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12 Jul
England player Tyrone Mings: “You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ‘Gesture Politics’ & then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens.”

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Sir Peter Fahy, the former chief constable of Greater Manchester and vice-chair of the body representing police chiefs: some politicians had “wilfully” misinterpreted why the England players were making the protest gesture.

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Sir Peter Fahy: “You need to take a very clear stance on anti-racism. I do think you cannot be passively anti-racist. You have to resist it [anti-racism] being a political issue and be clear it is a moral issue. You have to make your position crystal clear."

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12 Jul
It's now *crystal clear* that we have *by far* the most corrupt, anti-democratic, divisive, dangerous, irresponsible, free-market fundamentalist, populist nationalist, borderline fascist UK Govt in history, led by a damaged lying psychopath.

In the absence of a written constitution, & with a large majority, the Govt now threatens our democracy, economy, & quality of life: obviously borrowing from the Nazi playbook, they've abandoned all pretense at operating within the confines of the law:

It's important to understand what the 'culture war' is for, how it works, why it's an effective strategy, & why progressives have to be careful in how we respond to the relentless gaslighting & provocations from politicians & the "news" & politics media:

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11 Jul
The irresponsible & deliberately divisive culture war rhetoric used by opportunist politicians & pundits has consequences.

They all knew that #ENG players taking the knee was NEVER about Marxism, but about showing solidarity with victims of racism.

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Priti Patel, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage & Calvin Robinson: "Fans have a right to boo."

Danish mum: “Our nine-year-old son was booed directly into his face by one fan. We had to wipe the colour off his face & cover up his clothes to stop the abuse. I'm absolutely gutted.”

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Jeanette Jørgensen: “We had a Danish flag & they were trying to take it away from me, but I pulled it back & said: ‘Just leave it.’ Then they started pulling my hair as well & I couldn’t believe what was happening. It was quite frightening.”
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10 Jul
Another in quite a long series of repellant sniveling hard-right populist nationalist opportunist hypocrites.

How it started. How it's going ImageImage
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9 Jul
Hard-right Breitbart & Spiked columnist, advisor to Lozza Fox's Reclaim Party, ex-Brexit Party candidate & divisive brass-necked Policy Exchange crank Calvin Robinson, who RELENTLESSLY demonises the #England team for taking the knee, accuses @billybragg of being bad faith actor. Image
And immediately loads of cowardly anonymous right-wing trolls start having a go at Billy, & sheep-like regurgitate culture war bullshit about how 'taking the knee supports Marxists', when the England team have repeatedly spelt out in terms a child can understand why they do it. Image
But they don't really care. The fuse has been lit, & US billionaires, Libertarian think tanks & publications, media moguls like Murdoch & the UK Govt have invested so much time & resources in waging the culture war to enable divide & rule that they can't see they're being played. ImageImageImage
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9 Jul
#THREAD

For six years, privatised Southern Water deliberately poured enormous volumes of untreated sewage into the sea to avoid financial penalties & the cost of upgrading & maintaining infrastructure.

Deregulated free-market #capitalism isn't working.

theguardian.com/environment/20…
The privatised water company discharged between 16 & 21 BILLION litres of raw sewage into some of the most precious & delicate environments in the country.

But hey, at least the inefficient Marxist nanny state wasn't running it, & the shareholders did extremely well out of it!
“These offences show a shocking & wholesale disregard for the environment, for precious & delicate ecosystems & coastlines, for human health, & for fisheries & other legitimate businesses that operate in the coastal waters,” said the judge.

The deregulated free-market in action!
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