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If this were Just Stop Oil, there'd have been dozens of arrests, furious denunciations in the billionaire press and, perhaps, long jail sentences. Farmers have a right to protest, and the police respect it. Other people, it seems, not so much.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Hundreds of tractors block Westminster
Farmers from across the UK protesting in London against changes to inheritance tax.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If this were Just Stop Oil, there'd have been dozens of arrests, furious denunciations in the billionaire press and, perhaps, long jail sentences. Farmers have a right to protest, and the police respect it. Other people, it seems, not so much.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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"The normalisation of racism and dog-whistles will only get worse if the press continues to treat Farage as an entertaining figure representing the ‘real views’ of the British people – it must stop"
"For minorities like me, hearing one of Farage's 'ordinary folk' call the Prime Minister of this country a 'f**cking P*ki' is no laughing matter. It is terrifying"
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social writing last June...
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social writing last June...
The Politics of Farage and Reform is No Joke of a Matter – The Established Media Must Learn Its Lessons and Start Holding Them to Account
The normalisation of racism and dog-whistles will only get worse if the press continues to treat Farage as an entertaining figure representing the ‘real views’ of the British people – it must stop, wr...
bylinetimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"The normalisation of racism and dog-whistles will only get worse if the press continues to treat Farage as an entertaining figure representing the ‘real views’ of the British people – it must stop"