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12 Jul, 10 tweets, 4 min read
Truly disgraceful. Marcus Rashford mural defaced -bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… ... I hope to hear Priti Patel demand that all these individuals are chased down and imprisoned - from the booing to the defacement. For tolerance's sake these hate crimes cannot be tolerated.
X : Do you think the Gov needs to do more on social media?
Me : Be careful there. Social media is a legitimate tool of protest and communication. This Gov has shown some authoritarian tendencies especially against protest. I would look first at existing laws being applied.
However, that said, the Gov certainly needs to have shown leadership. Starmer fairly calls out Boris on this - and Lee Anderson's protest against the knee was a disgrace but then in general I find him a disgrace - mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
This is wonderful. Hundreds of messages of support left on vandalised mural - bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Now, a mural to a living person who has done so much for the community (whether playing for England or changing this Gov's actions on meals for children) is so much more deserving of protection than some peice of marble to a long dead person with a dubious or dreadful history ...
... so I do hope that Priti Patel who has already been rightly criticised over not backing England's team for taking the knee - express.co.uk/news/politics/… - does now pursue the people who vandalised the mural.
Just as a reminder
"Disgusted to see this war memorial in Witham vandalised. This mural represents the memories of those ..."


We all agree with you that murals are important. So please make it clear that those vandals will be pursued and "re-educated".
However, do remember
... “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.” - bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
X : What about those booing?
Me : They should be pursued as well. Also, Lee Anderson has a lot of questions to answer. He is already neck deep in extremist comments over Travellers - mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
X : Wasn't he Labour?
Me : As far as I know he was warned by the party, rejected for re-standing as a councillor due to alleged sexist comments and so he then became a Tory MP - theguardian.com/politics/2019/… ... the Conservatives were apparently warned by Anna Soubry.

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X : Did you hear Boris say Bobby Moore scored a hatrick in 1966 ...
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Freedom from covid means zero covid and not putting up with covid.
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"the level of death proposed by Boris Johnson would be unacceptable” - theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…

... I asked back in May 2020 whether we could borrow the NZ PM for a bit - - ... is there some official way we can vote to have NZ govern the UK?
I'm thinking of a "power of attorney", a sort of temporary measure until we come to our senses?
I have many friends who have had COVID, all of which were double vaccinated with plenty of time for the immune system to adapt ... I am somewhat surprised to hear people talk about "fully vaccinated" as though that prevents you from becoming infected ... it lessens the impact.
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