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Resonant words from the Auschwitz Memorial today:
“Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. Hatred was gradually developed. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through dehumanization & violence to systematic & industrial murder.
“Auschwitz took time.”
“Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. Hatred was gradually developed. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through dehumanization & violence to systematic & industrial murder.
“Auschwitz took time.”
January 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Resonant words from the Auschwitz Memorial today:
“Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. Hatred was gradually developed. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through dehumanization & violence to systematic & industrial murder.
“Auschwitz took time.”
“Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. Hatred was gradually developed. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through dehumanization & violence to systematic & industrial murder.
“Auschwitz took time.”
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Child sex abuse gang jailed for crimes going back as far as 2012.
I'm sure all the usual right wing gobshites will be furiously demanding an Inquiry and shouting about cover-ups.
Any minute now...
..just you wait...
I'm sure all the usual right wing gobshites will be furiously demanding an Inquiry and shouting about cover-ups.
Any minute now...
..just you wait...
January 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Child sex abuse gang jailed for crimes going back as far as 2012.
I'm sure all the usual right wing gobshites will be furiously demanding an Inquiry and shouting about cover-ups.
Any minute now...
..just you wait...
I'm sure all the usual right wing gobshites will be furiously demanding an Inquiry and shouting about cover-ups.
Any minute now...
..just you wait...
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Just like much of the furore this week, here is an example of a law passed 4 years ago and the Tories did nothing with it. Within months of us being in power we delivered the scheme because we are about actual actions and real outcomes. They talked we walked. www.burytimes.co.uk/news/2484314...
Man sentenced as GMP secures biggest penalty in Bury domestic violence pilot scheme
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has secured the biggest penalty so far for the breach of a domestic abuse protection order (DAPO) as part of a pilot…
www.burytimes.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just like much of the furore this week, here is an example of a law passed 4 years ago and the Tories did nothing with it. Within months of us being in power we delivered the scheme because we are about actual actions and real outcomes. They talked we walked. www.burytimes.co.uk/news/2484314...
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"For all the easy, cheap nonsense being peddled - changes 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 made."
Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.
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Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.
@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"For all the easy, cheap nonsense being peddled - changes 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 made."
Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.
@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.
@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
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The Conservative party accuses Keir Starmer of refusing to take child abuse seriously.
In other news, here's former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson complaining about £60 million being "spaffed up the wall" investigating historic child abuse cases
In other news, here's former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson complaining about £60 million being "spaffed up the wall" investigating historic child abuse cases
January 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Conservative party accuses Keir Starmer of refusing to take child abuse seriously.
In other news, here's former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson complaining about £60 million being "spaffed up the wall" investigating historic child abuse cases
In other news, here's former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson complaining about £60 million being "spaffed up the wall" investigating historic child abuse cases
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By noon today, January 6th, the average big company CEO had earned more than the average worker will in the whole of 2025.
Can’t wait for that trickle down…
Can’t wait for that trickle down…
FTSE 100 CEOs earn more than average worker’s yearly salary by midday on Monday 6 January - Insider Media
Independent think tank The High Pay Centre (HPC) has estimated that FTSE 100 CEOs’ earnings for 2025 will surpass the median UK worker’s full time annual salary by midday on Monday…
www.insidermedia.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
By noon today, January 6th, the average big company CEO had earned more than the average worker will in the whole of 2025.
Can’t wait for that trickle down…
Can’t wait for that trickle down…
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This is important & necessary. I’d add only that a) It’s clear many of the political & media figures deliberately ignoring these facts are playing with the sort of fire we saw on our streets this summer & b) Laura Kuenssberg’s failure to point this out to Farage was an appalling dereliction of duty.
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is important & necessary. I’d add only that a) It’s clear many of the political & media figures deliberately ignoring these facts are playing with the sort of fire we saw on our streets this summer & b) Laura Kuenssberg’s failure to point this out to Farage was an appalling dereliction of duty.
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A cautionary tale for the rest of the world that should be studied for decades.
The country that imposed economic sanctions on itself.
The country that imposed economic sanctions on itself.
January 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A cautionary tale for the rest of the world that should be studied for decades.
The country that imposed economic sanctions on itself.
The country that imposed economic sanctions on itself.
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New Christmas lights just went up in Clacton.
(Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)
(Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)
December 17, 2024 at 5:05 PM
New Christmas lights just went up in Clacton.
(Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)
(Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)
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Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
November 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
November 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵