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@docrussjackson
May 16, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
Not content with reforms that could see UK journalists jailed for 14 years for printing stories embarrassing the Govt, Priti Patel now wants to silence Police Chiefs from speaking out on issues deemed 'politically sensitive'.

This is dangerous antidemocratic #authoritarianism.🇬🇧
Parts of the plan have been labelled “profoundly dangerous” & “power grab threatening operational independence” by one chief constable. Police & crime commissioners described some of the Govt proposals as going beyond the home secretary’s legal authority.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/m…
Don't forget that the UK Govt is removing the independence of the Electoral Commission, which is responsible for overseeing free & fair elections: any other country doing what OUR Govt is doing IN PLAIN SIGHT, would correctly be accused of corrupt antidemocratic #totalitarianism.
A lesson from history:

encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…
I'm perfectly aware of Godwin's Law, but here's a #THREAD from over a year ago, which makes *crystal clear* the uncanny, eerily familiar, & deeply concerning parallels between the policies & strategy of the current UK Government, & the 1930's Nazi party:

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#THREAD

Today is one of Britain’s most shameful days ever: a stain on Britain’s reputation as a tolerant, fair-minded, lawful, democratic and welcoming country.

The barbaric #RwandaPlan was dreamed up following the #PartyGate scandal, as part of ‘Operation Save Big Dog’. Image
The #RwandaPlan was announced on 14th April 2022 by disgraced lawbreaking liar & former PM Boris Johnson, who in a speech at Dover falsely claimed it could potentially see Rwanda “resettle tens of thousands of people in the years ahead”, & claimed it would cost £120 million.
In reality, the capacity of the proposed facility in #Rwanda is 200 people/year, representing 0.7% of 2023 small boat arrivals.

The ACTUAL cost will be £1.8 MILLION for EACH of the first 300 deportees. There is ZERO evidence it will have a deterrent effect or be value for money.
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#THREAD

#Telegraph headlines, as told by Craig Brown in @PrivateEyeNews (screenshots of REAL Telegraph headlines):

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ROYAL NEWS: Harry and Meghan "deny" plotting to assassinate King Charles

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#THREAD

New video footage makes it obvious that CEO of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, Gideon Falter, set out to deliberately provoke trouble, garner attention, frame the narrative, & to mislead the Govt, the UK 'news' media, & the British people - and not for the first time.
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The @metpoliceuk was forced to apologise. Yet as the new footage proves beyond any doubt, the Police Officer engaging with Gideon Falter, far from being punished, deserves a medal for his patience & professionalism, & should have arrested provocative troublemaker Gideon Falter.
That the widespread, hysterical & misleading national "news" media coverage & political commentary of this incident got it SO wrong reveals much about our broken, divisive & partisan news media, & our broken, divisive & partisan politics.

British people deserve so much better. Image
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The 'shameless normalisation' of grotesque divisive racism is alive & well in Europe & beyond - even in relatively sensible progressive countries like Norway.

'The details that matter: Racism in Norwegian media during the Covid-19 pandemic'.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
This article is about the role of the media in contemporary racism: it outlines the discursive mechanisms through which insidious, hidden forms of racism are able to exist “invisible in plain sight,” even in the media & public discourse of 'progressive' countries, like Norway.
The study is part of a broader investigation into the role of the media in the life-experience of immigrants. It addresses the question: 'How did Norwegian media portray immigrants during the Covid-19 pandemic?'
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In a 1935 speech, Joseph Goebbels warned Nazi Party members that an 'international clique of conspirators' led by the far-left & an ethnoreligious group, were uniting to bring about the "absolute destruction" of all advances made by "western civilization". encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/fil…

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Substitute 'Jews' for 'Islamists', 'far-right' for 'far-left', & 'racists' for 'woke', & then imagine how the entire billionaire-owned right-wing 'news' media & every right-wing politician would respond, if that was published by, say, the @BBC, rather than the Torygraph. 🤯
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About the @BBC describing Reform as 'far-right', Richard Tice said: “There are very significant implications of calling a political party, and by implication, its leader and senior leadership team far right. It is that which is defamatory and libellous.”

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The far-right ♥️ #NatCon

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The #NatCon2024 Brussels event was sponsored and coordinated by Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), a Hungarian 'think tank' funded by oil & gas money, & which received more than £1.3 BILLION in Hungarian state funding in 2020.

#FancyThat!

desmog.com/2024/04/16/nat…
Nigel Farage's entirely predictable #NatCon2024 speech was live-streamed on the far-right #propaganda channel GB "News", bankrolled by bigoted evangelical "Christian" billionaire Paul Marshall, whose hedge fund has £1.7 BILLION invested in fossil fuels!

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