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196: sent 21,000 conscripted troops to break a strike at Bristol docks thebristolcable.org/2015/10/the-hi…
197: This election leaflet, shaped like a policeman's helmet.
198: A Labour council in the '70s printed in Ugandan newspapers: “In your own interests and those of your family ... you should not come to Leicester.”

199. "Diane, do you think there should be an amnesty for illegal immigrants who have been in the country for ten years"

Diane Abbott, Labour Shadow Home Secretary
"No, I don't".
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200. Labour made a deal with the DUP to block abortion rights in Northern Ireland in exchange for supporting 42 day detention without trial for terrorism suspects.

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The Labour anti-Semitism scandal has reached the point where Rachel Riley, presenter of the TV quiz show 'Countdown' is citing Chomsky and the Faurisson affair. As usual all the reactions to this are fucking terrible, so here's some quick background.
Faurisson was a well known French Holocaust denier. Here's a couple of his books to establish that for those not familiar. There are multiple obituaries online.
Chomsky is a free-speech absolutist, so similar-ish to the ACLU's defence of Nazis' right to march at Skokie in 1978, he's also been outspoken against the prosecution of holocaust deniers in France.
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Actually, centrism is.... dialectics!
Unable to summon much more than snark, I refer you to this review by @VulgarEconomics which actually reviews some of the claims of the piece. vulgareconomics.com/2018/11/its-li…
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#otd 23rd October 1956, an uprising in Hungary broke out. Twelve days of street fighting ended with the arrival of Soviet tanks, but the workers councils continued for two months. libcom.org/library/hungar…
Hungary '56 was the first outbreak of workers councils in the USSR. The official communist parties lined up behind the tanks, and their members left in droves. Peter Fryer, a correspondent for the Daily Worker, resigned so he could publish this account. libcom.org/library/hungar…
This outbreak of workers councils, without any communist party to lead them (because the Communist Party was the state and employer) profoundly influenced people like CLR James and Grace Lee Boggs, who wrote Facing Reality in response. libcom.org/library/facing…
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Labour councillor behind new initiative to fight racism has history of alleged antisemitism
- claimed 'Marks & Spencer are directly killing innocent Palestinian people by directly funding the Zionist regime', & liked an antisemitic Rothschild post
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Euan Philipps, spokesperson for LAAS, said:
“We reported Councillor Ahad to the Labour Party in November 2017, after we had compiled a detailed dossier of antisemitic social media comments he had made (and that were previously unseen).
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“Despite being told that an investigation would be opened into his conduct, no action has been taken by the party, and in May 2018 Councillor Ahad was even allowed to stand again as a Labour council candidate.
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THREAD: I think we need to talk about the lefts stance on Party rebirth, & the holier than thou attitude that #Labour has on #libdems & tuition Fees. Given the rise of the far right & how much we actually agree on we really should be working together, so lets try to clear this up
For many of us @LibDems, we left @UKLabour when they voted & took us into Iraq.
Now the Labour left make the argument that Labour is not the same party that it was with Blair, & because Corbyn voted against Iraq; all must be forgiven. The party should be allowed to start afresh.
Fair enough. But if this was the case, why was Tim Farron nailed to the tuition fees cross by Labour campaigners at the last election? He voted AGAINST Fees in the same way Corbyn voted against Iraq.
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EXCLUSIVE: A Bristol Arena in Temple Meads will cost £65MILLION more than expected, according to the studies commissioned by @MarvinJRees & done by @KPMG
Read the exclusive full story from the peerless @esmeashcroft here>
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 The audit into the @bristolarenal site was done by KPMG
KPMG also audit for @YTLcommunity
YTL propose an Arena at Filton
More on that here: bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
The main council officers who were working on the @bristolarenal project at Temple Meads left the council to work for YTL on the arena plan at the Brabazon Hangar, something dubbed the @FiltonMegaShed
More on that here: bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
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I'm still trying to process the bizarre scenes at Bristol Magistrates Court today.
A directions hearing was held for the controversial case of the police officer who Tasered Ras @Justice4Judah but it didn't happen...
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#Bristol @CleoDanceBaton @pgmhart
Everyone attended what I imagine the prosecution, defence & judge via video link from Westminster assumes would be a formal yet cordial chat about admission of evidence in the case where a police officer is charged with assault.
It was thought that the defence would seek a ruling restricting the evidence admissible in this case.
But he didn’t. Instead, with press: (me from @BristolLive @stevenmorris20 @clairehayhurst @PollitaMarch) he said he wanted to ask if some evidence could be heard ‘in camera’
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Okay, since we're debating anti-semitism again, let's have a quick run-through of what #Labour might have done, and what they have done.
Have they announced a specific speech by the Leader, or Deputy Leader, admitting mistakes in the past, and laying out a *specific* policy agenda to tackle the problem? No.
Have they admitted that, while of course one finds AS in lots of places, there is a *particular variant* of the curse on the Left, which is insidiously worming its way into the party's DNA? No.
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Our #Bristol ride will see hundreds of bikers ride through the city to @CHSW Charlton Farm helping to raise vital funds. All bikers welcome!
Bikes gather for the main ride at midday ready for a 1pm departure. Groups will be riding in from #Wiltshire, #Somerset and #Gloucestershire
All bikes, trikes and scooters are welcome. No need to register, just turn up on the day. No charge, but all donations to @CHSW appreciated!
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