Today I can only vote for a PCC. I will be heading to the polling station this morning, with my photo ID. I urge you all to do the same, at whatever time works for you.

After devoting an entire edition this week to attacking Sadiq Khan, the Evening Standard opts for a (grudging) endorsement of him over Susan Hall.

The first time, I believe, they've ever backed a Labour candidate for mayor

'Outrage'/'hit'/'lose'/'they have', out of 'we've had': concocted as in gutter media

Remarks at a Resolution Foundation round table, *2019*

Video shows him talking of fair shares of burden between generations in harsh conditions (Tory Austerity & Brexit!) - Do we hate fairness?

Malaga 30th April 2024

Brexit kills UK farming, but also perversely makes it more difficult & costly to import from the EU, across now universal *UK* regulatory & customs borders (highest of trading barriers) against the whole world.

Andrew Pierce Sadiq Khan Politicising the death of a teenager for political gain - what a desperately sad little man you are........ even Susan Hall didn't stoop that low

Would be a very good idea for 'senior figures' to knock this on the head quickly.

Susan Hall the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London claims her racist comments are a ‘misunderstanding’.

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Peter Shaw Gh0strider This is the kind of person she is happy to associate with.

Peter Shaw Gh0strider Here's that Susan Hall thread in full. Read it, then marvel at the first tweet in the thread. How could 57% have voted for Hall as their candidate?
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Peter Shaw Gh0strider #SufferWithSusan

'Jacob Rees-Mogg and his mates will be almost entirely untouched by the consequences of their own deceptions and disastrous ignorance.'

Post-Brexit border checks and warnings of soaring food prices are 'absolutely irrefutable repercussions' of leaving the EU, says ＠mrjamesob.

Adam Ramsay Naomi Smith openDemocracy oDR ourEconomy democraciaAbierta this is really bad - Open Democracy were pioneers in truthful online investigative journalism & we still need that even there are others stepping up these days

hope the articles archive will be preserved
Internet Archive needs a full copy of the site opendemocracy.net

ABSOLUTELY inaccurate: & set of deliberately chosen inflammatory lies:
Blazon: POLICE SO COWED BY THE ANTI-SEMITIC MOB, THEY EVEN COVER UP THE HOLOCAUST

a) Police did NOT cover up the Holocaust (or even a memorial to it)

b) 'so cowed'? inflammatory lie

c) 'mob': grim demagogy

The Mail, that self declared bastion of morality and truth, exposed as liars by the Metropolitan Police.
Looks like they've backed the wrong horse again. But then they did that in the 1930's.

The Rwanda policy is a classic example of the Tories taking from the fascist propaganda manual to distract the public from 14 years of Tory lies, negligence, failure, and corruption by whipping up fear and hatred of a group of powerless foreigners, while helping Putin's fascist…

The immortal regiment will not March on May 9 as they are all dead.

Thanks for the Brexit, meathead Brexit suckers ... ;)

*At last* a tangible Brexit benefit... for Ireland.

'Ireland reaps €700m Brexit bonanza from customs duties'

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Adam Ramsay is a joy to work with: whip smart, generous, kind. And a virality machine!

One of many v sad UK openDemocracy team layoffs this month. A huge loss, particularly just before an election

He's also right that a lot of talented global staff have gone recently too...🧵

In today's #vatniksoup , I'll introduce a Canadian conspiracy theorist and social media personality, Liz Churchill. She's best-known for spreading the most outrageous conspiracy theories, and for promoting pro-Kremlin narratives on social media.

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