ministers,energy u-turn, woeful response to cost of living, Windrush, Rwanda, lying to Parliament & The Queen. Which big calls did they get right? The ones to mates to offer PPE contracts?.
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Imagine going on TV every night to tell everyone to stay at home and follow the rules. Hundreds die everyday. Over 170,000 in total. Then the dept you run, the highest institution in the country, becomes the biggest rule breaker with 126 (126!) law breaking fines. Utter contempt.
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How must the vulnerable, the non jabbed, single jabbed, key workers, pregnant women be feeling right now? Would you use public transport/visit busy supermarkets if masks aren’t part of health guidance? I’m so sorry if that is you. Many of us will do our very best to protect you.
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It’s frightening and comical that we are watching eight candidates vying to be Prime Minister by promising to fix everything and make it all better. They’ve all had a part to play in supporting or running that same govt and party. A party who have been in govt for twelve years!.
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Why isn’t Starmer calling for the PM’s resignation? It’s extraordinary. Once again, there’s a wide open goal and he shoots 6 feet wide. Why? Does he want to be Mr. Nice Guy? A strong, ruthless opposition is key and we don’t have one.
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Football & West Ham have a responsibility that’s far important than winning games. How many of us would appear on the front page of a newspaper kicking a cat across the floor, slapping it in the face and able to go to work the next day? It’s the worst possible message. Shameful.
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I can’t recall hear any government leader in any country, truly taking the electorate for such fools. It’s the audacity and the unbelievable privilege that allows them to work on lies, lies and more lies. Utter disdain for the people that they’re elected to serve. It’s very sad.
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Marcus could miss a million penalties but he’d still have achieved more than all of us. He’s one of the best Englishmen living today.
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An England win isn’t a win if you booed the knee, booed the German national anthem, posted xenophobic abuse to a crying young German girl or chose to keep the opening goalscorer who is black off your front pages. Real winners are victorious with class, decorum and respect. 🤛🏾.
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”. George Orwell, 1984.
There were far, far more cheers, but that doesn’t make a good headline does it. Queen’s thanksgiving service: Boos and jeers for Boris Johnson outside St Paul’s.
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Amazes me how many people in politics are only now so surprised how bad HGV driver pay and conditions are. Wait til they hear about cleaners, hospitality workers, delivery drivers, factory workers, hotel staff, cab drivers, shelf fillers, hairdresser staff, pharmacy assistants. .
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Boris Johnson is now the most accused PM in recent years. Allegations after allegations, lies after lies & this morning he hasn’t the common decency to address the nation. Such disrespect to those who have passed. Utter disgrace! He has proved one allegation - unfit for the job!.
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As one of a few British Muslims in the media, tonight feels significant. One of the media’s biggest co-owners has continually liked some of the most Islamophobic posts I have ever read. The posts want us gone. And I’m seeing little coverage from my industry. It’s frightening.
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I still cannot get my head around that ALL the ethnic minority candidates vying to be PM support sending refugees (victims of crime) to Rwanda. Not one, but all. For those of us that get a platform, it is literally our duty to help others on their journey or nothing changes.
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Good grief. Just imagine if this was by a minority community?.
BREAKING: Sunderland City centre police station has been set on fire.
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Many asking for an alternative solution to the migrant crisis. Here’s one. How about inviting some Syrians & Afghans to work here and fill job vacancies. Starting with hospitality and the 500,000 vacancies in farming post Brexit. But that would mean admitting we depend on them.
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Sajid Javid doing his best to explain the government’s strategy to defeat Omicron. But forgetting one important point. They’ve lost authority. Public now listening to Whitty alone and deciding among themselves. The govt are failing to lead, the very job they’re elected to do.
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When you have a leader who publicly referred to Muslim women as “letterboxes” and “bank robbers”, how much of an enquiry do we really need to tell us that the Conservative Party may have an Islamaphobia problem?.
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Just one question to Ministers right now: “What do Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England and Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser think?”.
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This is horrendous. The fact these young men knew the song, requested the song and filmed it may suggest this hasn’t come from nowhere. If these were Muslim kids some would be asking who radicalised them, to question their leaders and for the university to be shut down.
EXCL 🚨 Tory student group held black-tie dinner two weeks ago where members sang German marching song used by the Nazis in WW2. Warwick Uni Conservative Association sorry after dancing to “Erika” — used by SS and Wermacht and today white supremacists
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Our likely PM Liz Truss says she “will never ever, ever allow our democracy to be disrupted by unfair protests." Would she be standing there if protestors had ‘never ever ever’ protested (sometimes radically) for women’s rights?.
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Here’s our Prime Minister ‘leading by example’ by sitting without a mask on a global stage in the middle of a pandemic, next to Sir David Attenborough who is 95 years old. If Sir David is, why wouldn’t you?
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My deepest condolences to the family of 13 yr old Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab from Brixton. It’s just unthinkable to imagine your son dying alone like he did. No u/l conditions. The greatest tribute we can pay is allowing him to be our heroic saviour by protecting others. #COVID19.
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We are in a country where ministers priorities are “protecting” us from 60 migrants arriving on a dinghy rather than protecting the 200 of us likely to die from COVID each day. It’s utterly absurd.
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Organisers have said they do not plan to protest around the cenotaph and understood the sensitivity of the date. The police have confirmed this. But there are two people issuing warnings of trouble and hate marches. Our Prime Minister and The Home Secretary. One question. Why?.
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The worst part of the Sunak family Russian & Putin business links is they thought they’d get away with it. Sunak told businesses with Russian links to reconsider their affairs. But, once again, the rules don’t apply to them. It’s hypocrisy and deceit of the highest order.
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Jacinda Arden is not just a loss to New Zealand but to the world. She led like no other over terror attacks, gun laws, climate change and Covid. She reminded us what leadership can look like. One of strength but compassion, empathy and kindness. She was the leader many wish for.
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The government holding a private party while the nation mourns is criminal. But that’s not the worst thing. The worst is, they’ll absolutely get away with it. Entirely shameful.
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Which is a crime.
No 10 staff told to ‘clean up’ phones amid lockdown party allegations, sources claim
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Let’s be more like Gary. “I mean, what is woke? Having a conscience, having a heart, having empathy? How is that a bad thing?” 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
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Tomorrow our govt will say the UK may pull out of the ECHR. That we don’t need them interfering. Worth remembering that we were one of the first to sign up in 1950. Over the years they have won cases in the UK on behalf of workers, victims of child abuse and corporal punishment.
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It’s 2023. And one of the biggest broadsheets in Britain has paid a white columnist to write a piece defending Golliwogs. Just let that register.
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If an enemy of the state/terrorist was hiding in a school in London. Would we blow up the entire school, killing children and teachers and blame the enemy for using human shields? That’s what Israel are doing with the west stating they are merely defending themselves.
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I thought Sunak was quiet. His team also had a lovely drinks party whilst our loved ones died alone in hospital. They were all at it. Despicable and unfit for office. To party is the new party line.
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At least 59 human beings have died after the boat carrying migrants in Italy has crashed. Reports suggest 12 were children including a baby. History will look back at these times with utter disgust. We ought to be ashamed.
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I would say there is nothing more important than investigating whether your colleagues were cracking open Champagne whilst our relatives died alone in hospital.
Is this what you you were sent to Parliament to do? Is this what you want the police to spend time doing? Or would standing up for your constituents and letting police fight crime be best use of public money?.
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A record number of our fellow citizens are going without food and cannot pay their bills. But instead we are talking about a man who can’t deposit a million pounds in an elite bank. We are learning nothing.
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Prince Harry has done more for this country than most royals. Incredible public duty to take on the press and those individuals who act unlawfully and immorally. We are nothing, without a fair, free and open press. Harry, thank you.
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The Prime Minister of our country missing an emergency Cobra meeting as the country faces a potential crisis to host a party so he can find his next job is just so Johnson. The worst PM in British history yet again puts himself first not the country.
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Our footballers are currently schooling our ministers on how to handle mistakes and still look like winners. It’s a sight to behold.
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Stand together? You called some of my relatives ‘Letterboxes’ you compared them to ‘bank robbers’. You stand together with far right supremacists until you change your narrative.
All our thoughts and prayers are today with the people of New Zealand. We already know in our hearts what this was: a sickening and cowardly terrorist attack that was driven by nothing but hatred. We will always stand together against those who are intent on terror and hate.
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As a kid, I heard stories about despots and corrupt leaders from my parent’s home countries. Leaders who continually broke & changed the rules to remain in power. It made me realise how lucky we were to be in Britain. Today, our PM has changed the rules he has broken since 2019.
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The Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe story is utterly shameful for the United Kingdom. A woman held on trumped up charges due to an unpaid debt. A debt, not a ransom. This poor woman suffers, her young daughter suffers and her husband goes on hunger strike. What has this country become?.
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Braverman once again saying migrants need to speak English. A reminder it has been a requirement for Afghan women wanting to come here, whilst Ukrainians have been offered paid for courses when they arrive. Some may say there’s an English word for that.
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Say this every year but we need reminding. As many celebrate the life of Jesus Christ it’s worth noting Mary, Joseph and Jesus who fled Bethlehem would today be considered refugees. With no safe routes had they wanted to come to Britain, they’d be on a dinghy. Merry Christmas. 🎄.
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One of saddest parts of all this, is that the issue of our fellow human beings desperately clinging on to rubber boats to get here and in some cases dying is seen as a political issue and not a humanitarian one.
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Johnson receives a questionnaire after allegations of COVID party law breaking? Did the kids in Nottingham fined thousands and the hundreds of others get to fill in a questionnaire too? One rule for them?.
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Consider how the UK looks from the outside. Brexit, NI agreement, billions wasted in Covid, care homes scandal, wallpapergate, partygate - remember that? Partying in 10 Downing St! Rwanda, four chancellors in a month & a PM ensuring a self inflicted tanked economy. Total failure.
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What? How can the Minister in charge believe Channel 5 was privatised? It’s always been a private entity although with different owners. How can she not know this?.
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What would be the response if a white minister had used the word.“invasion”. What would some be calling him/her? Is the feeling that a British Asian has a free pass when referring to those seeking asylum? We called the National Front racist for using similar language in the 70s.
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I know we’re not the only ones but we are pushing particularly hard on this as it’s important. And @susannareid100 has done this for years.
“Boris Johnson lied to the nation on Friday”. @adilray shows other news shows how to hold a Government to account making @GMB the news show to watch .
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Err. Has Keir Starmer gone on holiday too? You could create an open goal from one corner flag to the other and he’d still miss.
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If you confuse the most prominent young black man in Britain with another black guy you once met, you fail to see beyond their colour and have said something racist. If you’re in public office you are unfit for purpose and should take responsibility & resign @GavinWilliamson.
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Raab says he hasn’t bothered asking if a govt party took place as he’s focussing on Criminal Justice. He should be reminded that hundreds of thousands of our relatives died alone & we would very much like justice imposed on those who partied, committed a crime & broke the rules.
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So there you have it. Our leader (yes, he is) in the HOC, can lie and accuse someone of being responsible for not prosecuting a sexual predator. He can then stand by his comments and the speaker can’t really do anything about it. That’s how you bring a system into disrepute.
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