There were 1 million views on X for Tommy Robinson posting this on June 18th calling for mass public executions of "Pakistani rope gang" (Perceptions may differ on whether this is a call for the state to execute convicted criminals for grooming, or to organise public lynchings, or both).
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
Happy Father’s Day to the fathers, stepfathers, grandfathers, uncles, godfathers, and father figures helping to raise the next generation with care and compassion.
And to @douglasemhoff.bsky.social, thank you for the joy, care, and humor you bring to our family every day. We love you so very much.
Kamala Harris
"Why Does a Suspected Anti-Muslim Attack Barely Make the News?"
Zeteo UK's Shehab Khan on the double standards from politicians & the media when it comes to attacks on Muslims. No front page headlines on Edinburgh; no Cobra meeting; no sustained outrage.
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Aren’t Green candidates astonishingly nice? Refreshing…
I hope this one gets elected.
Doesn’t make a damn bit of difference. Green tech is better and cheaper: the transition will accelerate independent of govts.
Mehdi Hasan
Political analysis by Starmer and McSweeney:
“Oo! People have voted for us to do things differently from the other lot.
We’d better be just like them, then.”
Brilliant thread:
“I’m so glad you found my boys so helpful and polite when they came to you for a sleepover. I only wish they behaved like that at home…”
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In some ways, the biggest failure of leadership has been a failure to understand or learn. Many of the reasons this govt is unpopular were avoidable or at least mitigatable, but realism constantly lost out among Starmer and his team to an outdated and ideological understanding of Labour voters.
Burnham has two jobs: PR and Leveson 2, incl social media
