This week's Mayoral election is a two-horse race between a Labour candidate who is committed to police reform Sadiq Khan and a Tory candidate who believes that knife crime is a Black cultural issue and wants to cancel Carnival.
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yesterday, as i was moving the final things out of my home following my eviction, a guy turned up who turned out to be the new tenant.

turns out the landlord has bumped the rent by *£700*. a 30% increase.

the greed and cruelty of landlords in this country is outrageous.

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I met a Black guy who’s white adoptive mom told him that Blacks made themselves victims and that racism isn’t real and he believed it. He also told me that our ancestors would be grateful for whites did for us. This was one of the most heat wrenching moments of my life.

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Jokes aside this is why weed needs to be legalised and regulated. What a complete waste of everyone’s time

Reji Well he definitely about to fail them if he think he just raising children and not black children. Part of being a good parent is preparing your children for the world we live in.

Make service charges illegal!!!

in an hour I’m on BBC Radio 4 with my doc How To Save An Incel with Tempo & Talker. We ask: can a subreddit help draw someone away from incel ideology? Reddit is often (in)famous for doing the opposite. But a few years ago, something happened… 1/

Praying for them kmt

Human rights activist Munther Amira was taken at gunpoint from his home in Bethlehem. He says he was beaten and stripped naked in custody.

He says that - Palestinian prisoners are 'beaten every day'.

Sky's Dominic Waghorn reports

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Israeli soldier 'put a gun on my face'.

Layan, a 24-year-old Palestinian Christian, was taken from her home in the early hours on 6 April.

Her mother says soldiers threatened her family with guns as they searched the house.

Dominic Waghorn reports

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Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the end of apartheid in South Africa and the holding of South Africa's first ever democratic elections.

The legacy of the global fight against apartheid must continue to inspire us in our fight for a more just, free, and democratic world.

✨This Spring, we've got TWO exciting #opportunities for all you #jobseekers out there.

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3 year contract
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I delivered to Park Lane apartments, Bloomsbury flats with swanky concierges and to the 7th floor of council flats.
The bankers/Mayfair residents didn’t tip once. People in council flats were the ones who did.

Millions of high schoolers had their senior years upended by Covid in 2020. Four years later, as universities attempt to shut down or contain widespread pro-Palestinian protests, many of those same students may have their commencements canceled again. nyti.ms/3xU3eih

Visibly Jewish, visibly welcome

Huge solidarity to all students who are protesting n their universities. History will look kindly on you as you seek to end the atrocities we see in Palestine. History will not look kindly on those who seek to stifle your voices & repay peaceful protest with violence & repression

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