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‼️I spent the day in Leeds, in the area where the riots kicked off. The absolute state of our country ☢️ ⚠️ 😢
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Isabel Oakeshott
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Isabel Oakeshott
@IsabelOakeshott
Political Journalist and Commentator. Scoop getter and feather ruffler. International Editor, Talk TV.
- No footballer should be forced to wear a Pride armband or any other rainbow gear. They sign up to play football, not promote LGBTQIA+ rights.
- 🛑 I don’t believe in jailing people for saying stupid things. But clearly if “rules are rules” and young white mothers with no following get banged up for 31 months for a single deleted tweet, then the ridiculous Mr “Vylan” must also go down
- 🛑 THIS guy was recently found NOT GUILTY of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. That is a machete, and required a 999 response by armed police. I’d love to know what his defence was.
- Can we just agree that Lady Hussey meant no harm, however clumsy she was; and Lady Fulani is not overly traumatised and is rather over enjoying her moment in the limelight?
- The UK must say a very simple NO to Palestinian refugees. We are full.
- What a shitshow this all is. Highest death toll in Europe. Economy on the floor. Quarantine for international travellers months after the horse bolted. School re-opening in disarray. A nation snooping and spying on each other. And now this circus. Where will it end??
- What kind of sick society jails people for rioting and saying bad things on social media but not for paedophilia?
- This Christmas, thousands of British people will be sleeping rough on freezing streets. Meanwhile thousands of asylum seekers are sitting pretty in nice hotels. There is something deeply wrong about this…
- In its long headline report of today's horrible events, the BBC fails to make any mention of the gangs of masked Muslims brandishing weapons and shouting "Allahu Akbar". That is dishonest reporting. It makes the BBC part of the problem.
- THIS was earlier this year, on a Friday afternoon in Boston, Lincolnshire. Police rushed to the scene. Later, the gentleman was found not guilty of any offence. Just let that sink in.
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextThe person was arrested and charged with possession of a bladed article. Bailed with a future court date and as under 18 no further reporting on proceedings if indeed they have yet happened. lincolnshireworld.com/news/crime/boy… - Britain abolished slavery almost 200 years ago. It is completely ridiculous to expect today's taxpayers to pay reparations. If Labour goes down this route, all the while claiming they can't afford winter fuel allowance, they will be absolutely hammered
- So @AmandaHolden gets hammered for driving 200 miles to see her very sick parents - a trip which endangered precisely nobody and presumably brought them great comfort. In so many ways, corona has stripped away our humanity. That's the sickness we should fear.
- 🛑 ‼️ Can we all please make sure that tomorrow’s horror -AKA the Budget -doesn’t distract from the HUGE questions to be asked about the Southport cover up. They timed this release in that hope. Don’t let them get away with it 😡