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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Ian Shaw‏ @Prof_ian_shaw 10 May 2015

      Daily mail and Express celebrate the end of Human Rights http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/5925540 … I really do despair ...

      4 replies 16 retweets 7 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 10 May 2015
      Replying to @Prof_ian_shaw

      Conservative UK tabloids celebrate impending end of human rights under Tory government. Asshats. Via @Prof_ian_shawpic.twitter.com/dXsOGWq404

      10:27 AM - 10 May 2015
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      • The Truth Seeker Dimitris Xenos Christoph Ulbrich Den partipolitisk uavhengige tankesmien Sebitas Thomas Kumlehn Netizen Rights Brain Spammbot Esq. Manel Martinez-Aroca O. The Provisional Republic of A Thousand Eggs
      17 replies 164 retweets 48 likes
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        2. Jared  🚽 Earle‏ @jearle 10 May 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @Prof_ian_shaw that's from last year.

          1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
        3. Ian Shaw‏ @Prof_ian_shaw 10 May 2015
          Replying to @jearle

          @jearle @aral really ?

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        4. Jared  🚽 Earle‏ @jearle 10 May 2015
          Replying to @Prof_ian_shaw

          @Prof_ian_shaw @aral look at the date the HuffPo article was posted.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 10 May 2015
          Replying to @jearle

          @jearle @Prof_ian_shaw Thanks for the heads up. So if that was pre-Tory UK, can’t wait for the Tory UK headlines!

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        1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 10 May 2015
          Replying to @aral

          The celebratory tabloid photos I retweeted earlier were apparently from last year. Not looking forward to the headlines from this year.

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        2. Daniel Gregorious‏ @DanGregorious 10 May 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @Sharpediver @aral @Prof_ian_shaw Imagine thinking human rights are a bad thing

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        3. Ian Shaw‏ @Prof_ian_shaw 10 May 2015
          Replying to @DanGregorious

          @DanGregorious @Sharpediver @aral they are of course a break on power - but they are meant to be,,,

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Genie Luxemburg‏ @Sprachstudentin 10 May 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @ljhenshall @Prof_ian_shaw "Human rights madness"? This mentality is terrifying

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 May 2015
          Replying to @Sprachstudentin

          @Sprachstudentin Entirely.

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        2. maxart‏ @maxart 10 May 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral please tell me those are fakes/Photoshopped covers?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 10 May 2015
          Replying to @maxart

          @maxart I haven’t seen them for myself but, knowing those papers, I would be surprised if they weren’t real.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. maxart‏ @maxart 10 May 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral that’s just.. wow :/

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        2. Orinoco Flowdan.‏ @EXECUTIVESTEVE 10 May 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @Prof_ian_shaw Getting rid of the HRa would be a breach of the Good Friday Agreement so god knows how they're going to square that.

          1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
        3. Orinoco Flowdan.‏ @EXECUTIVESTEVE 10 May 2015
          Replying to @EXECUTIVESTEVE

          @aral @Prof_ian_shaw HRa also baked in to constitutions of Scottish and Welsh assemblies so scrapping it could shatter the union

          0 replies 3 retweets 2 likes
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        2. Dave  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺‏ @McnallyDavidJ 10 May 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @dunncampbell @Prof_ian_shaw Human Rights Act was a direct result of the Holocaust. Never forget.

          1 reply 4 retweets 1 like
        3. D®n@ld  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿  🇳🇱  🇮🇹  🇪🇺‏ @the_mopster 10 May 2015
          Replying to @McnallyDavidJ

          @McnallyDavidJ @Prof_ian_shaw @aral @dunncampbell lets hope we in Scotland get out of this God-forsaken Kingdom of hate ASAP

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        1. Alan Ferrier‏ @alanferrier 10 May 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @BADM0T0RFINGER @Prof_ian_shaw Ask them which of these rights are "madness"pic.twitter.com/e7bhgiD2jZ

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        2. Howard Wilson‏ @hwperth 10 May 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @Tighnacoille @Prof_ian_shaw The Tories can only abolish The Human Rights Act in England. It's a devolved matter to Holyrood.

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        3. Helen Ross‏ @Tighnacoille 10 May 2015
          Replying to @hwperth

          @hwperth @aral @Prof_ian_shawhttp://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2014/10/02/will-devolution-scupper-conservative-plans-for-a-british-bill-of-rights/ …

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