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.@SadiqKhan needs to show leadership and end London's twinning agreement with Beijing. Now.

London is a global city, and the world watches us and the example we set. THREAD 1/3

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
What kind of signal are we sending when we continue a relationship with a government that is seeking to curtail human rights with new security laws in Hong Kong, while overseeing the cruel persecution of its Uighur Muslims?

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London must send a message that China's behaviour is unacceptable.

 That is why, as Mayor, I would end our capital's twinned status with Beijing.

Our relationship with China is not simply 'business as usual' - and the Mayor should make that clear.

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Shaun Bailey
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At 8pm, I’m debating race on @ITV. Here’s what I’ll say.

I believe in equality of opportunity. It’s the reason behind London’s success.

Equality isn’t about defunding police or ending capitalism. It’s about unlocking the potential of every Londoner, black and white.
The more chances we all have, the better our city becomes.

Opportunity is the route out of poverty, the route out of crime.

I know this. I was a youth worker for 20 years. When you give people opportunity, they thrive. Because at the end of the day, we all want the same things.
When Stephen Lawrence was murdered, Britain was a different place.

To people of colour, Stephen’s murder was upsetting and scary. But it wasn’t shocking.

Racism was more acceptable back then. Racist violence was all too common.

What that shocked us was the police response.
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The Mayor is threatening to cut the police budget by £110m - that's 1,692 officers.

Despite hiking his office costs by £527m (320%).

A summer of crime is coming.

@SadiqKhan needs to retake control of the streets.

👇🏿 THREAD 1/14

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Crime is rising in London.

Knife crime is up. Burglaries are up. Illegal raves have turned violent from Brixton to Maida Vale.

And with pubs set to reopen on this weekend, police are expecting more chaos.

So we need to support our police — not cut their budgets.

2/14
Sadiq Khan is losing control of the streets.

But instead of hiring more officers, he’s planning to cut £110m from police budgets.

That’s the same as sacking 1,692 police officers.

How will cuts help the Mayor take back control of the streets?

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

3/14
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Shaun Bailey
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I have some thoughts about tearing down statues.

👉🏾Communities should make decisions, not mobs
👉🏾 Statues should end up in museums, not seabeds
👉🏾 We need to be building more monuments to showcase our present day role models, not cutting ourselves off from our past

THREAD 1/17
This is a thread about history, what it means to live in a civilised society and why @SadiqKhan 's hastily announced commission to tear down statues and rename roads across London is both a dangerous and divisive idea.

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London has historically been an international city, and that means we have an international history.

I'm proud for example that Parliament Square hosts statues not only of British leaders, but international giants like Gandhi, Lincoln and Mandela.

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