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24 Jan, 6 tweets, 2 min read
The Spectator publishes Islamophobia, other forms of racism and praise for the far-right & neo-Nazis - so not really surprising?
Here is a thread on some of the Islamophobia published by the Spectator

Here is a little on their promotion / praise of the far right/neo-Nazis

Their columnists include people like Douglas Murray

...and Rod Liddle

It is always so disappointing when really good journalists seem to be shocked by the Spectator engaging in racism, promotion of the far right, or attacking brown or black people.

It is entrenched in the Spectator.

Please listen to those who have been highlighting this...

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26 Jan
Shawcross said: “..Islam is one of the greatest, most terrifying problems of our future. I think all European countries have vastly, very quickly growing Islamic populations"

He supported torture & the worst breaches of law in the "War on Terror"

One wonders why bother....
For those who want to see more about Shawcross and what he thinks, see this thread & it may make sense why there are few worse or more frightening people to have this role

I have had messages saying things like:

"This can't be true, they don't hate us that much do they?"

"This is truly frightening"

"This must be a kite flying exercise"

"They can't be doing this intentionally"

I guess the government genuinely doesn't care.
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24 Jan
Things that get you hired by NYT: penning a racist article about “the disease of the Arab mind”

Things that don't get you fired by NYT: fabricating a story, or citing racist sources

Things that get you fired by NYT: saying you have "chills" when Biden's flight lands ImageImage
Source 1:
thehill.com/blogs/blog-bri…
Source 2:
vulture.com/2020/12/new-yo…

Or

thedailybeast.com/james-foleys-f…
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15 Dec 20
On the day the "think tank" he is Director of Policy is at (Quilliam), has its report on gang-related CSE (used by the far right) so clearly debunked *again*, you'd have thought he might have some humility.

But instead there is silence.
ICYMI:

Quilliam: there is an over-representation of (South) Asian men in group-based child sexual exploitation crimes
quilliaminternational.com/press-release-…

Home Office: “it is not possible" to make that conclusion
At the time, expert Dr @DrEllaC highlighted the "sheer intellectual dishonesty & irresponsibility of releasing this tripe badged as “evidence”"

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15 Dec 20
The blind spot Baldét and other pro-Prevent propagandists have, is they don't seem to have a clue why Palestinians might find it wholly offensive to be in such a presentation.

Why is "vocal support for Palestine" even relevant to be in such a presentation?
The context matters.

This is not out of the blue....there are many cases where being vocally pro-Palestinian has led to accusations of extremism

aljazeera.com/features/2015/…
This case study is on Prevent For Schools where discussing Palestine was deemed relevant.

preventforschools.org/download/file/…
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15 Dec 20
After Julie Burchill's Islamophobia towards @AyoCaesar, she appears to have lost her book contract

It appears her publisher realised the risk to its reputation to be associated with her racism & that Burchill may cross the line again during book promotion
m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…
Some context on what Julie Burchill said to Ash Sarkar

Some context on broader issues of racism from Burchill

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15 Dec 20
The Home Office review on "grooming gangs" finally published concludes:

1. “links between ethnicity and this form of offending” could not be proven
2. “Research has found that group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) offenders are most commonly white"
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…
“Some studies suggest an over-representation of black and Asian offenders relative to the demographics of national populations. However, it is not possible to conclude that this is representative of all group-based CSE offending.”
The document said there were issues with the data used in existing studies, sample selection and a “potential for bias and inaccuracies”

Assume this is referring to studies like the Quilliam report that was widely debunked by experts at the time, yet was cited in national papers
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