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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
1/ The Department of Health holds no data on long COVID in NHS staff and has no intention of collating this data minhalexander.com/2022/11/12/the… 🧵
2/ “Frontline NHS staff injured by COVID19 whilst trying to keep services afloat despite government mismanagement of the pandemic, have been treated with disdain by the government..
3/ “NHS Resolution holds some of the central data on NHS staff long COVID cases, but says the data is not specifically coded to allow a computer search and analysis.
1/ We are seeing an increase in strokes, PEs, DVTs, MI, even amongst the previously healthy. The risk factor? Covid infection. We know infection with SARS CoV-2 causes a pro thrombotic vasculitis. 🧵
2/ You would be mistaken to believe being young and healthy protects you from the harms of #COVID19.
Mild infection has been shown to lead to brain damage and significantly increase risk of cardiovascular and neurological complications. nature.com/articles/s4159…
3/ This large-scale study of 150k people showed even a mild case of COVID-19 can substantially increase a person’s risk of cardiovascular problems - some 20 types in all - for at least a year after diagnosis. nature.com/articles/s4159…
1/ Clear evidence of a circulation problem in #LongCovid. We know #SARSCoV2 causes a pan-vasculitis & hyper coagulability. Every long hauler whose blood has been tested has been +ve for microclots
⚠️Medics, pls note, a normal D dimer does NOT exclude the presence of microclots🧵
2/ A report by Household Pulse Survey (HPS), conducted by Census Bureau in America, found 16 million working-aged Americans (18-65 years) currently have #LongCovid.
Of those affected, between 2-4 million, are unable to work due to the severity condition.
3/ The impact on lost wages alone is estimated to be $170 billion a year (and potentially as high as $230 billion) brookings.edu/research/new-d…
And for the albeists out there, ‘vulnerble’ includes YOU. You are mistaken to believe being young, fit or healthily will protect you from the harms of #SARSCoV2. Covid doesn’t discriminate. #CovidisAirborne#CovidIsNotOver#WearAMask😷
Mild Covid cardiovascular damage: A large-scale study of 150k people showed even a mild case of COVID-19 can substantially increase a person’s risk of cardiovascular problems - some 20 types in all - for at least a year after diagnosis..
.. For example, the study found those recovered from COVID-19 were 52% more likely to have a stroke and 72% more likely to experience heart failure compared to a control group.