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@AzeemIbrahim
Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
9 months
Pakistan is no longer a functioning country. Here is Pakistan's president publically stating that his staff along with the military forged his signature to pass major laws which he did not support.
@ArifAlvi
Dr. Arif Alvi
9 months
As God is my witness, I did not sign Official Secrets Amendment Bill 2023 & Pakistan Army Amendment Bill 2023 as I disagreed with these laws. I asked my staff to return the bills unsigned within stipulated time to make them ineffective. I confirmed from them many times that…
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2 years
Will be on @CNN in 5 mins to discuss my essay in @ForeignPolicy on how Pakistan's @ImranKhanPTI is defying the military & dynastic political families to create a new democratic nation.
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The scientific evidence is now overwhelming. Puberty blockers are doing immense irreversible harm to children & must be banned. 1/2 My essay in today's @heraldscotland
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9 months
The evidence is now overwhelming. The #Russian Federation is engaged in a genocidal campaign in #Ukraine . 1/3 My essay in @ForeignPolicy
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2 years
By defying the military and traditional dynastic political structures, @ImranKhanPTI is creating the first genuine democratic mass movement in #Pakistan ’s 75yr history. My essay in @ForeignPolicy
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7 years
Groundbreaking: Is this the 1st genocide in history we can stream online in real-time whilst sitting back and going nothing? #Aleppo
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3 years
The UK needs to urgently pass the equivalent of the US Logan Act so private citizens like Sturgeon can not interfere and undermine UK foreign policy by colluding with foreign entities.
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1 year
The military in Pakistan are fast running out of options to suppress Imran Khan before the next general election making another coup highly likely. My essay in @ForeignPolicy
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2 years
“What many dismiss as sour grapes may actually mark the beginning of something new: the creation of a popular mass democratic movement in Pakistan, the first one in the 75 years since the Partition of India and founding of the state.” @ForeignPolicy
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4 years
Disappointing that every single #Muslim leader is unable to stand up to #China on #Uighur persecution because they mismanaged their economies and are now reliant on #Chinese ¥¥¥
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"The political unrest between Imran Khan and the powerful military establishment may now have now passed the point of no return." My piece in today's @Telegraph
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1 year
Having failed to stop @ImranKhanPTI , Pakistan's military has now run out of options. Could another assassination attempt and military takeover be on the cards? My piece in @MaceMagazine
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon dominates the political landscape in Scotland. If she gets #IndyRef2 and loses, the SNP will be sunk & Sturgeon will have to resign. So why does she & SNP keep pushing for it? My piece in @Foreignpolicy Short thread 1/18
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4 years
Corbyn's support for regimes and organisations involved in the mass murder of Muslims deserves as much attention as his antisemitism. My piece in today's @TheScotsman Short thread: 1/15
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4 years
Are you the RIGHT kind of Muslim? Jeremy Corbyn wants to know...
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7 years
Cobynistas celebrating #Assad victory and 'liberation' of #Aleppo need to see this chart
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3 years
The Scottish National Party’s record in government is a litany of failures. Yet it continues to ride high on back of nationalist sentiment as it focuses exclusively on ideology and not competence. My piece in @ForeignPolicy . Short thread 1/12
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4 years
"The move, announced by UK Foreign Secretary, @DominicRaab , to offer Hong Kongers right to move to UK, is the most dramatic, bold and unambiguously morally correct action taken by the @foreignoffice in at least a generation." My piece in @arabnews
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1 year
My essay in @ForeignPolicy on how @ImranKhanPTI is Pakistan's revolutionary leader listed as Top 5 Pakistan reads in 2022:
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@AzeemIbrahim
Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
6 years
Two very brave @Reuters journalists were arrested and could be imprisoned for 14 years so you could read this. Please read & spread.
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
My last piece in Foreign Policy on the @theSNP failing record resulted in over 1,200 comments like this. Not a single rebuttel but just vile abuse. This is the kind of Scotland the SNP aspire to create. Good on @MaajidNawaz on pushing back.
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@AzeemIbrahim
Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
The UK govn is set to award #Huawei access to it’s 5G network. This will be a mistake of epic proportions and is based on a complete inability to understand what Huawei is and the motivation of the CCP. My piece in @foreignpolicy today: 1/12
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
8 years
#Trump repeating #Putin talking points that regime, Russia, Iran attacking ISIS. They are not.
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
This is a phenomenonal piece of journalism on a great champion of truth @RanaAyyub
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
1 year
Delighted to announce the publication of my latest book on how liberalism went wrong giving rise to global authoritarianism (and how we must turn the tide). More details here:
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2 years
Putin is a supporter of Scottish Independence because he would love nothing more than see break up of leading European military power and its nuclear detterent in disarray:
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5 years
Thread 1/13: My piece in the @spectator : Q: Is #Corbyn a friend of #Muslims ? A: Only some Muslims.
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2 years
As @theSNP 's leader @NicolaSturgeon starts her Indy Tour in Washington, US policy makers need to be aware of the threat #ScottishIndependence poses to US, European & NATO national security...
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The Palestinian cause is being damaged by Corbyn and the hard-left as it is being used as a cover for anti-semitism. My piece in @ForeignPolicy Short thread: 1/16
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2 years
Delighted to learn that my piece warning about the security threat of #ScottishIndependence in @TheNatlInterest has made its way into some govn agencies daily newsletters and is now making the rounds in Washington policy circles.
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4 years
The #SNP are politicizing #Covid19 pandemic hoping it will bring a IndyRef2 closer to reality. They will not let this crisis go to waste and have employed a number of distortions and outright fabrication: My piece in @CapX Short thread: 1/10
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4 years
Taiwan is one of the world's wealthiest democracies. With as assertive Beijing crushing dissent in #HongKong , it is now time for the US to unilaterally recognise #Taiwan as an independent country. My piece in the @TheNatlInterest Short thread 1/7
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
3 years
Very important piece from @matthewfsmith on how the UN must become relevant again and find a way around China's veto at the Security Council.
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
So, After 13 yrs SNP’s record is, one of positive messaging, and mediocre to dismal implementation. That is why they beat the drums of independence. If the SNP does not keep dangling the promise of an Ind Scotland in front of the faithful, it has nothing else to stand on. 18/18
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
Watch this space now for "I was never really comfortable with Corbyn's antisemitism"
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4 years
My latest article on the SNP is proving very popular with the CyberNats.
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5 years
5/13: Corbyn refused to meet Trump in London. But happy to meet with President Xi and is near silent on over 1 million Muslims in concentration camps.
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
3 years
This argument from @kyawhsanhlaing1 & @EmilyFishbein11 needs wider coverage. Myanmar can not go back to #ASSK & #NLD . Now is the time to build a true democratic movement inclusive of all minorities under a positive vision.
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"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a war of genocide. Mounted with genocidal intent, pursued with determined genocidal effort, the war is an assault not only on Ukrainians and Ukrainian nationhood, but the idea of Ukrainian-ness itself." @ForeignPolicy
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
SNP problem is NOT financial. They have more money than most parts of UK. Problem is poor management & misuse of power. From Edinburgh tram scandal (10x original budget), to the latest ferry scandal (yrs late double budget), there has been a devastating pattern emerging: 15/18
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4 years
For those interested, my Foreign Policy article on the #SNP record of failure was picked up by the @Daily_Express and received considerable attention. I guess this is why the Cybernats went into overdrive
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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#Modi ’s promotion of #Hindutva ideology poses an existential threat to the world’s largest democracy. He is remaking #India into a Russian-style “managed democracy”— IE a de facto autocracy. My essay in @ForeignPolicy Short thread: 1/13
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
Scottish nationalism gets uglier by the day...
@GeorgeKerevan
George Kerevan
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Truth about #VEDay : 1946-47, Allies refuse to feed Germans and deliberately send back Red Cross aid. Estimated 5.7m Germans starve to death or from immune deficiency. Policy only ends with start of Cold War.
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
5 years
Very well argued piece by @mehdirhasan on the two year anniversary of #Rohingya genocide It's time to indict Aung San Suu Kyi for genocide against the Rohingya in Myanmar by @mehdirhasan
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4 years
Rohingya are now facing a killer even deadlier than the Myanmar military: The Covid-19 epidemic which will decimate the largest refugee camp in the world My piece in the @DhakaTribune Short thread: 1/8
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
3 years
FYI. @jeremycorbyn denied genocide was occurring and supported Milosovic right to the end. #RewritingHistory
@jeremycorbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
3 years
Remembering the genocide that took place in the days leading up to 11th July 1995 in and around Srebrenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina, when more than 8000 Bosniak men and boys were killed. As remains continue to be found, they are formally buried every July 11th. @SrebrenicaUK
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Global policy makers have failed to address the Uighur crisis. But after the #ChinaCables leaks to the @NYT and @ICIJorg , there is now enough evidence to use the courts: My piece in @foreignpolicy Short thread: 1/11
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
5 years
2/13: Corbyn’s world view is binary: Imperialist (US and it’s client states) and anti-imperialists (Iran, Venezuela, Syria, Russia, China etc) If you are victimized by one of the anti-imperialist regimes, you will get no support.
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
2 years
The Muslim world is finally united... in supporting China's genocide of the Uyghurs.
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China forcing #Muslim nations to sign letter supporting its policies against the #Uyghurs is just a taste of things to come. There will be no room to be neutral. You must fully support the #China project or be ostracized:
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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#HongKongProtests are the decisive battle of our times. #UK must not abandon protesters Excellent piece by Chair of UK Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Cmmt @TomTugendhat @TheAtlantic
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
1 year
Xi: "𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫." Putin: "𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞." My new book from …
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4/13: Corbyn supports Palestinian victims of Israel. But Palestinians bombed by Assad in Al Yarmouk don’t deserve support because they rose up against anti-imperialist Assad. Corbyn will stand with Assad on this.
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4 years
"China is using coronavirus aid to whitewash its responsibility for unleashing a global pandemic." @WSJ #CoronavirusPandemic
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SNP's "Neverendum" will destroy Scotland as it did Quebec where it led to investment flight and permanently divided families & communities. My piece in @CapX Short thread....1/6
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The West must reduce it’s dependence on China by investing in science and research. Otherwise, we will have to go begging to Beijing for permission to use their tech to keep our economies afloat. My piece in the @TheNatlInterest Short thread 1/9
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
And to top it all off, when all is said and done, no individual minister, or indeed the party as a whole, is ever held accountable for any of it – because the over-riding push for independence keeps the voters together and allows scandals to be nearly ignored. 17/18
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11/13: I estimate that Corbyn has openly supported regimes and groups that have killed over 690,000 Muslims (the most conservative estimate).
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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3. But most importantly. Sturgeon MUST distract from the SNP's failure in EVERY devolved area. After being in power for 13 years voters are beginning to realize that the SNP are now the establishment party and have failed to deliver on any of their promises: EG: 7/18
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
The SNP, as a government, systematically prioritises perceived party “electoral” marketing value of projects and policies over their economic and social value, and neglects the operational and implementation challenges leading to eye-watering waste of public money. 16/18
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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1. COVID. Earlier this yr, SNP decided to free up hospital beds by discharging 3599 elderly patients after testing only 650. Even though 78 tested +ve, ALL were sent to care homes. Resulting in over 2000 deaths - half of all deaths in Scotland. 3/12
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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Well done @MaajidNawaz for not taking this lying down. "Nationalism: An infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind." Einstein
@Daily_Express
Daily Express
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SNP backlash: Nicola Sturgeon urged to apologise for 'racism within ranks' by LBC host
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"The Chinese metropolis used to feel like a global city, similar to London. Now we realise, Shanghai is still China’s Shanghai. No matter how much money, education or international access you have, you cannot escape the authorities.”
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Salmond and Sturgeon both support independence. Difference is, Salmond ran a (relatively) effective admin and delivered a referendum whereas Sturgeon's primary focus is promoting herself and building her brand:
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8/13: Despite overwhelming evidence, Corbyn denied genocide was taking place in Kosovo. In 2004 he signed an EDM calling it the “genocide that never really existed” and supported claims that Milosevic was a socialist leader who is simply trying to keep his country together.
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d) DRUG DEATHS: Scotland now has highest drug deaths in Europe. 1,187 people died from drugs last year, triple that of England and Wales, and even higher even than the US - which is in the grip of an opioid crisis. 11/18
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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Well done to @MPIainDS by rightly calling out #China 's genocide against #Uyghur minority by using forced sterilisation. Thanks to @adrianzenz for publishing this irrefutable evidence. @foreignoffice must act immediately.
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
Very true. It is the same with Muslims. Hard left stands with you as they see you as victims and pets to be patronised. If you stand up for yourself (against Assad, Milosovic, Saddam), you have become a tool of western imperialism and are the enemy.
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Hugo Rifkind
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It's everything, this. It's a particular leftist solidarity with minorities which, whether it comprehends it or not, can empathise with minorities only as clients and vassals to be patronised. Get uppity and you're the enemy.
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a) EDUCATION: Scotland now has worst ever results for science and maths in global PISA comparison of education. Scotland was historically ahead of England but SNP have reversed this despite setting itself up as champions of education in contrast to “Tories in Westminster". 8/18
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Astonishing scenes in #Pakistan as a desperate military engineers arrest of @ImranKhanPTI . Could the assassination of #imranKhan be on the cards? My essay in @MaceMagazine predicting exactly what's happening now.
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But none of this is necessary. We must demand basic competence from the SNP, even if you agree ideologically. A chastened SNP would deliver a better country. But for that to happen, it needs to be admonished at the ballot box, not to throw around the same old excuses. 12/12
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6/13: His favorite newspaper, the Morning Star, repeats Chinese claims that the crackdown on Uighurs is not repression but a necessary response to a violent insurgency. China’s inclusion in anti-imperialist club exempts it from criticism.
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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So Sturgeon can brush off every one of these scandals almost on autopilot: "We recognize that errors have been made. We will investigate. We will get back to you with our findings at some point." They never do, and the electorate never follows up. 11/12
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Must not confuse genuine, legitimate protesters with hard-left Antifa.
@Michael_Heaver
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Large crowd chanting ‘fuck the police’ outside Downing Street now, Antifa flag front and centre.
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The inability of @BBCScotland to hold #SNP to account is doing serious damage "Ms Sturgeon is not a health professional but a skilled manipulator of information who has been given an extraordinary platform to dictate the agenda on her own terms."
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#LondonBridge attacker was convicted terrorist out on license. All returning ISIS fighters will also receive soft prison sentences then swiftly released. Allowing them back into country will be error of historic proportions. 1/9 My piece in Telegraph.
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e. CRIME: Under the SNP crime has increased, esp sexual and violent crimes (10% increase). After SNP shut down 125 police stations the Scottish Police Federation said that the SNP has “given up on policing” and committed “an act of policing vandalism” 13/18
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3/13: By speaking against the oppression of an anti-imperialist regime you have become a pawn of imperialist. The regime can now treat you as it wishes: barrel bombs and chemical weapons (Assad), starvation (Maduro), mass incarceration (Iran), annexation (Putin).
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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The SNP argue that Scot Govn is fiscally constrained by Westminster. But public spending per capita remains significantly higher in Scotland than the rest of the UK. Every Scot gets 116 percent of the UK’s average spending per capita, compared to 97 percent in England. 14/18
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
Chinese propoganda now aggressively pushing line that COVID-19 originated in US. This is the official foreign ministry spokesperson.
@zlj517
Lijian Zhao 赵立坚
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This article is very much important to each and every one of us. Please read and retweet it. COVID-19: Further Evidence that the Virus Originated in the US.
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Unanimous (17 judge) #ICJ ruling on provisional measures against #Myanmar is a powerful rebuke to #ASSKs govn whilst setting strong precedent for future cases My piece in @foreignpolicy @CGlobalPolicy Short thread 1/8
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c) HEALTH: SNP missed 6 out 8 of heath targets with key outcomes now behind England. SNP ignored key warnings on Glasgow's super hospital which led to patient deaths from infected water. The 2018 Health and Safety Executive Papers demanded urgent action to protect patients. 10/18
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Despite Sturgeon spending £76,000 of taxpayers money on coaching witnesses, they displayed “collective amnesia, selective memories and the inability to answer straight questions”
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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12/13: So how do you explain Muslim organizations that host Corbyn? 1. Completely ignorant of his history of supporting Milosevic etc 2. Sectarian in their nature (front for Iranian mullahs) 3. Simply drunk on soft power (we are sharing platform with next PM!).
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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This is very important. @kevverage clinically deconstructs @KateForbesMSP slight of hand.
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Kevin Hague
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OK, so I've taken the time to dissect *that tweet* from the SNP's @KateForbesMSP ... and her claim is indeed as misleading and inaccurate as I first thought
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
3 years
4. MACKAY COVERUP: When SNP learnt Finance Minister Derek Mackay had messaged a 16 yr old school boy 270 times, rather than act decisively and ask him to resign, it tried to cover it up by pressurizing The Sun not to publish allegations. 6/12
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
3 years
We must remember that Rohingya are not the only victims of Myanmar's military. The Tatmadaw has been at war with almost every minority since independence. These are some of the longest running civil conflicts in the world.
@zoyaphan
Zoya Phan
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Please remember displaced civilians in Karen State. They've just escaped attacks by Burma Army, and now struggle to survive in the jungle. All they want is to go home and live in peace. Being isolated, they don't even know there is a military coup in their own country.
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Almost everyone expected #China to reach econ and military superpower status within our lifetime. But this is now in serious question due to President Xi’s misjudgement and mismanagement. My piece in the @TheNatlInterest Short thread 1/10
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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b) JUSTICE: Scottish prisons are on the "brink of a safety crisis” according to the Auditor General, due to funding cuts and chronic overcrowding. SNP have cut funding by 12.5% since 2015 with Scottish prison population now the highest in Europe. 9/18
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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The #SNP  plans for an illegal vote are being watched by successionist movements throughout Europe as viable roadmap to cause chaos in their countries. My piece in today's @TheScotsman
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
6 years
Does anyone in France still doubt the contribution of immigrants?
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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7/13: Corbyn has also said almost nothing about the suffering of the Muslim Tatar community in Crimea since the peninsula was annexed by another member of the supposed anti-imperialists, Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
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Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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10/13: He regularly uses Islamophobic language against Muslims he does not support. He called the Syrian civilians protesting against Assad “jihadist and salafists” and was happy to conflate the Syrian rebels with al-Qaeda and Islamist extremism
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@AzeemIbrahim
Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
4 years
Bosnia: Corbyn and his allies’ sympathized with Milošević, who is "a socialist resisting the imperialist campaign to fragment the state". Despite evidence of genocide, key Corbyn ally Seamus Milne said Milosovic did not belong in The Hague (Milošević killed 58K Muslims). 6/15
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@AzeemIbrahim
Prof Azeem Ibrahim OBE
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e) LOCAL COUNCILS: Real-term cut in funding of 7.6% since 2013/14 has necessitated deep cuts in financial reserves, and more borrowing by councils despite increases in the block grant from the UK. 23 of Scotland’s 32 local authorities are now drawing from their reserves. 12/18
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