'It has resulted in mass displacement, #violence and potential #genocide, jeopardising millions of lives. While the United States (US) and other European nations have publicly expressed concern at the United Nations Security Council, Britain’s silence speaks volumes.'
Tory MP Mark Menzies, who's facing allegations of misusing campaign funds has quit the #Conservative Party and says he won't stand at the next general election. 👀
Lancashire Police said it was reviewing "information" about Mr Menzies after Labour asked for an investigation.
This is actually quite a clever ploy. Something similar - 'the Mcnicol letter' - almost succeeded in defeating the #conservatives in #UKGeneralElection2017 by using
the confusion over funding of #socialcare to target older voters. It was almost enough for #labour to win #putney despite many adverse factors.
And speaking of conservatives raising boys to be sociopaths, a 10 year old who had threatened a schoolmate with being shot tells school officials he's done it before:
Texas 7-year-old shot and killed stranger sleeping in RV after grabbing gun from glove box in grandpa’s truck, child allegedly admits years later - Matt NahamApr 19th, 2024
"...According to the Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office, the shocking development in the unsolved January 2022, murder of 32-year-old Brandon O’Quinn Rasberry began with an April 11 school bus dispute between the 10-year-old boy and another student in the Nixon-Smiley Consolidated Independent School District. The sheriff’s office said that school officials contacted authorities the next day — but not just about an alleged threat to kill..."
Sunak rejects the offer of a mobility scheme for young people between the EU & UK
Labour also rejected the EU's proposal which would've allowed young people to live, work & study in the bloc
Opinion: This is what I hate about politics! The Tories know they've made a mess of Brexit, but daren't do anything to repair the damage. Labour can't agree to it because they'll be accused of reversing Brexit
#SCOTUS is hearing a challenge today to a federal #law prosecutors used to charge >350 people who attacked the Capitol on #Jan6.
>100 have been convicted & sentenced under the statute for obstructing or impeding an ofcl proceeding—the joint session that convened to confirm Biden’s victory.
The case could impact #Trump’s federal trial in DC for trying to remain in power, 2 charges he faces are based on the same #obstruction statute.
#Conservatives, including members of Congress who wrote briefs to the court in advance of this argument, say the #DOJ is showing partisanship by using the #law to punish supporters of #Trump but not against liberal protesters who have disrupted congressional hearings. Prelogar pushed back on that idea.