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This is so strong and clear.
You can't help but notice that if this was in the UK context - you wouldn't be able to get a single one of these sentences out without a journalist barracking the person saying it constantly.
The UK media is in quite a state.
I've been in politics for a quarter century. It's hard to express how staggering it is to see a conversation like this on corporate US media. The Morning Joe panel gobsmacked by the directness of @AbdulElSayed's points.
(clip via @DropSiteNews)
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I'm the only Jewish leader of a political party.
I'm a victim of Antisemitism every day and I've made it clear Jewish people are welcome in my party.
You're a Prime Minister who arms a genocide and locks pensioners up for opposing it.
Andy Burnham rules out any partnership between Labour and the Green Party due to their controversial motion declaring "Zionism is racism".
🔗 trib.al/c05KDDg
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This is what got Macklemore cancelled. This is what he said word-for-word. Antisemitism? You be the judge.
“A big part of the reason why I wanted to do this tour in the first place is so I could stand up in stadiums like this and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart: Free Palestine. I said, ‘Free Palestine!’ I want those words to be loud and clear, so that people all the way in Gaza to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten about them.“
I have an 11-year-old daughter, her name is Sloan, she’s here tonight. And if any of you guys are parents, then you know that that love that you have for your kids cannot be put into words, right? I want to see her grow up, I want to see her go to school, to fall in love, to figure out meaning, purpose, joy, her existence on this planet. I want it to be the most beautiful possible. And I think that every single human being that walks this earth deserves that exact same feeling. To know safety and peace before they know the sound of violence, to know the sound of laughter on a playground before planes and bombs, for parents to be able to say bye to their kids in the morning and not have to wonder if this is going to be the last time they kiss their child goodbye.“
And if I let that fear I felt on the plane yesterday stop me from speaking my heart in order to keep my own comfort and the audience’s comfort, that is the day I no longer continue to be on stage. So, I say, ‘Free Palestine!’ I say, free America, free Cuba to the Congo to Sudan to Iran, and all the people in America who have to live in fear because of this terrorist organization ICE.”
A non-Jewish politician crying "antisemitism" because he's come under critism for trying to get a Jewish politician arrested for opposing genocide...
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Everybody was told in 2010-15 that austerity was painful but necessary to improve living standards. And then no improvements came, ever.
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Sentenced and imprisoned on grounds of “terrorism” that no jury ever convicted them of.
Meanwhile, the British government continues to aid and abet the greatest crime of our time.
A historic miscarriage of justice — and a truly dark day for civil liberties in this country.
Here's an idea #Makerfield... maybe don't vote for the sexist or the career politician?
🚨 WATCH: An audience member tells Reform candidate Rob Kenyon that she'd "rather have a career politician than a sexist" #BBCQT
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Emily Thornberry has today said the government has let down the Palestinian people, and allowed Israel to act with impunity.
The audacity.
Here she is in October 2023 refusing to condemn Israel cutting off power and supplies to Gaza.
Don’t let these people rewrite history.
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You weren’t “truly appalled” when I$rael tried to kill me in an airstrike, or at the killing of thousands of civilians in Lebanon or when you ignored legal advice to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation you utter fraud.
Your government is complicit in the genocide in Gaza, the massacre of children in Lebanon and an ethnic cleansing operation on a scale larger than the Nakba.
I’m “truly appalled” that you, Keir Starmer, David Lammy and the rest of the rotten British Cabinet aren’t being hauled in front of The Hague and tried as war criminals
I am truly appalled at the video posted by Israeli Cabinet Minister Ben-Gvir taunting those involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla.
This violates the most basic standards of respect and dignity in the way people should be treated.
We are in touch with the families of a number of British nationals involved to provide them with consular support.
We have demanded an explanation from the Israeli authorities and made clear their obligations to protect the rights of our citizens and all those involved.
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FFS could someone please explain to me WHY the transport secretary - whose wages we pay by the way - keeps spreading this lie that having ADHD gives one an automatic right to a blue badge.
Having ADHD shouldn't give you an automatic right to a blue badge - according to the Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, who warned misuse of parking permit ‘undermines’ disabled people.
The number of people receiving blue badges for hidden disabilities has trebled in the past five years since the criteria was changed.
Should we crackdown on blue badges?
If this government want the trust of families and educators re #SENDreform, it would help if they stopped spreading misinformation about neurodiverse people...
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No empirical evidence that autistic children inherently hold more extremist views. Extensive research from forensic & psychological bodies, shows that autistic individuals are no more likely than anyone else to embrace violent or extremist ideologies So why are Ofsted doing this?
New Ofsted guidance labels autistic children as more likely be extremists – it's grotesque .
Please join us at Parliament Square on Friday, 22 May to demand Ofsted treat autistic children and their families with the dignity they deserve .
@Ofstednews – remove the lie !
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I notice the hideous Sarah Pochin braying away in the background. Demonstrating once again that whilst the Greens offer a real alternative to “business as usual” politics, Reform are part of the same establishment piss-up club!
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Just actually speak to some schools, look at the challenges help us solve them rather than this social media nonsense. Most schools feel unlistened to, done to and adrift from DfE.
What a waste of time and resource.
The GC and Education Secretary @bphillipsonMP chat maths, pi, and what we're doing to make sure there's 'always an opportunity out there for everyone' ✨
Find out more 👇
educationhub.blog.gov.uk/202…
This is unbelievably insulting to parents who are waiting for a response from their #SENDreform consultation feedback.
I'm guessing Gemma Collins didn't do this for free; did tax payers pay for it?
The GC and Education Secretary @bphillipsonMP chat maths, pi, and what we're doing to make sure there's 'always an opportunity out there for everyone' ✨
Find out more 👇
educationhub.blog.gov.uk/202…
What the f is this? 🤦🏼♀️
Gemma Collins is in the building and she's got questions.
Coming soon📷
@bphillipsonMP
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Here's a crazy idea: maybe they're not being paid enough to aquire savings
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In March, I wrote to the Prime Minister demanding a parliamentary vote on the use of UK military bases in the war on Iran.
I finally received a reply during the height of the Westminster psychodrama - the perfect moment to bury the government's complicity in war crimes. [1/4]
***EXCLUSIVE*** Andy Burnham fully rules out changing Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rules if he becomes PM
At the weekend his team had left it open whether he might change them in future
But tonight his spokesperson tells Bloomberg he is explicitly ruling out any changes to the existing fiscal rules
AND crucially Burnham is now also ruling out exempting defence spending from the fiscal rules to spend more on the military
He had floated that idea in a Bloomberg interview a few weeks ago but his spokesperson tonight says he won’t pursue it
This is a big attempt by Burnham’s campaign team to reassure markets who were spooked on Friday by his potential premiership
But it may risk disappointing some on the left who had hoped for a more radical fiscal policy
It may also mean tax rises are the likely main revenue raiser in the event Burnham wants to increase spending
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