People watching the footage that Tice has somehow obtained and released of the police officer. Please keep in mind the following context because it's clearly very important: 1/15 An abuse of force can happen even when the person subjected to the abuse/misuse of force has committed a crime. The misuse of force doesn't excuse the crime, nor does the crime excuse the misuse of force. 2/15

Just seen the imagery from Manchester airport and I refuse to RT it because frankly it is that disturbing. I'd give strong warnings to people before they go looking for it - but it's an abuse of force at the highest level of risk endangering the life of someone detained... 1/9 It has already elicited some very sick responses because for a period of time now there have been very real efforts made to dehumanise Muslims in Britain. I guarantee you 100% that a white person being subject to that brutality would not be met with these comments: 2/9

Can you imagine them actually removing the subsidised restaurants and bars from parliament? OMG. I mean austerity closed all the canteens and most of the welfare support for fire fighters, police officers, nurses, doctors, and other public servants. PLUS 1/4 ...in the public sector if you went and had a drink while you were on duty it was serious misconduct issue and you'd probably be (quite rightly) suspended or fired. HOWEVER 2/4

This is William Joyce - the infamous and notorious 'Lord Haw-Haw'. The original one. He joined the British Union of Fascists and when WW2 broke out, he fled to Germany. He broadcast from there in a cut glass English accent to undermine British resolve via Axis propaganda... 1/12 Joyce haunted the airwaves with his taunting broadcasts and his disturbing lies. He was decorated by Hitler with medals. He was captured in May 1945 and faced trial at the Old Bailey in Britain on three counts of High Treason. He pleaded 'not guilty' but was convicted and hung. 2

There is an absolute slew of media seeking to make the far right acceptable. This ranges from Donald Trump supporters denying the rule of law and protesting the safe conviction of their leader. This includes Boris Johnson supporting such voices. This includes... 1/11 ...images of the 'peaceful' protestors supporting 'Tommy Robinson' (Stephen Yaxley Lennon) and the guy that used to be an actor and who used to be married to Billie Piper. 2/11

So it seems that the Tory Party and Rishi Sunak have been in a Mexican stand-off - Sunak being threatened with a VONC and Sunak threatening to destroy them all by pressing the button on a GE. We all know that Rishi is petulant, and he marched out in the rain and did it. 1/8 Nothing else makes any sense, but when you look at it like that you can understand why he was outside in the pouring rain ending his political career - he was suicide bombing all the people inside the party who threatened him with removal. 2/8

That Tory Plan in full:

Step 1 - defund all public services and drive provision into the ground causing poverty, premature death, illness and misery to millions. 1/ Step 2 - invite private equity in to 'drive efficiency' and 'modernise' services. They drive quality down further but syphon even more money out of services kicking back annual dividends to party members and bunging sponsorship to relevant politicians. 2/

Imagine if we were looking at a state in Africa or the Middle East that had nine royal palaces and 3.1 million emergency food parcels and 4,000 rough sleepers on the streets in a single night, and 7 million people on medical waiting lists... what would we say? 1/6 A country with a hereditary head of state, and clerics appointed to an unelected chamber of politics and decision making? A elected house that has 70%+ millionaires sitting while less than 2% of the nation are worth as much, and those politicians given regular pay rises... 2/6

Be absolutely ready. Tories are about to go in all directions to save themselves at the next election. We need to review some of the most obvious strategies they will use: 1/14 Go harder right and double down into full hate crime mode. This is Suella Braverman and Lee Anderson, obviously. They'll exclaim it all went wrong because we didn't Brexit hard enough, too many human rights etc etc 2/14

Here's something that I think we need to talk about -
Gangs targeting people for watches in London. Stay with me on this thread if you will. Why is this important? 1/25bbc.co.uk/news/uk-676081… This is important for lots of reasons. It's a violent crime - an armed street robbery at knife point with a high value attached to it. As deplorable as that is it's a signifier - a canary in the mine - and it signals so much more. 2/25

As usual the right-wing fattened and wealthy commentariat are "Shaking with anger" about demonstrations to end hostilities in Gaza - utilising (with not an ounce of self reflection) Remembrance Day as a reason to silence the protest... 1/15 They wear their poppies as a symbol of their nationalism, and supposed patriotism - but in reality simply continue to adopt the most hypocritical positions in order to hate poor people, the vulnerable and people of colour, and to protect their own interests 2/15

How come every service in the UK is ridiculously expensive, and yet despite the supposed 'efficiency' of the private sector, the quality and reliability of the service provision is absolute dog shit? 1/8 Somehow, whenever the Tories and their mantra of 'fiscal responsibility' take over for any extended period of time, we end up with greater levels of inequality, rising unemployment, inflation, terrible public services and corrupt and unethical government. 2/8

First of all the Bibby Stockholm barge was more expensive than other housing options. It was secured without taking bids from other suppliers or options. This to me suggests that it was driven by a determined ideological stance on how asylum seekers ought to be (mis)treated 1/13 It was then planned to overload the barge to 200% of it's recommended capacity to further reduce the quality of living conditions and create further risks with respect to both fire and evacuation. Public representations from the Fire Service unions was ignored. 2/13

I'm worried about this. Really worried.

Will we have a free & fair election to choose our next government in the UK? The Tories know that they are universally unpopular, they know that they won't win a general election. Their leader has no mandate. they carry on regardless. 1/18 You can go down that list and tick off where we currently stand in the UK. It is sickening. All my life I was told that it couldn't happen in the UK - but the last 13 years have been a master class in just how to push a country down a road, one step at a time... 2/18

Keir Starmer is the Labour equivalent of Nick Clegg. He's a Tory. Either a coward who is afraid to fight, or he's a sympathiser who believes that he can do what they do, but do it better. Either way he's of no use to the opposition, and he won't change anything in power. 1/12 Will he challenge the boats narrative that has been constructed by the Tories? No. He will uphold it and he will continue to promise to 'stop the boats'. 2/12

Watching the free-market 'thinkers', who said that a bakery should have the right not to serve a gay couple with a wedding cake, contort themselves into saying that a bank is not allowed to refuse customers due to a lack of shared values - quite something to behold. 1/8 Frothing at the mouth, some Brexiteers are aghast that a bank might have noticed that Nigel Farage has a public profile & reputation for racism, far right politics, links to questionable financial sources, and a propensity for loving a dubious crowdfunding opportunity. 2/8

This is not trending and it needs to be. The distraction media is working. The government have approved a £1.7 billion magic money tree project to put a 2 mile tunnel in the vicinity of Stonehenge that threatens it's world heritage status. So much is wrong with this. 1/6

https://twitter.com/dave43law/status/1680194892948013057

First of all - yep they've found another £1.7 billion. Poverty for the masses but when they need to, low and behold, £1.7 billion for a project. My question: which Tory party donor, sponsor, member or friend got the contract and how? 2/6

Britain as a country has always been deeply divided with class boundaries entrenched by monarchy, public schools & other gate-keepers to advancement in key professions (such as law and medicine specifically). I don't ever remember it being as corrupt faced as it is today. 1/11 What I think we see today is a flaunting of what was kept behind closed doors. There is a confidence in the corruption and the backroom deals - specifically about how untouchable the perpetrators feel - irrespective of how damaging their actions are. 2/11

I anticipate that Nigel Farage may soon leave the UK to live abroad. He is likely to claim that he was hounded out by the 'woke elite' who shut him down. He'll assume the role of Lord Haw-Haw broadcasting from abroad propagating his vile right wing bullshit. 1/6 In truth, his grift will continue. His bank accounts haven't been shut down by a 'woke elite', just like the wheels didn't fall off his car 'because of an assassination plot'. There is something wrong with his money and where it comes from. 2/6

There are 12 things that I talk about regularly with young people who are struggling in mainstream schooling. I wanted to write a tweet thread about what those 12 issues are - they are not in a particular order - but they frequently become an important conversation... 1/ Treating teachers as people and not as teaching robots. It sounds funny, but for some children/young people visualising their teachers doing normal human things is disconcerting and it changes how they interact with their teachers in the classroom. It helps. A lot. 2/

I know that I'm an 'anyone but the Tories' advocate - and I've always been clear that I'm not a Labour party member BUT @Keir_Starmer has lost my vote with his talk about the EU and Single Market. I'm sorry. He has. He has to win it back and I don't know how he can. 1/9 If I feel that way, and I never claim to speak for the majority, I must imagine that other people feel the same way. It is crushing to see the only viable alternative to the Tories behaving as wannabe Tories in tone and rhetoric. 2/9