Profile picture
Adam Wagner
@AdamWagner1
, 5 tweets, 2 min read Read on Twitter
Labour's response to EHRC is classically Corbyn's Labour:
1. We have done nothing wrong
2. If in government we will strength ERHC, (including implication we will increase funding (???!!!))
3. Please stop focussing on this and look at all racism across society e.g. in Tory Party
A regulator has just announced it is investigating your party.

In your response, why would you include an entire paragraph about how you would increase the functions, powers and (it is implied) money of said regulator if in government?
Because there is an implication here that if you screw over our chances of being elected (by being critical in your investigation) you also screw yourselves.

Just amazing. The chutzpah...
The press statement shows that Labour still don't get it, and probably never will under this leadership (and press team).

They see this as all about politics and false consciousness rather than a real problem.
I'm going to say it. Probably shouldn't. But this para is Trump-esque. It's exactly the kind of "you can't really want to investigate me because I want to help you, I really do" stuff which Trump did with Coney, though not as brazen.
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Adam Wagner
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @AdamWagner1 see all

Profile picture
Adam Wagner
@AdamWagner1
Important new report from @InquiryCSA on child abuse in religious communities. Unsurprisingly, it finds that they are less likely to report and when they do it is often internally rather than externally, and are often disbelieved iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/…
I wrote a bit ago about the dangers in religious schools of keeping safeguarding 'in house' and why Ofsted were right to take a firm line, and that this needn't impact on religious freedoms thejc.com/comment/commen…
Report on the new research in @JewishNewsUK jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/religious-chil…
Read 3 tweets
Profile picture
Adam Wagner
@AdamWagner1
On Boris
- MPs make laws and should be subject to them. That's the rule of law
- MPs need extensive free speech protections as democratic debate should be fierce
- Misconduct in public office should be reserved for *abuse* of public office, not lying in heated political debates
- I don't like Boris. I think he did lie over £350m per week
- Politicians lie. We have well-established remedies for that: voting them out and parliamentary disciplinary procedures (including losing posts)
- I am deeply uncomfortable with this being subject of the criminal law
- I worry about where this leads. Once you start down the path of litigating political disputes which began fully in the political arena in court, where does it end?
- This is different to e.g. breaking electoral laws, where the criminal law has been given a role by Parliament
Read 6 tweets
Profile picture
Adam Wagner
@AdamWagner1
Hi everyone - someone just sent me a blog post, which I won't share (am reporting to the police) which contains a thinly veiled incitement to violence against Equality and Human Rights Commission staff and me over the Labour antisemitism investigation 1/4
The guy who posted it is clearly a bad apple and rants about the EHRC being controlled by the Israeli Embassy, but the post also contains language which I have seen reflected across a number of high-follower 'left' accounts, e.g. the EHRC being in some way infiltrated... 2/4
... by Israel/Jews, about me and them being "obsessed"/politically motivated/secretly in cahoots. I appreciate this is a controversial and sensitive issue but please can people try and watch who and what they retweet, be responsible, don't add to this environment 3/4
Read 11 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
Now! Solar🏵️
@NOW1SOLAR
Mueller summary THREAD
The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion. Evidence of Russian government operations began to surface in mid-2016. In June, the Democratic National Committee -
and its cyber response team publicly announced that Russian hackers had compromised its computer network. Releases of hacked materials-hacks that public reporting soon attributed to the Russian government-began that same month.
Additional releases followed in July through the organization WikiLeaks, with further releases in October and November. In late July 2016, soon after WikiLeaks's first release of stolen documents,
Read 270 tweets
Profile picture
Pete North
@PeteNorth303
1. #Labour now seem to be unified in calling for a customs union. This to me looks like the sleepy kid at the back of the class suggesting something to make it look like he was paying attention. It is a non-solution to #Brexit. Thread...
2. Because it has the word "customs" in the name, they believe it has magical properties that bring about frictionless trade. As the Commission pointed out a year ago, this simply is not the case.
3. Frictionless trade is the byproduct of a system of behind the border controls which is largely to do with regulatory harmonisation - ie the single market. Without it, there will need to be controls at or near the border.
Read 14 tweets
Profile picture
molly 🐶
@socialistdogmom
i hope lots of community members turn out to today’s jail board meeting to show support for a vote to stop the jail’s current practice of voluntary ICE notifications BUT if too many people come, the meeting overflow area is outside and it’s literally ICY 🌬❄️
so, please come but get there early if you need to ensure you’ll be seated inside & dress warmly. i’m bringing a blanket & some extra hand warmers.
this was just about a year ago — the board voted last january (while i watched from the freezing outdoor overflow area) to do nothing about the current policy. come on out to the jail (it’s literally at the jail) at 12:30 to see if they can do better.

Read 58 tweets
Profile picture
😐
@LuluLemew
US Treasury Department officials used a Gmail back channel with the Russian government as the Kremlin sought sensitive financial information on its enemies in America and across the globe, according to documents reviewed by BuzzFeed News. buzzfeednews.com/article/anthon… via @a_cormier_
Russia requested sensitive docs on Dirk, Edward & Daniel Ziff, billionaire investors who’d run afoul of the Kremlin. That request was made wks before Veselnitskaya showed up at Trump Tower offering top campaign aides “dirt” on Clinton — including her supposed conned to Ziff bros.
Russia’s financial crimes agency, whose 2nd-in-command is former KGB & schoolmate of Putin, also asked the Americans for docs on execs from 2 prominent Jewish groups:
Anti-Defamation League & National Council of Jewish Women, as well as Kremlin opponents living in London & Kiev.
Read 75 tweets
Profile picture
Seth Abramson
@SethAbramson
(THREAD) Tonight's revelation that Kavanaugh knew of allegations of sexual assault against him by Deborah Ramirez months before they became public is a game-changer—but *only* if journalists realize its astounding implications. I discuss them here. I hope you'll read and retweet.
1/ See if you can spot the problem:

TIMELINE
6/27: Kennedy announces retirement
7/?: Kavanaugh seeks narrative to discredit Ramirez (NBC)
7/7: McConnell warns Trump against nominating Kavanaugh (NYT)
7/9: Trump nominates Kavanaugh
9/23: Ramirez allegations first published (NYer)
2/ *No one* is claiming—not the White House, not Senate Republicans, not Kavanaugh's camp—that Kavanaugh (whether in conjunction with his high school friends or not) *lied to or concealed from the President* potential nominating-ending negative information about Kavanaugh's past.
Read 58 tweets
Profile picture
Glen O'Hara
@gsoh31
Okay, since we're debating anti-semitism again, let's have a quick run-through of what #Labour might have done, and what they have done.
Have they announced a specific speech by the Leader, or Deputy Leader, admitting mistakes in the past, and laying out a *specific* policy agenda to tackle the problem? No.
Have they admitted that, while of course one finds AS in lots of places, there is a *particular variant* of the curse on the Left, which is insidiously worming its way into the party's DNA? No.
Read 15 tweets

Trending hashtags

#PeoplesVote #Windrush #DetentionKills #ReadTheMuellerReport #Brexit #Corbyn #1MDB #DisclosuresTribunal #MuellerTime #TrumpRussia #FreeNajib #Trump #ProjectFear #Russia #MeToo #Immigration #SkyNews #Labour #CoreCivic #GeorgiaAbortionBan #Busted #Milne #Khan #impeachment #EUelections2019
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!