Ian Hamilton
@ianhamilton25.bsky.social
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Update: Labour sees off Tory ‘bandwagon’ call for new inquiry into sexual abuse gangs 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour sees off Tory ‘bandwagon’ call for new inquiry into sexual abuse gangs
Ministers condemn Conservative attempt to block child wellbeing and schools bill with ‘shameful’ amendment
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Update: Labour sees off Tory ‘bandwagon’ call for new inquiry into sexual abuse gangs 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Liz Truss has issued Keir Starmer with a cease and desist letter, warning him to stop saying she “crashed the economy”.
Cease and desist: Truss demands Starmer stop saying she 'crashed the economy'
Liz Truss has issued Sir Keir Starmer with a cease and desist letter, warning him to stop saying she “crashed the economy”.
www.spottednews.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Liz Truss has issued Keir Starmer with a cease and desist letter, warning him to stop saying she “crashed the economy”.
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This is, in many ways, a central thesis of ‘How They Broke Britain’ and was indeed inevitable.
I wish we could say nobody expected Tories and Faragists to be competing over who could most enthusiastically promote racial hatred, but really the Conservatives embraced xenophobia in 2016 when they embraced Farage’s Brexit. From that moment, they were finished as an independent party.
January 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is, in many ways, a central thesis of ‘How They Broke Britain’ and was indeed inevitable.
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Not a drag queen.... but probably a republikkklan.
January 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Not a drag queen.... but probably a republikkklan.
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STORY
Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kemi Badenoch has never actually met any grooming gang survivors
The Tory leader's spokesman said she didn't need to meet with victims, because she's read all about it in the media - and had no current plans to meet with anyone - but denied she was jumping on an El...
www.mirror.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
STORY
Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Amazed* this hasn’t been more widely reported.
*not remotely amazed
*not remotely amazed
Although nothing Kemi Badenoch has done since has helped herself, the Conservatives have been on the back foot on this topic from the moment they *kicked off* by asking the government to publish data that it had, in fact, already published:
Elon Musk and the red lines of rightwing politics
Tory calls for new national probe into child rape gangs — that it did not make in government — expose opposition anxieties
www.ft.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Amazed* this hasn’t been more widely reported.
*not remotely amazed
*not remotely amazed
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A Tory email to members featured a donation button below a call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs. - by Millie Cooke
Badenoch accused of ‘fundraising off the back of child sex abuse victims’
A party political email sent out to Tory members on Tuesday had a donation button a few lines below a call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs
www.independent.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A Tory email to members featured a donation button below a call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs. - by Millie Cooke
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January 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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It appears as though the Conservatives record on the matter isn't quite what they' are making it out to be.
WATCH: Boris Johnson’s ‘spaffed up a wall’ comment resurfaces amid grooming gangs debate
Boris Johnson declared that money spent on child abuse investigations was “spaffed up a wall” during an LBC radio phone-in from 2019.
www.spottednews.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It appears as though the Conservatives record on the matter isn't quite what they' are making it out to be.
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I see three distinct phases. Pre-Fox, when opinion was diverse but actual facts were indisputable.
Fox/Trump, where objective truth was subjected to the false equivalence of ‘alternative facts’ (ie lies).
And now, where media & tech platform owners collude with him to drown out the truth altogether.
Fox/Trump, where objective truth was subjected to the false equivalence of ‘alternative facts’ (ie lies).
And now, where media & tech platform owners collude with him to drown out the truth altogether.
January 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I see three distinct phases. Pre-Fox, when opinion was diverse but actual facts were indisputable.
Fox/Trump, where objective truth was subjected to the false equivalence of ‘alternative facts’ (ie lies).
And now, where media & tech platform owners collude with him to drown out the truth altogether.
Fox/Trump, where objective truth was subjected to the false equivalence of ‘alternative facts’ (ie lies).
And now, where media & tech platform owners collude with him to drown out the truth altogether.
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Frosty morning visiting the formidable new battery energy storage site in Lanarkshire, which will be the largest in Europe.
Significant investment which will help power our move to net zero, and a huge vote of confidence in Scotland as a destination for business.
Significant investment which will help power our move to net zero, and a huge vote of confidence in Scotland as a destination for business.
January 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Frosty morning visiting the formidable new battery energy storage site in Lanarkshire, which will be the largest in Europe.
Significant investment which will help power our move to net zero, and a huge vote of confidence in Scotland as a destination for business.
Significant investment which will help power our move to net zero, and a huge vote of confidence in Scotland as a destination for business.
You could tell that he was a hair's breath away from giving the interviewer an example of a "teenage indiscretion". A very angry and dangerous person.
"You described it as a teenage indiscretion, is that an insult to victims of domestic abuse?"
WATCH: Reform MP grilled over past assault conviction at party conference
The Reform MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock faced awkward questions from Sky News this weekend at the party’s conference.
www.spottednews.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You could tell that he was a hair's breath away from giving the interviewer an example of a "teenage indiscretion". A very angry and dangerous person.
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Massive boost to Scotland’s economy and our journey to Net Zero with the announcement of £800m investment in battery storage plants by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
This shows Scotland is open for investment and delivering climate action.
This shows Scotland is open for investment and delivering climate action.
Former Lanarkshire coal mine to be turned into giant battery park
Developers confirms £800m investment across two sites in Scotland to support the growth in renewables
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Massive boost to Scotland’s economy and our journey to Net Zero with the announcement of £800m investment in battery storage plants by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
This shows Scotland is open for investment and delivering climate action.
This shows Scotland is open for investment and delivering climate action.
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Party politics aside, @KemiBadenoch has a duty to defend *British* democracy which -- as @rafaelbehr correctly observes -- she has failed to do.
Odd decision and a weak look, IMO, since proud Brits don't take kindly to being bossed by American tech bros.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Odd decision and a weak look, IMO, since proud Brits don't take kindly to being bossed by American tech bros.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Party politics aside, @KemiBadenoch has a duty to defend *British* democracy which -- as @rafaelbehr correctly observes -- she has failed to do.
Odd decision and a weak look, IMO, since proud Brits don't take kindly to being bossed by American tech bros.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Odd decision and a weak look, IMO, since proud Brits don't take kindly to being bossed by American tech bros.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So disrespectful.
GOP Senator's Husband Ripped For Refusing To Shake Harris's Hand At Swearing-In Ceremony
Real classy...🙄
www.comicsands.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So disrespectful.
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Kemi Badenoch asked to give any examples of when she has ever raised the issue of grooming gangs in the House of Commons, prior to this week.
She can't name a single one, but says that she has talked about trans issues instead
She can't name a single one, but says that she has talked about trans issues instead
January 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Kemi Badenoch asked to give any examples of when she has ever raised the issue of grooming gangs in the House of Commons, prior to this week.
She can't name a single one, but says that she has talked about trans issues instead
She can't name a single one, but says that she has talked about trans issues instead
Kemi Badenoch's spokesman refuses to say whether she believes Tommy Robinson should be in prison, saying "I'm not going to talk about Tommy Robinson"
January 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Car crash briefing with Kemi Badenoch spokesman in which he
- Couldn't say if she'd ever raised grooming inside govt (having never mentioned it in the House)
- Admitted she hasn't spoken to any survivors
- Refused to condemn Elon Musk for attacks on Jess Phillips
and said she's still a "fan" of his
- Couldn't say if she'd ever raised grooming inside govt (having never mentioned it in the House)
- Admitted she hasn't spoken to any survivors
- Refused to condemn Elon Musk for attacks on Jess Phillips
and said she's still a "fan" of his
January 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Car crash briefing with Kemi Badenoch spokesman in which he
- Couldn't say if she'd ever raised grooming inside govt (having never mentioned it in the House)
- Admitted she hasn't spoken to any survivors
- Refused to condemn Elon Musk for attacks on Jess Phillips
and said she's still a "fan" of his
- Couldn't say if she'd ever raised grooming inside govt (having never mentioned it in the House)
- Admitted she hasn't spoken to any survivors
- Refused to condemn Elon Musk for attacks on Jess Phillips
and said she's still a "fan" of his
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Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British institutions from Elon Musk's X social media platform, citing its role in spreading misinformation that fueled race riots last year reut.rs/3PrsMsx
UK universities join retreat from Elon Musk's X, citing misinformation on platform
Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British institutions from Elon Musk's X social media platform, citing its role in spreading misinformation that fuelled race riots last year.
reut.rs
January 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British institutions from Elon Musk's X social media platform, citing its role in spreading misinformation that fueled race riots last year reut.rs/3PrsMsx
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This.
Musk and Zuck are all in with Trump in the hope he can force governments worldwide to roll back tighter controls on social networks.
January 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This.
@thesnp.bsky.social Anas Sarwar inexplicably demanding the Scottish Government brings forward the end to the 2 child cap - but silent on his party's policy in Westminster 🤔
January 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@thesnp.bsky.social Anas Sarwar inexplicably demanding the Scottish Government brings forward the end to the 2 child cap - but silent on his party's policy in Westminster 🤔
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Adolf Hitler used to rant crazy things all the time, and everybody said "Ignore him he will never get power," or "Ignore him he will never do them."
Look how that worked out.
Look how that worked out.
January 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Adolf Hitler used to rant crazy things all the time, and everybody said "Ignore him he will never get power," or "Ignore him he will never do them."
Look how that worked out.
Look how that worked out.