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28 Jul, 11 tweets, 5 min read
Far-right shit-stirrer & GB "News" presenter Nigel Farage & the Daily Mail have turned viewers & readers against the @RNLI by accusing them of facilitating illegal immigration.

Heroic RNLI volunteers will continue their humanitarian work saving lives.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/j…
Mark Dowie, CEO of the @RNLI, said: “These islands have the reputation for doing the right thing & being decent societies, & we should be very proud of the work we’re doing to bring these people home safe.”

ALL decent people support the RNLI's humanitarian work. 🙏
Dowie’s comments came as the Government prepares to enact its controversial borders & nationality bill, which aims to criminalise migrants who attempt illegal routes into the UK.

Dowie stressed that the RNLI’s role was solely to save lives, not to act as a border control force.
@RNLI volunteers shared experiences of “vile abuse” on the beach as they returned with people, including young children, in desperate need of medical attention, such as having beer cans thrown at them & ignorant shits shouting “fuck off back to France” - WTF is wrong with people?
It's up to all decent British people make a stand against ignorant racists & intolerant hard-right Little Englanders - these people, egged on by the likes of the shit-stirring Nigel Farage & the Daily Mail, are toxic & destroying Britain's reputation.

Please consider making a contribution to the brave & heroic volunteers who risk their lives rescuing *anyone* who gets in difficulties at sea, regardless of their background.

rnli.org/support-us/giv…
'Should the Nationality and Borders Bill be passed into law, the human cost would be dire: the new proposals will hamper integration and may be seen as an abdication of the UK’s commitments to relevant international law.'

#LittleEngland

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…
Darren Grimes: 'letting children drown is the responsible thing for the @RNLI to do.'

Something has gone *horrifically* wrong when sociopathic right-wingers like Grimes & his ilk have a public profile & large followings.
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29 Jul
Read this by @GeorgeMonbiot. Every word.

This is where we are.

Don't let everything our ancestors fought for be taken away from us by a handful of Libertarian billionaires, press barons, hedge-funders, & damaged privately educated right-wing ideologues.

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"Healthcare regulators in the UK and US have approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine as safe for use in children between 12 and 15. Already 25% of 12- to 15-year-olds across the US are fully vaccinated, while a third of them have received one dose.

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28 Jul
Just Boris Johnson doing a very convincing impression of a fascist dictator.
Can you really not see what it is yet?

'An “unprecedented” coalition of more than 220 organisations has attacked proposed changes to the Human Rights Act and judicial review as a threat to freedom and justice.'

theguardian.com/law/2021/jul/2…
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A timely reflection on the contemporary problem of obedience, utilising the concept of voluntary servitude as a way of thinking through the paradoxical relationship between power, freedom and subjectivity.

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Although Weber defined the state in terms of a monopoly on violence, he was more interested in why people came to recognize its legitimacy.

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My best bet as to why people actually believe this unhinged bollocks is a mix of individual psychological trauma, combined with absence of critical thinking skills & pernicious propagation of conspiracy theories on multiple platforms, given credence by professional shit-stirrers.
Jesus wept.
Hundreds of thousands of British people are being radicalised by widespread misinformation & disinformation about #COVID19. It's getting scary. The reasons are complex, & absence of concern suggests our Govt welcomes it. We urgently need to find solutions.
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