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Islamaphobia is getting out of control

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Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 07:13:37

We have Braverman and Anderson stirring up the most awful Islamaphobia.

I don’t think that we have ever had British MPs saying such racist and hateful rhetoric since Mosely. They are being backed by the worst sort of editorship. It is so redolent of the 20s and 30s.

Jewish and Christian leaders are calling for it to stop, as well as Tories who see this as a disaster for their party, as it will never ever end well.

Rory Stewart

This idea that “London is in the grip of Islamists” is deluded and it’s awful - an obsession that thrives among a bizarre and dangerous coalition. No conservative MP should ever be spouting this stuff.

Anniebach Sat 24-Feb-24 16:14:18

Glorianny you were not truthful re the video of Rachel Reeves, if as you say the women were canvassing for Rachel
Why ask of their constituency and why the reply ‘I am Muslim,
a tax payer and I live in this country,

Keep refusing to acknowledge the truth

HousePlantQueen Sat 24-Feb-24 16:18:21

30p Lee has just had the Tory party whip removed. What's the betting he goes over to Reform?

Cossy Sat 24-Feb-24 16:24:58

HousePlantQueen

30p Lee has just had the Tory party whip removed. What's the betting he goes over to Reform?

Probably the best place for him! All Reform will achieve is a split Tory votes especially in strong Tory strongholds.

Glorianny Sat 24-Feb-24 16:27:53

That's the woman who questions her who says she is a Muslim. She follows Rachel. The other Muslims present do not. There was no "group of women" just one Muslim woman.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 16:29:34

HousePlantQueen

30p Lee has just had the Tory party whip removed. What's the betting he goes over to Reform?

Yes maybe - I think it depends on how the far right of the party reacts. There are people who would support him, like Braverman, Truss, the popcoms etc.

There is a massive civil war going on. I think that the far right of the Tory party have much in common with parties that LePen or Wilders represent.

Anniebach Sat 24-Feb-24 16:31:36

If one woman why does she say ‘we want to know’ ‘we sre really concerned’ ‘ we have been trying to see you through the
mosques’

growstuff Sat 24-Feb-24 16:33:53

Anniebach

Glorianny you were not truthful re the video of Rachel Reeves, if as you say the women were canvassing for Rachel
Why ask of their constituency and why the reply ‘I am Muslim,
a tax payer and I live in this country,

Keep refusing to acknowledge the truth

I haven't a clue why the women replied as she did.

However, Reeves was not out of order to ask whether she was a constituent. She told her that she had surgeries for constituents. She doesn't have to reply to people who aren't constituents.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 16:33:57

Anderson lost the Labour whip for racism when he was a councillor.

A real charmer

Casdon Sat 24-Feb-24 16:35:23

Glorianny

That's the woman who questions her who says she is a Muslim. She follows Rachel. The other Muslims present do not. There was no "group of women" just one Muslim woman.

Were you there Glorianny? Why was it filmed? Why was the camera solely focussed on Rachel Reeves? How could you see who was behind the woman who asked her the questions?
I forgot, you have hidden powers, one of which is that you have the real facts about everything, unlike we poor fools who just watched what happened and drew our own conclusions.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 16:35:46

My question now is - why hasn’t Braverman not suffered similar sanctions?

Casdon Sat 24-Feb-24 16:37:26

What’s strange is that there’s been no word from Sunak about this all day, I wonder why?

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 16:43:08

Savid Javid is furious and is definitely speaking out.

I wonder what Anderson will be doing this time next year? Perhaps he will be existing on 30p meals as I can’t see him getting elected again.

Cossy Sat 24-Feb-24 16:55:38

WW we can only live in Hope 🤞grin

MaizieD Sat 24-Feb-24 17:12:17

No point in trying to find his comments - he has “hidden” them and in quite a few post has deleted them.

Screenshots are available, Wwmk2

hopenothate.org.uk/2024/02/22/revealed-the-shocking-tweets-of-gb-news-co-owner-sir-paul-marshall/

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 17:28:36

MaizieD

^No point in trying to find his comments - he has “hidden” them and in quite a few post has deleted them.^

Screenshots are available, Wwmk2

hopenothate.org.uk/2024/02/22/revealed-the-shocking-tweets-of-gb-news-co-owner-sir-paul-marshall/

👍👍👍 technology is not my strong point😄😄

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 17:38:11

What I can’t understand is that Anderson’s remarks are bad enough for him to be stood down by the Tory party and yet no action has been taken by OFCom over his rant on GBNews?

MaizieD Sat 24-Feb-24 17:38:57

The link was flagged up on twitter yesterday. I can't take any credit for any superior technological know how😆

MaizieD Sat 24-Feb-24 17:40:25

Whitewavemark2

What I can’t understand is that Anderson’s remarks are bad enough for him to be stood down by the Tory party and yet no action has been taken by OFCom over his rant on GBNews?

I've just read that he was suspended for refusing to apologise, not for his actual comment.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 17:41:30

MaizieD

The link was flagged up on twitter yesterday. I can't take any credit for any superior technological know how😆

Thanks - I heard it on the news agents thingy.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 17:42:12

MaizieD

Whitewavemark2

What I can’t understand is that Anderson’s remarks are bad enough for him to be stood down by the Tory party and yet no action has been taken by OFCom over his rant on GBNews?

I've just read that he was suspended for refusing to apologise, not for his actual comment.

Apologise to who?

SeaWoozle Sat 24-Feb-24 17:49:22

Whitewavemark2

What I can’t understand is that Anderson’s remarks are bad enough for him to be stood down by the Tory party and yet no action has been taken by OFCom over his rant on GBNews?

There was a piece in the Guardian a day or two ago about OFCOM allowing GBeebies to get away with far too much....
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/13/gb-news-turbo-cancer-conspiracy-theories-ofcom-bias-anti-vaxxer?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 17:56:13

SeaWoozle

Whitewavemark2

What I can’t understand is that Anderson’s remarks are bad enough for him to be stood down by the Tory party and yet no action has been taken by OFCom over his rant on GBNews?

There was a piece in the Guardian a day or two ago about OFCOM allowing GBeebies to get away with far too much....
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/13/gb-news-turbo-cancer-conspiracy-theories-ofcom-bias-anti-vaxxer?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Thanks for that - I actually have the guardian delivered but my newsagent has closed the shop for an unspecified period because they’ve gone on holiday 😡. Which is annoying. Not that I’d deny them a holiday of course😄😄.

SeaWoozle Sat 24-Feb-24 18:14:01

Whitewavemark2

I appreciate it's not the same, but you can get the app too? Very good read..

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Feb-24 18:33:46

😄😄 I’ve just this minute downloaded it! It hadn’t occurred before

Thanks

petra Sat 24-Feb-24 18:56:56

I think if Ofcom were to have a go at Neil Oliver he would show them this article from a respected medical journal library.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10184721/