Ayesha Hazarika
@ayeshahazarika
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Broadcaster. Times Radio presenter - Weekend Drive (4-7pm). Co-host The Power Test. Columnist. Author. Speaker. Stand up. Ex Labour adviser.
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I know I know but just in case etc…
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Matt Hancock ironing a fresh polo neck getting ready for the mother of all comebacks
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Women not allowed to peacefully honour Sarah in a sober law abiding way. Meanwhile, Borough market is rammed.
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We are on the brink of getting our first British Asian Prime Minister. Spare a thought for us with Indian mums who are about to get absolutely rinsed about our lack of success.
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Boris Johnson seems to be baffled, confused and genuinely hurt that the leader of the opposition would have the temerity to scrutinise or ask questions when more than 50k people have died. I mean the nerve of anyone who dare question him.
#PMQs
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Lying in state
Boris Johnson is publishing his memoirs. what should he call them?
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I really hope
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@GMB
. He was incredibly brave & spoke for so many with dignity, grace but true grit. I genuinely hope he gets a promotion. That was a big David v Goliath moment & he spoke his truth. Can’t have been easy.
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This is what’s going down with the Indian aunties on the WhatsApp. They are sending me these… I would call that cut through
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That very expensive tv briefing room has finally come into its own
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Ash. I spent almost a decade as a Labour adviser. I helped draft the Equality Act. The last piece of legislation the last Labour govt passed. You’re literally a communist. Walks like a supermodel. Fucks like someone who just helped gift the Tories a landslide victory.
I wonder if Ayesha felt the same way after Ed Miliband, who she advised, got 3% less of the vote share in 2015.
Judging by her media ubiquity I’d guess not!
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Any other women feeling really ground down right now? What a horrible horrible week on so many fronts. My God. We have such a long way to go.
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Many of us this week are reflecting on how misogyny has infected society & why violence against women is at such a frightening level. Wonder where these fantasies of hating & wanting to physically punish women come from?
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If your tweeting your sadness about Caroline Flack, also think about your own behaviour. When you tweet abuse & hate at people, most who you don’t even know, because it’s a laugh, or it makes your feel good for a second - just take a moment to think where that may lead.
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Shame on Corbyn but also his vile cheerleaders who have peddled an indulgent ideological fantasy. & it wasn’t just Brexit. It was Corbyn. Oh, & if you bully people & tell them to fuck off & join the Tories, guess what. This project has failed so many people who can’t afford it
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I am a Muslim dismayed & frightened by the Islamophobia is the Tory party championed by its leader. I am also absolutely heartbroken & appalled that anti-semitism has infected the Labour Party. You can hold both these views. It’s not the racism Olympics. We should stand together
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PMQs is now an intelligent, well briefed QC versus a total bluffer. Johnson is naked (sorry) without the theatre of his backbenchers & all the noise. Tories will be desperate for a packed chamber again.
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Andy Burnham is very much man of the moment. He’ll be remembered for standing up not just for Greater Manchester but for local government & regions across the country.
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I feel so very sad watching this. This is the stuff we people of colour & immigrants fear people think. But we get told we’re imagining it, there’s no racism esp w Brexit... the tragedy is that so many will agree with her. And we wonder why far right hate is on the rise?
“We should completely close the borders … enough is enough”
This audience member says the number of people ’flooding in’ to the UK is costing public services too much.
#bbcqt
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Thanks for tweets & messages about my brother who’s a consultant up in Glasgow who’s tested positive for CV19 & is pretty ill right now. Really drives it home what an incredible job he & his co-workers do. We’re all so worried about him but he just wants to get back to work ASAP.
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And how do you think the current parliament was “stocked” genius? Oh yeah... the public voted them in. It’s called democracy. Theresa May called an election to strengthen her hand on Brexit and lost her majority. Also didn’t your viewers vote to boot you off in a recent poll?...
Parliament, stocked with 70% Remain-voting MPs, continues to do everything in its power to defy the will of the British people & stop Brexit happening.
What an absolute disgrace.
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Utter pricks. Simply don’t understand how Shaun Bailey can get a peerage after this. God this country is rotting.
We had to tell families only one person could visit their loved one in ICU, and only once we knew they were dying, and only for an hour
Meanwhile, they drank, danced and laughed
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Maybe let’s not defund the BBC
BREAKING BBC:
"The BBC is to deliver the biggest education offer in its history across more of its platforms."
From Monday January 11th, CBBC channel will feature three-hours of primary school shows to ensure that all kids can watch programming if they don't have the internet.
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People are going to have to use people’s loos for all the garden based drinking that’s about to occur. We don’t all have the bladder control of the Cummings clan.
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I’ve said it once. I’ll say it again. Gavin Williamson is the Frank Spencer of British politics.
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The reaction to Stormzy being misquoted shows we’re a long way off being tolerant on race. Also what a reveal. Wonder what it is about a wildly successful, proud, non-deferential, smart, young black man these little Englanders hate so much? Can’t seem to put my finger on it...
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I’m a friend & admirer of Rosie Duffield. But it’s not good she breached lockdown rules. All our lives - incl our love lives - are on hold. But she did the right thing with Starmer’s office - fessed up, said sorry & resigned as a Whip, which is a plum job. Spot the difference?
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Thanks so much for all your kind messages about my brother who was ill with CV19. The good news is he’s made a full recovery & will be back in the operating theatre tomorrow doing what he loves with his fab NHS colleagues at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley. V proud of him!
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This is will be of enormous comfort to all the people would have given anything for 10 minutes to say goodbye to their dying relatives but stuck to the rules which the PM made.
So, when people in an office buy a cake in the middle of the afternoon for someone else they are working in the office with and stop for ten minutes to sing happy birthday and then go back to their desks, this is now called a party?
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The fact that Patel hasn’t been allowed out means they don’t think she’s a safe pair of hands at such a critical moment.
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He’s thrown a protective ring around Cummings. If only he’d done the same with care homes.
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Here’s my luke warm take. Get more women in senior positions in politics. And as important, get more women in senior positions at newspapers with real power so we can move on from this embarrassing Benny Hill crap.
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Yikes. So even Henry Bolton ex UKIP leader doesn’t like the NHS migrant surcharge. He just told a shocked
@piersmorgan
on
@GMB
. How can the government be even more anti-foreigner than the bloke who ran UKIP? That’s quite an achievement.
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Jeremy Corbyn killed the Labour Party. Now we must fight to revive it. My piece on how it’s time to take back control. Enough is enough. And Corbynistas, please don’t bother with a pile on. Nobody cares anymore.
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Starmer has absolutely not missed this wide open goal. He’s smashed it.
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Right now, I bet Theresa is on the gin, moon walking round her front room cackling at the telly doing the wanker sign.
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Gosh. What a lovely message to all the overseas doctors, nurses & staff who came here at the request of the state & suffered lots of racism to build & service the NHS. And what’s next on this nationalistic path? Only staff who are “properly” British? Hmmm
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Anyone who’s been a special adviser knows this is nonsense. You can barley go to the loo without your boss knowing where you are.
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Theresa May & Jeremy Corbyn at their mutual worst at her penultimate
#PMQs
. You’re racist. No you’re racist. You hate Jews. You hate Muslims. No apology or sincerity from either. Weaponising prejudice for political point scoring. Neither party is tackling its own bigotry
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It’s over for BJ. His side look utterly mortified. Apart from Nadine obvs. This is totally unhinged now
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Uxbridge Lib Dems. Please lend your vote to Labour. Imagine unseating Johnson?! Vote smart. Vote tactical. Stop Boris. Literally.
Johnson is very vulnerable and his Uxbridge seat could be taken. It would be poetic justice but
@joswinson
has to accept that Lib Dems can't win the seat - open letter
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Not only does today’s ruling show Corbyn & his team for who they really are, it also exposes beyond doubt his outriders who screamed “smears” & abused any one who dared criticise the dear leader. They all did such damage to Labour. A reminder that cults are a really bad thing.
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I still cannot get my head round going from winning a stonking eighty seat majority just over two years ago, to this.
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I’ve got a bit of a cough. I’m getting a train to Glasgow so my mum can do my shopping.
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Stay alert. Not only is this deeply confusing, it’s also highly ironic given how spectacularly snoozy our govt was at the start of all this.
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BAME people getting baited on tv for raising issues of racial inequality has become normalised. Watch the ever articulate
@afuahirsch
get effectively told to piss off to another country by Nick Ferrari even though she’s British. No biggie.
In a former life, when I thought you cd politely persuade people not to be racist
Their response? "If you don't like it here, LEAVE". Which I'm yet to hear said to a white British person
Racism is telling black people who have a critique of their own country, they should leave
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Really strong speech from
@RachelReevesMP
. An incredibly impressive politician. As a former Bank of England economist, she knows what she’s talking about & has a command of the brief. She will sound more experienced & reassuring to business than her opposite number right now.
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Dear TV executives. Instead of panic erasing stuff which most of the public, & even the creators of the shows now find a bit cringe, HIRE & COMMISSION NEW DIVERSE TALENT. It’s not that hard...
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I know Mr Corbyn’s said he’s stepping down in March, but have we established what year?
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Bloody hell. This is actually pretty horrible. She’s heavily pregnant, being gaslit and bullied, having suicidal thoughts, asks for help and they say no. They run a mental health charity.... grim
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This picture sums up our early fatal mismanagement
BBC Radio 4: ‘If the lockdown had come earlier, some of the 980 people who died yesterday would not have been infected, would they?’
@MattHancock
: ‘We took the right measures at the right time’
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I hear a lot of largely male, white commentators saying they’ve seen no evidence of racism about Meghan or any signs she’s been treated any differently from any other new female royal. Please...
Good grief. I had no idea how much of this shit she’d put up with - and I have to follow the news for work.
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What about all the families where both parents got sick? What about single parents who got sick? What about people with disabilities & health problems who have been shielding & got sick but had to manage alone? What makes Dominic Cummings & his family so exceptional?
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I can’t believe Meghan actually killed Khashoggi. While wearing the wrong shade of nail varnish. Honestly...
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Reflecting on the whole Megxit racism media ding dong this week... every clip that has gone viral has had a white male presenter, with white sidekicks & one woman of colour on her own getting told that she’s imagining it, baited & humiliated. Feels like we’re really evolving...
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Great 1st
#PMQs
outing from
@Keir_Starmer
. Focussed, forensic, intelligent questions. Also. He looked so comfortable, can clearly think on his feet & debate properly in an effective yet grown up, courteous manner. Vital that he landed some blows. What a change!! Raab waffled.
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He once dreamed of being a modern day Churchill. Now he’s on GB News… life comes at you fast.
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Sturgeon is real pro. Look her body language. She’s on the attack, while getting yelled at by a really tall aggressive bloke look yet she’s leaning nonchalantly on the lectern remaining cool.
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Reassuring to see some political sanity occurring somewhere on the planet
BREAKING: Jacinda Ardern has won a second term in office after her rival conceded in New Zealand's general election.
She's thanked voters "who trusted us to continue with leading New Zealand's recovery".
More on this breaking story:
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The BBC got this so spectacularly wrong here. Great piece from
@marcusryder
about the absurd, weak & dangerous ruling on
@BBCNaga
. Loved how BBC let John Humphrey say want he wanted for years but when a brown woman calls out obvious racism she gets slapped down.
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I do think it’s a shame that this historic optic could have been different if Meghan had been there. Would’ve be been a significant nod to a changing Britain. The royal family lost a big asset. Having some high profile people of colour at the ceremony isn’t the same thing.
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Pretty impressed with
@Keir_Starmer
so far. He’s appointed a diverse talented, progressive cabinet with experience, competence & energy. The party seems pretty happy. He will have a majority on the NEC. He has an impressive mandate. And he did it all without Unite or Momentum.
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OMG. We’ve been in lockdown for so long, I’ve run out of IKEA tea lights.
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There’s a small child dressed head to toe in a tiger costume on the tube & the whole carriage is beaming at him & each other. Dressing toddlers as animals is clearly the only way to heal this divided nation.
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Just showing my friend the pictures of the thugs & they made an important point. It’s a tiny number of idiots wanting to scare us. That’s not this country. We don’t want a war. We’re all too knackered. Don’t pander to a small mob of angry men. We must keep stuff in perspective.
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Solid, sober, serious outing from Starmer on
#marr
. Such a relief to be able to feel some reassurance watching a Labour leader, not a sense of embarrassment. Good to have a grown up. He looked very comfortable which is a good start but he has a such mountain to climb.
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This was such a bad look from Matt Hancock. Hugely patronising to a woman who knows what she’s talking about & has been serving on the frontline. And on the day we have the worst death rate in Europe. A bit of humility wouldn’t go a miss.
I will respectfully challenge the Government - I want our country to succeed.
However, I will not 'watch my tone' when dozens of NHS and care staff are dying unnecessarily.
A clip of my Q to the Health Sec today.
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Snubbing King Charles' coronation is Meghan Markle's smartest move yet. Some thoughts for
@theipaper
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WOW!! This amazing news. Well done
@SamiraAhmedUK
for having the guts to bring this case & win. Not an easy feat especially for a woman of colour in the public eye. And well done to all her amazing supporters.
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I’m now so lonely, I’ve been sat by the window waiting for the bin men for the last 3 hours.
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I am genuinely gobsmacked by the crassness & cruelty of this pathetic lazy jibe while Esther Ghey was actually there. What a contrast in character between Brianna’s mother & the PM. I do sometimes try to give Sunak the benefit of the doubt but my God, this was a low.
Rishi Sunak makes fun of transgender people
The same week Brianna Ghey's mother is in the chamber
It's not just the Online Safety Act, it's the British Prime Minister who is not doing enough to protect every person in our country
#PMQs
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I love how this latest one is a mash up of two scandals - partygate Vs wallpapergate. Are these the most shameless inhabitants of Downing Street?
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Christ. This is utterly depressing. Two very rich out of touch dudes betting over human misery. Very Squid Game.
Rishi Sunak has accepted a £1,000 bet from Piers Morgan that deportation flights to Rwanda will be up and running before the General Election.
The full interview is due to be shown on the Piers Morgan Uncensored YouTube channel at 2pm and TalkTV at 8pm on Monday (5 February).
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Says chap with tonnes of money
“Until the Remain side understand that it’s not all about money they will misunderstand what has gone on in this country”
– columnist Dominic Lawson says the Brexit issue is about “a lot more than money”
#Newsnight
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Thoughts & prayers for Enoch Powell night over on GB News
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I’m rather proud to have been part of what was a bloody brilliant episode of
@TheNewsQuiz
which had the CHEEK to make fun of the ruling party. Can you imagine that?! Time to ban all comedy which isn’t nice about the government of 13 years. You can catch it on BBC Sounds!
#KayBurley
: Is the BBC biased?
Huw Merriman: I was listening to the news quiz on Radio 4... & for 10 minutes there was a diatribe against Conservatives
KB: You understand that a news quiz is comedy & nothing to do with actual news?
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Today’s
#marr
is really ramming home how terrifying geo-politics are right now. China. Russia. America. We’ve been so inward looking with our own narrow political arguments, this is a pretty grim wake up call about the future. Our next chapter is not going to be easy.
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This astonishing optic is going to become a modern classic. Especially as we approach the next general election.
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Thanks for all the nice messages about
@bbcquestiontime
last night 🙏🏽 Some very distressing topics. Feels like British politics has sunk to a new low this week. But… was heartening to see that the audience know right from wrong, understand racism & are not buying the BS.
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Tories are cheering a man talking about shooting a black woman. This is so depressing. Politics at its worst. Why didn’t Sunak take the opportunity to apologise to Diane Abbott on behalf of the Tory party?
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Anti-Semitic cranks attacking
@jessphillips
& threatening to leave Labour if she wins is brilliant. Thank God decent people like her stayed to fight for the soul of the party. This is now a proper battle with good people putting themselves forward to break from the past.
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Boris Johnson really is Nicola Sturgeon’s best ever Christmas present
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When Hazza Met Hazza! Very honoured & BEYOND excited to be hosting a conference on travel & sustainability in Edinburgh organised by this chap.
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Shout out to all my sisters of colour who have been summoned on national broadcast to be told there’s no racism & it’s all in our heads & then have to deal with the fallout here. Solidarity with
@afuahirsch
@SholaMos1
@shaistaAziz
@AGlasgowGirl
& a big thanks to
@KateWilliamsme
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I’ve been at the funeral of Jack Dromey & am now watching this absolute farce in parliament. This is a real low point in modern British political history. This spectacle from the PM genuinely shames our country & democracy.
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Corbyn, Johnson & Truss - all failed leaders taking to airwaves with no self-awareness, a huge victim complex & to undermine the current leader who they all despise. They should do a podcast.
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The number of lefty men on my time line criticising Swinson about austerity. I get it. But are you always going to remain stuck in the past when it suits you? Lads, we still don’t have a proper manifesto position on Brexit which will make austerity look like a walk in the park.
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It’s not enough. We need to burn even branch of NatWest to the ground. We need to erect statues of Nige in every town square. This human rights atrocity needs to be taught at schools. I’m thinking he merits a public holiday.
Nigel Farage says the "whole Board needs to go" at NatWest
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I’ve been trolled by the hard left for condemning the Labour Party on anti-semitism. I’ve been trolled by the far right for being Muslim. Now I’m being trolled by the editor of the Jewish Chronicle for being a Muslim Labour woman. Wow. Anyone else want to pile on? Join in lads!
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Absolutely agree with this. Serious current affairs shows must stop giving time to extremists on the left & right, or from any mad fringe group, just to get a viral moment or cos they demand to be on. Big twitter followings & being mad/ranty doesn’t make you a legitimate voice.
In the post-mortems the effect of the platforming of far-left types just because they were extremely active on Twitter on current affairs shows should be reflected on. It normalised people who would in the past have only been only selling Trotskyite papers outside train stations.
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International Women’s Day celebrations kicking off early this year
Great company and an evening of political debate last night, I was addressing the 41 club at the Donington Manor Hotel, Castle Donington.
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Tories are a shit-show on everything. Labour is busy scoring horrendous own goal over anti-semitism. Lib Dems can’t even work out how voting works. Can someone please put British politics in special measures?
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Disgusting shameful frightening racism. The few public figures of colour we have put up with this shit all the time, as do many other people of colour as our country frays. Solidarity with
@SadiqKhan
. He wears the abuse he suffers lightly but he shouldn’t have to. No one should.
"Black c*nt lives matter"
"You c*nt"
Listen to their aggression. Listen to their hate.
If you ever wonder why the Mayor of London needs 24-hour police protection.
Without the protection officers there with him, he would have gotten attacked in this instance.
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Don’t vote Labour because of racism is a tough but perfectly legitimate view. Then telling people to vote for someone who has said the most appalling things about black people & Muslim women is absurd & shameless. I would have more respect for him if he’d said vote Swinson FGS.
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Worth remembering Melania helped spread the racist birther lie. I do not see her as some kind of victim in this story.
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Guildford Labour folk should lend the Lib Dems their vote here to keep out the Tory. Vote smart!
Guildford, constituency voting intention:
LDEM: 41% (+17)
CON: 40% (-15)
LAB: 11% (-8)
IND: (A. Milton): 7% (+7)
via
@DeltapollUK
, 28 Nov - 02 Dec
Chgs. w/ GE2017
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I was also on with
@OwenJones84
but you wouldn’t know it as I hardly got any airtime & clearly the social media folk don’t think I said anything of merit. Thanks
@BBCr4today
for the equal treatment & apologies for not being a ranty bloke. Kicking off clearly pays off!
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