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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
Replying to @ThomasWillett9
This Tufton Street front is campaigning to preserve gay conversion therapy. Recognising that they are wrong ‘uns who have done nothing for gay people and only exist to campaign against trans people really isn’t rocket science.
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
Can't wait to read Liz Truss's new book.
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its actually quite refreshing to have a PM whose embarrassing history involves raising money for charity, rather than burning £50 notes in front of homeless people and shagging pigs...
Andy Burnham's 'Strictly' dance video, found by #BBCBreakfast The PM said on TV show 'Gogglebox' for Stand Up To Cancer he has a "clang of anxiety" when discussing dancing - after taking part in a charity event for the Rob Burrow centre for MND bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm3w…
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Right-wingers are such bad losers. They honestly believe they have some sort of divine right to spread bigotry and hatred and coin in as much money as they possibly can.
🚨ATENÇÃO: Flávio Bolsonaro acaba de anunciar que vai pedir a ANULAÇÃO do resultado das eleições.
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
J.K. Rowling, a billionaire funding lawsuits against trans inclusion, says transgender activism is elitist. Apparently, using a public bathroom is a privilege, but bankrolling legal battles against marginalized people is grassroots activism.
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
Gay man here 👋🏻 The LGB Alliance does not represent me or any LGB person I know. Its work is overwhelmingly focused on attacking trans rights, and it aligns itself with those who oppose LGBTQ+ equality. The government should not treat it as a credible voice for LGB people.
We’re pleased to be invited to give oral evidence to the joint committee scrutinising the draft Conversion Practices bill. It’s vital that they hear from the many LGB people opposed to this bill and understand the harms it could cause to LGB teens.
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
“Helen Joyce does not have any formal education or qualifications even in biology, let alone in gender, sex or law... she is not an expert at all. She has no recognised expertise in any of the areas in which she expresses an opinion." — Federal Court of Australia
This will be the first chance for the Committee to hear the arguments for and against the bill. Sex Matters will be represented by Helen Joyce, alongside Dennis Kavanagh from Gay Men's Network and Dermot Kehoe from LGB Alliance. 💪💪💪
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
Democrats should realize that what Meta did in Brazil, they and other social media companies will do in the US in 2028 unless they are made to understand they will face criminal penalties for it
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
My right to live with dignity should not depend on whether a famous author approves of who I am. buff.ly/mRpe2SC
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Private equity are only interested in one thing. Making money at the expense of everything and anything else. It’s their raison d’etre. They shouldn’t be anywhere near health services.
Private equity buys UK fertility clinics. PE controls social care, hospitals, GP surgeries, dentistry, child fostering. Usual business model. High debt, quality of care declines, prices increase, high profits. When things go wrong, NHS has to step in. thebusinessdesk.com/northwes…
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She’s doing a Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, trying to portray herself as anti-establishment when she is the establishment. You can’t position yourself as an outsider fighting the system when you’re one of the most influential and privileged figures within it. @jk_rowling @jk_rowling10
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This man is a fucking idiot.
TRUMP on HIGH GAS PRICES: We’re making money like we’ve never made before. They’ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.
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Any minute now the free speech brigade will jump on this, they may even take to the streets to protest… Any minute now…
It's interesting to compare and contrast how the UK's political and media establishment treat JK Rowling for, ahem, "expressing controversial personal beliefs" and "standing up for free speech" with how Sally Rooney has been treated for actually doing those things.
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
I've been revisiting @UKLabour's 2024 manifesto, and some of the commitments are extraordinary given where we are today... - Defend the international rule of law. - Uphold international law in Gaza. - Recognise Palestinian statehood as an inalienable right. - Reject new oil and gas exploration because it worsens the climate crisis. These weren't demands from protesters. THEY WERE LABOUR'S OWN PROMISES! The government shouldn't need reminding what the principles are. It already wrote them down and commited to them! The question is why those principles become negotiable the moment defending them carries a political cost. @andyburnham @ZackPolanski
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
YOU'RE BORN. YOU SEE PANTS STYLES GO FROM BAGGY TO SKINNY BACK TO BAGGY EVERY 10 YEARS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. YOU DIE. THE END
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
If Meghan Markle had made the allegations against her father public, and jeopardised any investigation, she would have been berated by the same people now attacking her for not publicising them.
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
We’ve been doing this for years in Sweden. It’s not a deep state conspiracy, it’s common sense.
“Be ready by having some everyday essentials… three litres of water per person per day, tinned goods... to last a few days” Speaking to @vicderbyshire, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting details advice to households to be prepared for a “dangerous and turbulent world”. #Newsnight
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simon le vans Shadow Home Secretary retweeted
Here is George Clooney’s response after Trump accused him of being a "Hollywood elite." "Here’s the thing: I grew up in Kentucky. I sold insurance door-to-door. I sold ladies’ shoes. I worked at an all-night liquor store. I would buy suits that were too big and too long and cut the bottom of the pants off to make ties so I’d have a tie to go on job interviews. I grew up understanding what it was like to not have health insurance for eight years. So this idea that I’m somehow the “Hollywood elite” and this guy who takes a shit in a gold toilet is somehow the man of the people is laughable. People in Hollywood, for the most part, are people from the Midwest who moved to Hollywood to have a career. So this idea of “coastal elites” living in a bubble is ridiculous. Who lives in a bigger bubble? He lives in a gold tower and has twelve people in his company. He doesn’t run a corporation of hundreds of thousands of people he employs and takes care of. He ran a company of twelve people! When you direct a film you have seven different unions all wanting different things, you have to find consensus with all of them, and you have to get them moving in the same direction. He’s never had to do any of that kind of stuff. I just look at it and I laugh when I see him say “Hollywood elite.” Hollywood elite? I don’t have a star on Hollywood Boulevard, Donald Trump has a star on Hollywood Boulevard! Fuck you!" - George Clooney actor, philanthropist, humanitarian & activist
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