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The images & footage from #Washington DC yesterday evening was both shocking and awful, not in the least because of the manner in which it all came about with the sitting President of the Free World inciting an #Insurrection in his own country.
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The images & footage from #Washington DC yesterday evening was both shocking and awful, not in the least because of the manner in which it all came about with the sitting President of the Free World inciting an #Insurrection in his own country.
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Our own leaders were (fairly) quick to offer condemnation
But a few elected Conservative party representatives went one further, likening the armed storming of the #Capitol to yrs of peaceful protest & demands for a democratic confirmatory referendum
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But a few elected Conservative party representatives went one further, likening the armed storming of the #Capitol to yrs of peaceful protest & demands for a democratic confirmatory referendum
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But in doing so they have overplayed their hand
The distraction & diversion is exactly thus, an attempt to downplay the clear and obvious links between #Trump-ism & our own corrupted British politics.
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The distraction & diversion is exactly thus, an attempt to downplay the clear and obvious links between #Trump-ism & our own corrupted British politics.
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Both have weaponised mis-information to turn citizen against citizen & utilised populist slogans/celebrity to hide a glaring deficit in evidence-led policy
A member of Trump's mob was interviewed frm within the Capitol building saying "I want my country back"..ring familiar?
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A member of Trump's mob was interviewed frm within the Capitol building saying "I want my country back"..ring familiar?
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Whereas Trump got loyal supporters to flood courts with lawsuits & pressurised state legislators to throw out legitimate votes, Johnson simply made away with the entire elected legislature by unlawfully proroguing Parliament when it didn't suit him
/5 https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/sep/24/boris-johnsons-suspension-of-parliament-unlawful-supreme-court-rules-prorogue
/5 https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/sep/24/boris-johnsons-suspension-of-parliament-unlawful-supreme-court-rules-prorogue
The same money/people behind the scenes that brought #Brexit also helped Trump come to power:
Cambridge Analytica, Aggregate IQ, Legatum, Mercer, Koch, Elliot -not a crackpot conspiracy frm the darkest corner of the web, but an evidenced investigation that stood up in court
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Cambridge Analytica, Aggregate IQ, Legatum, Mercer, Koch, Elliot -not a crackpot conspiracy frm the darkest corner of the web, but an evidenced investigation that stood up in court
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Now that Trump has lost so totally (with Biden simultaneously gaining control of all arms of 
Gov't) they will turn their eyes back to 
, accelerating their plans to deregulate our protections and further curtail our rights.
It's already started
/7 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-consumer-worker-protections-brexit-b1783331.html
Gov't) they will turn their eyes back to , accelerating their plans to deregulate our protections and further curtail our rights. It's already started
/7 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-consumer-worker-protections-brexit-b1783331.html
I think the most harrowing thing about yesterday was that it was a glimpse into the UK's future, should we ever try to democratically remove those who currently rule us for their own profit.
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