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@NadiaWhittomeMP Stop and rhink for 30 seconds, rhe law is not being weaponised it is being followed.

It’s devastating that Girlguiding has announced plans to exclude existing trans girl guides from September. The Supreme Court ruling is being weaponised to bully previously inclusive organisations into abandoning members of their own community. The government must ensure that the statutory guidance enables organisations to be inclusive and protects them from expensive anti-trans lawfare.

@Anne_Marie_2 @MartinSLewis I sm sure you take the odd paracetamol or antibiotic without seeing the hypocrisy

@MartinSLewis Ok Dr Lewis, perhaps do a bit of research into Event 201 and Exercise Pegasus, unfortunately health is being weaponised by politicians and big pharma as evidenced during convid, politicians want compliant people, big pharma want endless profit without accountability,join the dots

I can't believe some of the responses to this post. I had no clue I was stepping into anything! I was interested in the symptoms list of a disease in the news, not making a political point.

I condemn in the strongest terms the overnight Iranian strike on a Qatari gas facility. We are working towards a swift resolution to the situation in the Middle East, in the best interests of the British people – because there is no question that ending the war is the quickest way to reduce the cost of living.

@grok @ConnellJago @BenGrahamUK @grok he meant is this legal

To assess if that crossing is legal in the UK, more details are needed—a photo, description of markings, lights, signs, or layout. Official criteria come from TSRGD 2016 and DfT guidance: zebra crossings need 400-500mm white stripes with Belisha beacons; pelican/toucan/puffin have specific signal sequences, push buttons, and stop lines; all require local authority approval and no obstructions. Share specifics for a check!

This rainbow junction in Hounslow cost £48,174 of public money. Some will say it promotes inclusion. Others will question the cost. Where do you stand?

@JessicaJinxxx @g8ilz @BenGrahamUK To be fair i dont think blind people are bothered

@g8ilz @BenGrahamUK So what are the curb drops all about the and nodules that indicate to the blind that it's a place to cross?

@grok @BenGrahamUK @Sto11235813 @grok so there is no legal requirement for uniformity in road markings then, so would it be possible to have double pink lines instead of double yellow lines at the side of the road?

Yes, the Hounslow rainbow junction (installed 2023 on Chiswick High Road) was legal. UK councils have authority under the Localism Act 2011 and Highways Act 1980 for road markings, plus the Equality Act 2010's public sector equality duty to advance LGBT+ inclusion. Costs (£34k for paint, rest on resurfacing/safety audits) were FOI-confirmed and approved. No court has ruled it unlawful, though it faced criticism over expense and visibility for the blind.

@BenGrahamUK @Sto11235813 @grok @grok is this legal in the UK

@Sto11235813 @grok is this legal in the UK

@BenGrahamUK it’s not about the cost it’s distracting and you shouldn’t have unnecessary distractions when you’re trying to drive a vehicle

@HousewifePolish @ScaryEurope @grok @grok is there any court case relsted to Zara Sultana at all

@ScaryEurope @grok does Zarah Sultana really have this much money?

BREAKING NEWS: Zarah Sultana's emergency bid to halt the NCA probe into her explosive wealth surge was brutally DENIED by a High Court judge — no hearing, no mercy, doors sealed shut in seconds — as the hard-left MP faces an imminent subpoena storm, while Rupert Lowe fires off: “This isn’t justice delayed — this is corruption EXPOSED, her £40M+ mystery fortune is about to unravel the whole progressive facade”, millions shocked as hidden financial trails linked to overseas accounts surface, plus the judge’s chilling final remark leaked: “No more games”, and Lowe’s vow to keep ambushing, digging deeper and pushing the full story viral until every pound is accounted for and Westminster faces total accountability chaos!

@AdamsFarmHome @InnominateElem1 @benonwine X really needs some laughing emojis

@InnominateElem1 @benonwine There's a similar one in waiting... Kemi BadEnoch

Who do you think has been the best UK Prime Minister of the last 80 years?

@InnominateElem1 @benonwine That title goes to John Smith

@benonwine Enoch Powell was the best prime minister we never had!

@grok @Calim1701 @nytimes @grok Therefor trump either lied and shouldnt be in charge of a country or is too stupid to be in charge of a country unless you can think of another explanation

Trump claimed Iran (and others) have Tomahawks, calling them "generic" and sold widely. But experts from CNN, PBS, Politifact, and arms analysts confirm zero evidence: only the US, UK, Australia, Japan, and Netherlands operate them. Strict US export controls (no sales to Iran since 1979 embargo) make that impossible. Iran's own cruise missiles look different. Missile debris, videos, and US military data still tie this strike to American forces. Investigation continues.

Breaking News: The U.S. was responsible for a missile strike on an Iranian school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people — was the result of a targeting mistake. nyti.ms/47G2uw2

@grok @Calim1701 @nytimes @grok but trump has said nany countries have tomahawks and he even said Iran had them If iran had them then the americans sold them to them while there was an embargo.. ps i know the Iranians dont have them and trump is senile

No, Susan isn't right. The Feb 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls' school in Minab, Iran (killing ~175, mostly children) was a US Tomahawk missile, per the US military's own preliminary investigation—due to outdated targeting data mistaking the school for part of an adjacent IRGC naval base. Evidence: verified videos of the Tomahawk (US-only weapon), missile fragments with US markings, satellite imagery, and analyses by NYT, Reuters, CNN, BBC, Bellingcat, NPR, PBS. No sources confirm an Iranian missile; claims of that have been debunked. Investigation ongoing.

@Calim1701 @nytimes @grok is susan right

@nytimes If this is regarding the strike on the school earlier this week or last, this is a lie. It was an Iranian missile that went array. It's already been proven.

I met her in a club down in old Soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca-Cola She walked up to me and she asked me to dance I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, "Lola" Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy But when she squeezed me tight, she nearly broke my spine Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand Why she walked like a woman, but talked like a man

Woman gives long list of demands for men who want to date her. “I don’t pay for anything. I won’t pay for dinner. I won’t pay for movie tickets. I won’t pay for gifts. I do not buy anything for a man.”

We are heading into a very dark place under Sir Keir Starmer. All roads seem to lead back to the same worldview, the technocratic politics of global boards and elite networks, the kind of thinking that thrives in places like the Trilateral Commission. Less democracy. Less public say. More power concentrated in the hands of those who already have it. And now we are seeing it play out inside Labour itself. Labour MP Karl Turner has revealed that he was threatened with suspension after disagreeing with his own party’s stance on restricting jury trials. For daring to defend one of the oldest democratic protections in British law, the right to be judged by a jury of your peers. Turner didn’t hide his frustration. He said: “I’m so cheesed off, I could say: ‘I’ve had enough and I’m off.’” Think about that for a moment. An elected MP, representing his constituents, warned not to dissent from the party line on a question that strikes at the heart of British justice. If MPs themselves are being threatened with punishment for defending fundamental liberties, what hope is there for the rest of us? This is how democracy begins to narrow. Not with tanks in the streets, but with discipline notices, internal threats, and the quiet removal of voices that refuse to fall into line. Less debate. Less dissent. Less democracy. And far more power for those already sitting at the top of the table. The real kicker is this: Starmer’s creeping authoritarianism is beginning to chip away at our liberties. From the erosion of trial by jury to growing pressure on what people are permitted to say, the direction of travel is unmistakable. This is a dark road we are treading. And once a government grows comfortable removing the freedoms of its own people, the journey rarely ends well. Keep calling this government out. Some truths are so fundamental they survive every generation, at least for as long as we are still free to repeat them. As Benjamin Franklin warned: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” And as George Orwell later reminded us: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” Two centuries apart, yet both pointing to the same simple truth. A free society depends on the courage to defend liberty and free speech, especially when those in power would prefer silence. Paul Knaggs. Labour Heartlands #TrialByJury #FreeSpeechMatters

Scrapping jury trials is an affront to the very foundations of our democracy. From the moment this government was elected, it has come after the civil liberties we all hold dear. This is yet another outrageous assault on our fundamental freedoms. I will be voting against it.

The Last Jury: How Britain is Quietly Dismantling Eight Centuries of Justice Today, Parliament debates the quiet dismantling of eight centuries of democratic justice, where the Jury itself is on trial and under threat. It comes as Parliament convenes to debate the findings and proposals of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, we witness the quiet dismantling of a cornerstone of British democracy. The proposals, which return to Parliament on Tuesday, would replace juries in England and Wales with a single judge in cases where a convicted defendant would be jailed for up to three years. This isn’t the dramatic overthrow of a coup, but a death by a thousand cuts, veiled in the mundane language of “administrative reform” and “efficiency.” These seemingly benign terms mask a profound assault on the right to trial by jury. This is more than a mere cost-saving exercise or a quick fix to the mantra of “justice delayed is justice denied.” It is a calculated step towards a more authoritarian future, where fundamental rights are eroded in the name of expediency. The cornerstone of our democracy and the right to Trial by Jury is under attack. Perhaps most insidiously, we find ourselves governed by a Parliament populated with barristers and legal professionals who have ushered in the age of lawfare, a dystopia of silence and conformity where basic civil rights are systematically removed by those who claim to protect them. We have entered the rule of lawyers, where the legal profession becomes judge, jury, and executioner of any crime, and crime itself becomes whatever they decide it to be. This is not the impartial administration of justice but the consolidation of power in the hands of a professional class that has forgotten that law exists to serve the people, not the other way around. The Historical Echo: How Liberty Dies. If that’s not enough, more recent history offers uncomfortable parallels. The Nazi regime’s initial legal reforms were presented as efficiency measures, streamlining a supposedly cumbersome system inherited from Weimar. The gradual replacement of jury trials with judge-only proceedings was justified by complexity, cost, and expertise. Closer to home, the suspension of jury trials in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, initially presented as temporary for exceptional circumstances, became normalised for decades. Once removed, rights tend to remain absent. The Leveson proposals follow this familiar pattern: present the removal of rights as technical adjustment, emphasise practical benefits, and rely on public indifference to constitutional principle. Most people will never face serious criminal charges; why should they care about theoretical jury rights? This misses the fundamental point that constitutional protections exist not for the majority who will never need them, but for the minority who will. The right to jury trial is the legal equivalent of a smoke detector, useless until the moment it becomes essential. labourheartlands.com/the-last-jury/ #TrialByJury #Starmer #Lammy @ukl

@Woodster3103 @BasilTheGreat @Joyceeee77 If Starmer and Lammy went we couls get Streeting as PM, there is no reason why they would call an election

@BasilTheGreat @Joyceeee77 So both Lammy and Starmer should resign. General Election would be the logical next step and what the majority of the UK are crying out for.

🚨BREAKING: IT HAS BEEN REVEALED THAT DAVID LAMMY LIED REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF PETER MANDELSON AS AMBASSADOR Lammy claimed he warned Starmer NOT to appoint Mandelson Now it has been revealed on OFFICIAL RECORD he APPROVED of the appointment Labour always lying

People seem to think the King can just dissolve Parliament whenever he feels like it. Technically the power exists in the Crown, but constitutionally it is exercised only on the advice of the Prime Minister. The monarch acting independently would trigger a full-blown constitutional crisis. In practical terms, if a King tried to sack a government or call an election on his own authority, that would almost certainly be the end of the modern British monarchy

@Woodster3103 @BasilTheGreat @Joyceeee77 If the King doesn’t dissolve Parliament now maybe this is the moment he should abdicate