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@rachshabi

Journalist. Politics and sometimes food, but only for geopolitical point-scoring

London
Joined January 2009
Born March 30

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    8 Jul 2020
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  2. May 27

    This will never be said will it

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  3. May 27

    How much worse do things need to be before chunks of the media and MPs can say: you know what, this, not Corbyn, is actually the worst thing

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  4. May 27

    How did this shift so fast to being Corbyn’s fault again

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  5. May 27

    That's what all the populist-nationalistic flag waving is pushing: a disastrous cocktail of inflated pride and lowered expectations

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  6. May 27

    The biggest con perpetuated by these lying, failing, careless and self-serving Conservatives is that Britain doesn't deserve better. That this is as good as it gets.

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    May 25
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  8. Retweeted
    May 20

    My full speech To record , to bear witness and to say to future generations we knew, our governments knew what was happening- so we had no excuse when we failed to act.

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    May 20

    Labour calls on the government to stop sitting on the fence on a vaccine patent waiver by.... sitting on the fence on a vaccine patent waiver. What a pile of fudge. We need a bloody . Just say it.

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    May 19
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  11. May 19

    Look, the idea of ancient Arab-Jewish hatreds is not a thing, not as spurious context to Israel-Palestine, nor in any other sense

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    May 18

    Ahmed AlMansi had a popular YouTube channel with his daughters Sarah & Hala about their life in . In one video he tries to distract his terrified girls from the airstrikes with toys. It would his last. Ahmed was killed in airstrikes over the weekend

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    May 18

    Preston is a lesson for Labour: show communities you can deliver change | Matthew Brown

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    We sadly confirmed today that 11 of over 60 children killed by Israeli air strikes in over the last week were participating in our programme helping them deal with trauma. All of the children between 5 and 15 years old were killed in their homes

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  15. May 18

    All I know about English weather is that it’s mostly cold, but during some months you’re expected to wear lighter, thinner clothes

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    May 15

    NYT letting that passive voice do a lot of heavy lifting as usual

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    May 17

    Our latest episode ‘Hush Little Baby Don’t Say A Word’ is out NOW! We discuss the current situation in Israel and Palestine with two amazing female journalists & . You asked and we delivered!

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    May 17

    “The statement fell short of a demand for an end to Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza.”

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    May 17

    “This daughter is the only survivor. My dreams and the dreams of my sons and daughters are buried under the rubble. I pray I can create a happy future for her” Riyad Eshkuntana, victim of bombing in via

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    "The President needs to end this, and he can end this with one phone call," told .

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    May 16

    This is really good by referencing & ... As she says, "What a shame the Labour leadership lacks the imagination to grasp the significance of this story, or make it a cornerstone of its politics."

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