Anyone else been given a “friendly nudge” not to “tweet about Gaza/Israel so much” because “it could be misconstrued [in the media industry]”

I have.

To the person concerned: unlike you, I’m not a bully, biased or a coward. I’m evidence driven.

Try it again and I’ll out you. So it’s not just me.. 2/

https://twitter.com/malonebarry/status/1857444346372477280

The row back by some media outlets over their reporting of the events in the immediate aftermath of the Amsterdam riots is quite something. Alas, it’s too late. This will become an example of how, when the basic rules of reporting are ignored, public trust in the media is eroded 🧵In the midst or immediate aftermath of what may appear spontaneous riots it’s difficult to conclude who or what is to ‘blame’. It’s rarely one person or single entity. More likely, it’s a combination of events, provocations, motivations, retaliations, misinformation, poor 2/

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister makes a jaw-dropping claim in this @CNN interview with @amanpour : Hezbollah’s leader Hasan Nasrallah allegedly agreed to a 21 day (Hez-Is) ceasefire brokered by the US & France the day before he was killed by Israel - and Netanyahu knew. 1/

https://twitter.com/decampdave/status/1841594036999602333

2/ The full interview on CNN’s @amanpour is here - so you can see the claim in context | YouTube here:

🧵Marieha Hussain has been found NOT GUILTY of a racially aggravated public order offence for carrying the sign below implying Sunak & Braverman are *coconuts. IMO there should be a review of the CPS decision to prosecute. Early on, the investigation would have shown the weak 1/ evidence, the context of non-violence, community satire & in-community pejoratives. While some asians view the slur as offensive - there is no weight of opinion one way or another as to the LEVEL of offence 2/

🧵💚On the 14th of June 2017 I was a correspondent on the Today programme at BBC Radio Four. A colleague called in the early hours and asked me to rush to Grenfell Tower. I will never forget the scale, trauma, bravery, generosity, confusion, kindness, fear, horror, 1/ & desperation of residents, neighbours, volunteers & emergency workers. I remember being near the base of the tower; the grey flakes of God-knows-what showering down on us. Rancid smoke filled the air. People pleaded with me to get masks - I didn’t have any. They pleaded … 2/

🧵We, British Indians, rarely get explicit mention in the discourse around racism. It’s because, in part, we’re perceived as ‘successful’ when compared to other PoC minorities.

That doesn’t mean we aren’t discriminated against; it means, we’re expected to put up & shut up

1/

https://twitter.com/adilray/status/1767829694714462516

What contributes to this perception is that those in power/influence (Sunak, Patel etc) are projected in the media as the ‘norm’ in our communities - not the outliers that they are. For example, the majority or British Indians are not privately educated, multimillionaires etc

Consultants repeatedly tried force Countess of Chester Hospital management to investigate Nurse Lucy Letby and her link to the possible murder of babies.

The doctors were ignored

Letby was eventually moved to a clerical role. It took another year before police were involved Paediatricians realised that Lucy Letby was on duty every time there was an “unexpected catastrophic event” that led to the deaths. Letby took out a grievance against the doctors. She won, and the consultants were forced to make a written apology to the murderer. 2/

NEW: Leading lawyers call on Sir Labour’s Keir Starmer - ex DPP - to condemn the smear campaign carried out by the Conservative Party against leading Immigration lawyer @JacquiMckenzie6 .

CCHQ does not deny it sent an inaccurate ‘dossier’ about her to 4 national newspapers 1/

https://twitter.com/lbc/status/1691091051635961856

In an unprecedented statement, @TheLawSociety & @thebarcouncil say they are gravely concerned about target attacks on @JacquiMckenzie6 by CCHQ saying smear campaigns“ potentially risk the safety of lawyers, will ultimately undermine confidence in our entire justice system” 2/

https://twitter.com/thebarcouncil/status/1689306534134591488

Liz Truss’s collapsing circus of a government is behaving this way because they are an over-privileged, self-serving echo chamber who are profoundly disconnected from real people who are literally paying for the failure of “libertarian Jihad” against Britain and its people There are some very decent MPs within the Conservative ranks but blood letting over Brexit spilt like acid through the Party and they were sidelined or seen off altogether. The bloody minded arrogance of a tiny elite at the top of the 2/

🧵TRUSS (on Kuenssberg) doesn’t accept that Kwarteng package caused gilt yields to spike.On predicted rate rises “I’m afraid interest rates are going up around the world.I standby the package. I accept we should have laid the ground better - I accept I have learned from that” 1/ Will this calm the Markets as @DavidGauke said Truss needs to do (on my @LBC show yesterday) or will it cause further £ sterling falls? Liz Truss refuses to rule out possible cuts to public spending widely briefed to the papers yesterday . 2/

@mrjamesob asks “what is it with the cow?” in Hinduism. It is confusing, I agree! Here’s a go at explaining: Reverence for the cow is symbolic. It is worshipped’ as a creature that serves humans but asks nothing of us. In villages it provides milk, ploughs fields, etc. It’s a 1/ community’s greatest asset. Killing and eating that asset is viewed as brutal, disrespectful and a bad idea as the village’s livelihood depends on the cow. Some Hindus do eat beef - including Brahmins in parts of South India . There’s no golden rule. Hindu philosophy, 2/