Tanja Bueltmann

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Sep 29

When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 19d

Updating my LEGO White House

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19d

In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.

She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.

So I confronted him.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Oct 9

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Oct 7

the Holocaust is where the Nazi regime *ended*, it is not where it began. It began with undermining the rule of law; othering on the basis of who people are; the normalisation of hate; rights limitations etc. And we are already much closer to some of those patterns than many people think. 2/2

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Oct 7

Direct comparisons with the 1930s are ahistorical and unhelpful: 2025 simply is not 1930s Germany. BUT what we can look at are patterns. And on the basis of those patterns we absolutely can see common trajectories here. I would also urge everyone again to remember that death camps and … 1/2

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Oct 7

PS: I caution against chiefly seeing this in context of the US. That 100% is relevant context and ‘inspiration’ clearly comes from there, see Badenoch and UK ICE idea. However, on this the Tories have a long history all on their own and are moving further and further into extremist positions. /endPS

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Oct 7

… of politicians who have been murdered over recent years and attacks on others. We cannot simply dismiss things like this, as I had already said in relation to Badenoch the other day, as the last horrendous hurrah of a dying party.The harm can still be very real even if it is. /end

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Oct 7

But I say this also expressly due to my own past experiences with far right agitators and based on work I currently do where safeguarding is a huge question—I am literally having conversations about things that incl potential threats. None of this is a joke in any way, particularly in light too …

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Oct 7

I say all this based on past evidence we already have of the impact of such an approach. Here’s just one example—even Govt ministers warned of the possibility of violence. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Top ministers urged Priti Patel to stop attacks on 'activist lawyers'

The home secretary’s rhetoric targeting the legal profession continued despite party warnings that it led to violence

www.theguardian.com

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Oct 7

This isn’t just a point about Jenrick either: the framing adopted by the Express—that this is a war—is also deeply irresponsible and will also serve to inflame further.

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Oct 7

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Oct 5

Indeed. Not just through the looking glass, it’s a huge hole in the wall now and yet, so far, being reported just like any other normal news.

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Oct 5

Journalists would also do well to ask about Badenoch’s comments on lawyers and what they might well do given precedents like this: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Knife attack ‘inspired by Priti Patel’s activist lawyer remarks’

‘It must be ensured that no further lives are endangered as a result of her untruthful and deliberately inflammatory rhetoric,’ company targeted in incident reportedly writes in letter to Law Society

www.independent.co.uk

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