this is terrible...how sad.
“Some of the protesters seem to have an objective to provoke a military confrontation with China. They seem to want a Tiananmen Square outcome as success.”
Fmr Foreign Sec @Jeremy_Hunt says he is “concerned with the tactics” with some of #HongKong’s protesters
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What evidence does he have for this absolute bollocks? The Hong Kong protestors are standing up for democracy.
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Bows and arrows, petrol bombs, bricks in catapults, spray painting bus windows, setting fire to trains, setting fire to overpass walk ways, setting people on fire, filling tram tracks with sand.... if all the above happened here then 100% the army would be out
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If Jeremy Hunt says “I want to have democracy” in the UK with that be grounds for the British Army to shoot him because he’s being “provocative”? Clearly not. So why the tyranny of low expectations with China.
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My reaction was the police last night in a press conference threatened lethal force. I watched it live. My feeling was this action was inflammatory on top of the actions of an officer on the street some days back who shot a protester at short range.
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A tory moaning about ordinary people causing trouble because they want freedom Pesky plebs
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Could
@benedictrogers answer this question? As we know Jeremy Hunt has a Chinese wife with red background... and became millionaire shortly after his marriage.
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*Freedom and democracy have defined us through large periods of our history*, Mr Hunt? We occupied Africa and India smartly enough! And owned America till it saw us off! At home, we burned various shades of religion at the stake.
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Is Emily specialising in interviews of out of touch white male snobs who have absolutely no empathy ?
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