Ben Clinton
@bencclinton
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Comms @RepublicStaff #COYS Opinions my own (Of course)
London, England
Joined May 2019
My latest for @theleaduk, interviewing a Russian partisan group fighting back against Putin 👇 https://t.co/EsmMm7rEKa
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We speak to the armed Russian group staging attacks on Russia's military infrastructure - inside the country's borders.Â
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He is a Holocaust survivor. His name is Stephen Kapos. And he has more humanity in the tip of his little finger than you and your fellow apologists for genocide have combined. https://t.co/iRYPrPw7N8
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Donald Trump has not assembled a “Board of Peace” for Gaza. He has assembled a Board of Occupation. The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu. That is up to the Palestinian people.
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Conflating Antisemitism with criticism of the Israeli government is dangerous. The Board of Deputies keep muddying the waters. This isn’t about him being Jewish - it’s about his position as Vice-Chair of Labour Friends of Israel.
"it is nothing short of outrageous that a Jewish MP was prevented from speaking to pupils at a school in his constituency because of pressure from NEU members" - @PhilR_R
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Rough Trade Records would like to extend deepest sympathy to the Kwasniewski-Kelvin family who have shared this statement on the tragic passing of founding black midi member Matt - an incredibly talented person who will be truly missed. If you are struggling with mental health
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In October 2023, Keir Starmer said Israel had the “right” to cut off water and electricity to Gaza — then his Labour government went on to sell Israel more weapons than the Tories ever did. This is a Labour government that denies genocide, bans a non-violent direct action group
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On day 8 of our Administration, @GovKathyHochul and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC.  No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
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people complained eddington was too on the nose for a modern political satire, but in the space of a few months since its release it's crazy how relevant its storyline has become that and one battle after another might be the defining cultural touchstones of trump 2.0 already
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Wow. This article is a definitive example of that definition of journalism: "If someone says it's raining, and another person says it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the fucking window and find out which is true."
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We don't have a government. We have an American plaything.
Exclusive: Britain will refrain from criticising the US over the capture of Maduro amid concerns about angering Donald Trump The UK will not make any assessment on whether the action is lawful. If the issue is pushed to a vote at the UN Security Council the UK will abstain The
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trump will annex greenland and the labour party is going to crap itself on live television because morgan mcsweeney told keir starmer there's a 1% chance he'll get some oil money from haliburton one day
.@MikeTappTweets refuses to say that the US should not attack Denmark and Greenland. Moments later he declares that sticking to international law is what we stand for as a country.
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Bombing a sovereign nation and kidnapping the President is the behaviour of a cowboy state. The United States’ attack on Venezuela is illegal — and it is utterly shameful that the UK government refuses to condemn this reckless act of war.
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Donald Trump is so obviously going to annex Greenland. And European leaders will respond with unparalleled levels of "monitoring the situation".
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Do we stand for international law and national sovereignty, or not? Attacking a sovereign nation, the capture of Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife, and their imprisonment in the US is a violation of international law. International law is not optional, and we must defend
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Keir Starmer knows the facts: the US has brazenly broken international law by attacking Venezuela. He won't say so, because he's halfway up Donald Trump's arse.
The situation in Venezuela is fast moving, we will establish all the facts and speak to allies. Our embassy in Caracas is working to ensure all British nationals in Venezuela are supported.
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Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist. Kidnap the foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it.
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Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves — and that’s no coincidence. This is naked U.S. imperialism: an illegal assault on Caracas aimed at overthrowing a sovereign government and plundering its resources. Starmer’s Labour government must condemn this unequivocally.
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Offensive tweets from 15 years ago result in the prime minister threatening your citizenship. Meanwhile, British-Israeli citizens who killed children in Gaza this year can return home without so much as a police interview.
As @YvetteCooperMP sets out in her letter, the historic tweets by Alaa Abd El-Fattah are absolutely abhorrent. With the rise of antisemitism, and recent horrific attacks, I know this has added to the distress of many in the Jewish community in the UK. We are taking steps to
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