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Brit in America with an interest in current affairs, that's basically it. Views are my own. Avatar = Willem Arondéus (tell people homosexuals are not cowards).

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They rarely criticise non-Western regimes that murder their own citizens. It's why you don't hear anything from the "worthies" on Hezbollah also killing Lebanese nationals, Uyghurs in China, Christians in Nigeria, historically why there was relative silence on the Khmer Rouge.
SGMedia@SGMedia2024

Don't understand why the likes of Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Bowen, Owen Jones, David Miller, Gary Lineker, Hollywood Elite, Greta Thunberg, CND, Stop the War, Code Pink, George Galloway, Pulp, Kneecap, Massive Attack, Blur, Paul Weller, and others haven't condemned the murder of an 19 year old Iranian wrestler, by the Iranian regime.

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We've not had an economically left government in the past few decades yes, but remember Blair declared in 1999 he would "destroy the dark forces of conservatism" and the consequences of that show today; managerial government, state multiculturalism and a weaker social contract.
Baschti 💚🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈@BrummieBes

There has been no left wing government in the UK since 1976 America arguably hasn't had a left wing in their 250 year history The left have stolen nothing since 2000.

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I doubt Thatcher would have hired Warsi, not because of religion or ethnicity but because she's a low bar politician plonked into a role to make the Tories look "modern/diverse." There were far better options like Adam Afriyie, an actual MP, who could've served that kind of role
Adrian Hilton@Adrian_Hilton

Sayeeda Warsi: “Nick would have been sacked by Thatcher and Major and numerous former Conservative PMs.” I agree that Major, Cameron, May, Johnson and Sunak would have sacked Nick Timothy, but I'm party to primary source testimony from Margaret Thatcher, and she would not have done so. Badenoch's refusal to bow to the mob is really quite impressive.

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A root of the problem is that the forms of Islam Britain welcomes as "tolerance/diversity" are often the most rigid, political and uncompromising strands of Islam, not a mild-mannered version, we even permit organisations & customs that aren't permissible in some Muslim countries
Steve Loftus@LoftusSteve

For a number of years, more than 20 years ago, I worked for a Pakistani owned business and lived in a Muslim dominated area of Manchester. I understand why Nick feels this way, and those railing against it in the name of diversity are ignoring that Islam is aggressively intolerant of other religions. I have many years of personal experience with both immigrant and British born Pakistanis. There was no real difference. Islam is the one true faith and all others are "kafir". It's a far more exclusive religion than others, there is no interest in diversity of faith. You are Muslim, or you are "kafir". This was highlighted to me on the day of 9/11. It was early in the morning, around 9am, and cheers started echoing down the corridors. Word started to spread and they were all grinning and clapping each other on the backs. These were men and women born and raised here for the most part. The owner wheeled in a big CRT TV and 30-40 of them gathered around BBC news laughing and cheering like Pakistan were in the cricket world cup final. It is not hard to see why large public prayers by followers of a religion perceived as hostile to your very existence can feel less like worship and more like an assertion of dominance. I'm sure there are many good, tolerant Muslim people in this country who mix Western ideals with the muslim faith. People that consider themselves British among all else. But I learned that day that there are less than you think.

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The truth is, that's not the case anymore; we have a saturated university system (which also encourages ideology over learning in some cases), but also a housing crisis, stagnant wages and more young people who don't have the same sense of material security boomers did.
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Polanski is both a charlatan and an idiot savant, but there is truth to this point. The rise of the Greens is symmetrical to the rise of populist parties on the right; for young people, we were told to follow a blueprint that worked for older people and your life will work out.
thelefttake@thelefttake

If you want to understand why today’s youth support Zack Polanski, look no further than the replies on this post. It’s a sea of illiterate boomers telling the young they’re stupid to demand a different system to the one that has priced them out of home-owning and familyhood.

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Secondly Mosley got off lightly compared to fascist leaders and Nazi collaborators in Europe who were jailed for life or executed after the war. He was released in 1943, put under house arrest and then released after the war but never recovered his reputation.
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I agree with the crux of Farage's speech and yes, Jews have magnificently contributed to European society but "Judeo-Christian" is an Americanism. Britain's historical treatment of Jews has been bad and IMO percolates into a modern blind spot for Islamic extremist antisemitism.
Joshua Garfield@JoshuaGarfield

Britain wasn’t built on Judeo-Christian values. It was built on Roman Catholic values, expelled its Jews for 366 years, went through a Reformation, created Anglicanism and Nonconformism, and quite robustly exported those values globally.

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On average a Diwali celebration isn't brandished in public as a political statement. Same with Chanukah, even Christmas. It's valid to question Khan's reasoning given outdoor prayer isn't in fact wholly common in many Muslim countries and is banned in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
William Dalrymple@DalrympleWill

Farage channeling Oswald Mosley to stir up hatred against minorities. There have been celebrations of Christmas, Chanukah & Diwali in Trafalgar Square. Now its the turn of Britain’s Muslims to celebrate their festival- only to face pure Islamophobic hate speech. Shameful.

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@residentadviser Some of the best conservative thinkers began on the left; even Scruton had a brief placard waving phase, but the ones who zoom from one end to the other without rhyme or reason, a la Truss are comically fascinating to watch.
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The problem with secular liberals is they see all religious displays as interchangeable. They don’t have the right lens, the spiritual rooting, the historical knowledge, or even the cultural familiarity with other religious traditions to perceive nuances in sentiment & symbolism.
Paul Nowak@nowak_paul

I’m not religious but I have friends, colleagues and neighbours of all faiths and none. To call a public display of Muslim prayer an act of ‘domination and division’ is dog whistle politics. Pure and simple. independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/…

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Also Britain is a Christian shaped society and culture, but I'd wager most British people would find bible thumping street preaching in public a nuisance. It's valid to not only see a mass Islamic prayer in the same lens, but also as an imposition and a direct political statement
Shahrar Ali@ShahrarAli

Timothy spoke in context of rising tide of political Islam in UK, Europe & globally. He was right in every respect, esp when so-called moderate Muslims turn a blind eye to fanatics within & without. Kumbaya liberals reaction past 24hrs entirely predictable: shoot the messenger.

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@koshercockney @NJ_Timothy I agree with him. Trafalgar Square has been used for many religious events but none are as marketed to the UK public in the same way Islam is and while Britain is Christian influenced, most people would find street preaching obnoxious. Mass Islamic prayer looks like a statement.
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You might not agree with Nick Timothy. I do agree, but regardless this shows again Starmer has zero consistency; we go from "island of strangers" (which the Islamic prayer at Trafalgar Square reinforces) to the same NPC, circa 2005 "British values/tolerance/diverse" yadda yadda.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer

I’m proud of our tolerant and diverse country. I’m proud that in Trafalgar Square we celebrate all faiths. That’s British values. The comments from Nick Timothy are shameful. Kemi Badenoch should do the right thing and sack him.

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I've seen strong arguments for assisted dying but I have share sympathy with Daly's point; not as a socialist though, more with how the NHS and state sector is like a religion above critique vis-à-vis with the way society treats the elderly, poor and disabled as inconveniences.
Curtis Daly@CurtisDaly_

But that's precisely the reason I would vote against it if I was an MSP. I support assisted dying in principle, but in neoliberal austerity Britain, there's no chance i'd unleash the power of the state to enact euthanasia.

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@ThomasWillett9 Islamophobia is a manufactured nonsense word that implies an irrational fear of a belief-system, and yes as a gay man too there are aspects of Islam I am phobic of for obvious reasons.
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