Thread by @docrussjackson

In court, the judge expressed dismay at Mercy Muroki’s opinion piece: “I am struggling to see how, as in GB News’ charter, that this article is ‘respectful’ or ‘sets an example by treating others in a way that they would wish to be treated’.”

#Colston4

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GB "News" was accused of prejudicing the trial of the #Colston4 after publishing opinion pieces criticising defendants midway through court proceedings. A Mercy Muroki piece was titled “I’m in favour of white people calling out racism… but the Colston saga reeks of white guilt”.

Muroki commented on the ongoing trial, suggesting Bristol council & local police might have colluded with a “bunch of anarchic protesters”: “I don’t need a bunch of white hippies crippled by white guilt to throw a largely irrelevant statue in a river to prove they’re not racist.”

At a hearing on 23 December, Judge Peter Blair QC considered whether it constituted contempt of court & "to ensure that the safety of my trial process is maintained and that I don’t have the risk of jurors coming across this sort of material & the trial being prejudiced.”

Mercy Muroki was born in Kenya & moved to London at the age of 5, thinks the #BordersBill is fine, & was the youngest of the researchers appointed on the whitewash Commission on Race & Ethnic Disparities, which downplayed or disregarded both structural & institutional racism, &

Muroki is a culture wars columnist for The Sun & has also written for The Times, where she has argued that black Conservatives are demonised by the @UKLabour Party, & that "politics of class & victimhood" - rather than structural or institutional racism - hold back black youth.

Mercy Muroki was signed by GB "News", where she co-hosted Brazier & Muroki.

In August 2021, Brazier & Muroki was replaced by 'To The Point', which Muroki co-hosts with Talkradio's Patrick Christys, who has predictably attacked the #NHS, Greta Thunberg, & taking the knee. 🥱