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Today’s shocking Grenfell report calls to mind the hell of Robert Tressell’s 1912 masterpiece ‘The ragged trousered philanthropists’. Corruption, exploitation, the Great Money Trick. How little has changed in the lives of the most vulnerable in society.
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Despite the horrific events in Southport this week, the local community have come together with brave acts of resistance.
Including this very brave woman who faced down the rioters.
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🫶 We have seen people in Southport come together to condemn Tuesday night’s violence and stand in solidarity with their neighbours.
However, they must not be left to deal with this alone.
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Just been on @BBCr4today discussing far right involvement and the role of racist mis/disinformation in last nights riot in Southport that came after Mondays horrifying knife attack. More details from @hopenothate later today.
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Home Secretary @YvetteCooperMP's full statement on the violence and disorder in Southport.
ALT Home Secretary statement on the violence and disorder in Southport.
Disturbing story. Shall look forward to hearing what efforts @BrewDog made to protect its former member of staff.
EXCLUSIVE: Tribune can reveal that an Asian BrewDog employee was sacked after raising concerns about the presence of the EDL on the day of a far-right rally.
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/06/asi…
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EXCLUSIVE
Tories instruct lawyers to fight release of Universal Credit documents ahead of election
The Information Commisioners' Office ordered release of analysis showing impact of cutting the £20-per-week Covid uplift - by June 21
Gov now appealling
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/t…
Spain has long struggled to come to terms with the pain of its civil war. Efforts to do so have now taken a disturbing, backward step in Mallorca.
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Excl: Here's what happens if you scrape Betfair data for bets on a July election.
This graph cuts off at the end of 21 May, the day before Sunak announced the election.
There's a flood of bets that day - before Rishi formally told the cabinet and stood in Downing Street.
Echoes of two una bierras, as dearly departure Jack Slipper never said. Will they never learn. @chookyray @curtisrgallant theguardian.com/uk-news/arti…
At first, I assumed this was more from David Miller @Tracking_Power. Then I noticed it didn’t include Nightingale (the nursing home, not Florence) so I knew it wasn’t wacky enough for that particular crackpot.
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Not for the first time @Nigel_Farage has played the media like a fiddle. It is the one thing he is very good at. But now that he has played his latest tune, they - and especially in this case the broadcast media - need to think long and hard about the role they have played in all this. Constant platforming without real scrutiny - of his role in Brexit, which he barely talks about now; of the financing of his party; of his contempt for the rule of law as shown in his sycophantic relationship with Trump; and now like the Tories pumping misinformation far and wide. Populism never works when it gets anywhere near power. It only gets as far as it does because “it makes for good copy.” But it can do a lot of damage to democracy on the way.
I anticipate any legislation making it compulsory to volunteer without pay would get bogged down with judicial review challenges. Surely, if the Tories really want to mix with poor people, why not just give working class kids weekend memberships at the Garrick?
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I love this sport.
via @olney_cc & @Frogboxlive
The 7 October Hamas attack opened a space – and antisemitism filled it. British Jews are living with the consequences theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Phenomenal
Good effort. Well done lads.
(ps: imagine this as an Olympic sport - proper competition).
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Storror Parkour - the originators of this video - openly admitted on the orginal YouTube upload that this footage is faked, with disguised cuts throughout to create the illusion of continuous movement:
youtube.com/watch?v=tXMPRK…
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Thirty years ago, the Channel Tunnel finally linked the United Kingdom and France!
This feat brought people closer together, gave new impetus to our trade and confirmed the strength of our political relationship.
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It held that the Palestinians have a plausible right to be protected from genocide and SA has a right to present that claim in the Court – exactly as stated by Natasha Hausdorff and in @UKLFI’s letters.
If you get a chance, watch Joan Donaghue (recently retired President of ICJ) talking to Stephen Sackur on Hardtalk about South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…. Brilliantly produced by someone I know.