Thread by @fearnley_k

1/ The UK is descending into fascism. Our democratic freedoms are being threatened. Everyone living in the UK right now should be deeply concerned. Here’s why… 🧵

2/ Drumming up hate between the population and controlling the media to influence how people think (media propaganda), was a tactic employed by nazi Germany.

3/ To persuade Germans to support the Nazi dictatorship and believe in Nazi ideas, the Nazi Party tried to control forms of communication through censorship and media propaganda.

This included control of newspapers, magazines, books, art, theater, music, movies, and radio.

4/ Examples of censorship under the Nazis included:

Closing down or taking over anti-Nazi newspapers; 

Controlling what news appeared in newspapers, on the radio, and in newsreels;

Banning and burning books that the Nazis categorized as un-German

5/ In the last 24hrs we have witnessed the censorship of a nature programme for “fears its themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash from Tory politicians and the rightwing press” theguardian.com/media/2023/mar…

6/ And we have witnessed the sacking of TV sports presenter, @GaryLineker, for expressing opinion on an illegal anti-immigration Bill that the government doesn’t like.

Gary Lineker told to step back from presenting Match of the Day bbc.co.uk/news/uk-649205…

Its by no accident Tory Party donor, Richard Sharp - currently under investigation for donating 400k to the Conservative party & arranging a dodgy 800k loan for Boris Johnson - was recently appointed chair of the BBC. He MUST be removed

#RichardSharpOut

instagram.com/reel/Cn63ZEkoh…

8/ In the last few years we have been subject to nothing but Tory lies, scandal and corruption of the highest order. Including, but not limited to:

The fraudulent misuse of taxpayers money.

At the start of the pandemic, Tory ministers wasted billions of pounds of taxpayers money paying their mates for dodgy PPE which failed to meet health & standards. ft.com/content/740aa9…

Huge stockpiles ended up being burnt (literally money up in smoke) & HCWs were left caring for infectious patients unprotected. Exposed to high viral loads, thousands of HCWs are now dead or disabled, while those who profiteered from the scandal buy yachts theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/d…

They crashed the economy to the tune of 74 BILLION pounds 😳

People don’t have a strong intuitive sense of just how much bigger one billion is than one million. To help give perspective:

1 million seconds is about 11 days. 1 billion seconds is over 31 years.

https://twitter.com/Britain_People/status/1624479379962167296

We are facing a #ToryCostOfGreedCrisis. Cost of living is through the roof. Working people are having to decide between heating or eating. We’ve got full-time workers in professional occupations, working multiple jobs, regularly using food banks.

We are told to work harder. 😐

They are polluting our water supply & destroying our ecosystems

As Environment Secretary, @trussliz oversaw £235M in cuts to environmental funding. Including a £24M cut to monitoring services to ensure water companies don’t dump more sewage. Raw sewage dumps have since doubled.

Over summer 2022, dozens of beaches were closed to swimmers due to the high levels of toxic waste.

This year, 292 Conservative MPs voted to allow sewage dumping by water companies in our rivers, lakes and coasts for at least 15 more years. libdems.org.uk/news/adlib-art…

They have destroyed our NHS service.

The NHS has run on the goodwill of staff for far too long. We do not have the resources to provide a safe healthcare service. It’s dangerous for both staff and patients.

The NHS is crumbling & the Conservative party have no intention of saving it. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Stephen Barclay, can’t even be bothered to turn up to discussion talks. They WANT it to fail because they are set to profit from a privatised system.

https://twitter.com/RobLaurensonD4P/status/1634242072235393027

The Conservative party know they will be wiped out at the next general election.

Suella Bravemans illegal anti-immigration bill is a last ditched attempt to appeal to an uneducated minority to remain in power.

👇🏽 A MUST watch 👇🏽

https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1633497536831815680

Suella Bravemans has called for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Do not be fooled. This has absolutely nothing to do with being or not being part of the European Union. ECHR are internal laws which protect us all.

Please tell me which one of the following ECHR laws you would not want to apply to you or your children:

The right to life;

Freedom from torture;

Freedom from slavery;

The right to liberty;

The right to a fair trial;

The right not to be punished for something that wasn’t against the law at the time;

The right to respect for family and private life;

Freedom of thought, conscience and religion;

Freedom of expression;

Freedom of assembly;

The right to marry and start a family;

The right not to be discriminated against in respect of these rights;

The right to protection of property;

The right to education;

The right to participate in free elections;

The abolition of the death penalty.

Suella Bravemans anti-immigration bill is illegal under #ECHR law. Her call for the UK to leave the ECRH is not about protecting you from immigration but about removing YOUR PROTECTIONS.

Be warned: Democracy & freedom are not guaranteed. We have been fortunate till now to live in such a country. But we are losing it. The Conservative party are slowly and insidiously eroding our democratic freedoms.

Fascism is a slippery slope..at first you don’t see it happening. It starts with controlling the media; removing ones right to protest; inciting hate; removing freedom of speech…sound familiar?

To protect our future and that of generations to come, we must ALL speak out against this.

Starting with the collective call for the removal of dodgy Tory donor, Richard Sharp, from his role of BBC chairman.

#RichardSharpOut

@threadreaderapp please unroll

BBC Chairman and Tory Party donor, #RichardSharp - under investigation for donating 400k to the Conservative party & arranging a dodgy 800k loan for disgraced ex-PM Boris Johnson is not impartial. He MUST resign.

#RichardSharpOut

r.ippl.es/sharp-resign/