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Wow! Archaeologists working on a site in Southwark Street have uncovered the largest area of Roman mosaic to be discovered in London for half a century

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The Mechanics of History by Yoann Bourgeois. Performed at the Pantheon (via @fguzfguz )

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SUNAK: Do you work in business. DEAN: No, I’m homeless. I’m a homeless person SUNAK: Is banking or finance something you’d like to get into? DEAN: I’d just like to get through Christmas Excruciating! @RishiSunak goes for photo op in a homeless shelter

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4/. If you're cold tonight, imagine what it must be like to be sleeping rough #TakeOneLeaveOne rails can help in the immediate term, but they are a sticky plaster, not a solution Ending homelessness is not a Utopian dream What is needed is govt action👇

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PHOTO 1: US diplomat evacuate US from embassy via helicopter as the #Taliban enter #Kabul from all sides. #Afghanistan (2021) PHOTO 2: US diplomat evacuate US from embassy via helicopter as the PAVN & Viet Cong capture of Saigon, Vietnam (1975)

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If you’re fond of donkeys & like a bit of Georgian polyphonic singing accompanied by a panduri, check out @MandiliTrio

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An impromptu haka by a small group of #Christchurch schoolchildren in tribute to 2 of their murdered classmates becomes a powerful & cathartic expression of grief & anger as scores of students join the deafening chorus. #NewZeland #ChristchurchTerrorAttack

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“Happy birthday, Hugh Janus...er...” @Nigel_Farage

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@kumailn One racist down. Many more to come Racism destroyed in less than a minute by the brilliant Dr Jane Elliot. #BlackLivesMattter

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Trump keeps repeating that the US has so many cases because they test so many people, but he is unable to answer why the US has so many deaths TrUMP: “When I took over we didn’t even have a test” SWAN: “Why would you have a test? The virus didn’t exist.”

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“Do you own shares in Moderna #RishiSunak , ‘cos if you do, are we now talking about insider trading?” @carolvorders Sunak co-founded a hedge fund that invested £1b in Moderna shares & refuses to say if he holds assets in the hedge fund & therefore Moderna

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PPE SCANDAL WORSENS Losses rise to £14.9 billion Be sure of one thing The rich get richer in a crisis It happened in the global financial crash in 2008 & not a single person went to jail And it happened in the pandemic & so far nobody has gone to jail either @GoodLawProject

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Wow! In the Netherlands, a train has run through the buffers in Spijkenisse, onto an artwork called Whale Tails. The train driver was taken to hospital for a check-up.

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1/. On 19 March, it’ll be 20 years since the start of the #IraqWar 50 days before war, #OTD in 2003, Bush said “the 16 words” “The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa” It was a lie, based on a forgery

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A church in California has created a nativity scene putting Jesus, Mary & Joseph - the most well-known refugee family in the world - in separate cages. It is intended to make us ask ourselves: “What if this family sought refuge in our countries today?”

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"We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." (George Bernard Shaw) The Mechanics of History by Yoann Bourgeois. (video via @fguzfguz ) #Afghanistan #Kabul #Taliban #AfghanistanBurning #KabulHasFallen #Afghan_lives_matter

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Twitter's new privacy policy takes effect on 29 September It gives X the right to use your posts - including DMs - & all your data - including phone, email, biometrics (e.g. face scans & eye scans) to train their AI & to share with any partner X wants👇

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“Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to,” said Javier Cazares, whose daughter was killed in the 40-minute #RobbElementary school massacre in #Uvalde This footage shows armed police pinning one man to the ground

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Cops stood outside the school while the killer rampaged inside. Onlookers yelled at them to go in. They didn’t. One parent urged bystanders: “Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to.” @AP story:

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This may look like a cool new feature but Trabants have had a similar technology in since the 1970s

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The smoking gun of govt care home policy? Govt advice from 2 April. “Some of these patients may have #COVOD19 . All can be cared for in care homes.” “Negative tests are not required before transfer/admission to the care home.” #coronavirus via @Goldbug40

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Virtually all newspapers in #Egypt ran the same 42-word story on the death of #MohammedMorsi . It was WhatsApped to news editors by a govt official. This TV anchor - reading from a teleprompter - even ended her #Morsi report: "Sent from a Samsung device."

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This is what courage looks like The Iranian football team refuses to sing the national anthem on biggest stage in the world Eleven men, standing shoulder to shoulder, sending out a message without uttering a word #WorldCup #WorldCup2022 #Qatar2022 #Iran

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A man feeds swans in the snow in Cracow, Poland. Photo by Marcin Ryczek.

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“The time that was continues to tick inside the time that is” (Eduardo Galeano) “Tomorrow is not separate from yesterday. Yesterday is not separate from today” (Emerson Warner) “There are very few people on Twitter doing Roman-numeral jokes these days. I is one” (Julius Caesar)

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Hope amid despair “This baby was pulled from the wreckage. I hope your smile never fades, little one” @Serhad_Jiyane #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkiyeDeprem #earthquake #Turkey

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1/. It’s 3 months since I stumbled upon what may turn out to be one of the greatest scandals of modern British history: the #HerdImmunityScandal . On 8 March, after a tip off, I found the clip of the PM’s #TakeItOnTheChin comment. I tweeted it & it was viewed 2.5m in 24 hours.

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2/. On 8 March, I was talking #coronavirus with a friend & she said @BorisJohnson had floated a theory that we could #TakeItOnTheChin ! I tracked down the clip, tweeted it & it went viral. A week later, @peston revealed the govt’s #HerdImmunity strategy.

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Three years, ago this tweet👇broke the #CareHomeScandal The govt had INSTRUCTED hospitals to send people “who may have #COVID19 ” to care homes WITHOUT TESTING They KNEW about asymptomatic transmission in Jan/Feb 2020 Many thousands died Which minister signed this off…& why?

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The smoking gun of govt care home policy? Govt advice from 2 April. “Some of these patients may have #COVOD19 . All can be cared for in care homes.” “Negative tests are not required before transfer/admission to the care home.” #coronavirus via @Goldbug40

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You may know that Hippos kill more humans than any other African animal You may know they can run at speeds of 25mph But have you ever seen how fast they can swim? Footage (via @LembaniTraveler ) shows a hippo chasing a boat on Lake Victoria, Zambia

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If you go on Google today, you’ll see a Doodle of Nicholas Winton, “Britain’s Schindler”, who helped rescue 669 children from Nazi Germany. In 1998, he was in the audience on a TV show. Unbeknownst to him, rest of the audience were people he’d rescued.

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1/. Horrific! @lindsaylohan interviewed by David Letterman in 2013.

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A dark day for media freedom which sets chilling precedent for public interest journalism The Court of Appeal has ordered Carole Cadwalladr to pay £1 MILLION+ in court costs to Arron Banks This despite a judgment ruling that her tweet & @TEDTalks was in the public interest!

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A dark day for freedom of the press, for everyone who cares about it and for every journalist & news organisation that believes in public interest reporting. A statement:

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1/. “The risk at 1 meter is about 10 to 30 times higher than at 2m.” This was Prof Vallance speaking on 5 May saying #coronavirus spread is up to 30 times higher when someone is 1m away from an infected person than 2m away. Ystdy the UK had 921 new #COVID19 cases & 280 deaths.

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1. Hours before recess, PM quietly announced that Downing St had taken control of the govt’s use of data. Trump did EXACT same thing in the US last week. This is not a coincidence! It is part of a single, coordinated US-UK strategy. #Palantir #COVID

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32/. Last week the Trump admin ordered hospitals to bypass the CDC & send key #coronavirus information to a Washington database run by the shadowy surveillance company, Palantir @nytimes said it had alarmed health officials. It should alarm us all!

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“The island was an absolute cesspool, just ask Prince Andrew about it.” Donald Trump tells reporters to ask the Duke of York about Jeffrey Epstein's island in newly uncovered 2015 video. #PrinceAndrew #Trump #JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell

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“I stand here before you tonight with many firsts behind my name...the first woman to wear a hijab, the first refugee ever elected to Congress." Ilhan Omar, a former Somali refugee who spent 4 years in Dadaaba refugee camp, elected to US Congress. #ElectionNight #USElections

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Great spot from @ElspethElspeth Overnight “the photo of @MattHancock mate's pub, the Cock Inn, has been taken off the wall behind him” The publican, Alex Bourne’s contract to produce millions of vials for NHS Covid tests now under investigation by the UK’s medical regulator.

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How did an ex-neighbour of @MattHancock win a big #COVID19 contract? After initially denying it, Alex Bourne finally admitted he’d exchanged text & email messages with Hancock over several months & participated in a meeting attended by Hancock & Johnson.

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The Prime Minister of Britain

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“Ladies & Gentlemen, this your Captain speaking. I am happy to inform you that #Argentina have just won the #WorldCup Argentinians celebrate at 30,000 feet aboard an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight from Buenos Aires to Madrid #WorldCupFinal (via @AeroportoD )

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Blistering introductory monologue by @maitlis on standards in public life covering the #AcuriAffair #BorisJohnson #DavidCameron & #PritiPatel The last time #Newsnight did such a powerful opening was in May in the midst of the Barnard Castle scandal

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I don’t normally tweet cat videos...

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Man drives past cyclist who is wearing a mask & shouts abuse at him. Cyclist shouts abuse back. Man gets out of his car. Watch what happens next....👇

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2/. An aerial shot of the same incident. It doesn’t appear that anyone was injured...luckily. #BlacklivesMaters #brooklynprotest #riots2020 #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd (Via @pgarapon )

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Extraordinary! Lord Bethell ( @JimBethell ) who told the #CovidInquiry that he’d lost his WhatsApp messages because his phone was lost, then broken, then given away, then erased, has managed to dig up a message from @MichelleMone & posted it to defend @RishiSunak Rats in a sack!

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“Isn’t it rather odd, in the middle of an Inquiry, to delete really important messages?” Sunak & Johnson aren’t the only ones who failed to hand over WhatsApp messages Lord Bethell, ex-Health Minister, says his phone was 1. lost, 2. broken, & 3. given away & he deleted messages

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1/. My heart broke a little this morning “The northern white rhino - which survived 55 million years & saw ice ages, earthquakes, meteor strikes & bore testament to innumerable historical changes - could not survive humans” @VertigoWarrior This rhino is now functionally extinct

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One million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity @ParveenKaswan has animated some of the species we've lost in the last 100 years. 🦋🐦🐢 See @IPBES & why not get involved with @LostSpeciesDay on 30 November.

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@BorisJohnson You’ve just published the Cabinet’s Zoom ID number. Isn’t this a security risk?

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@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Jeremy_Hunt @realDonaldTrump @guardian @ForeignPolicy @doctorshaib 60/. On 3 Feb, @BorisJohnson made this speech in Greenwich. “There’s a risk that new diseases such as #coronavirus will trigger a panic & a desire for market segregation that go beyond what is medically rational to the point of doing real & unnecessary economic damage.” #COVID19

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If you must protest, practice social distancing. People in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square protesting against corruption & Benjamin Netanyahu. (Footage via @ItayBlumental ).

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Ystdy, In answer to @Keir_Starmer ’s question why the coronavirus test-track-and-trace system was not up & running, @BorisJohnson responded angrily that it was. Now @guardian reports it is not expected to work at full speed until September or October.

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Disturbing footage of @BBCNewsnight ’s Nick Watt, being pursued by anti-lockdown protesters @umairh wrote recently “Britain — the gentle, wise, intelligent, expansive one — was put to the torch. It became a nation afflicted by a fever dream of nationalism”

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1/. “Not so long ago, Britain was the envy of the world It had the world’s best healthcare system...the world’s finest public broadcaster...growing wealth & happiness...& was part of the world’s most successful political union Now it is a failing state.”

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A company owned & controlled by Dominic Cummings paid £250,000 to Faculty, the AI firm that worked on Vote Leave, in 2018/2019. Faculty also got the NHS #COVID contract alongside Palantir - a shadowy US AI firm owned by far-right billionaire, Peter Thiel.

Revealed: Dominic Cummings firm paid Vote Leave's AI firm £260,000

Boris Johnson’s chief adviser declines to explain reason for payments to Faculty

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WTF! @RishiSunak invites the press to film his publicity stunt - him serving food in Wagamamas No masks No distancing No screens Rishi chatting while holding plates of food. Thousands of saliva gobbets would have landed on the food. #HerdImmunityScandal

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@brexit_sham @GaryLineker . @Peston : Why do you disagree with Matt Hancock about face masks? @jeremyphoward : Because I'm a scientist who just led the world's first cross disciplinary international review of the evidence for this. #Masks4All #COVID19 #coronavirus

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1/. The PM claims that the govt “stuck to the science like glue” But this is not true At crucial times they ignored the science or concocted pseudo-scientific justifications for their actions & inaction This thread, & the embedded threads, set them out

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1/. Richard Sharp owns a multimillion pound stake in a healthcare company which was granted nearly £600k for Covid research while he worked in No 10 Sharp donated £400,000 to the Conservative Party & helped organise a loan of £800,000 for Boris Johnson

Richard Sharp: BBC chair was shareholder in firm awarded £600k while he was a No 10 adviser

Man alleged to have helped organise loan for Boris Johnson has £3.4m stake in healthcare firm Oncimmune

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@sarahcpr “Are they the same lobster?” In case you missed the original. Its like an SNL. Pure comedic stupidity! #Trump @realDonaldTrump

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“I do not accept that Twitter has deteriorated in any way since Elon Musk took over”

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@JulieZauzmer The Black Lives Matter Plaza street sign was commissioned by Washington mayor, Muriel Bowser ( @MayorBowser ). The sign is near White House. #blm #GeorgeFloydProtests #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #WashingtonDC #GeorgeFloyd #blacklivesmatter (pic via @guycecil )

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1/. We know SAGE recommended a circuit-breaker lockdown on 21 Sept We know that on that day, the PM & @RishiSunak met controversial anti-lockdown scientists Anders Tegnell & Prof Heneghan & Prof Gupta Now we know Prof Gupta advised a full #HerdImmunity strategy. #DISPATCHES

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On 21 Sept - the same day as this SAGE meeting - @BorisJohnson & @RishiSunak were briefed by controversial anti-lockdown scientist Anders Tegnell & lockdown sceptics Prof Carl Heneghan & Prof Sunetra Gupta Is managed, staggered #HerdImmunity the strategy?

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"No one voted for Boris" sing the crowd outside Downing Street. #StopTheCoup #SaveDemocracy

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On #COVID2019 , @BorisJohnson said: “One of the theories is perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go & allow #coronvirus to move through the population without really taking as many draconian measures.” This is a CRAZY theory! #COVID19

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1/. As freezing temperatures hit, we put a clothes rail outside a church with a sign: IF YOU'RE COLD, TAKE ONE IF YOU CAN HELP, LEAVE ONE What happened next was miraculous The rail filled with warm clothes Rough sleepers helped themselves The rail was replenished every day

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Children from Goede Hoop primary school in Boksburg, South Africa play a bit of Vivaldi on the marimba (via @AlisonKriel )

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A world first! Today, France has banned domestic flights for journeys possible in less than two-and-a-half hours by train France also aims to get 9% of the population on bicycles by 2024, up from 3% (The Netherlands is at 27%) #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice

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🌳 Ce matin, l’interdiction des lignes aériennes en cas d’alternative de moins de 2h30 en train devient réalité. C’est un signal majeur et une 1ère mondiale ! On continue !

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“I think many of my viewers will think this isn’t a laughing matter,” @KayBurley . An extraordinary interview with @MattHancock who smiles & laughs continuously for 2 minutes. The UK death toll from #COVID19 stands at 65,000. 412 people died on Tuesday.

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@piersmorgan @Ofcom Dear @Ofcom , Please find my letter below. It's not a letter of complaint. In fact, its the opposite, "Piers Morgan has shown himself to be a rare breed. A journalist who has stayed true to his both his instincts and to his professional calling: Speaking truth to #COVIDIOTS ."

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1/. Today marks 3 years since the govt INSTRUCTED hospitals to send people “who may have #COVID19 ” to care homes WITHOUT TESTING The govt KNEW about asymptomatic transmission in Jan/Feb 2020 Tens of thousands died Which minister signed this off…& why? See #CareHomeScandal 👇

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The smoking gun of govt care home policy? Govt advice from 2 April. “Some of these patients may have #COVOD19 . All can be cared for in care homes.” “Negative tests are not required before transfer/admission to the care home.” #coronavirus via @Goldbug40

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#Assange turned 50 in jail last month @Snowden has been "working from home since the Obama admin" @xychelsea spent 7yrs behind bars It’s ironic that no one responsible for war crimes in Iraq & #rAfghanistan has been punished, yet the people who exposed the crimes, are targeted

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For one of the first times since the 1930's, the British Union of Fascists flag was unfurled in Trafalgar Sq today Like Hitler's Nazi's, Mosely's Nazi's were defeated Britons came onto the streets of London to fight them gave their lives to rid Europe of the scourge of fascism

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I only found out about Generation Identity & the Identitarian Movement last year after seeing them on a #Brexit march. They're a racist movement who want ‘ethnopluralism’ (segregation on racial lines). Check out this undercover investigation by @AJIunit

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On 22/4 @DominicRaab was asked if he’d read the Exercise Cygnus document. He said he’d have check but it wasn’t “something that springs to mind.” Today, Victoria Atkins, admitted to @piersmorgan she’d never heard of it Cygnus was a 2016 simulation of the impact of a pandemic.

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16/. “This is not normal. @amnesty is almost always granted access to monitor court cases around the world. For our legal observer to find out this morning that he has not been granted even REMOTE access to the #Assange proceedings is an outrage.” @amnesty ’s @struthers_marie

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UK’s @jeremycorbyn joins chorus calling for “credible evidence” of US #Iran claims. Germany: “This video is not enough” @HeikoMaas UN: “Facts must be established” @antonioguterres EU: “Before we blame someone, we need credible evidence” @NathalieTocci

Germany Joins Chorus Casting Doubt on Trump Administration Claims on Iran

"The video is not enough," Germany's foreign minister said.

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1/. This diagram shows how the US & UK govts appear to have a joint/parallel #COVID19 strategy, giving military-backed data-mining company, #Palantir , access to heath data on a mass scale Palantir, founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, has links with #CambridgeAnalytica

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1/. On 5 March 2020, the PM was asked why Britain hadn't locked down He replied saying "one the theories is that we could #TakeItOnTheChin " A year ago today - briefed by No.10 - @Peston revealed the govt strategy was to “allow the virus to pass through the entire population”.

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@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct On Sunday evening, after a tip off from @CereinynOrd (follow her for #coronavirus ), I tracked down the clip of the interview. The clip beings with Boris saying: "One of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go..."

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The govt are acting as if they are beyond parliamentary scrutiny? Q: Why are people are still unable to get tested & forced to drive hundreds of miles for a test? @TanDhesi A: “I will not have this divisive language. I just won’t have it. @MattHancock

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1/. “Not so long ago, Britain was the envy of the world It had the world’s best healthcare system...the world’s finest public broadcaster...growing wealth & happiness...& was part of the world’s most successful political union Now it is a failing state.”

How Britain Became the Dumbest Society in the World

Britain is Becoming the World’s Newest Failed State

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If you would like to show your appreciation to our incredible NHS staff, please stay at home. Simple. #NHSThankYou #NHSstaff #COVID19 #COVID2019 #coronavirus #Corona

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2/. An aerial shot of the same incident. It doesn’t appear that anyone was injured...luckily. #BlacklivesMaters #brooklynprotest #riots2020 #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd (Via @pgarapon )

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1/. “We want to make the UK fully autonomous, from a regulatory and geopolitical point of view” Palantir, the shadowy data, surveillance & genomics, that run the NHS COVID data store, plans to shift its entire UK data processing operation from the US!

Palantir to reshore all UK data processing from US before regulatory ‘tsunami’ hits

Defence-oriented American firm among first to localise data operations fully as companies Balkanise their activity

www.ft.com

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“Sweden hoped herd immunity would curb #COVID19 . Don't do what we did” write 25 leading Swedish scientists “Sweden’s approach to COVID has led to death, grief & suffering. The only example we're setting is how not to deal with a deadly infectious disease”

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QUESTION: How can a group of unarmed women strike fear into a bunch of secret policemen? ANSWER: Pull off their balaclavas LESSON: Tyranny thrives in secrecy. We must strip off the masks & reveal the truth for all to see That’s what they fear #Belarus

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Her name is #EbruTimtik She was a lawyer 18 months ago she was jailed on absurd charges 239 days ago she began a hunger strike demanding a fair trial Ystdy, on day 238, she died I didn't know her, but for my friends who did, I'm so sorry We will not let her death be in vain

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Goose bumps. "Love conquers fear and love conquers hate... choose love even when it's difficult" - Katy Perry #OneLoveManchester

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“If you’re cold, take one. If you can help, leave one” #TakeOneLeaveOne , helping homeless ppl & those need to keep warm in winter, marks 4th anniversary with launches in London Leeds, Manchester & Brighton & a plan to put warm clothes on every high street

Take One Leave One

Take one Leave One is an Initiative to help homeless people marks its 6th anniversary with “plan to put warm clothes on every high street” As freezing temperatures hit the UK, Take One Leave One...

takeoneleaveone.org

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4 years

#PinkRainbow Clissold Park, London

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“As a result of the US military, the Taliban no longer is in existence” (George W. Bush 2004) “The war is over in #Afghanistan ” (Taliban spokesperson, #Kabul , 2021) Since 2001, around a quarter-of-a-million Afghans have been killed #Kabul #Afghanistan

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"Terrorism is the pretext for the mass surveillance system, not the reason behind it." Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald #RSADemocracy

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1/. In 1898, Mbuya Nehanda & Sekuru Kaguvi who led a rebellion against British colonizers in what is now Zimbabwe, were hanged Their heads & those of other rebel leaders were cut off, taken to Britain & displayed as war trophies 124 years on, their heads are in the @NHM_London

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Across Russia, protesters holding blank signs have been arrested by police Photos from Nizhny Novgorod & Ivanovo (via @KevinRothrock ), Rostov (via @OvdInfo ) Moscow (via @irk_insider ) #Russia #Ukraine

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Footage via former @nytimes journalist, @JawadSukhanyar , shows crowd at #Kabul 's Hamid Karzai Intn’l Airport rushing towards the terminal this morning amid the sound of automatic gunfire. Terrifying! #Afghanistan #Taliban #kabulairport #AfghanistanBurning

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1/. Exactly one year ago - on 3 February 2020 - @BorisJohnson made THIS speech: “There’s a risk new diseases such as #coronavirus could trigger a panic that goes beyond what is medically rational, to the point of doing real & unnecessary economic damage.”

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“Covid Marshalls” coming to a street near you! They won’t have any official powers but they’ll be there to keep an eye on anyone they think has broken the rules or maybe planning on breaking the rules. Imagine the sorts of people who’ll be applying for that job. #COVID19 #COVID

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1/3. On 13 March, @Channel4News reported on a new rapid #coronavirus testing kit - made in the UK - that diagnoses #coronavirus in 10 minutes! They aren't available in the UK yet. #NHS staff can't get tested. But this report shows test kits being sent to Bahrain. #covid ー19

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12/. The govt is PAYING newspapers & websites run positive stories about their handling of the #coronavirus crisis. It is sometimes hard to spot which stories are advertorials paid for by the taxpayer. See @guardian @standardnews @DailyMailUK SHARE MORE👇

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1/. “For two weeks, Scotland has become the centre of the world. Not just a place where we can meet one another, but a place where we can truly recognise one another.” Mindahi Bastida, Mexico A delegation of 140 indigenous people have come to #Cop26 with a message. #COP26Glasgow

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Donald Trump denies knowing Ghislaine Maxwell. Brilliant @realDonaldTrump impression by @JLCauvin .

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#Trump cartoon by Norwegian cartoonist Christian Bloom #DonaldTrump

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@sarahkendzior In 1992, @MADmagazine published this cartoon about @realDonaldTrump - "When should we believe Donald Trump?" 1992!!! That's almost 30 years ago. #DonaldTrump #Trump #TrumpTaxes #TrumpMeltdown #TrumpTaxReturns (Image by Mike Snider & Sam Viviano).

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MAY: Let Our Teacher Be Heroes @GavinWilliamson JULY: Eat Out to Help Out @RishiSunak AUGUST: We’ve Had Our Lunch Now Get Back to Work @michaelgove SEPTEMBER: £10,000 Fine For Leaving House @BorisJohnson The #HerdImmunityScandal in four @DailyMailUK frontpage headlines

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“A big step towards authoritarianism” @GeorgeMonbiot The govt are excluding debate on new anti-protest laws The entire Lords committee stage debate on new clauses was crammed into one late night The Commons have been excluded & the Lords marginalised

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This is really frightening. A big step towards authoritarianism, without meaningful parliamentary consent. In the UK, now.

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@BernieSanders British people guess how much health care costs in the US — and they are shocked. @aoc

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Brilliant response to @sainsburys advert looking for "an artist to volunteer their skills"

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“I’m amazed that you don’t know this!” The BBC’s @EvanHD exposes the complete economic illiteracy of the govt’s Treasury Chief Secretary Laura Trott. Very disturbing

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