For the next fifty years, when you hear someone recommend an international policy, check if they advised in 2026 that a war on Iran would be helpful.
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Ben Phillips
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Ben Phillips
@benphillips76
Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Director, the Public Good Narrative Project. Served as Director at UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Writing a new book.
Bangkok Katılım Temmuz 2010
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EXCLUSIVE - Hegseth said today that “family after family” of the service members killed in the Iran war told him: “Finish this. Honor their sacrifice. Do not waver. Do not stop until the job is done.”
But a father who met with Hegseth tells @Petereporter he never said that
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Consider those whose Eid has been destroyed by war and evil aggression. But keep faith and have hope.
#Peace #Eid #EidMubarak #Hope
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I watched the Louis Theroux documentary on the Manosphere (it’s really good - do watch it). I saw it with my 18-year-old daughter. Five things I learned from viewing it with her:
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I didn’t think even five years ago there would be any mainstream debate about whether this, specifically, is wrong.
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Here is what the money spent on this war could be used for instead:
➡️ 💻 data.groundtruthsolutions.org/war.html
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Indigenous Australian artist Julieanne Ngwarraye Morton, My Country and Bush Medicine Plants, 2019 #WomensArt #LandscapeArtWeek
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"𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙜𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛."
UN @refugees Chief @BarhamSalih speaks about his first months in office and advancing solutions for people #ForcedToFlee.
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All men and women, especially Christians, are called to fix their gaze on those who suffer, on the pain of the lonely, and on those who are emarginated for various reasons, for without them we cannot build a just society. Only together can we build communities of solidarity capable of caring for everyone, in which wellbeing and peace can flourish for the benefit of all. Caring for the humanity of others helps us to live our own lives to the full.
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‘Where’s the tolerance gone?’
@NickFerrariLBC is baffled by Kevin Hollinrake’s support for fellow Tory Nick Timothy’s description of a Muslim prayer event as an ‘act of domination and division.’
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aCts oF dOmiNATion bY CeLLisTs!
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@MayorofLondon
Time to re-tune your plans. The London Symphony Orchestra is taking over Trafalgar Square for the BMW Classics open-air concert. It’s free, it’s iconic, and it’s the perfect way to spark some musical magic in the next generation. lso.co.uk/bmw-classics/
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On Good Friday I will participate in a walk of witness, across the sands to Holy Island with a full-size cross. The walk will start and finish with public prayer.
On Easter Saturday at sunset we will hold a vigil service on the Holy Island beach.
And on Easter Sunday we will parade the cross, decorated with flowers, through the streets of Holy Island, stopping at intervals to pray.
Do you think these exhibitions of public prayer should be banned, @benhabib6 @NJ_Timothy @SarahForRuncorn @KemiBadenoch? Or is it only Muslims you want banned from praying publicly?
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No one is silencing you, you snowflake crybully. You are literally trying to silence Muslims, telling them to pray only in silence. They have every right to praise God aloud, as do Christians. Stop being so French, be more British Nick.
Nick Timothy MP@NJ_Timothy
I will not be silenced. Labour are only demonstrating that they cannot see right from wrong. They will not stand up for our way of life. But we will.
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The betting is that of course they won’t ban Palm Sunday you wally. And the betting is also that the Monday after Palm Sunday you will ignore this fact and move onto a new imaginary thing.
vt.tiktok.com/ZSuXnewXm/
Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)@dshensmith
@mgshanks @NollyPreep What’s the betting the police ban you from doing it? Try it and find out.
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Here's an Iftar on Trafalgar Square.
And here’s Easter, Diwali, Vaisakhi and Chanukah.
London is, and will always be, a place for everyone. #UnityOverDivision
Sadiq Khan@SadiqKhan
Ramadan is a time to raise awareness of Islam’s true values - love, peace and kindness. Tonight thousands of Londoners of all backgrounds came together in Trafalgar Square for a truly special @OpenIftar #Ramadan #Iftar🌙 ✨️
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Next Sunday I’ll process with palms for Palm Sunday. That’s also a public display of faith, not an ‘act of domination’.
Sharing in the many faiths that make up the rich tapestry of this country is a good thing, views like this from Members of Parliament no less, are not.
Nick Timothy MP@NJ_Timothy
Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. The adhan - which declares there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his messenger - is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination. Perform these rituals in mosques if you wish. But they are not welcome in our public places and shared institutions. And given their explicit repudiation of Christianity they certainly do not belong in our churches and cathedrals. I am not suggesting everybody at Trafalgar Square last night is an Islamist. But the domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook. Trafalgar Square belongs to all of us. It is a national memorial to our independence and our salvation. Last night was not like a televised football match or a St Patrick’s Day celebration. It was an act of domination and therefore division. It shouldn’t happen again.
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