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Larry Ray

@LarryJRay

Professor Emeritus of Sociology University of Kent. Research in violence, inequality & photography. #fbpe 🕎 #nospaceforhate

Canterbury, UK Beigetreten Eylül 2011
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Ruby B@RubyBeech·
Absolutely! Not perfect - no PM ever has been or will be- but such an improvement on the 3 we had in the last Parliament.
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Gianl1974
Gianl1974@Gianl1974·
BREAKING: Britain’s Prime Minister Just Delivered a Br— And the Entire World Saw It. A reporter threw Keir Starmer into the fire with one explosive question: “Tru.m.p is furious with you. Has your relationship completely fallen apart?” Most politicians would have panicked. Dodged the question. Smiled awkwardly. Tried to calm the headlines. But not Starmer. He stared straight ahead and said the one thing almost nobody in Washington has dared to say out loud: “I act in the British national interest. My principles and values are what guide me. Nothing — but nothing — is going to deflect me from that.” No apology. No fear. No desperate attempt to keep T.ru.mp happy. Just imagine that for a second. While American politicians continue walking on eggshells around the man in Mar-a-Lago, Britain’s Prime Minister stood on a military base in Saudi Arabia and made it crystal clear: “I do not govern for you.” He refused to drag Britain into a war without legal approval. He demanded proof, legality, and accountability. For 39 days, he held his ground while Tr.u.mp raged, threatened, and unleashed fury online. And when asked if he regretted standing up to Tr.ump? Not one second of hesitation. Not one word of apology. Not one inch of retreat. This is what real leadership looks like. Not angry social media posts before sunrise. Just a leader who knows exactly who he serves — and refuses to bow.
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Just Dave now
Just Dave now@justdavenow89·
If you will never vote for reform please like and repost Let's show the polls are incorrect
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Viviane: 🌹Labour led by Keir for me
Keir Starmer has behaved impeccably throughout Trumps madness. He’s a leader uninterested in his personal ratings via social media. Back to proper governing. I hope it catches on.
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Tina Wight@TinaWight2·
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@realzoestrimpel The Macpherson Report (1999) defined a racist incident as: "Any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person". Not down to discretion of PC
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Zoe Strimpel
Zoe Strimpel@realzoestrimpel·
Update on David Collings exhibit at Margate’s Joseph Wales gallery. Kent police sergeant just called. He told me: no action to be taken. The pictures (a few below) are in his view ‘criticism of the Israeli state’. He said ‘because some Israelis happen to be Jews it doesn’t mean it’s antisemitic’. He said: ‘you’re obviously very passionate’. (Thereby dismissing my complaint). I tried to tell him that he was perhaps not best judged to evaluate antisemitic content if his view was that this was not ‘Nazi imagery’ but ‘criticism of the Israeli state’ and could he possibly send someone who knew more about this stuff. ‘No police officer is an expert in racism’, he told me, oddly. I gave him some friendly, if ‘passionate’ advice: sometimes ‘criticism of the Israeli state’ overlaps with anti-Semitic content and incitement. This is one such case. I’ll be complaining - please join in. Case 21-0938 I always want to believe the best of the polite agents of the law on the other end of the phone. But this well-spoken man telling me that hail of swastikas and blood and Jews was nothing but ‘criticism of the Israeli state’ is why we are where we are, why Jews don’t expect anything from the police, and how we find tha Kent police are exactly in tune with Matthew Collings.
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Afshine Emrani  MD FACC
Afshine Emrani MD FACC@afshineemrani·
Melika Azizi is 18 years old. The regime wants her dead because she isn't afraid of them. ​While the world slept, they raided her home. While they beat her in Lakan Prison, she held her head high. When the judge handed down a death sentence, she didn't beg for her life—she demanded justice for the fallen. ​"How can I stay silent?" she asked. ​We cannot be the ones who stay silent while they try to hang a teenager for her bravery. Silence is a death sentence. Noise is a lifeline. ​ACT NOW: Save this post. Share it. Tag three friends who will help spread her name. We have to make the cost of executing her higher than the cost of letting her go. ​#MelikaAzizi #SaveMelika #StopExecutionsInIran #HumanRights
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Reverend Jordan Wells
Reverend Jordan Wells@WellsJorda89710·
🚨To every Black person tempted by the antisemitic wave sweeping right now:🚨 Back when white mobs lynched us in the streets... When we had no money, no power, and literally no movement... Who stood with us? Who risked everything? The Jews. They weren't just allies—they were family in the fight. - Jewish leaders co-founded the NAACP in 1909 and funded/led it for generations when no one else would. - When Dr. King and our people were arrested, beaten, jailed—Jewish lawyers defended us for free, and Jewish money paid bail bonds and court fees while others turned away. - In Freedom Summer '64, half the white volunteers risking death to register Black voters? Jewish. - Rabbi Heschel marched arm-in-arm with MLK in Selma—our struggles linked forever. Without their blood, treasure, solidarity, and courage—there is no Civil Rights Movement as we know it. No Voting Rights Act. No dream realized. That's why I stand with the Jews. They were our only true friends when this country hated us—when doors slammed shut and ropes hung high. They showed up, bled, and built with us. So to my people joining this demonic, divisive hate today: Pause. Remember. Honor the alliance that freed us. Our histories are bound. Our freedoms were won together. Betray that, and you betray the very martyrs who died for our rights. Black-Jewish unity forged the dream. Don't let hate destroy it. I stand with my Jewish brothers and sisters—always. ✊🏾🤝✡️🇮🇱 Repost if truth > trends. If gratitude > division. If history matters. #BlackJewishAlliance #RememberOurAllies #StandTogether #CivilRightsTruth #NoToAntisemitism
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Larry Ray@LarryJRay·
@duolingo 3xp tripple doesn’t work and this has been a known problem for a long time. Please fix it
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@ShabanaMahmood Becoming Reform won’t win back votes. It will legitimise Reform and alienate more Labour voters
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@hughlaurie May her memory be a blessing Zichrona livracha
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Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie@hughlaurie·
Dana Eden, who co-created and produced ‘Tehran’, died on Sunday, seemingly by her own hand. It’s a terrible thing. She was brilliant, and funny, and an exceptional leader. Love and condolences to all who knew her.
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Liz Webster
Liz Webster@LizWebsterSBF·
🔴 63% of the UK now backs rejoining EU!!! 83% of young people back rejoining. The only people clinging to Brexit are Westminster politicians terrified of admitting they were wrong. The country has moved on. #Brexit #BrexitDisaster
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Olena Rohoza
Olena Rohoza@OlenaRohoza·
Would you support President 🇺🇦 Zelensky receiving the Nobel Peace Prize? YES or NO?
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Hen Mazzig
Hen Mazzig@HenMazzig·
Politicians and city officials keep blaming the violence at Free Palestine protests on crowd size, excusing vandalized Jewish businesses, hateful slogans, and blatant antisemitism as an inevitable byproduct of large demonstrations. But this weekend, 350,000 Iranians gathered in Toronto, 250,000 in Munich, and thousands in London, Melbourne, Athens and Tokyo to condemn the Iranian regime and its mass slaughter. And guess what? Not a single shop window was smashed. Not one act of violence. Police officers were even given flowers to thank them for protecting the demonstrators. Many patrol cars were covered with letters and bouquets. So no, the problem was never the number of people. It was the people themselves.
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Olena Rohoza
Olena Rohoza@OlenaRohoza·
🇮🇹 The speech that all of Italy heard. And that the world must hear. In a country that will host the Olympic Games, Italian Senator and Vice President of the Human Rights Commission Filippo Sensi took the floor and said what should have been said out loud long ago. He called it a disgrace that the International Olympic Committee disqualified Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych. Not for doping. Not for violating fair play. But for… memory. For a helmet bearing the faces of Ukrainian athletes — his friends, colleagues, champions — killed by Russia. The IOC stated that the helmet “did not comply with regulations.” And then Sensi asked a question that brought silence to the chamber: Does aggressive war comply with regulations? Is there a separate technical protocol for it? The correct angle of a missile strike? The permissible size of a crater? An athlete prepares for the Olympics for years. A Ukrainian athlete trains between air raid sirens, in shelters, under news of the dead. He overcomes fear, exhaustion, and loss. And he steps to the start line not only for a medal — but for the right to exist. And he is suspended… for remembering. Because memory is the most dangerous substance. It is hard to add to a prohibited list. But apparently, someone would very much like to. The senator named names. Just a few among more than 650 Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia: ▪️ Yevhenii Malyshev, 19, biathlete — killed in Kharkiv. ▪️ Mariia Lebid, 15 — missile strike in Dnipro. ▪️ Dmytro Sharpar, 25, figure skater — killed in Bakhmut. ▪️ Volodymyr Androsiuk, 22, track and field athlete — also Bakhmut. ▪️ Daria Kurdel, 20 — missile strike in Kharkiv. ▪️ Alina Perehutova, 14 — standing in line for water with her mother in Mariupol. ▪️ Maksym Halinichev, 22, boxer — killed defending Luhansk region. ▪️ Viktoriia Ivashko, 9, judoka — missile strike in Kyiv. ▪️ Kateryna Diachenko, 11, gymnast — airstrike on Mariupol. ▪️ Karina Bakur, 17, world kickboxing champion — shielded her father with her body. These were the faces Heraskevych wanted to carry with him to the start line. So that they would “compete” alongside him. So that their dream would not die with them. And for that, he was punished. Because it turns out that the faces of murdered athletes violate regulations. But their absence on the track does not. In his speech, Sensi said the most important thing: The Olympic Committee did not lose an athlete. It lost its most valuable medal — its conscience. Sport without memory is just a show. Sport without humanity is just decoration. Sport that fears truth is not about peace. The Olympic movement was born from the ideals of honor, dignity, and unity. Yet today Ukrainian athletes must prove not only their strength — but their right to remember their fallen. And if memory becomes a violation of regulations — then the problem is not the helmet. The world must hear this. Because silence is also a position. And indifference is also a choice. Memory cannot be disqualified. And conscience cannot be added to a prohibited list. 🇺🇦 We remember every one of them. And we will not allow their names to be erased.
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Harry Eccles
Harry Eccles@Heccles94·
Nigel Farage has kindly asked we stop sharing this video of him talking about why we should privatise the NHS 💙 You know what to do!
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Larry Ray@LarryJRay·
@EdwardJDavey How about setting out serious and achievable policies and enter a constructive discussion?
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Ed Davey
Ed Davey@EdwardJDavey·
The Prime Minister has repeatedly demonstrated appalling judgement in his appointments. The British people deserve more than just excuse after excuse.
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