unbelievable
the government, Tories obvs, are all up in arms with.....wait for it
Gary Lineker < a fuckin sports commentator >> because of a tweet criticizing the government's new immigration stance
https://twitter.com/ukhomeoffice/status/1633022905628884992
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/109987617546851066
Gary is NOT a journalists he's a sports commentator so he isn't bound by the same standards as the news reporters FFS
(not the tweets in question think he deleted it)
Hi
@BBC
,
As a German I can tell you this: when politicians speak in a language not dissimilar to that used in 1930s Germany, I recognise it. Why? Because I have been taught about it all my life—and that it needs to be called out and rejected. It’s a duty to do so, in fact. 🧵
this legislation may not be compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights
written by Suella Braverman home secretary
"When you are proposing to break the law (again) doesn't that breach several codes (ministerial/civil service)? I hope that the staff supporting this remember that 'following orders' is not a defence"
history tells us that ^^^
Nuremberg trials
many said they were just following orders still got found guilty < just an example I'm not comparing 😏
"They could 'stop the boats' tomorrow by opening processing centres in France but they don't want to. They would rather have the optics and language of 'invasion' to enrage their flagging base."
UK Government has closed down acceptable/legal routes for immigration to the UK. Except for people from Hong Kong, Ukraine and Afghanistan. But even those routes have been made difficult for most people
Watch this recent report by
@lewis_goodall
for
@TheNewsAgents
if you don’t understand why
@GaryLineker
was concerned the language being used feels a bit 1930s Germany
The number one story on the BBC News at Ten is Gary Lineker’s tweet. Not the illegal migration bill, Gary Lineker’s opinion on it. That is totally, totally fucking insane.
also Gary has contracts outside the BCC he is not a fully BBC employee a such BUT gov want him reprimanded for expressing an opinion on something he just doesn't report on and never has been a political reporter
it's just bullshit
Tory MP Lee Anderson wants Lineker sacked, along with others. Lee said this week he supported the right-wing protesters who set fire to a police van and rioted in Merseyside, which was broadcast without comment by the BBC.
The BBC is now simply the Tory Party Broadcast Service. Which we pay for.
kinda what many Scots Don;t trust the BBC on certain things
It's almost like there is a secret bunch of tories leading the BBC. Oh wait. it is actually that
long term BBC viewers of news but it has in recent months become almost unwatchable, will only get worse as it merges with World News, Sharp is a very bad appointment and Tim Davie the Tory Councilor propagandist he always dreamed to be.
The TV licence almost history
Normal service will resume.
It’ll be the Snow tomorrow.
EOT
This new Bill will take tougher action on small boat arrivals.
We are committed to fixing the issue of illegal migration head on
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ground-breaking-new-laws-to-stop-the-boats
Take it from a Greek - Rishi's plan won't stop the boats.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1632756596194304004.html