A young looking Jon Snow, in 1979, reporting on Iranian women marching in protest against the imposition of the hijab, only to met with intimidation and violence from their male opponents - supported by the mullahs, of course.

#bbclaurak

In other news...

'Correspondence with the monarch or the heir, whether seismic or harmless, is banned from disclosure. Parliamentary criticism of conduct of royal family members, no matter how disgraced, is prohibited.'

#bbclaurak #NotMyKing https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/05/how-the-british-royal-family-hides-its-wealth-from-public-scrutiny

"The monarchy has been the one institution for which the faith of the British people has never faltered." — Keir Starmer

I'm British. I'm people. I'm also a republican. Politicians and the media can pretend we don't exist but 1 in 5 Brits would abolish it. #NotMyKing #bbclaurak

The monarchy are the keystone in the edifice of class privilege that has shaped this country for a millennia. Remove them and it crumbles. Which is why, whenever there's an 'historic' event, the establishment circles the wagons and defends it with North Korean vigour.

#bbclaurak

We need a MASSIVE social housing programme to create apprenticeships / skills / jobs; stimulate the local / wider economy; provide homes with the aim of greatly reducing, even ending, homelessness; and slash housing benefit payments to landlords, saving billions.

#bbclaurak

Fuck the coronation, fuck Prince Charles and fuck the Monarchy!!

Aaaaaaand relax... 😌

#bbclaurak

Mark Harper strikes a pathetic figure. But then how can he not? He's a minister in a government that has no vision, no care, no competency. Just a pathological capacity for blaming everything and everyone, except themselves, for the terrible mess they've created.

#bbclaurak

FFS!! 😒

'Rehearsals for the coronation have been aided by the construction of a movie-style scale model set of Westminster Abbey inside Buckingham Palace’s ballroom to ensure everyone has ample chance to practise before rehearsals start in the abbey this week.'

#bbclaurak

'Members of the public watching the #coronation on TV, online and in parks and pubs, will be invited to swear allegiance in a "chorus of millions" to be known as the Homage of the People.'

THE HOMAGE OF THE PEOPLE?!?

Tell me I'm dreaming. 😩

#bbclaurak https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/29/public-invited-to-swear-their-allegiance-as-king-is-crowned?CMP=share_btn_tw

I think I heard more from Laura Kuenssberg than John Ashworth in that interview. 😒

#bbclaurak

Seems like a bit of a snowflake...

'Men are increasingly the victims of "obnoxious bigotry" by women and should start "burning their briefs" in protest, according to rising star, Dominic Raab, a new Tory MP tipped for high office.' (Jan 2011)

#bbclaurak
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350128/Tory-MP-Dominic-Raab-Feminists-obnoxious-bigots-men-raw-deal.html

#bbclaurak The #NHS in crisis, yet who is absent from this discussion, it's Steve Barclay. #Sunak says he 'doesn't want 2 get into middle of NHS dispute'. These Tories are absolutely despicable, they have no conscience, the anger grows, they MUST go. #NHSCrisis #ToryCorruption

There has been a noticeable swing away from Labour and towards the Conservatives in the past month's polling.

But if the election were to be held now, the Conservatives would finish around the level of their 1997 disaster.

#ridge #BBCLauraK #ukpoli

There has been a noticeable swing away from Labour and towards the Conservatives in the past month's polling.

But if the election were to be held now, the Conservatives would finish around the level of their 1997 disaster.

#ridge #BBCLauraK #ukpoli

Reminder: Suella Braverman was on the Govt front bench, as Attorney General, when Yvette Cooper told them about it!
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RT @hewitson10
Suella Braverman seems to forget we have a beautiful thing called the internet & video proof

She claimed to Laura Kuenssberg today that she’d never heard of 12 refugees being shot to death by Rwandan police In 2018

Here’s Yvette cooper telling her in June 2022 🎤

#bbclaurak https://twitter.com/i/web/st…
https://twitter.com/hewitson10/status/1642461767740604419

RT @CarolineLucas
Suella Braverman on another planet as usual. “Generally our borders are flowing very well” - people just need to be “patient”. Tell that to thousands waiting for 15 hours at Dover. Nothing to do with #Brexit obvs, she claims - contrary to view of CEO of Dover port #bbclaurak

So, it turns out Rwanda deal is a refugee swap deal. That’s going to go down well.
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RT @hewitson10
Dear Gammonati

Finally your hero Laura Kuenssberg has raised some truth

The Suella Braverman illegal Rwanda plan which will take just 200 people has a side note

Rwanda will be sending their refugees to the U.K.

How does that make you feel?

#bbclaurak #ridge #LauraKuenssberg
https://twitter.com/hewitson10/status/1642450031822118912

RT @CourierBoyUK
Fao @NorthHertsDC Returning Officer, are you aware that Hitchin & Harpenden @Conservatives, @BimAfolami MP’s Constituency are sending voters Postal Vote registration forms with a return envelope to the Conservatives?

#ToriesOut255 #GeneralElectionNow #BBCLauraK #ridge

#bbclaurak #Braverman reveals her #incompetence & #compassion vacuum. Migrants were shot dead in Rwanda in 2018. No answer. Migrants can be sent from Rwanda to UK. No answer. UN findings ignored. This woman is a disgrace. #ToryCorruption #RejoinTheEU https://t.co/xLnuR2B5th

RT @BBCPolitics
"In the long run [Brexit] reduces our overall output by around 4%"

OBR Chair Richard Hughes says leaving the EU is a "shock to the UK economy of the order of magnitude of other shocks we've seen" such as the Covid pandemic

#BBCLauraK http://bbc.in/3ZkGvnv