Cllr James Giles
@JamesGilesRBK
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Parliamentary Chief of Staff and Advisor (@AyoubKhanMP & Independent Alliance), Leader of the Opposition @RBKingston, Journalist & Broadcaster | 🐱🇬🇧 🏳️🌈
England, United Kingdom
Joined January 2014
Blatant Islamophobia that has NO place in our politics.
"We have a growing number of young people in this country who do not subscribe to British values. We see them on the streets of London every Saturday" - @Nigel_Farage. "Are we talking about Muslims here?" - @TrevorPTweets. "We are" - @Nigel_Farage.
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Parliamentary authorities FAILED to table @AyoubKhanMP's amendment to immediately recognise the State of Palestine, DESPITE him tabling it on time. It was co-signed by @jeremycorbyn, @AdnanHussainMP, @ShockatAdam & @iqbalmohamedMP. Any guesses why Parliament blocked this vote?
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In every single one of these seats, @TheGreenParty split the vote and facilitated a Labour win. In many cases the Labour candidates were LFI supporters. The Green Party I knew, and once campaigned for, was proudly pragmatic. In 2019, they even stood down for Lib Dems! So why
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🥀 Labour MP RUNS AWAY from Scrutiny 🥀 . Liam Bryne has just RUN AWAY from a group of young Muslim voters who wanted to challenge him on his membership of @_LFI on St Agatha’s Road in Ward End. No votes for Labour. No votes for Genocide.
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BREAKING: @CllrTigerPatel steps down for @CraigMurrayOrg. Well done, Councillor Tiger Patel. For the cause over ego. Now it’s Adnan Hussain’s turn…
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Eid Al Adha Mubarak to those celebrating in Birmingham, the UK and around the world. At this time especially, we pray for Palestine, we pray for Rafah, we pray for Gaza. May this Eid be a restful and blessed one for you and your loved ones.
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Look at this young girl before you vote this Thursday. She was the victim of bombing today in Gaza. NO votes for Genocide. NO votes for Labour. Vote @WorkersPartyGB. In Hodge Hill, vote @JamesGilesRBK.
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I’m at @AstonUniversity supporting the #Palestine encampment this afternoon with food, solidarity and some cheer too (watch this space! 🇵🇸). If you’re local, please come and show your support!. #FreePalestine
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I’m outside @liambyrnemp’s office - there isn’t very much activity there!. Even Liam’s landlord is displaying one of my posters… on July 4th, vote for Britain, vote for Gaza. Vote @georgegalloway’s @WorkersPartyGB
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I’m outside Washwood Heath Academy, where students are telling me the headteacher forced them to remove Palestine stickers from their blazer on fear of detention!. This is an affront to the British values of democracy and freedom of expression that we hold so dear. RT this!
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‼️ Intimidation at polling stations from Labour supporters ‼️ . We won’t be deterred. We’re playing clean - Labour should too. The police are on their way.
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There's a palpapble sense of anger on the doorsteps for Labour and @liambyrnemp in Ward End. my volunteer Magnus was confused for a Labour canvasser earlier today. 🔈 SOUND ON! 🔈
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‼️ JUST 1500 VOTES IN IT! ‼️ . We were written off by everyone: the media, the pollsters, even some in the pro-Palestine camp!. Yet we reduced @_LFI member Liam Byrne MP’s majority from almost 30,000 to just 1,500. We’ve put Labour on notice - and we’ll keep fighting the fight.
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In Hodge Hill, Labour have conceded that the Tories and Reform can't win - with the Tories polling at just 6%. now this! 👇. We're on the cusp of an historic victory this Thursday, but only with your support!. Vote James Giles on Thursday. If you can help, call 07412 563485.
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.@LabourRichard, @Douglas4Moray and @willie_rennie go easier on Nicola Sturgeon than her own critics in the SNP. Whether you're pro-independence or pro-union, one has to ask - where is the effective opposition that is so vital in any democracy?.
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5130 votes was the difference between FIVE pro-Gaza MPs and TEN. And if the Greens had stood aside in these five seats, their vote share (also a pro-Gaza vote) would have been more than enough to get these candidates over the line. Shame on @TheGreenParty - genocide enablers.
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What a morning we’ve had in #WardEnd!. There’s no love for Labour here, that’s for sure. Vote @WorkersPartyGB on July 4th
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JUST IN: A Times/Panelbase poll puts @Alliance4Unity at 4%. This is before a single leaflet has gone through the doors of 87% of the population, and shows A4U is on the cusp of making history. Spread the message, #UnitetoWin. 6% support would virtually guarantee EIGHT A4U MSPs.
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If I am elected as the MP for #HodgeHill & #Solihull North. 💰I won’t have a second job.🏡 I‘ll live in Hodge Hill (unlike Liam Byrne).🏢 I will have a walk up office.📲 I will inform voters on a daily basis about what I do. I‘ll work hard for our area, all-the-year-round.
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Birmingham City Council is BANKRUPT thanks to Labour maladministration. That means services like grass cutting have been scaled back en masse leaving the mess like we see here in Ward End. Vote for change on 4th July, vote @WorkersPartyGB
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YES!! Huge huge huge congratulations to @CllrSamGorst and @LucyHWilliams1 who have just been elected in #Liverpool against the nastiest of Labour campaigns. Vote #Independent get Independent. The people of Garston couldn’t have picked better. @LIndependents @LGA_Independent
GARSTON - TWO ELECTED. Connor, LAB - 1022.Gorst, LCI - 1470 (WIN).McAllister Bell, LIB DEM - 430.McLean, LAB - 832.Millea, LIB DEM - 579.Santamera, GREEN - 145.Williams, LCI - 1159 (WIN). LCI WIN TWO.
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EVERYONE OUT BEFORE 10pm. We’re getting an amazing response on our battle bus out in town today. Ft. a special message from @georgegalloway!
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@ScouseLakes @Sukee49 You do realise that there was no vote at third reading and it passed on a nod?. Therefore it is impossible for an MP to have abstained at third reading as there was no division.
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🗳️ One vote at a time! 🗳️ . Sunita hasn’t voted in 15 years - but she will this time!. On 4th July, vote James Giles in Hodge Hill and Solihull North. Vote @WorkersPartyGB
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George Galloway @georgegalloway is set to win the Rochdale by-election comfortably. Tulley second - a complete rejection of party politics.
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🇧🇩 KEIR STARMER & BANGLADESH 🇧🇩 . Keir Starmer’s deliberate targeting of the Bangladeshi community was a big mistake. There are thousands upon thousands of Bengali tigers now out for blood on July 4th. Vote @WorkersPartyGB. In Hodge Hill and Solihull North, vote @JamesGilesRBK.
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Proud to bring some cheer in the form form of @Akhmedyakoob1’s jumbo Palestine flag to the @AstonUniversity encampment earlier today. Solidarity! #Gaza #FreePalestine
I’m at @AstonUniversity supporting the #Palestine encampment this afternoon with food, solidarity and some cheer too (watch this space! 🇵🇸). If you’re local, please come and show your support!. #FreePalestine
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Less than a week later, the said Holiday Inn is set on fire by racist thugs. Shame on Sarah Edwards. Resign, now.
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🔥 @ShockatAdam makes his maiden speech in Parliament 🔥. Incredibly moving, inspirational words. What a difference from the weak, ineffective @JonAshworth. Shockat did Leicester proud.
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NEW: Independent MPs @AdnanHussainMP @AyoubKhanMP @ShockatAdam @jeremycorbyn and @iqbalmohamedMP have demanded a meeting with the Home Secretary on the violence plaguing our streets. 👏
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Yet again there is no coverage on this from our mainstream press. They continue to support Israel’s ongoing genocide against Gaza. For shame.
On @N12News Israel's most watched news show, former Likud MP Moshe Feiglin invokes ***Hitler*** to justify Gaza resettlement:. "As Hitler said, 'I cannot live if one Jew is left,' we can't live here if one 'Islamo-nazi' remains in Gaza.".
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‼️ KASHMIR ‼️ . Labour’s mismanagement got the Kashmir MP lobby group (APPG) struck off the Parliamentary register. If I’m elected alongside @georgegalloway we will reinstate the Kashmir APPG without delay. Vote @JamesGilesRBK on 4th July. Vote @WorkersPartyGB.
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@ScouseLakes You do realise that there was no vote at third reading and it passed on a nod?. Therefore it is impossible for an MP to have abstained at third reading as there was no division.
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Absolutely the right decision. Well done @themuslimvoteuk.
🚨❌ The Muslim Vote will NOT be endorsing any candidates from the Labour or Conservative Parties for the upcoming election. We are in this together, inshAllah 👇
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Eid Al Adha Mubarak to those celebrating. Especially during this time, let’s remember the people of Palestine in our thoughts and prayers. #EidMubarak
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If any of you like a bit of a gamble but don't like the vibe of a betting shop, just pop down to Boots in Kingston instead.
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@solma_ahmed @AnthonyEllisCam @TheGreenParty I will begrudge the Greens it. Not me, but people like Leanne Mohammad. WT actual F. The Greens are meant to be better than other parties on stuff like this.
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⚠️Councillors for a Ceasefire Update ⚠️. The cross-party support for our statement has been overwhelming, including councillors from Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Green, SNP, SDLP and independents. Thank you. If you wish to add your name, please respond to this email.
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📣 Urgent Message from @GeorgeGalloway to Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North 📣 . Vote @JamesGilesRBK tomorrow!. RT this!
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Unfortunate placement of that sausage, Andrew. .
A cheeky chip shop pit stop in Chessington South as @LibDems fight for every vote this evening. Here’s to Andrew Mackinlay, @Gareth_Roberts_, @LuisaPorritt, @CarolinePidgeon, and all the other brilliant @LondonLibDems.
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Labour are too woke for their working class base, and not woke enough for their metropolitan liberal base. That’s the problem. Not sure there’s enough common ground between those two groups to ever rebuild Labour’s vote-winning coalition.
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First day back in Parliament (as a staffer) - let’s make a difference ✅. #Gaza #Independent #NoCeasefireNoVote
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Grant Shapps made millions WHILST an MP running a web marketing site under the pseudonym ‘Michael Green’. Another liar and charlatan is the LAST thing this country needs right now. If this is the calibre of leadership being offered, god help us.
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My great grandmother Marjorie passed away last night at the age of 89. May she rest in peace and rise in glory. 🌹.
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🚧 POTHOLES GALORE 🚧 . Across Birmingham - and especially in Hodge Hill - potholes are everywhere. I won’t rest until we get them fixed… and set a 48hr turnaround from being reported to filling them. Vote @jamesgilesrbk, vote @WorkersPartyGB on 4th July.
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Every year I read ‘Sturgeon kicks off independence campaign’ in the press, yet it of course never materialises. It’s become one of those recurring annual events and stories for journos, like April Fools or Halloween.
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This behaviour is beyond contempt. She MUST do the right thing and resign. It's utterly shameful.
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If true, this is absolutely disgraceful behaviour and he should be sacked.
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This is blatant Islamophobia, and it is incumbent upon all of us to call it out. Shame on the @JewishChron, not even trying to hide it anymore.
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“Happy holiday” you dog-whistling racist.
@JamesGilesRBK How embarrassing. Eid Mubarak?? 😂😂. Could you translate that for the English community pls.
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Hey @BBCScotland @STVNews @SkyNews: It’s time to include @GeorgeGalloway (All for Unity) and @AlexSalmond (Alba) in your TV debates. How can you continue to exclude parties that the SUNDAY TIMES say will win seats in the next Parliament?
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Tonight, 7pm in #Birmingham. Rally with @JamesGilesRBK - be there!. Church Hall, Burney Lane, B8 2AS. FREE TO ATTEND! @georgegalloway
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🚌 BATTLE BUS ALERT 🚌 . We’re rocking and rolling in Hodge Hill…. Vote @JamesGilesRBK TODAY. Vote @WorkersPartyGB.
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If you live in Ward End, Hodge Hill, Bromford, Shard End, Glèbe Farm, Castle Bromwich or Smith’s Wood, @Akhmedyakoob1 says:. “People of Hodge Hill, James Giles is your man. Remember that!”. #Birmingham #Gaza #FreePalestine #VoteAkhmedYakoob #VoteJamesGiles @georgegalloway
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@TrueBlower @AyoubKhanMP @jeremycorbyn @AdnanHussainMP @ShockatAdam @iqbalmohamedMP @WMLabour @Conservatives @LibDems @TheGreenParty @reformparty_uk Except he just voiced a point of view that was otherwise sorely lacking in the chamber. making a difference from day 1.
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Your handy voting guide in #HodgeHill and #Solihull North 😉. No votes for Genocide. No votes for Labour. #BoycottLabour
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As George Galloway's Chief of Staff, I helped secure a debate on substandard housing in Parliament which led to an adjournment debate. If MP, I of course will pledge my support to make every home warm and decent.
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@josh_mhill @TheGreenParty Even if not for Workers Candidates (though I don’t accept your premise), there are three independents on that list who were unquestionably ‘Green’ friendly. If they stood down for Tory enabling Lib Dems - as the did in 2019 - they should have stood down here for Left wingers.
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This is a lie. Jeremy Corbyn voted against two Tory amendments to the bill and in favour of a Lib Dem amendment to the bill. As ever, @UKLabour @IslingtonNorth not strong on the facts. .
A real shame that Islington North residents were not represented on a crucial Bill last night - the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill. 🌹. #VoteLabour @IslingtonNorth.
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Leader of the Council’s son is now a Trainee Development Manager at CNM Estates, one of Kingston’s major developers. Conflict of interest? CNM also a client of Cratus. When asked over conflict of interest tonight, Davis refused to answer.
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EVEN Piers Morgan is coming out against Netanyahu. Yet neither Starmer nor Sunak support a suspension of arms sales to Israel. For shame.
A mistake? No it wasn’t, he repeatedly said he’d attack Rafah and he did.
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I see the Zionist lobby have jumped on my Tweets this afternoon…. I’ll never stop speaking out: #FreePalestine
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Thank you to @themuslimvoteuk for their support and endorsement in Hodge Hill and North Solihull. Liam Byrne is a member of @_LFI and has done nothing for the community here. Vote for real change - vote @JamesGilesRBK @BrumWorker
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Liam Byrne is on the list of MPs who have received funds from the Israel lobby. #BoycottLabour.
🇮🇱One quarter of all British MPs have received funding from the Israel lobby. Declassified has published the full list for the first time, which you can view here👇.
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Labour are paying a high price for their betrayal of Palestine, and @georgegalloway @WorkersPartyGB are ratcheting up the pressure day by day.
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We believe in a healthy planet - @georgegalloway called for a global plastics treaty in Parliament with @GreenpeaceUK. The party has called for a referendum on how net-zero is pursued. I believe in a healthy planet and ‘going green’, but not at the expense of ordinary people.
@JamesGilesRBK What is the Worker’s Party policy on environmental issues? I was under the impression it was sceptical of Climate Change and even advocated for a referendum on the issue?.
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@07121322ed @TheGreenParty I led the first ever Green/Indy joint ticket in local gov a few years back. Wouldn’t touch Greens with a barge pole after this latest GE given how they’ve facilitated the election of right-wing Labour candidates against solidly left Indies. Leanne Mohammed? Come on….
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This is my MP @EdwardJDavey who abstained on a vote to allow raw sewage to be discharged into English waters. What was more important than protecting our waters, including the #Hogsmill river in your constituency, Ed?
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BREAKING: Five Independent MPs have come together to form the ‘Independent Alliance’ Parliamentary group, making them the joint fifth biggest grouping in the House of Commons. @jeremycorbyn.@ShockatAdam.@iqbalmohamedMP.@AdnanHussainMP.@AyoubKhanMP
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RESOUNDING win for @mygibbo and the @LIndependents. Well done. All eyes on Garston this afternoon 👀 . First win for an Independent in Liverpool for over 50 years!. @LGA_Independent.
ORRELL PARK. CON - 27.LCI - 1428.LAB - 360.LIB DEM - 40. LIV COM INDEPENDENTS WIN.
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Will the real Ed Davey please stand up?. My name is Cllr James Giles, I’m an Independent councillor in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames where Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey is also the MP. Ed’s two faces have been caught out on ULEZ. In private, he writes to constituents:.
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Only one candidate in sixteen bothered to turn up….
Batley and Spen by-election hustings
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The All Party Parliamentary Group for #Kashmir was disbanded at the end of March 2024. Labour chaired the Group and failed to keep it compliant with Parliamentary rules. Mark my words: @georgegalloway & I will reinstate the Kashmir APPG in our first 100 days if elected in July.
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@HinaBokhariLD @ShyamaliRodrig1 @BBCLondonNews Utter nonsense from Lib Dems clutching at straws. Police have never investigated Yvonne nor any ‘hate crime’ related to her campaign - ever. This is a lie and I suggest you retract this immediately.
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In case you needed ANOTHER reason not to vote Labour this election… they’ve now been endorsed by The Sun of all newspapers. Vote @WorkersPartyGB on Thursday.
The Sun Says: It's time for a change. Here's an early look at tomorrow's front page.
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Except this election has proven the democratic process is more broken than ever. LESS votes than Corbyn, almost twice as many seats for Labour.
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Resign, now.
I am shocked and sickened by the series of problems that have come to light. I had not been aware of these issues until this week, for which I am furious. I have immediately dismissed the managing agent of my properties. (1/3).
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Mashallah.
Is this right? This ISLAMIST Workers Party Candidate- is the Civil Service!!. We have ISLAMISTS running Parliament.
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🕊️Councillors for a Ceasefire🕊️. So proud that hundreds of councillors across the length and breadth of the UK have counter-signed an open letter to MPs demanding a #CeasefireNOW in Gaza. The number grows by the hour and is now over 300 in less than a day - and from every party
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So, farewell.Then @Rich_McLean. You who put out the nastiest.of leaflets against.a supposed comrade. The people of Garston chose well.rejecting the bile and vitriol.of a party they no longer see.as their own. When you went low, they went high.and it is you that paid the price.
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@RmSalih @georgegalloway I'm disgusted by Keith Mason's Islamophobic tweets that have been shared widely on social media today. I'm pleased that the @WorkersPartyGB have taken immediate action to suspend him as a candidate. There is no place for racism in society.
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🚨 A far-right mob is planning to descend on Bordesley Green this afternoon - right near Heartlands. 🚨 . I’m told they’re meeting at 5pm. To those in the area: stay safe and be vigilant. To those planning on coming: don’t. You’re not welcome in Bordesley Green.
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I’m so grateful to have @MrAlii786 supporting my campaign in Hodge Hill and Solihull North. Be sure to vote tomorrow - polls open at 7am!
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Just @UKLabour’s ‘Chair of Equality’ taking the piss out of a man with Cerebral Palsy for daring to stand up for election against a Labour ‘heavyweight’. Yup, totally normal behaviour.
Taking your embarrassing defeat well then 🤡.
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Independent MPs say they are “looking forward to working with” MPs suspended for voting for 2-child-cap. FIVE Independent MPs, including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, have written to the seven suspended Labour MPs thanking them for voting to scrap the two-child benefit cap
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I have received no apology from Kevin Davis for his bullying, abuse and victimisation since his initial outburst on Friday. Full Statement:
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Will the real @EdwardJDavey please stand up?. Today he writes to a constituent: “I welcome the ULEZ Expansion”. Yet just 2 months ago he put out a leaflet across his whole constituency proclaiming he wanted to “STOP ULEZ EXPANSION” . @sianberry hit the nail on the head: the Lib
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👨👩👧 Do you need support this half term? 👨👩👧. I’ll be using my first month’s Cllr allowances to provide food vouchers to families in need this half term. If you live in New Malden, email me James.giles@kingston.gov.uk & I’ll be happy to help. No judgement, no questions asked.
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The ironically named Hope Not Hate are *not* ‘generally a good’ group of people nor source. The state of the Labour Party….
I’ve removed the post about acid attackers following police saying it wasn’t true. It was from someone who’s generally a good but it’s important we correct misinformation where we see it.
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