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When Eton College gave Farage a platform, what did they think was going to happen?
Boys directed racist & misogynistic abuse at state school students invited to join them for a speech by Nigel Farage
🧵#Eton #privilege #racism #cheating #cocaine 1/
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Boys directed racist & misogynistic abuse at state school students invited to join them for a speech by Nigel Farage
🧵#Eton #privilege #racism #cheating #cocaine 1/
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#Eton boys ‘sanctioned’ by a school that saw fit to offer hospitality and a platform to Farage and thereby, predictably, exposed state school children (Eton’s guests) to racist and misogynistic abuse
Eton,where Boris Johnson was educated/radicalised
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Eton,where Boris Johnson was educated/radicalised
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Britain's most influential people are more than five times more likely to have been to a private, fee-paying school than the general population, despite just 7% of UK people being privately educated. 1,300 private schools enjoy charitable status.
theconversation.com/the-public-cos…
Britain's most influential people are more than five times more likely to have been to a private, fee-paying school than the general population, despite just 7% of UK people being privately educated. 1,300 private schools enjoy charitable status.
theconversation.com/the-public-cos…
There are many reasons for this extraordinary dominance of private schools in our society, but one that is not well understood is how many of these schools – including the most prestigious such as #Eton – benefit from substantial tax advantages as a result of 'charitable' status. 
It's not possible to state with certainty how much the UK’s charitable private schools save through tax exemptions, but it's thought to be around £3 billion a year. This equates to more than 6% of England’s total state school budget (£47.6 billion) in 2020-2021.
There are many layers to the #Covid19UK human catastrophe but IMO it’s all DELIBERATE @mrjamesob
Not even @BorisJohnson is so ignorant that he can’t understand the seriousness of what is currently unfolding.
The crux is - HE WANTS IT TO HAPPEN!
@sajidjavid @JonAshworth
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Not even @BorisJohnson is so ignorant that he can’t understand the seriousness of what is currently unfolding.
The crux is - HE WANTS IT TO HAPPEN!
@sajidjavid @JonAshworth
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If you were looking for the perfect foil for the #BrexitShambles & #NHSPrivatisation in one fell swoop AND you wanted to divert attention from the cronyism & corruption being uncovered every single day….you’d create as much chaos, fear & desperation as possible….
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….carefully positioning your scapegoats (the EU/drs/nurses/teachers/refugees….
You’d allow #COVIDDisinformation to run riot, including from the @UKHSA (& conveniently replace #PHE), whilst churning out a #COVIDisOver narrative through a compliant media.
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You’d allow #COVIDDisinformation to run riot, including from the @UKHSA (& conveniently replace #PHE), whilst churning out a #COVIDisOver narrative through a compliant media.
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Another day, another #lobbying scandal - & yet another breach of the worthless & pointless Ministerial Code.
Our Government shows a flagrant disregard for transparency, democratic checks & balances, & the law.
Below, some previous #THREADS on lobbying.
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Our Government shows a flagrant disregard for transparency, democratic checks & balances, & the law.
Below, some previous #THREADS on lobbying.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
First up, a #THREAD about divisive ex-corporate lobbyist, proven bully, & serial Ministerial Code-breaker Home Secretary Priti Patel, who also enjoys attacking "activist" lawyers for doing their job, demonizing asylum seekers, & criminalizing protest:
Here's a long #THREAD about lobbying & corporate propaganda.
1 in 5 of the new Tory MPs from 2019 have worked in lobbying or PR for corporate interests, & 4 of Britain’s largest lobbying firms now have at least one former employee in parliament.
1 in 5 of the new Tory MPs from 2019 have worked in lobbying or PR for corporate interests, & 4 of Britain’s largest lobbying firms now have at least one former employee in parliament.
Boris Johnson is ‘constantly lobbied’ by text, sources admit.
Of course he is. The man is a corrupt opportunist liar.
Short THREAD about when he dismissed as 'Lefty delusion' allegations that he was in contact by text with Far Right bigot Steve Bannon.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
Of course he is. The man is a corrupt opportunist liar.
Short THREAD about when he dismissed as 'Lefty delusion' allegations that he was in contact by text with Far Right bigot Steve Bannon.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
In April 2019, David Lammy warned people about Boris Johnson, telling #marr: "British soldiers in this country died fighting this thuggery & extremism & here we are in 2019 & people are bringing it into the mainstream for their own political advantage."
politicshome.com/news/article/b…
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David Lammy also told #marr that "We do know that Boris Johnson is with Steve Bannon who is a white supremacist."
But Johnson used his Telegraph column to dismiss concerns & accuse Lammy of a "peculiar outburst" & 'peddling online conspiracy theories'.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
But Johnson used his Telegraph column to dismiss concerns & accuse Lammy of a "peculiar outburst" & 'peddling online conspiracy theories'.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
Thanks for reading.
If you're interested in the wider context, and what Boris Johnson's *real* purpose is, you might like this THREAD on what forty years of deregulated free market capitalism has done for Britain (already read by 150,000 people):
If you're interested in the wider context, and what Boris Johnson's *real* purpose is, you might like this THREAD on what forty years of deregulated free market capitalism has done for Britain (already read by 150,000 people):
And if you *still* need convincing that bigoted liar Boris Johnson might not actually be the Churchillian figure we've been told he is by sycophantic pundits, journalists, MPs and utterly delusional morons, here's what is quite possibly his finest hour:
And of course, #Eton has a hell of lot to answer for...
#TorySleaze
#BorisJohnson
#BorisHasToGo
#ToryCorruption
#BorisJohnsonOut
#TorySleaze
#BorisJohnson
#BorisHasToGo
#ToryCorruption
#BorisJohnsonOut
@hcoj__ @NoNumbersNess @Fox_Claire A different point. But Waldegrave was said to be chairing the appeal committee. Not only can he not now do that, but he has compromised the independence of any appeal. And I don't see Equalities Act point unless a suggestion that the talk creates a hostile environment. For whom?
@hcoj__ @NoNumbersNess @Fox_Claire Women? That's a real stretch, and indeed absurd. Transexuals? Easier to argue. But since that wasn't the original point of objection, that's a jump from one circus pony to another (all the while pleading confidentiality to avoid explaining), which shows the parti pris
@hcoj__ @NoNumbersNess @Fox_Claire That would explain a lot. The Head's suggestion that if even one person in a protected group found or might find something objectionable (? "hostile") it was banned. The secrecy. Eton knows the public, parents' and boys' reaction if this were found to be about 'transexual rights'
1. torno ancora sul racconto di @antoguerrera dei consulenti del governo di #BorisJohnson che accetta l'ipotesi del contagio di milioni di inglesi per arrivare all'immunità di gregge. Ci torno perché mi preme. E come ripeto NON ho alcuna competenza medica
