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« Reply #9810 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 08:08:35 »

What is happening in the States is frightening, the place is a powder keg. Its heartbreaking that the Police learned nothing from the incident in New York and repeated their mistakes in Minneapolis.
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« Reply #9811 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 08:22:33 »

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https://twitter.com/Darren_Dutton/status/1266039559755833345?s=20
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« Reply #9812 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 08:23:41 »

What is happening in the States is frightening, the place is a powder keg. Its heartbreaking that the Police learned nothing from the incident in New York and repeated their mistakes in Minneapolis.

A powder keg being stoked vigorously by the president, one can only assume that he thinks that outright race war is going to get him over the line come November.
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« Reply #9813 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 08:25:27 »

The killing of george Floyd was fucking shocking.

The guy is down on the ground, handcuffed, unarmed, surrounded by at least 4 armed coppers, and pleading with them that he can't breathe. I get that policing can be dangerous work and I get that there is always likely to be a degree of physicality about it, but fucking hell.

There also seems to be no appetite from those at the top to change things.
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« Reply #9814 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 08:27:50 »

There also seems to be no appetite from those at the top to change things.
And I fear with Trump in charge there will be no changes even suggested.
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« Reply #9815 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 08:30:21 »

And I fear with Trump in charge there will be no changes even suggested.

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« Reply #9816 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 09:09:02 »

A powder keg being stoked vigorously by the president, one can only assume that he thinks that outright race war is going to get him over the line come November.
It's what his base are begging for. Trump's all about delivering to his base, there's some "very good guys" there remember?

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« Reply #9817 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 09:09:50 »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52846679
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« Reply #9818 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 09:13:07 »

He is going all out open fascist isn't he?
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« Reply #9819 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 09:23:41 »

In all this understandable talk of Trump I wouldn't want Helen Whitely's car crash of a performance on QT last night to be missed, followed the party line that people must follow the guidelines unless they don't follow the guidelines, even Fiona Bruce made her look a fool.

https://twitter.com/bbcquestiontime/status/1266128813240594437?s=20
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« Reply #9820 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 09:54:26 »

In all this understandable talk of Trump I wouldn't want Helen Whitely's car crash of a performance on QT last night to be missed, followed the party line that people must follow the guidelines unless they don't follow the guidelines, even Fiona Bruce made her look a fool.

https://twitter.com/bbcquestiontime/status/1266128813240594437?s=20
Saw someone yesterday describe her as educated well beyond her intelligence and promoted well above her competence. Thought that summed her up rather well. Along with most of the rest of the Cabinet, especially Johnson.
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« Reply #9821 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 11:16:18 »

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/we-need-to-pay-very-close-attention-to-what-is-happening-in-britain-now-1.4264046

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"Other countries need to pay attention to modern Britain. What has happened is instructive. Accepting plummeting standards in media, possessing a pathological deference to posh bullies, being ignorant of one’s history, accepting inequality as some kind of natural law, celebrating buffoons, and a blithe and arrogant exceptionalism is the real downfall, not Dominic Cummings’ lies."
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« Reply #9822 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 11:40:13 »

He is going all out open fascist isn't he?

The police just arrested a reporter - for reporting.
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« Reply #9823 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 11:46:08 »

The police just arrested a reporter - for reporting.

Seen this mentioned on Twitter but been able to it reported as news - can you share a link (and before anyone says "are you doubting it" - absolutely not, I want to see the ghastly details for myself)
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« Reply #9824 on: Friday, May 29, 2020, 11:49:25 »

https://twitter.com/tyson_whelan/status/1266317709186228225
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