Kevin Shaw 🌹🇬🇧 #GTTO #JoinAUnion
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Labour & active travel supporter, hankering after a closer relationship with the EU. All tweets are my own, and likes & shares are in a personal capacity.
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@JoelTaylorhack
It's the centre of our capital city!
It's not meant to be quiet and peaceful!
That's how you kill a city's nightlife.
If you don't like noise and bustle late into warm balmy summer nights, there are other places to live.
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@ilyas_nagdee
@AyoCaesar
Another example of the implicit racism, and bias based on class, in the police.
It's simply impossible to imagine that response from the police to a white middle class parent whose child was missing.
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@mrjamesob
Imagine being a **female** journalist and having to write this misogynistic guff about another woman.
How do they sleep at night?
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@BBCNews
What were they thinking?
I mean who thought "If we build a small hill with a staircase up it near Marble Arch, people will pay to walk up it"?
I just don't understand the process whereby a group of people hear that and their response is "Yep, sounds like a solid plan to me"
🤷♂️
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@breeallegretti
@guse_guse
Surely this is a private matter for Johnson?
Why are tax payers funding it?
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@GregHands
This is just outright lies, and you know it is.
Under the Tories, our rivers and waterways, and our coastal waters, have regressed to levels of pollution not seen in decades.
Voting Tory delivers polluted waterways.
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@BBCRealityCheck
@HoCSpeaker
@HouseofCommons
Yet again, more verifiable lying by
@10DowningStreet
at the dispatch box in
#PMQs
.
When will you uphold standards in Parliament, and censure him?
#LiarInNo10
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@CorbynistaTeen
@jeremycorbyn
Labour when Corbyn took over:
- 6% behind the Tories.
- Lost last 2 GEs
- Tories in power for an expected 10 years
Labour when Corbyn stepped down:
- 24% behind the Tories.
- Lost last 4 GEs
- Tories in power for an expected 14 years
- Worst position for new leader since 1935
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@BladeoftheS
What rubbish.
Norway:
Has a monarchy
Is a member of NATO
Is a member of the EEA
Has a free market economy
Recognises private property
Owns the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund
It's not socialist by any definition.
It's a very well run social democracy.
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@IsabelOakeshott
It has been deliberately broken by the Tories, as you know.
In 2010, waiting times were low, there were more staff, and staff were better paid.
It's possible to get back there - but like last time, it will take a decade to fix the damage caused by years of Tory vandalism.
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@implausibleblog
Badenoch here pretending to believe that what NT and Museums are doing is "changing" history.
She's bright - she knows that is not true.
So, obviously, she is lying.
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@IsabelOakeshott
@plumby77
Isabel's parents were exceedingly wealthy.
She went to the same private school as Prince Charles.
Isabel is being deliberately misleading.
Again.
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@MrMKimber
"cutting the pay of those living outside London and the South East"
Levelling up, anyone?
I'm sure the principled members of the fourth estate will be on to this glaring contradiction with pointed and searching questions tomorrow.
What's that? Eh?
Oh.
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@bbcquestiontime
@IsabelOakeshott
The same
@IsabelOakeshott
who said, in the immediate aftermath of Grenfell, that those in social housing had no right to live **where they lived before the fire**?
That one?
Let's hope noone raises it!
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Baker is a danger to the freedoms we all cherish.
If you doubt what Emily Maitlis said about Tory
#BBCBias
...
Here's MP
@SteveBakerHW
saying they tried to put Telegraph editor Charles Moore in charge of the BBC and Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre in charge of OFCOM, so they'd be "more conservative in what gets reported."
@maitlis
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In shock news, Corbyn fans who have left or are still in Labour hate anything the current Labour leadership do.
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@Twiz007
@Andrew_Adonis
Middle class privilege writ large.
Many pupils do not have access to a laptop or tablet during the day, especially if their parents/carers are having to work at home.
Don't assume that because you live in a house with 3 or 4 laptops/tablets, that everyone does.
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@MichaelTakeMP
He shall be known henceforth as "Brave Barclay" for the fearless way he dealt with an annoyed small middle aged lady.
We are lucky to have such brave souls leading us to the glorious sunlit uplands!
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@YouGov
Racism really is quite embedded, isn't it?
"Remove our previously favourite prince from the succession because he married someone with a dark complexion" say half the country.
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@Peter_Shilton
@nikefootball
@England
Any thoughts on this, Peter?
No St George flag anywhere.
Is this woke too?
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@Femi_Sorry
@BBCNews
@BBCPolitics
@BBCNewsCovid
@itvnews
@Channel4News
@Peston
@bbclaurak
Surely you've all got to make this point - that 2 of the nurses the PM personally thanked **would not be allowed in the country under their proposed immigration rules**
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@montie
@JustinOnWeb
The doctors in Scotland have agreed a deal that's north of 12% now, and guaranteed above inflation rises for the next few years.
Neither the headline amount now, nor the guarantee of future rises, has been offered in England.
Stop lying Tim.
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@RhonddaBryant
@Labour4EU
She *does* get it. She believes what she says. She doesn't care what happens to the poorest.
She's going to be the leader of a party who's literal reason to exist is to entrench existing advantage.
The mystery is why so many who get shafted by them continue to vote for them.
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@jessphillips
We need prominent men, old and young, of all backgrounds, in the media, saying "we need to stop proposing solutions that demand things of women, and we need to demand more of men - in the police, criminal justice, juries, and wider society - to make changes to how men behave"
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@PeoplesMomentum
"... undermines the fight against anti-semitism .."
Comedy gold.
Who was in charge when, officially, LOTO interfered to ensure anti-semites remained in the party?
If only we knew ...
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The crank "left" here *boasting* about supporting and campaigning for the transphobe, rape apologist and racist Galloway, a friend to fascists like Bannon and Hamas.
Left my arse.
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@Samfr
Which is no surprise, is it?
Decades of management theory and evidenced research make it clear that shouting at people and belittling them in front of colleagues makes group performance worse.
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@Steven_Swinford
@ShaunLintern
They've extracted upwards of 70bn in dividends since privatisation, while loading themselves with 50bn of debt.
All while being apparently regulated.
Ofwat is a joke.
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@IsabelOakeshott
As this graph from the FT last week clearly shows.
When the Tories, and their lickspittle apologists like Oakeshott lie and say it's beyond repair, remember both that they've done this deliberately, and that Labour can fix it.
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@georgeeaton
This is true. And would be great news for Labour if retired older people were not allowed to vote.
But you know what? They can vote, and are more likely to vote than pretty much any other demographic.
So subtracting them from data to make ourselves feel better is pointless.
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@PeoplesMomentum
2017 - "Evil Blairites" in party machine trying to sabotage Labour - Labour get 40% of the vote.
2019 - No "evil Blairites" in party machine - Labour get 32% of the vote.
I don't think Momentum have thought through where this line of argument leads, have they?
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Brexit is a far-right project to turn the UK into a low tax, low wage, off-shore haven - a Singapore-upon-Thames.
It will destroy jobs, communities, the NHS, and what's left of the post-war settlement.
That's why I support remain.
#LabourRemain
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@REWearmouth
There will be scant coverage.
Now imagine the media frenzy if it was a Labour chancellor that had made a similar mistake.
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They literally have no shame.
But because of Labour's still too cautious approach on hammering their chosen Brexit, we'll hear too few attacks on this.
Rishi Sunak's campaign video actually includes this line:
"Do we tell ourselves comforting fairytales that might make us feel better in the moment, but will leave our children worse off tomorrow?"
Looks like you do,
@RishiSunak
!
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@PamelaFitzPJP
Narrator: Labour voted for, and got passed in Parliament, a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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@paulmasonnews
"... failed to recover..."
Now there's an understatement!
It was also only consensus between economists holding a specific viewpoint.
Many economists - nobel prize winners amongst them - pointed out the transparent idiocy of reducing aggregate demand in a demand recession!
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@CasualObserverK
@LevienOfLuton
@KevinSCrowe
@LutonBhoy
@DavidLammy
@maxrushden
@ukhomeoffice
@theresa_may
@AmberRuddHR
This was raised by the Guardian 2 years ago, has been repeatedly raised by Lammy and others since, and was a question in PMQs 3 weeks ago.
The home office did nothing. Nothing at all.
So Lammy and others are forced to act in social media.
It's a sad state of affairs.
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@KevinASchofield
They've found lying works - helped by too few in the mass audience media calling it out for what it is.
So of course they'll keep doing it - keep lying.
Why wouldn't they?
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@AyoCaesar
That works really well, Ash - if you want the Tories to win every time.
I wonder if you and many on your branch of the left actually want that - to make things progressively worse and worse for most people, so that they will, in your fantasy, vote for a radical far left option.
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@AyoCaesar
Ash - try Wikipedia.
I'd suggest Julie's got quite strong credentials in this field.
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@KayBurley
Ehsorrywhat?
"Man who runs business with large unionised workforce unhappy that union acts to try to minimise members real terms wages cut" is surely unsurprising.
What else is the union for, if not to try to maintain levels of real terms pay and employment conditions?
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@paulwaugh
@Jeremy_Hunt
@amolrajan
All of Amol's statements are factually true.
Hunt tries to paint telling the truth as dishonesty.
🤷♂️
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@AnthonyMangnal1
@hemdow
And here we have it - the definition of fascism, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica is below - and here you are accusing people who don't agree with you as "not loving their country".
And from an MP. What a disgrace.
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@Peston
@bbclaurak
She's just a bare faced liar, as her predessor was.
They do it because, in a high profile interview such as this, they know it will never be called out.
So we further normalize lying by those in government, which further erodes the public's confidence in our politics.
🤷♂️
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@Femi_Sorry
@MrHarryCole
Harry's getting quite desperate - the view from Johnson's colon is not quite as important as it once was.
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@Mike___MK
@Mark_Calvert
@sophielouisecc
Never EVER mention the differential pricing of materials and components based on their environmental tolerances in a discussion with a moronic culture warrior.
Facts make them angry.
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@KernowQ
That's what happens when a community's underlying racism takes hold and outweighs it's common sense.
Happened across England in 2016.
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@James_BG
@martin_mckee
It's a government that is only in power as a result of a decades long campaign of lies & disinformation, often directly contradicting itself
This is just a logical consequence
The government - the Tory party - has no identifiable agenda except to stay in power whatever the cost
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@PippaCrerar
This is EXACTLY the issue with private provision - those with lots of money fight for lower taxes and the reduced services this implies, whilst insulating themselves because they can pay for it privately.
Same with schools.
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@Fhamiltontimes
Depressing, but not surprising.
If recruitment leads with people banging down doors and rushing into flats to arrest drug dealers, then it's going to attract people with a specific mindset.
The recruitment and training needs to refocus.
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@leonardocarella
@SpaJw
It's a matter of deliberate strategy.
It worked for him when Mayor.
It worked for him in the Brexit campaign.
It was borrowed by Trump, and worked for him (up to a point).
It's been the default mode for this government - not just Johnson.
Why would he stop? It works.
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@jessicaelgot
"questioning the sums"
Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhhh
Have you learned nothing since 2015 about how these charlatans and liars work?
She's lying. She knows she's lying. But because the media play a game of false equivalence between lies and facts, it erodes meaningful debate.
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@BladeoftheS
Norway is a NATO member state with a monarchy, a large private sector and an 80%+ home ownership rate. It also has the world’s biggest sovereign investment fund, created on the back of fossil fuels. There is a huge difference between social democracy and socialism.
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@BBCr4today
@BBCPolitics
@BBCNews
Labour's tax policy **will not** mean tax rises for all families earning over £14k.
He lied.
You allowed it without challenge.
Why?
#BBCImpartiality
#bbcr4today
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@sharrond62
@bxmoore
@BethRigby
@PennyMordaunt
@NadineDorries
I think, Sharon, Mordaunt is not being entirely truthful on this. She generally has a fairly flexible relationship with "truth".
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@tribunemagazine
@gayasktn
@AJScattergood
Not one mention of words Tory, Conservative, Government or Boris Johnson, no criticism of Tory councils but a targeted attack on Labour councils & Keir Starmer.
Here's an idea for Momentum's new slogan: "Doing the Tories' dirty work for them"
Absolutely pathetic factionalism.
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@SirJJQC
@BarristerSecret
And when she's interviewed, it's done as if she's a serious person.
It's like the treatment of Redwood for 20 years, and Daniel Hannan in the runup to and aftermath of Brexit.
🤷♂️
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@campbellclaret
@BorisJohnson
They would also be a good teaching tool for the national broadcast journalists on how you interview someone in power.
I'd send a copy to Marr, for a start.
The difference in tone between a Marr interview of a minister and when interviewing an opposition figure is significant.
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@lewis_goodall
It is unimaginably awful, we all agree.
In news that you appear to think is unrelated, Hamas has rejected multiple ceasefire deals in the last few weeks.
Maybe mention this once in a while.
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@PaulBrandITV
@YvetteCooperMP
Yvette is right.
It's just common sense.
The reason for it is obvious - Britain, in its weakened international position, did not want to antagonize Modi while trying to start trade negotiations.
And so Johnson risked the lives, livelihoods and mental health of millions.
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@kateferguson4
How will it be paid for?
How will the regular services staff the training?
Obvious questions.
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@davidallengreen
It wasn't misunderstood.
They knew exactly what they were signing.
They are lying now about it.
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@DPJHodges
Imagine trying to conflate someone who's no longer a Labour member who claimed 24k in fraudulent expenses, with the millions lost the Tories are responsible for.
It really must chip away at your soul having to do this.
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@andrew_lilico
The bible explicitly states a number of things that the church does not support, Andrew.
Leviticus (20:10-12) which reads: "If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, even with the wife of his neighbour, both the adulterer and adulteress must be put to death...."
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@JimClaybourn
@Sacha_Lord
@Conservatives
And once again, someone claiming to be "left" posits the theory that the good is the enemy of the perfect.
Here's the list of the accomplishments of the Blair/Brown governments.
Did it make some dreadful mistakes? Yes.
Was it better than any Tory government? Yes with bells on
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@AyoCaesar
It's the embittered far left doing what they always do ... harming Labour and helping the Tories.
It's not a mystery.
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@linmeitalks
The median gross household income in this country is £31k
().
Somebody earning £100k is in the 96th percentile of the earning distribution.
()
By definition, therefore, 100k pa is "rich".
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@England
Anyone booing the England players supporting a global campaign to highlight racism should be a) removed from the stadium a d b) banned from future games.
Because it's just racism, pure and simple.
We all need to stop making excuses for racists.
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@montie
Imagine thinking the presenteeism was more important than productivity.
And still somehow being treated as a serious commentator.
🤷♂️
The fact that much of British corporate management thinks like this is the reason for our shocking levels of productivity.
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@NileGardiner
@AllisonPearson
He dropped him - it took too long, but he did it in less than 3 days.
The Tories, however, had 3 parliamentary candidates for the 2019 GE under investigation for antisemitism, and supported them throughout the 6 week campaign.
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@DCBMEP
@mrjamesob
@LBC
@BorisJohnson
The full live footage is available.
Watching the full video, there is only one conclusion - he was isolated.
Why is it that the Brexit cabal can only lie and obfuscate?
If it and the government that delivered it was such a roaring success, surely there would be no need 🤷♂️
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#r4today
Martin Lewis - power, passion, mastery of figures and facts.
Politicians should be challenged to show the same.
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@ZacGoldsmith
It is a disgrace.
Zac - could this farmer have sold them to the EU previously? He could have, couldn't he?
Perhaps, Zac, take some responsibility for your decisions.
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@campbellclaret
@HoCSpeaker
@HouseofCommons
As chair, you should not be allowing the PM to lie openly and repeatedly at the dispatch box.
When will you reprimand him?
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@EveningStandard
@RachelSJohnson
This is a lie.
These signs have been up since 2007 at least.
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@DavidVidecette
And the vast majority are hugely supportive of the work they do, and understand the sometimes appallingly difficult decisions they need to make.
But that does not mean they should be above the law - it's quite bizarre this point needs to be made, frankly.
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@djhenshall
@Keir_Starmer
@UKLabour
Narrator: Labour proposed and got passed in Parliament a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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@ChristabelCoops
If you personally had investments in commercial landlords, and those same commercial landlords were the biggest source of funding to your political party, you might feel the same as they do, of course.
It would be better if the were just honest, instead of being disingenuous.
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@LabourList
@GMBGarySmith
@GMB_union
@STWuk
Corbyn's key advisor here advocating weakening a country fighting imperialist aggression - just because it's Russian imperialist aggression.
STW now an apologist and enabler of attempted imperialist aggression.
Shameful.
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@Councillorsuzie
They do neither of these things.
Susan is lying, trying to appeal to militant drivers and cranks.
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@BBCNews
"Man who believes".
FFS.
Statistically, given the number of people he'd have been in contact with, he caught at the airport on either end, or on the plane.
"Man who believes" isn't a story, it's propaganda.
Stop it.
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@AyoCaesar
Everyone agrees with that, Ash, as I'm sure you know.
The challenge with self-identification is that there is no means to protect against men (yes, a very, very small number) using the system to gain access to female spaces.
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@tds153
The point is that very quickly people in the PO & at the supplier Fujitsu knew there was a problem, but instead of admitting it, and working to fix it, they covered it up - & continued to prosecute sub postmasters
That is why it's a scandal that none of the execs are behind bars
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@_HenryBolton
They are due Brexit, due to us choosing to leave the EU with the harshest form of departure, and EU countries therefore "taking control" of their borders.
Grownups would recognise that, and take responsibility.
It's revealing that you don't.
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This shows **exactly** why the faux outrage over an MP being called a scumbag from Tory MPs is just that.
None of those who complain about Rayner's comment have criticised Patel or Johnson for their attacks on lawyers that clearly motivated this attack.
They are moral vacuums.
Man charged with plot to kill immigration solicitor on 7th September.
On 3rd September Priti Patel falsely slammed "activist lawyers" for blocking deportations.
Every Tory MP stays silent whilst Patel and Johnson continue with their dangerous comments.
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