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@docrussjackson
Apr 30 • 5 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Fuck that.

We're in the twenty-first (not twelfth) century. Image
Campaign group #Republic (@RepublicStaff) believes all people are born free & equal in dignity & rights, that there is no place for hereditary public office in a democratic constitution, & campaigns to replace the Monarchy with an elected head of state. 🇬🇧
republic.org.uk/statement_of_p…
Reposting this #THREAD on nationalism & patriotism in the hope that the Left will wake up & realise that rather than letting the Right own these important concepts, they can & must be be reframed & mobilised to create political advantage for progressives.
Tory MP Mark Harper says he “hopes people do” swear the proposed oath to Charlie on the day of his coronation, & Labour elections campaign chief, Shabana Mahmood, said it was a “lovely idea to involve the people” & that the oath was a “lovely touch”. 😬

theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/a…

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Apr 30
A secondary school teacher said that after he disciplined a male pupil for using explicitly misogynistic language to female classmates, & explained that the school had a zero tolerance for that behaviour, the boy’s dad came in to complain: 'It’s just banter, & the girls love it!’ Image
Andrew Tate’s TikTok videos tell boys that a woman belongs to her boyfriend; girls who don’t stay at home are “hoes”; and rape victims must “bear responsibility” for their attacks.

theguardian.com/news/2023/apr/…
During an harassment workshop a male student frequently referenced Tate, saying: “You shouldn’t take no for an answer [from a girl] as that shows weakness.”

“I was shocked by the sheer number of young, seemingly lovely boys showing the same point of view.” - Assistant Head.
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Apr 30
Suella Braverman’s rhetoric is ‘despicable’ & peers will battle her over small boats law. Labour peer & former child refugee Lord Dubs accuses ministers of ‘pandering to extreme elements’ & says their language ‘should make them ineligible to hold office’.

inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
All decent British people, & even Rupert Murdoch's Times, are rightly alarmed at Braverman's use of divisive & dangerously irresponsible far-right rhetoric in the House of Commons. Sunak & Jenrick initially distanced themselves from it - until they saw votes in adopting it. ImageImageImage
A handful of brave @Conservatives have found a spine & criticised Braverman’s “racist rhetoric”, accusing her of inflaming racial tensions & undermining the party. A former Minister from Johnson’s Govt said they believed she is a “real racist bigot”.

theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…
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Apr 29
#THREAD

Imagine there was a British politician brave enough to formally call for desperately needed media reform, which would result in a genuinely independent @BBC, “end government control” over it, & even allow the public to elect the corporation’s board members.
Imagine a British politician brave enough to call for increased taxation of tech giants to supplement the current income the @BBC gets from TV licences and to pay for incredibly important local “public interest journalism” which has been decimated in recent years.
Imagine a politician brave enough to state the blindingly obvious fact that the UK news media is dominated by a “few tech giants & unaccountable billionaires”, who called for funding of local public interest journalism, even giving charitable status to some groups undertaking it.
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Apr 28
#THREAD

Meloni’s moral & economic inspiration is Viktor Orbán, who in recent years has destroyed opposition in Hungary & achieved legitimacy by weaponising popular consensus.

Hungarians have paid for it in the form of economic instability &, above all, the loss of their rights.
Meloni dog-whistles to her neo-fascist political ancestors with the Mussolini-era slogan “God, homeland, family”. In 2019, she screamed from the stage at a rally in San Giovanni: “I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian.”

theguardian.com/world/commenti…
She reaffirmed it at the World Congress of Families in Verona in 2019, where she was even more explicit: “We will defend God, the homeland & the family”. She claims “Dio, patria, famiglia” (God, homeland, family) was not a fascist slogan, but a beautiful declaration of love.
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Apr 28
#THREAD

Because it's paywalled, & with apologies to author of 'Tory Nation: How one party took over', @swajcmanearle, & to the NYT, I reproduce below his accurate, insightful, & generally excellent recent article, which every UK voter should read. 🙏

nytimes.com/2023/04/27/opi…
"As Britain prepares for the coronation of its new king, an end-of-days feeling is sweeping the nation. In an atmosphere of social unrest, economic dysfunction and government corruption, deep political disillusionment has set in."
"The Conservative Party is polling 15 points behind the opposition, & the popularity of PM Rishi Sunak, the @Conservatives’ fifth leader in seven years, remains obstinately low. After years of Tory misrule, the opinion of the British public seems clear: We’ve had enough."
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Apr 28
#THREAD

The government-appointed panel that approved Richard Sharp as a prime candidate for the role of @BBC chair included a Conservative party donor & prospective MP, as well as the wife of a former owner & chair of the Spectator when Boris Johnson was Spectator editor.
In 2020, No. 10 proposed that members of the Panel should include Blondel Cluff CBE as the non-senior independent member. Then Secretary of State Priti Patel agreed. None of the proposed panellists were on lists provided to Ministers by DCMS officials.

…tmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/upl…
So just how 'independent' was Blondel Cluff?

She is the wife of Tory donor John Gordon 'Algy' Cluff, who founded the UK-headquartered Cluff Oil (subsequently Cluff Resources) in 1971.

He is a former chairman (and former proprietor) of The Spectator & a Tory Party fundraiser.
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