Exhibit 47: #BookGate
The Daily Mail features 5 articles in 24 hours about Meghan writing a book, with front page ad criticising that you "couldn't make it up". Because no members of the Royal family have written books, right?
Exhibit 47: #BookGateContinued
More books by members of the Royal Family. Where was the criticism then?
Exhibit 47: #BookGateOnTheTV part 1.
Lorraine Kelly thinks that Meghan should donate any money obtained from her book to charity.
Exhibit 47: #BookGateOnTheTV part 2.
Lorraine Kelly makes no suggestion that Princess Michael of Kent should donate any money obtained from her book to charity.
Exhibit 47: #EvenMoreBookGate
Karren Brady scathing op-ed suggesting Meghan has no right to trade on the royal family name. Yet elsewhere the press lauds ex-member of the royal family, Sarah Ferguson for writing a romantic novel.
Exhibit 48: #MarxistGate
2018 Spectator, Meghan criticised for supporting gender equality. 2021 Times: Kate is lauded for attending Sarah Everard vigil, which highlighted violence against women. Same Che Guevara image, very different framing.
(See also Exhibit 22 #TooWokeGate).
Exhibit 3B: #MoreBumpGate
Princess Beatrice glamourously cradles her unborn child. Compare the approaches: "baby bump Barbie", "bump takes centre stage", "can't keep her hands off".
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Please beware the Twitter accounts sharing seemingly harmless nostalgia, which are, in reality, spreading xenophobia and racism. @Otto_English has dubbed this trend #Shitstalgia. Here is a case in point: Sandy of Suffolk.... 1/n
Sandy was quick to say her thread wasn't intended to be racist, but does that stack up? #Shitstalgia 2/n
Someone replied to Sandy of Suffolk with a beautiful photo of the Shah Jahan Mosque. Take a look at Sandy's reply. So, Sandy, Muslims aren't British, then?
#Shitstalgia 3/n
Roger M Hoe is the Reform Party's candidate for parliament at the next election for Beverley Holness. Perhaps we should take a closer look at his previous tweets and stated opinions?
Why do you think that the oft convicted far right activist Tommy Robinson (aka Tommy Ten names), former member of the EDL and the BNP, an Islamophobic racist, is described by Roger M Hoe as a "patriot"?
Why is Roger M Hoe so keen to see what news Tommy Robinson, the racist, Islamophobic, far right activist, formerly of the EDL and BNP, might have on Telegram?
Ginny H Ball is the Reform Party's candidate for parliament at the next election for Rutland and Stamford. Perhaps we should take a closer look at her previous tweets and stated opinions?
Why would Ginny H Ball suggest the British born and British educated political and women's rights commentator Shola Mos-Shogbamimu should be deported?
Why would Ginny H Ball suggest any black person, whether born British, or a British citizen, if accused or guilty of a violent offence, should be deported? Would she suggest the same for a white person doing the same?
Since he has written that current disability benefits are too generous, you can watch Matthew Parris failing to manage living off benefits for just a week back in 1984. Spoiler alert: he runs out of money with 2 days to go, and can't pay for his energy.
Susan Hall has been selected by Conservative members to become the party's mayoral candidate for London after winning 57% of the vote. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
I wonder what Conservative party HQ makes of Susan Hall's now deleted tweet about Dan Wootton, given the @BylineTimes revelations of a couple of days ago? bylinetimes.com/2023/07/17/gb-…
@BylineTimes I wonder what London's diverse electorate will make of Susan Hall thinking a gesture to show opposition to racism is "really bad"?