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Our story on how an evangelical church was embroiled in a mass murder investigation that uncovered 429 bodies can be watched here
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This week the PM cancelled the HS2 from London to Manchester that would reduce overcrowding. Today I’m on a train for Manchester with the driver refusing to depart as “it’s unsafe” due to overcapacity. “The trains going nowhere until passengers leave” he says.
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Two weeks ago there were 500,000 people on this street without police clashes of this nature. Following the Home Secretary's words this is how the far-right groups here to 'defend' the cenotaph are showing 'respect' for the Armistice.
Fighting has broken out as people shouting ‘England ‘till I die’ attempted to reach the Cenotaph 👇
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Another fund to help black students at Oxbridge only? Those unis have a combined endowment of £13bn, the black students enrolled already had the capital (social or economic) to get in and their graduate prospects are second to none. Elitism in the name of equality again.
Rapper AJ Tracey launches fund to help Black students at Oxford University
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The Govt’s response to BLM was that black Britons were over sensitive, racial inequality wasn’t the product of racism, institutional anti-blackness wasn’t real, anti-racism training should be curtailed and that it was fine to boo black footballers taking the knee in solidarity..
Oliver Dowden tells
@skynews
: "I'm a bit disappointed that if you look at the moral indignation after the murder of George Floyd in the US with the Black Lives Matter movement, we haven't seen across civic society the same kind of moral clarity that Jewish lives matter."
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30 years before the holocaust Germany set up concentration camps in Namibia and exterminated up to 100,000 of the Herero and Namaqua people. In the 120th anniversary year the President of Namibia condemns Germany for learning nothing from its past by 'supporting genocide in Gaza'
Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza
On Namibian soil,
#Germany
committed the first genocide of the 20th century in 1904-1908, in which tens of thousands of innocent Namibians died in the most…
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On Wednesday I asked the Met if officers would be directed to intervene dissenters with anti-monarchist placards & the operation’s commanding officer Karen Findlay responded with an immediate “no”. Today:
Outrageous scenes of cops arresting anti-monarchy protestors and stealing their placards
So we are not allowed to show public opposition to a bloke being crowned head of state for having been born into unimaginable wealth while ppl line up at food banks and schools fall apart
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Very honoured to feature on
@jonsnowC4
finale. Everything everyone has tweeted tonight is true. It’s en vogue to proclaim ‘use your privilege’ but Jon did before it was cool. Holding his peers in the establishment to the fire. This evening is for real Gs only. Long live the king.
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Whilst western reporters are hailed as “brave” or “heroic” for the bare minimum each day we see unfathomable courage from Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
"Despite the pain ... I felt it was my duty to get back in front of the camera."
Al Jazeera Journalist Wael Al Dahdouh explains why he continues to report from Gaza after his wife, son, daughter and other relatives were killed.
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This ordered apology for the defamation of
@AyoCaesar
is horrific to read in detail and yet the abuser remains a paid columnist (published by the Telegraph 2 days ago) engaged with by 'credible' figures. Sorry a peer has endured this. There is a huge asymmetry in public decency
On 13 December 2020 I made defamatory statements about
@AyoCaesar
, which I sincerely regret and retract and have undertaken not to repeat. I have agreed to pay substantial damages to Ash Sarkar and her legal costs. Here is my full and wholehearted apology. Please retweet
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Last week the BBC apologised after their news presenter asked a former Israeli PM if Israeli forces were happy to kill children. This week:
Important reporting Palestinian boy killed by Israeli sniper in Jenin was unarmed, CCTV suggests
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Now outside Stoke Newington Police station as protest following
#ChildQ
revelations grows. Crowd turn towards station with chant “we stand United against our oppression”
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A statement from the Black Writers’ Guild on the passing of Benjamin Zephaniah who has joined the ancestors.
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If you want to level up opportunities for working class black students focus the money (the elite graduate recruitment programmes/scholarships/ mentoring) at the universities they disproportionately attend and ask Oxbridge why they aren’t opening their own long purse.
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Happy to announce that
@AtlanticBooks
will be publishing my debut book "Get Rich Or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy" early next year. The investigation is both portrait and critique of the clout industrial complex, modern work and digital capitalism
"From YouTube pranksters to Brazilian butt lifts, and OnlyFans to fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes, Get Rich or Lie Trying reveals the real stories behind the filtered selfies and gleaming smiles",
@AtlanticBooks
signs
@symeonbrown
's debut:
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30 yrs ago today 15yr old Rolan Adams was chased by a gang of white men shouting ‘n****’ and murdered. The crime wasn’t investigated as racist and his family’s justice campaign was surveilled by the Met. Amidst police reforms they fear new powers
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Will Sunak suspend arms supplies during the investigation as he did with aid after Israel alleged Hamas operatives were moonlighting at UNRWA?
BREAKING: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has spoken to Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
It comes as Israel 'deeply regrets' an IDF airstrike that killed seven aid workers including three Britons.
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When Dowden says “the same abhorrence that we show to other forms of racism” can he cite examples of action his government has taken against other said forms of abhorrent racism?
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If you’re a writer of African or African Caribbean heritage in Britain, over 35 & need extra financial support to finish a literary work the Black Writers’ Guild’s Mary Prince Award provides grants and is open for applicants. For details:
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Trusted agencies say the photograph is manipulated which means anything from photoshop to even AI. The Palace had said the source was Prince William. Now being asked if the monarchy has engineered disinformation. If so, why?
BREAKING: Multiple photo agencies, including Reuters and AP, have pulled a new image of the Princess of Wales from circulation over concerns that it has been "manipulated"
Full story ➡️
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On debut as editor of
@Channel4News
our scoop has made the front page of The Times and this is not even the biggest story on our programme. 7pm.
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The Govt who aim to sell a valuable British cultural & economic asset (C4) that costs the tax payer nothing but helps sustains an industry the UK excels plan to launch a side hustle in crypto & NFTs (widely criticised to follow the speculative logic of a Ponzi scheme)
Chancellor
@RishiSunak
has asked
@RoyalMintUK
to create an NFT to be issued by the summer.
This decision shows the the forward-looking approach we are determined to take towards cryptoassets in the UK.
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In
@HackneyAbbott
first interview since comments of Tory mega donor published we ask the MP if she feels more disappointed with the Tories or Labour? Whether Labour has a hierarchy of racism, if she wants Hester arrested and if she will be contesting the next general election.
"I'm sure that Keir Starmer will do the right thing."
MP Diane Abbott tells
@symeonbrown
she thinks 'Starmer will do the right thing' and restore the Labour whip to her after alleged racist comments she received.
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Buzzfeed reportedly planning AI generated Black, Asian and Latino identity content in “authentic voice”. AI in a black south London accent:
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I don’t even want to think about how diminished British media is without
@jonsnowC4
icon and swagger don. The establishment man on the side of the masses. Every
@channel4news
show until Jon retires the mic is now a must watch because Snow is a generational gift.
Jon Snow to step down as Channel 4 News presenter at end of 2021
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The report mentions "family" almost twice as much as it mentions "bias" and identifies "family breakdown as one of the main reasons for poor outcomes". A bold conclusion for a report commissioned by a PM facing his third marriage with an unverified number of children.
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Thanks to
@bendepear
and everyone who has sent so many supportive messages, tweets let alone the talent behind our show. I made a return trip to Glasgow in a day and want to send a more detailed thank you and shout out once I’ve had more than 1 hours sleep in 48 hours.
Handover; old clapped out editor toasts the young and new. Nothing has made me happier and more positive to be leaving
@Channel4News
than tonight’s show. Congrats
@symeonbrown
@Channel4News
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Each year we lose stalwarts like Roy Hackett who won against injustice yet have been excluded from national memory. In contrast contemporary ‘activists’ can be venerated in magazines like Vogue for just writing a Twitter thread & posting content. RIP an OG
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New: The trustees of
@britishmuseum
have received a formal legal letter from the Nigerian government demanding return of the Benin Bronzes in letter shared exclusively with Channel 4 News following our report last month. Watch at 7pm.
We led the programme with this exclusive report that publish royal correspondence on the Benin Bronzes for the first time. The British Museum public say they had never had formal request. This account was contested by new evidence:
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Why is there an anonymity order still in place? What person charged with murder is still able to keep their identity secret? In similar circumstances in the US even when an officer *isn’t*charged he or she is named yet alone when they actually are.
BREAKING: Police officer who shot dead Chris Kaba charged with murder
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If I behaved this way I wouldn’t be allowed on air. There’s not much difference between Andre Walker & Mizzy. Both know that the attention economy rewards extreme behaviour when a camera present. Yet it’s hard for legacy media to take moral high ground when it plays the same game
Andre Walker clashes with notorious TikTok prankster Mizzy.
"Threatening guests does not happen on my show."
@andrejpwalker
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@louddanielle
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@MBiberauer_
10 minutes after I took that picture there was twice as many people standing in the walkway.
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The third leg of the Government’s proxy war with footballers. They lost the first two (free school meals/ co-signing the booing of England players taking the knee) and have returned for a sporting grandee. Let’s see how this ends.
Everybody knows what Match of the Day means to me, but I’ve told the BBC I won’t be doing it tomorrow. Solidarity.
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Very fortunate to have read a draft of this. Seminal work and turned social history into something almost filmic. Lots of forgotten tea has been restored and looking forward to beginning of this young writer’s career as an author. A must for readers of black British history.
My first book, Revolutionary Acts: Black Gay Men in Britain, is out March 2024.
This is a social and cultural history of love, gossip, parties, and political fights told through Black Britain’s elder generation of gay men.
Now available for pre-order:
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For those who have misunderstood ‘capital’
By the time a black student reaches oxbridge, no matter their social background/roots, they’ve already amassed a degree of resources and social capital which rigs up their odds at succeeding to be amongst the 1% of black people in their age range
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On Friday the PM made a speech expressing concern on politicians and activists spreading "lies" and "poison". Today his Govt paid out damages and his minister apologised for spreading false allegations against two academics following legal action. The minister remains in post.
My statement on recent correspondence relating to Research England’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expert Advisory Group.
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Empire supporters used to say ‘but Britain built railways’ as evidence these countries needed colonialism. Post colonialism Britain is struggling to connect Willesden with Euston and Birmingham to Leeds. Who needed empire most?
HS2 without it's northern leg would be the "most useless and most expensive piece of high-speed line in the whole of Europe," Juergen Maier from Northern Powerhouse think tank tells
@symeonbrown
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Despite being launched after the UK's largest anti-racist protests against racial bias the chair openly concedes the report had no primary interest in interrogating racial bias in good faith. His stated focus was how "individuals and their communities could help themselves"
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Last week we broadcasted new legal opinion commissioned by
@GoodLawProject
@WritersofColour
@UK_CAGE
shared exclusively that said clause would limit the ability to appeal and disproportionately impact racial minorities. Piece produced by
@hilamay_
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‘In other news’ you can read edited extract of ‘Get Rich Or Lie Trying’ in
@gdnlongread
on hip hop, hustle culture, exploitation and how the influencer influencer industry grew during a generational economic crunch
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On the ceasefire march is a section for families with babies and young children. There is a chance those young families making their way to the demonstration will be accosted by the far right groups who've already fought police officers. If there are attacks who is responsible?
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A very surreal time to bring out a book but taking the reprieve of
#WorldBookDay
to publish Get Rich today - lots of people to thank from my interviewees, publisher, editor, agent
@nikicchang
, early readers like
@jasebyjason
and cheer coach and the book's de facto nurse
@BizPears
Happy publication day to
@symeonbrown
, GET RICH OR LIE TRYING is an overdue interrogation of the influencer economy. This section on BBL influencers and exploitative cosmetic clinics is just a snapshot of the truth exposed in this book. Buy it now:
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Tony Bloom made a good living exploiting the fish at the poker table and then in walked Todd Boehly. No one has gotten more flesh from a single catch since Jesus of Nazareth fed the 5,000.
Chelsea’s deals with Brighton in the last 12 months:
Moises Caicedo — £115m
Marc Cucurella — £62m
Robert Sanchez — £25m
Graham Potter — £21m
Overall — £218m
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A pioneer and visionary instrumental in the seismic shift in British pop culture. Jamal built infrastructure that enabled black British music to dominate. One of Britain’s best sons. A bonafide great. RIP. I am very sorry.
We are deeply saddened to learn of Jamal Edwards passing. As the founder of
@SBTVonline
, his groundbreaking work & legacy in British music and culture will live on 🙌🏾🙏🏾✊🏾
Our hearts and thoughts are with his friends and family.
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The Guardian on our Friday special: "Channel 4 News, on the other hand, felt genuinely revolutionary, an inspiring glimpse into what could be – should be!"
"Genuinely revolutionary"
The Guardian reviews Channel 4's
#BlacktoFront
, including a special episode of Channel 4 News presented by
@AyshahTull
and
@kemenzerem
and edited by
@symeonbrown
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“Adultification means nothing, call it what it is, child abuse”
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This month David Cameron speaking on behalf of the Government said South Africa’s case against Israel was “wrong” and “unhelpful.” The ICJ ruling has now disagreed. What now if current UK position is in conflict with international law?
We call on the international community to give effect to the rulings made by the ICJ. Global solidarity at this time is critical to uphold international law
#CeasefireNOW
#InternationalCourtOfJustice
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Long overdue.
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Israeli spokesman turns down the chance to apologise and says Israel is a democracy with a free press... this week Israel approved legislation that can ban foreign media with plans to stop Al Jazeera broadcasting. The media outlet whose journalists Israel has killed.
“I’m not attacking you, I’m just asking a simple question.”
@krishgm
asks an Israeli spokesman whether the government will apologise to the families of seven people killed in a
@WCKitchen
aid convoy, amid reports of repeated strikes on aid agencies.
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Happy to see 'Get Rich Or Lie Trying' begin to make its way out into the world over the last few days.
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A man was abused by his partner in scene as toxic as any moment on now defunct Jeremy Kyle Show and rather than stage an intervention the producers (who engineered it) broadcasted for entertainment with no disclaimers. I’ll be asking
#loveisland
for response tomorrow “
#bekind
”
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At the press briefing ahead of the coronation the Met say that despite their confidence with security they are considering use of live facial recognition. A recent University of Cambridge report found common use of the software was “unethical” and “unlawful”
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Watch
@Channel4News
tonight where the former forensic regulator tells
@Zahra_ZW
and I that she does not have “full confidence” in the way CCTV images are being used in convictions and that there is risk of miscarriages of justice. There is also racial bias in interpretation.
In an exclusive investigation, Channel 4 News reveals fears CCTV is being used to wrongly convict people of serious crimes.
We hear the story of a young man jailed for 18 years for attempted murder. His family insist he is the victim of mistaken identity.
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“Sir Ken Olisa OBE, the Queen’s first black Lord-Lieutenant, told C4 News he had discussed racial equality with the royal family since the murder of George Floyd” - this is an early taste of one of the many scoops on our programme tomorrow.
@Channel4News
is a must watch tomorrow.
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This is the moment the Queen's representative said the Palace supported
#blacklivesmatter
and shared fears of Queen's first visit to Grenfell. A small clip from our exclusive film on what the ascent of Britain's black elite reveals about the country.
"Well, the answer is easily yes."
Sir Kenneth Olisa responds to
@symeonbrown
asking whether the Royal Family supports the principle of Black Lives Matter. The first Black Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London reveals he has discussed issues surrounding race with the Royals.
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The latest episode of activism as content only. $6M of BLM funds were spent on a mansion known as the "campus". When asked about the expenditure one of reasons provided was it was to be an "influencer house" to make content like Hollywood's 'Clout House' but make it abolition.
In January, I wrote that my piece on the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation was one of the hardest I'd done. This one has been heartbreaking. As organizers have fallen homeless, I uncovered a $6 million property purchased with BLMGNF funds. 1/
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If you see me on air over the next 7 days I’ll be wearing black in mourning but at the very least now the best dressed correspondent is gone the rest of us have a chance. Will be missed.
Uh hum. News of my own: I’ve decided to leave
@Channel4News
! I’ll miss the madness of news and feedback from viewers here, but after twelve(!) years, it’s time for new adventures…
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10 yrs ago I ran a Haringey youth group and got a BBM (remember those) that police were being shot in Ferry Lane. My initial thought was disbelief - 'this is Tottenham not Texas'. That instinct was accurate and the IPCC had misinformed the public. We know what happened next.
Today is the 10th anniversary of the killing of
#MarkDuggan
by London’s Met Police. The officer who killed Duggan said he was holding a gun, but it was later found 7m away, with no DNA connecting it to him. Read about our investigation here:
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@EducatingMelan1
When successive rappers are launching initiatives solely for black students in the upper echelons and they are not alone in focusing on this group we should absolutely ask why.
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Rolan Adams was murdered in an area where black and brown teens had been “brutalised” and murdered - the most famous being Stephen Lawrence. Rolan was killed two years earlier yet authorities failed them all in their duty of care.
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Interview and review of ‘Get Rich Or Lie Trying’ by
@facilitymartin
in
@Dazed
out the week scam culture is dominating from influencers laundering $4.5 billion in stolen crypto, the Tinder Swindler going viral again and the BBC profiles a dubious crypto claim without inquiry.
Loved chatting to
@symeonbrown
about his great book Get Rich or Lie Trying, the new face of the influencer economy, cloutrage, and how California is shaping the world
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The book tells the economic story of our age. Social media promised an ambitious generation that we can swerve labour precarity through self-monetisation on platforms that industrialise deceit, delusion and have distorted our reality...
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Very happy to have commissioned
@Zahra_ZW
first report. Remember the name and follow her now.
Richard went to visit Trinidad and Tobago almost 40 years ago and has only just won his fight to be allowed to return to the UK.
And now he has to leave his daughter Marissa behind in Trinidad.
A reporting debut from me! Thanks to Marcia for producing 1/2
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In many ways it’s useful to hear Molly Mae express the default economic orthodoxy of our influencer era that is even reproduced by those who might identify themselves as being part of a ‘left’ (although I’m sure Mae per se wouldn’t)
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The Adams family are part of inquiry. 30th anniversary of Rolan’s murder falls at end of a week Govt unveiled plans for further use of undercover officers and new powers. Rolans parents told
@GirishJuneja
Ash Waring and I why lessons aren’t being learnt
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Arteta gave Utd a head start by starting with 10 men by including (goal) Shy Havertz. Viera two consecutive league assists now? It’s now Bye Havertz.
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Today the
@IOPC_Help
have published their investigation into 14
@metpoliceuk
officers that found: bullying, aggression, 'banter' used to excuse offensive behaviour, discrimination and misogyny. The report also published the Whatsapp messages of these officers sent to others..
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An ex-spad leaking Govt messages on content subscription site Substack with "if you think this is useful PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, share, encourage others to signup" is peak influencer culture.
86/ Evidence on the covid disaster: as the PM said himself, Hancock's performance on testing, procurement, PPE, care homes etc was 'totally fucking hopeless', & his account to MPs was fiction:
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But the real question is now that an entire generation believes that through the internet they and anyone can be rich because we all ‘have the same 24 hours’ what happens when the reality hits? That’s the question ‘Get Rich or Lie Trying’ was trying to answer
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@tobybakare
Sure so invest the money in better places to increase the number of successful black students. Students already enrolled into Oxbridge have already won.
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Since 2010 there have been 8 Government commissioned reports into racial inequality. The week the government responded to the Sewell report with plans on stop and search. “We don’t need any more reports, we had the Macpherson report, has anything changed?” Crowds shouts “NO”.
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So far The Washington Post, The Guardian, Politico, The Mail, Reuters, PA and other international media have picked up our story from the film we will be broadcasting tonight. We will also be breaking *another* Royal exclusive reported by
@kemenzerem
. Again 7pm.
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Gal Dem maybe closing but it was and will remain a triumphant media success story. Bravo to what Liv, Charlie and countless others created. A genuine cultural Goliath.
We are incredibly sad to announce that gal-dem is closing.
Several factors that have contributed to this difficult decision, including numerous challenges with running a small, mission-driven, independent media company. We’ve shared more here
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This figure even feels conservative. The protest felt twice as large as last week. So far interviewed black, white, Asian, Muslim and Jewish protestors often with children concerned ‘the world watching genocide’ and asking why anti-war protest is being called a “hate march”
BREAKING: Around 100,000 people attend pro-Palestine protest in central London
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As the Government unveils its new extremism guidelines will the PM be referring his donor to Prevent and return the money?
NEW: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson says: "The comments allegedly made by Frank Hester were racist and wrong. He has now rightly apologised for the offence caused and where remorse is shown it should be accepted. (1/2)
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‘A Little Life’ is a deeply disturbing read (no matter how brilliantly crafted) and anyone who counts it as a ‘favourite’ read should be placed under suspicion.
For the
@EveningStandard
I wrote about Ivo van Hove’s stage adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s cult classic ‘A Little Life’. Audiences have been left disturbed and even fainted. I can’t help but wonder, what’s the reason to watch 4 hours of torture porn?
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Israel have applied the same legal defence as Young Thug: Our lyrics expressing illicit acts do not reflect real life and were made for rhetorical, artistic or entertainment purposes.
Shaw is now saying the statements made by Israeli officials, which South Africa said show genocidal intent, do not constitute policy of the government and says it is only relevant whether they conform with the official policies and decisions made by the Israeli war cabinet.
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Files on the Adams family campaign were held by the infamous Special Demonstrations Squad who infiltrated protest groups and even had children with unsuspecting activists who trusted them. It was revealed their officers infiltrated the Stephen Lawrence campaign to smear them.
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Honoured to see good lawyers and great people recognised for their service at the coalface of justice. Long live the
#LALY
awards. Well done
@FionaBawdon
@WeAreLAPG
@ChrisLAPG
Huge thanks to broadcaster and author
@symeonbrown
for compering
#LALY22
with great skill and aplomb, and helping ensure the event was such a success.
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A day after that long read this by
@EmmaDabiri
adds further to the contemporary capture of activism by the new celebrity industrialised by social media
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“No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land” - Warsan Shire
More than 60 people are feared dead after a migrant boat was found off the coast of Cape Verde.
@symeonbrown
reports.
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Love to hear from my England captain in conversation with
@jonsnowC4
and excellently produced by
@Zahra_ZW
on the importance of reading.
"Now that I have read, I want to make sure that the next generation have the opportunity to read."
Footballer
@MarcusRashford
talks about the importance of reading with
@jonsnowc4
and says he wants to show kids "they can do something other than being on the streets".
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Watch.
“Pure panic everywhere you look.”
Inside the Gaza siege - a resident’s eyewitness report by Yousef Hammash.
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All day I’ve thought about the man we’ve known as Mo Farah. Firstly for his bravery. His intervention disrupts the framing of those without documents. Secondly for the considerable number I’ve met with stories that mirror his and the cruelty they’ve endured from a ‘hostile’ state
Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to UK as child, given new name and forced to work as domestic servant
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First a speaker at this conference downplayed the severity of Nazi Germany and now another speaker has summoned that history to undermine the severity of the slave trade suggesting descendants are 'jealous'. Senior ministers are in attendance and the PM appears indifferent.
Starkey: “The determination is to replace the Holocaust with slavery. In other words, this is why Jews are under such attack from the left, there’s jealousy, fundamentally. There is jealousy of the moral primacy of the Holocaust and a determination to replace it with slavery.”
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This is extract from Get Rich Or Lie Trying of how influencer culture itself is the expansion of both the ideological consensus and the actual financialisation of the self.
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For months
@Zahra_ZW
has investigated the case of Liban Yaryaye convicted for attempted murder following a violent disorder as he and members of the Somali community identified another suspect who was never arrested. The police say “messages were left with him to contact us”
“We’ve witnessed a grave mistake.”
Liban Yaryare was arrested aged 19 and has been in prison since 2018 after being convicted of attempted murder.
His parents claim racial bias played a role in their son’s misidentification on CCTV, which led to his conviction.
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Today our online lives follow the grammar of a pyramid scheme and this book looks at why disparate influencer realms from crypto, fast fashion, sex work, hustle culture to even activism are all playing the same rules with catastrophic consequences...
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Man Dem FC are the most iconic generation of footballers to ever do it.
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The grant/award was opened at Saturday’s
#theblackwritersguild
annual conference that heard from
@courttianewland
@renireni
Bernadine Evaristo,
@DianaEvansOP
, the CEOs of Penguin Random House UK & Hachette et al amongst a gathering of some of Britain’s finest scribes.
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The report is hostile towards the term "white privilege" but accepts decision-makers apply "affinity bias" towards people who resemble them. Considering the profile of those with power its unclear in the report how they are different.
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If you grew up in a Pentecostal family you should watch this at 7.30pm. Believers followed their pastor into a forest, now 429 bodies have been found in mass graves. We investigate whether mass suicide or mass murder the line between faith and extremism in Kenya is hard to police
“You've literally seen evidence of children being murdered.”
A Christian preacher from Kenya is accused of mass murder after more than 400 bodies were found in Shakahola forest.
@UnreportedWorld
went to meet survivors and those desperately trying to find their family members.
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Scott Trust Bursary is now open. I applied 10 years ago. If you want to work in journalism and are from a non-traditional background this is still one of the best fast tracks about.
What do journalists
@PippaCrerar
@garyyounge
@SamiraAhmedUK
@PoppyNoor
@taniabranigan
@estheraddley
have in common?*
Apart from being brilliant, they all got their start through the Guardian's Scott Trust bursary. Applications for this year now open!
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