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Jun 20 7 tweets 3 min read
Calls of "Shame on you" from the audience as Rishi Sunak says he would leave the ECHR “and make no apologies” for leaving the European Court of Human Rights that the likes of Sir Winston Churchill set up in the aftermath of WWII

A #ECHR thread....
#bbcqt
2/ Which of these rights are you ready to give up?
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May 5 5 tweets 2 min read
This is the way to make an acceptance speech

Hats off to the new West Midlands Mayor, Richard Parker who spoke so well of Andy Street for his service to our region.

Compare and contrast with Susan Hall and Britain First in London
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All hail Count BinFace who put Britain First in the bin
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Jan 18 11 tweets 4 min read
So what has changed in Rwanda since our government made this assessment in 2021?

#RwandaBill #Rwanda #RwandaPlan #bbcqt Image The leader of the opposition in Rwanda explains why UK government's rhetoric is misleading and why Rwanda is far from ‘safe’ | Victoire Ingabire Umahoza

Via @YorksBylines
#RwandaBill #Rwanda #RwandaPlan #bbcqt
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Mar 28, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
Jonathan Gullis "I personally have no issue with portacabins or tents being used, as long as we deliver on the policy that we are said to do that to make sure that after 28 days people are removed to a safe 3rd county such as Rwanda"
Missing migrant children: dangerous ignorance from Jonathan Gullis MP

MP Jonathan Gullis expresses similar views regarding vulnerable children to those who enabled ‘grooming gangs’ to thrive in the 1990s

@PerrottStella via @YorksBylines
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Mar 28, 2023 4 tweets 4 min read
Exhibition charts a roadmap to recovery

Community arts organisation B arts is paving the way to recovery from mental health in and around Stoke

@adam_colclougha @BArtsStoke
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Mar 18, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
In an effort to be more like 1930s Germany the Guardian, BBC, Daily Mirror and Independent were not invited. Suella Braverman will only be accompanied by journalists from organisations including GB News, the Telegraph and Hitler supporter the Daily Mail.
theguardian.com/politics/2023/… Daily Mail owner Rothemere hosted Hitler around the same time the Daily Mail published his article "Hurrah for the Blackshirts".
Mar 18, 2023 9 tweets 6 min read
3 Tory MPs interviewing each other on GB News

Meanwhile, the chairman of the BBC Richard Sharp allegedly backed several right-wing organisations wanting the privatisation of the BBC.

But no issue to right-wing @Ofcom Chef Exec Melanie Dawes.
1/ And to think they got upset when Gary Lineker likened their messaging to that of 1930s Germany.

This is a full-on takeover of our broadcasting by the right wing.
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Mar 16, 2023 4 tweets 4 min read
"How can the government justify giving tax relief to the top 1% when there are people going to food banks?"

"The people who need it the most help are getting the least." #bbcqt

Now with well over 200,000 reads in over 144 countries but still with no response from @bbcquestiontime

@docrussjackson open letter to the @BBC about widely held concerns about bias on #bbcqt.
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