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nazir afzal

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7 Nov 20

We’ve long known that politics in the U.K. & US wouldn’t be believable as fiction, even in The Thick Of It or Veep

Trumps team booked the wrong Four Seasons, not the Hotel.
Here is Rudy Giuliani announcing Trump’s legal action in the Four Seasons Landscaping company car park

The Four Seasons Hotel distanced themselves from Four Seasons Landscaping
The Adult Bookstore selling dildos next door to Four Seasons Landscaping & the Crematorium across the road couldn’t be reached for comment

So it seems the timeline is:
1 Trump tweets that the press conference is at Four Seasons Hotel at 11 w/o checking with hotel
2 Staff find Hotel won’t take it
3 Staff find another Four Seasons - the gardening company next to a dildo shop & crematorium - 30 mins further away

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nazir afzal

@nazirafzal

14 Jun 20

Dominic Cummings a thread:
The big divide was never between black & white, nor men & women, nor north & south
It's between those with power & those without
The power differential is the greatest cause of inequality

Like 60,000 others my late brother was 1 of the powerless

My experience tells me that there have to be consequences for law breaking otherwise the public lose confidence in those meant to enforce the law, and lose trust in the law itself
The powerful must be dealt with without fear or favour

So when I witnessed the Prime Minister and others wrapping a shield around Dominic Cummings I was horrified. I watched him get the privilege of a press conference in the garden at 10 Downing Street when any other civil servant would be denied on pain of discipline or worse.

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nazir afzal

@nazirafzal

2 Jun 20

Doubt there are many Black or Asians who haven’t experienced racism
I grew up hiding from skinheads on my street & racists at my school
I thought I hid it well from my parents until I came home after being attacked by 3 white boys, the injuries were too visible & the pain deep

I wrongly assumed that as a lawyer I wouldn’t experience it again, but I was naive
Whether it was promotion being denied when people thought I was the best candidate
The lack of appreciation when I worked evenings & weekends w/o a break to ensure the public were engaged with

When I got my OBE, another senior colleague said to my face “it was only because I was brown”
Each time I fronted a campaign, hate mail I got was painful
I had Far Right Demo outside my home, I had to teach my kids how to operate a panic alarm & carry on as if nothing had changed

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nazir afzal

@nazirafzal

10 May 20

Our Inconvenience is Not Oppression
It’s incompetence that has been killing us

I despair at amateurish response so far from much of this Govt during a time when our citizens are at greatest risk
Complexity will lead to Confusion

Sadly, I see more dead people💔
#BorisJohnson

1. You have to go to work, but your children can’t go to school
2 Don’t use public transport
3. You can do stuff in England that you can’t do in Wales or Scotland

If your employer expects you in work tomorrow without taking account of
1.Childcare problems
2.Haven’t recognised you can’t get there on public transport
3.Haven’t accounted for social distancing in the workplace
Then Do Not Go
Every employment lawyer & Union will have your back

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nazir afzal

@nazirafzal

23 Feb 20

A guy messaged me to say “I always spoked sense” & if I remembered him from school

Strangely, I did because he was 1 of the racist bullies I had to face

I wrote back with thanks for helping me become the man I am - one that stands up to bullies like him

He apologised 40 yrs on

I forgave him
He was a child too
Hate is learnt behaviour, you do not hate when you are born

I told him how I felt, how scared I was, how I often cried to my sleep
How I lied to my mum and dad to cover it up
How nobody came to my rescue, ever
How I always will

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