Luke Doherty

He's cancelling Christmas. For the first time, a politician is *actually* trying to cancel Christmas. #womp #womp

@FfcLucan @BoveFromAbove @NJ_Timothy Jews do it. Hindus do it. Sikhs do it. Freedom of religion and belief should be part of our values. Regardless, despite the UK being Christian via the Royals, the people of Britain are largely secular.

@lukeydoherty @BoveFromAbove @NJ_Timothy Right, we are a Christian country?

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.

@FfcLucan @BoveFromAbove @NJ_Timothy Christians literally do this. I was giving a casual example of public worship, but they do pray in groups together in public.

@lukeydoherty @BoveFromAbove @NJ_Timothy Yeah, you’re right, someone wearing a cross is exactly the same as thousands of people gathering to pray together in public 🙄

@JpFewster @BoveFromAbove @Highlystrung365 @NJ_Timothy Yes because banning Muslims from public worship isn't also a place where you're told what you can and can't do.

@BoveFromAbove @Highlystrung365 @NJ_Timothy You best hope that Islam doesn’t take over then because that’s exactly what you’ll get.

@FfcLucan @BoveFromAbove @NJ_Timothy Every group worships in public. Wearing a cross, for example, is an instance of public devotion and worship. Or saying the Lord's Prayer. Which many Christians do in public. I'm not going to call for them to stop doing that because I'm scared of faith.

@BoveFromAbove @NJ_Timothy Nobody is stopping anyone from worshiping. There are 1000’s of Mosque’s to do it in, it shouldn’t be happening in public places.

@StickToFact @umankhankhattak @NJ_Timothy Wow so scary, public praying. Jesus Christ you'd fall over with a light breeze wouldn't you?

@umankhankhattak @NJ_Timothy Christians get a play. Muslims use mass public praying to intimidate. Like a dog pissing up a lamppost to mark it's territory.

The use of the Square is set aside on occasion for all religious groups. Are you going to create the same performative populist political fantasy when it is the turn of, Sikhs, Hindus and Jews? Performative outrage and lying to the electorate by omission of FACT No wonder Reform dwindles in the polls

@CelibateCare @bluegreytan this is so important to me...

@bluegreytan @lukeydoherty

this is for the 5 stevebucky buddies out there

@jwitterdotcom @R4NSUNG Meningitis B, which people in the UK are not vaccinated for unless they go private or were born after 2015

@lukeydoherty @R4NSUNG which strain is it??? didn't even know there was a new one wtf

what??? 😭

@jwitterdotcom @R4NSUNG this isnt technically true as its a different strain than what most people are vaccinated for as babies so it's specifically a menb vaccine

@R4NSUNG as long as you're up to date on your meningitis vaccine(s), you'll be okay!

@kellybby75 @lifeofashownic MenACWY - MenB is different and only offered to babies born after 2015

@lifeofashownic Isn't there one for that?, i vaguely remember getting a vaccine i am sure was for meningitis when i was in primary school. Though i had got meningitis when i was about 3 years old.

there should be vaccines for meningitis

£47.5m is more than double Everton's breach that led to a Premier League record sanction of 10 points being deducted (it was recalculated to 6 on appeal) While this is a different charge, the commission said EFC "gained no sporting advantage" but still agreed a deduction.

@SocialistVoice @WestminsterWAG Jewish students are not responsible for Israel's genocide?

@WestminsterWAG Probably because Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank IDF raping/killing innocent Palestinian civilians Israel removing organs from Palestinian bodies Anti-Semitic smear campaigns by the Zionist Lobby Need I say more?

One in five university students in Britain say they wouldn’t share a house with a Jewish student - and yet many voice their support for an Iranian regime whose soldiers gang-raped two nurses so violently they had to have their internal organs removed. How have we arrived at this point?

lowkey waiting for the famous liverpool atmosphere to kick in instead of sounding like a library #LIVTOT

@PotatoMcWhiskey i mean they do and have high rates of sexual assault. but ok

Trans women are subject to much more public scrutiny and attention because they, like cis women, are judged and valued based on their attractiveness. Basically its a society deeply rooted in the male gaze and misogyny. No one wonders how "fuckable" a trans man is.

I'm so bored #LIVTOT

@CPGBML You are not serious people

There can be no revolutionary movement in Britain without revolutionary theory! shop.thecommunists.org

@fallon_donal No one can tell me they aren't shite

No Need To Argue and Dreams by The Cranberries are two of the finest Irish songs of the last century. Still, there’s something about “it’s the same old theme since 1916” and “it’s in your head” that irk me about this song. A poor reading of the past.

@Grooovotron Because it's international law? We set this shit up and only use it for our enemies.

@lukeydoherty Why should we care about either of those things?

Nicolás Maduro is being held in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. He is in a small cell about 3 by 2 meters, with a metal bed, a toilet, and a small window. He can leave the cell three times a week for one hour under guard. He reportedly often shouts at night, saying he was kidnapped and yelling, “I am the president of Venezuela.” Source: ABC Internacional

@Tomscfc2701 @PETAUK Bit of a silly argument, they obviously want the horses to be cared for. Animals shouldn't need a "use" to avoid being slaughtered

@PETAUK There are 500 horses there just this week without the sport they have no use so would be culled. You’re basically calling for the death of thousands of animals. Good work guys 👍

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