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In the final para here @NickCohen4 suggests that under a Corbyn Labour government the Human Rights Act would be threatened as it places checks on governments... not sure about that! Certainly no signs of it in anything any Labour politician has said
I do get the point and also worry about some of the anti-dissent tendencies around Corbyn's movement. But whether a Corbyn government would go as far as unravelling the HRA which he and his colleagues have clearly supported, I doubt.

PS this photo montage is terrifying
Can't quite decide who the middle photo reminds me of...

Perhaps
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Wait... the Imperial War Museum was storing the remains of six Holocaust victims? What possible justification would there be for that?
2/ I'm confused about Imperial War Museum's explanation for why it knowingly held the remains of 6 Holocaust victims for 21 years. Having received them in 1997, it just decided it was 'no longer appropriate' to hold them. Why was it ever appropriate? thejc.com/news/uk-news/u…
3/ It says it has "authority under Human Tissue Act 2004" to hold the remains. When I read s.1 of the Act I initially assumed you needed consent to hold the remains but in fact as an HTA report on the IWM says, donations before 2006 didn't require consent hta.gov.uk/sites/default/…
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1/ We need to talk about Brexit and "protecting workers' rights" (thread) bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
2/ It is being reported (and the govt have basically confirmed) that the govt will offer to accept @JohnMannMP and others' amendment to the Brexit deal bill. This is via @PippaCrerar who broke the story (mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…)
3/ The amendment agrees with para 79 of the Political Declaration (the entirely non-legally binding 'wish list' document produced by the govt and EU to set the ... er... tone? parameters? hopes? of a future deal) - here is para 79 itself assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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Can someone point me to the workers rights amendment which it is being reported May might back to bring over Labour MPs?
The BBC says it's an amendment proposed by @JohnMannMP - does anyone have a copy of it? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Thanks, found it
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For the confused amongst you, I'm looking at you Blakeley, this is the basic economics of the situation.

The UK imports 50% of the food we consume.

When the £ falls in value against the $ & the Euro, the price of food we import from USA & EU rises, purely because you get ...
... fewer dollars and Euros to the pound.

You may be familiar with this concept, Grace, if you've ever been on holiday abroad, perhaps for a spot of skiing, at a time of currency fluctuations and had to exchange the £ for the Euro and then back again.
A general rise in prices, Blakeley, is what economists call inflation.

Ah, you say, but we were only talking about food.

True, but oil is priced in dollars so when the £ falls in value against dollar then, for example. the cost of transporting goods goes up across the economy.
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This book by Karl Sabbagh “the anti-semitism wars” is now available in @Dauntbooks Marylebone and I have just seen that it’s one of the display books in the politics section #antisemitism #corbyn #labour @GnasherJew @mishtal @antisemitism @AntisemitismOut
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The next panel at @BylineFest starts with a few words from Tom Watson. He starts by saying there’s a few things he wants to say about monopolies and media ownership, and how things might change under a Corbyn Labour government…
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He talks about the decline of the local press, titles closing all the time - byt that the loss of local journalism also brings a loss of trust in local political institutions.
What has then been happening is local press has been bought at fire sale prices
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The noises coming out of #Labour on racism towards Jews (let us call it that) are increasingly hollow.
Let's not even talk about the 1000s of oddballs in & around Labour, who rant on about "Zionists", etc like UKIPers talk about "immigrants", but we know where both are pointing.

One is profiled here in detailed (& mostly ignored by Labour "radicals")

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Labour members, do you like antisemitism or Holocaust denial? Can you spot it?
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Waiting for the #Corbyn speech...
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