Since when was there a "St George's Day" event in central London?
Anyway, this was the scene a whole hour before the thing was supposed to start. A bunch of flagshagging maniacs fighting amongst themselves. Mounted police had to intervene.
I'm sure the red and blue Tories will have something to say about it 🙄 #UKPolitics#ChristoFash#Flagshaggers
@fkamiah17 The joy is that St George's day will just be noted as a day when the violent hard right come out to play... there will be no Guinnes sponsorship and funny hats, and folk songs, and friendly banter in pubs, or rivers dyed white and red in a gesture of international celebration.
#Sunak claims there is 'element of compassion' to Rwanda policy because it is meant to stop dangerous Channel crossings…
You can almost here the cogs in the heads of his advisors.
Yesterday’s presser was all about appealing to the lads down the pub…ending every sentence with ‘Right’…trying to will his audience to believe he was erm…’right’, but just sounding like an entitled privileged private school boy.
So today’s attempt was to land on ‘compassionate’ to woo the older female vote. Fail.
Here we are, 80 years after the discovery and arrest of #annefrank and we have a situation in #Sunak's #UK where asylum seekers will be hid in our attics to prevent them being transported to concentration camps in #Rwanda.
What a time to be alive in #Britain!
The Rwanda Bill (UK) "is a shameful and performatively cruel law that will risk people's lives and betray who we are as a society."
We've signed an open letter alongside 250 other civil society organisations to oppose this attack on human rights and the rule of law by an increasingly dangerous, authoritarian government in the UK.
Migranten, die mit Booten in Großbritannien ankommen, können künftig nach Ruanda abgeschoben werden. Wie lange es wohl dauert, bis diese Idee auch in DE politisch ausgeschlachtet wird?
Merz, Linnemann, Kretschmer & Spahn in 3, 2, 1, ...
Rishi #Sunak has promised the UK’s largest ever military support package for #Ukraine as he warned that Vladimir Putin would “not stop at the Polish border” if #Russia won the war.
The #UK plans to give vital equipment to #Kyiv including 400 vehicles, 1,600 weapons and 4m rounds of ammunition, as well as an additional £500m in military funding, taking the total to £3bn this financial year.
Over-promoted prefect Prime Minister #Sunak decrees to the legislators of Great Britain that they can't go home today, until they pass his fash deportation bill.
He has no electoral mandate for the Tory #Rwanda bill. So, MPs & Lords together, tell him to go and seek one.
Theresa May tried going into the House of Lords to glower at them from the shadows. Sunak goes for a schoolmaster's detention. Tories think democracy an impediment to their personal authority. Kick em out
In my previous life I enjoyed working with young academic staff and students from across the EU and beyond (but the vast majority were from within the EU.
#Brexit was racist fortress imposed by those over 50 on the under 30s. That’s how I saw it then and still see it now. #Sunak and #Starmer are both the enemy of the young.
Sunak rejects the offer of a mobility scheme for young people between the EU & UK
Labour also rejected the EU's proposal which would've allowed young people to live, work & study in the bloc
Opinion: This is what I hate about politics! The Tories know they've made a mess of Brexit, but daren't do anything to repair the damage. Labour can't agree to it because they'll be accused of reversing Brexit
#Sunak is battling with #ReformUK for the #FarRight#Gammon vote, so there's zero chance he'd touch it for fear of #Farage claiming #Brexit's failed because it's the wrong type of Brexit. 🙄
#Starmer doesn't want to reignite the 2019 "Get Brexit Done" battle which proved so effective against the hapless #Corbyn.
For #Labour it's a case of power first, then resolve issues like this if they gain power after #GE2024. Starmer won't say or do anything beforehand to jeopardise that.
lol, taking vast swathes of the voters for granted are we Keir?
Never mind, it's only spiteful Tory voters that matter, isn't it lads?
The rest of us are a burden and a chore, aren't we?
Yet again it’s clear the greatest obstacle to the UK properly engaging and funding climate projects is the Tory run Treasury.
The highly educated amoral bean counters think they can get away with double counting pledges. Their decisions are rubber stamped by the chief bean counter himself, hedge fund manager #Sunak.
"Rishi Sunak spent £2m on focus groups for ‘eat out to help out’ scheme"
"Exclusive: Extensive polling ordered by the then chancellor, documents reveal, but scientific advisers not consulted"
This little girl and many other kids in Gaza lost legs and arms because Western political leaders care more about money and power than human lives. Many American politicians don’t even care about the lives of American school children if the choice is between saving lives or receiving money from the National Rifle Association. #gaza#biden#Sunak#Germany