SNP's Ian Blackford calls Boris Johnson "racist", saying the Tory leadership frontrunner is "stoking division, and has a record of dishonesty"
#PMQs
updates:
Yes, I takes sides.
I side with the oppressed, the put-down, the poor, the underdog, those without power, or money or weapons.
Itโs not wrong to take sides against those misusing or abusing their power.
The Prime Ministerโs briefings on Angela Merkel are shameful. An absolute disgrace.
I am sorry to people in Germany for the UK Prime Ministerโs behaviour. He doesnโt speak for all of us.
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Anti-fascists in the US need our solidarity now more than ever as far-right forces try to make out that they are the source of the problem. 'ANTIFA' is short for 'anti-fascist' - not something to hide away from.
Who here is proud to be anti-fascist?
No, Thatcher didnโt close the pits because she wanted to reduce carbon emissions. She did it to kill an industry, a powerful trade union & she ended up dealing a severe blow to our strong communities. It still hurts.
Ditch the crap jokes. No oneโs laughing.
This is not an equal conflict.
There is not equivalence on both sides. Huge power imbalance.
Those defending Palestinians should not be allowed to be silenced.
Humanity must take a stand against what is happening.
#AChildIsAChild
#StopTheViolenceNow
At least six Palestinian children killed in the Gaza Strip this evening, four from one family. The number of child casualties is likely higher. It is time to prevent any further escalation of violence, protect civilians, and stop all violations against children.
#AChildIsAChild
If criticism of Israelโs government is anti Semitism, is criticism of the Saudi Arabian regime islamophobia / racism? Need to be clear on this, as I am a critic of the leadership of both of these countries & want to be neither anti Semitic nor islaphophobic.
Llongyfarchiadau / congratulations to all the new
@Plaid_Cymru
#Senedd
members - you will all be awesome, I know it. ๐คฉ
Great to see all the far right gone from our national institution too. Every cloud...
Dominic Raab says on Radio 4 โthey were working under gruelling conditionsโ.
When you come from a family of miners, factory workers & bus drivers, or if youโve worked in the the NHS or care, or in a supermarket, this statement is privilege on steroids.
Labour MP representing a constituency with a strong socialist history takes yet another swipe at socialism.
And. Gets. OWNED.
Solidarity
@AlanRMacLeod
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#Rhondda
On this day in 1966, a coal tip slid into a school in Aberfan. Today Iโll remember all those killed on this day, everyone killed by coal and all other industrial disasters.
People should mean more than profit, but we donโt.
I really donโt care about who the Prime Minister or anyone else sleeps with or what else they do in their spare time.
I do care about corruption though.
With the UK death rate among the worst in the world, now is not the time to tell people to stop making political points. All of this crisis is political. Everything. These death rates are a result of political choices. Those choices must be scrutinised.
Giving airtime to someone who attacks our culture and our efforts to promote it is not 'freedom on speech', it is cheap sensationalism that gives oxygen to a dangerous hatemonger.
Delegates who sang God Save the King didnโt sing โtheโ national anthem,
@BBCr4today
. They sang the national anthem of England.
In Wales, Scotland & Ireland, we have our own national anthems. None of them are โtheโ national anthem.
Hope that helps.
#equals
For: 359
Against: 263
The policing bill passes the second reading in the UK Parliament.
This is a direct attack on democracy. It helps to make the case for an independent Wales.
#PolicingBill
#SilencingBill
#RightToProtest
Something is very wrong when a veteran BBC correspondent of 25 years thinks that our public broadcaster is โenabling and facilitating fascists". I share these concerns & await a response to my previous tweet on this from the
@BBCNews
@BBCWales
@rhodritd
Current drugs laws donโt work. Gangs, Class As, violence, deaths. The status quo has failed.
Itโs time for reform.
Time for cannabis decriminalisation.
Time for devolution of the criminal justice system.
Time for substances to be treated as a health issue.
Nonsense answer from Keir Starmer on the decriminalisation of cannabis.
โDrug gangs and criminalityโ arenโt a reason *against* decrim, theyโre an argument for it.
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@Plaid_Cymru
condemns the detention of Carles Puigdemont
@KRLS
in Germany. Heโs done nothing more than seek change through peaceful & democratic means. Wales & UK must express support for peopleโs right to decide their own future.
@JillEvansMEP
@catalangov
To all the people having a go at teachers - STOP IT. NOW!
Like all key workers, teachers face risk just by going to work. Children of other key workers are being looked after as well as work being set for kids at home. Teachers work hard. Leave them alone.
"Right from the start we've tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes. We set out our first advice in February... we've made sure care homes have the resources they need" says Health Secretary, Matt Hancock.
Read the latest on
#COVID19
:
Message to all with โan accentโ - donโt be intimidated by these idiots with posh accents. Many believe they are superior to the rest of us. Bless them.
Different accents, languages, class backgrounds makes life interesting.
#LoveYourWelshAccent
#UKParliament
Sitting in the finance bill watching Tory MPs mock the accent of a Welsh MP. Probably never left the Westminster bubble before. Just dreadful behaviour.
The tories are stinking, corrupt, lying, greedy, racist, capitalist little Englanders who get off on the poverty & hardship of working class people, who they despise.
If I withdraw that straight away, it doesnโt count, right?
#VaccineNationalism
Would you ever move to another country then become the leader of a political party that seeks to abolish the parliament of that country? Who would do that?
โJCB, which has donated millions of pounds to the Conservative party and at least ยฃ25,000 to Boris Johnsonโs leadership campaignโ
The chair of JCB & wife paid for ยฃ27k worth of takeaways for PM during lockdown.
Police ....?
THREAD
17 years ago this week the Welsh scientist, weapons inspector and MoD employee, Dr David Kelly, was found dead. It was following interviews he had given to two BBC journalists that blew apart Tony Blair's false claims about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. 1/15
Politicians need to stop doing โvisitsโ. There was no need for the Prime Minister to visit Scotland and there is no need for visits to vaccination centres. Please stop. It takes up valuable time, it is unnecessary travel & it gives out the wrong message.
Well done organisers of the
#BLM
protests for calling off the march in London today. Far-right types can now fight each other. They wonโt have โleftistsโ, POC or virtue-signalling snowflakes to attack. Perhaps weโll now see where the violence is coming from.
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@BBCRadio4
continues to give airtime to the
#FarRight
- item now on a Bannon organised โsymposiumโ on the US / Mexican border. Is anyone surprised to learn that Bannon supports our new Prime Minister? How connected is he into the far right, populist network?
But this isnโt true. The Tories did not accept the Assembly referendum result in Wales in 1997. They continued to campaign against devolution. Theresa May voted against in Parliament after the referendum result.
#StopLying
This was at todayโs
#independence
march in
#Merthyr
.
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[You will need to turn the sound on]
I know the argument. I disagree with you. Thatcher caused untold damage to my communities. She is not forgiven, even after all this time, because we are still living with the consequences of her actions. A statue would rub salt in our wounds.
@LeanneWood
Leanne, I never said I agreed with her or liked her politics. My point is women are hugely lacking in public space, as in public life, and statues should not only be of those we agree with. My full piece is here:
Found this today. Itโs from when I & others were arrested outside the base in Scotland where the trident nuclear submarines live. It was part of an organised protest against these obscene weapons of mass destruction. They are still there.
#Faslane365
Itโs official. The biggest political donor in British history - the subject of a criminal investigation by the NCA - is using his who-knows-where-it-comes-from millions to take me to court.
For those who donโt know - Plaid Cymru means Party of Wales. Thatโs the translation. Itโs the name of our party.
So no, we arenโt the โself styled party of Walesโ,
@Plaid_Cymru
= the Party of Wales (in case youโve been listening to Radio 4 this morning).
Hope everyone enjoys the bank holiday weekend off work (for those who are off).
Remember, without protest, there would be no extra holidays. Thereโd be no voting either.
The right to protest is precious. Not something we can allow to be lost.
I work for Wales to become independent because thatโs best chance we have to build a better Wales. I want equality, an end to poverty, the ability to improve our economy & plan for our futures. If independence doesnโt give us that that, what would it be for?
Dear
@SkySports
@SkyUK
,
You have made an error here by placing an England flag over Wales. Does someone need some basic geography lessons, perhaps?
I look forward to you rectifying this mistake & I hope you wonโt be using this graphic again.
Diolch.
๐จ NEW: Keir Starmer has ditched his promise to abolish the House of Lords in a first term as he seeks to make the Labour manifesto "bombproof" of Tory attacks
[
@ObserverUK
]
This is absolutely appalling. No way should politicians be jailed for supporting right to self determination. Where is the democracy? Where is the outcry? Where are the statements of condemnation from European governments?
#Catalu
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โWales will not be following England in allowing the fracking of shale gas, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.
He said the Welsh Government would focus on renewable energy.โ ๐๐๐
Welsh tax payers will contribute towards ยฃ106bn cost for HS2 to get from London to Manchester twenty minutes sooner.
How does Wales benefit? Maybe our public transport is so fabulous we donโt need investment here? ๐
Gordon Brown has been championing the need to deal with tax havens and tax dodgers. Great!
What a shame he didnโt do something about them when he was in a position to.
This cannot be serious?
@joswinson
- have you ever been to the
#Rhondda
? We are still living with the deep scars.
What do my followers think this monument idea? I think it stinks. ๐ก
I thought there were some nasty, bullying & misogynist pieces of work operating on Welsh political social media.
In Scotland, it seems to be another level. Grim.
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps joins Sky News at 7:05am, as the government announce the rail network will be rebranded to Great British Railways as part of a restructuring.
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When your health service and the exhausted workers that have kept everything going over an incredibly difficult year are valued by their government, this is what happens.
Good work Scottish Government. ๐๐๐