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I’m going to give you a 19th/20th Century Turkish word that must be considered by all leaders (#prententious, or not): *adamsendecilik* ‘being messed about in a pointless way by someone in authority to the point at which you need help’ - that’s what’s got to stop at every level.
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A 12 year old Muslim girl in Paris was shot today because of her faith.
That is horrifying and unacceptable.
French president Emanuel Macron stated following this attack that it is: "the first time there has been a terrorist act planned to kill our compatriots, our children, based on the colour of their skin or the religion attributed to them".
Really???
Does he not know about Ilan Halimi???
Jonathan Sandler???
Gabriel Sandler??
Aryeh Sandler??
Myriam Monsonégo???
Yoav Hattab???
Yohan Cohen???
Philippe Braham???
François-Michel Saada???
Sarah Halimi???
Mireille Knoll???
Sébastien Selam???
Or does he not consider them French because they are Jewish???!
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A brilliant leader from @TheSpectator on the moral evasions surrounding Sally Rooney and Palestine Action. When violence is dressed up as activism, the people who suffer are real — like Sergeant Kate Evans. @michaelgove
spectator.com/article/sally-…
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'I Came to France with Nothing. My Bakery in Paris Was Destroyed by Rioters.'
Read Jhemima Sheilha in @TheFP
thefp.com/p/i-came-to-france…
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Dear Christians,
Jews are not Islamists’ only target.
Here are Islamists massacring Christians for being Christian in Jordan.
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Les 86 français écrasés à Nice n’existent pas, les 130 français massacrés au Bataclan n’existent pas, les 7 français exécutés par Merah n’existent pas, Thomas n’existe pas, Stéphanie Monfermé et Samuel Paty n’existent pas.
Nous n’existons tout simplement pas.
🔴 Fusillade de Trappes : "C'est la première fois qu'il y a un acte terroriste pour tuer nos compatriotes, nos enfants, en raison de leur couleur de peau ou de la religion qu'on leur donne", déclare Emmanuel Macron.
"canal16 #franceinfo
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
E.macron affirme que c'est la premiere fois qu'l y'a un acte terroriste commis par un français visant des enfanrs français en raison de leur religion.
C'est faux.
Il oublie notamment les actes de Merah ayant assassiné des enfants juifs parce qu'ils etaient juifs(hozar hatorah
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentats…
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1/7 I have two simple tests for British AI, driven by our values. Is it safe? And is it ours to shape? 🇬🇧
Today, Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP is announcing a major, ambitious package of investment to strengthen Britain's defences against emerging threats, back British innovation, and build our technological independence.
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Collecting this morning at Turnham Green tube station for
Chiswick Poppy Appeal
@ChiswickW4 @TheChiswickCal
@PoppyLegion
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Knowledge and experience are not at odds; the latter is simply another form of the former.
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"Large numbers of women who’ve never been poor, who’ve never worked the kind of job where they’d be vulnerable to predatory men and who’ve never needed a rape crisis centre have spent the last few years vilifying members of their own sex for fighting to retain their hard-won rights and single-sex spaces, in ways that have shocked and disgusted me. I freely confess that I feel an extra layer of abhorrence for any woman who claims to be a feminist while doing it.”
I wrote a new piece about women’s rights and whether or not I want trans people dead. (Spoiler: I don’t)👇
jkrowling.com/opinions/an-up…
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مسیح علی‌نژاد در مراسم جایزه آزادی بنیاد فآس در مادرید، با انتقاد تند از دولت‌های اروپایی گفت آنان به کسانی که با جمهوری اسلامی و طالبان دست می‌دهند ویزا می‌دهند، اما زنان آسیب‌دیده ایرانی را از سفر محروم می‌کنند.
او خطاب به پدرو سانچس گفت: «آن‌ها توسط همان رژیمی کور شده‌اند که تو با آن دست داده‌ای.» علی‌نژاد روسری‌اش را روی زمین انداخت و شعار «زن، زندگی، آزادی» سر داد: «در کشور من فقط برای همین کار می‌توانی کشته شوی.»
#افغانستان😢
#ایران😢
#زن_تحصیل_کارازادی
#زن_زندگی_ازادی
@AlinejadMasih @Europarl_EN
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That we as a country allowed it to come to this is shameful
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I’ve seen a lot of abhorrent things on this app, but the immediate dismissal and ridicule by the British Left of a forthcoming government report on antisemitism towards Jewish children is just appalling. I naïvely thought that, when it came to children specifically, the usual suspects would be more empathetic (or at least more cautious), but alas. The abject cruelty is profoundly disturbing.
Ironically, of course, they make the case for Zionism better than any Zionist ever could. Herzl is vindicated time and time and time again.
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Barnet Council passes motion to twin with Haifa after Hackney severs ties
thejc.com/news/politics/barn…
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Delighted to be featured in the October edition of SOLDIER, the British Army magazine!
Two pages on 5 SOLDIERS: The Body is the Frontline, my research with 4 RIFLES and the new documentary featuring five veterans.
Next screening: MALVERN THEATRES, 7 NOV, 4.30pm, with Brigadier Ed Butler CBE DSO. @TheatresMalvern
Please book in advance!
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The poppy is our national symbol of Remembrance - it must never become a divisive campaigning tool.
These so-called ‘Palestine Poppies’ have been called out as insulting by our veterans, and risk confusing the public and diverting vital funds away from supporting our Armed Forces community.
I’ve written to the Royal British Legion to raise my concerns.
Pro-Gaza activists sell ‘Palestine poppy’ before Remembrance Day
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
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This is a sickening and disgusting act committed by a vile individual.
Sir David was respectful, kind and a powerful advocate for free speech and expression. He always debated political differences with dignity.
To disrespect his life and legacy in this way is dreadful.
This is the most crass thing I’ve seen today
If you ever sought out the novels of Sally Rooney in bookshops – when that was still possible – you’d know they sit in the fiction stacks adjacent to the novels of another SR whose books have been withdrawn in dastardly political circumstances. Until last week, “Rooney” and “Rushdie” had little in common beyond being shelfmates; now they have more than just a physical proximity.
@tanjil_rashid_: This is censorship by other means newstatesman.com/comment/202…
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This comparison is as offensive as it is stupid. Rushdie had to spend years hiding from Islamists who wanted him murdered just for what he wrote, and bookshops faced violent attack if they stocked it.
Rooney’s publisher has stopped supplying her novels purely and simply because she insists on directing royalties to an illegal organisation.
There is a grotesque irony in invoking a man hunted by Islamists to build sympathy for supporters of a proscribed group that is stuffed full of Islamists
If you ever sought out the novels of Sally Rooney in bookshops – when that was still possible – you’d know they sit in the fiction stacks adjacent to the novels of another SR whose books have been withdrawn in dastardly political circumstances. Until last week, “Rooney” and “Rushdie” had little in common beyond being shelfmates; now they have more than just a physical proximity.
@tanjil_rashid_: This is censorship by other means newstatesman.com/comment/202…
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Islamist terrorists tried to murder Salman Rushdie and everyone associated with The Satanic Verses. Who precisely is threatening to murder Sally Rooney and the staff at Faber & Faber? Yvette Cooper?
If you ever sought out the novels of Sally Rooney in bookshops – when that was still possible – you’d know they sit in the fiction stacks adjacent to the novels of another SR whose books have been withdrawn in dastardly political circumstances. Until last week, “Rooney” and “Rushdie” had little in common beyond being shelfmates; now they have more than just a physical proximity.
@tanjil_rashid_: This is censorship by other means newstatesman.com/comment/202…