David Walker

David Walker

@mrdavidcwalker.bsky.social

Starting out in children and family social care. Dog dad. North Lincolnshire.

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Republicans have the majority in the Senate and House and they're telling you they cannot rein Trump in, so stop giving them power. They're telling you they refuse to use it.

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In this remarkable image of white supremicists on a subway train in Washington I see cowards afraid to show their faces and a strong woman who shouldn't have to put up with this shit. (Photo: Cheney Orr - Reuters)

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BASW strongly condemns the appalling acts of violence, disorder and racism that have threatened communities in Belfast and other parts of the UK this week. Our thoughts are with all victims who have been injured. Social workers who have been affected can contact our Professional Support Service.

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Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

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When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

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This Trump tweet is a work of art and needs to be kept for posterity. It turns out that the US has destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability. Yet, to combat a military with no capability he is left pleading with allies he has regularly insulted to save him in the Gulf.

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Delighted that Angeliki Stogia is Labour’s candidate for Gorton & Denton by-election. She’s a strong Mancunian woman with Labour values & a record of delivery. All our doorstep work is clear, only Labour can win against Reform. Don’t risk voting for others. We chose unity & hope over division.

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As far as I can tell, the Conservative party's position is that there should be no censorship of content on platforms like twitter but that the same content can be grounds for deportation/denaturalisation

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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

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The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*. The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.

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Unpopular opinion, but I expect the Government to defend the BBC wholeheartedly . It’s made a daft mistake but the underlying message in Trump’s speech wasn’t changed - he fermented an insurrection. And I don’t expect a single penny of OUR money to go to Trump or anywhere he directs.

One of the largest, if not largest, far-right rallies marches through London. Police attacked. And nothing, zilch, from the Prime Minister. I’m afraid he’s the wrong man for this time. You cannot stay silent when faced with fascism.

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For the first time in my life the social norms that kept a lid on nationalist fascist racism; that reclaimed the flag; have stalled. The lack of actual vocal leadership for us to rally around - for the pro-democracy, pro-rule of law, anti-violent, majority - is now becoming an existential problem.

I don’t know what this party is. It certainly doesn’t uphold any of the values that had me, perhaps naively, door knocking for them last year. It’s one thing to be asleep at the wheel. It’s quite another to take issue with practicalities of mass deportation rather than treating it as a moral issue

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social

No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today. Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.

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The laziness and implied bias of the BBC here is extreme - "No 10 did not comment" presumably because the CPS and courts are independent, but there's no attempt to find anyone who would argue the opposite view, just the unchallenged whine of someone who called for asylum seekers to be burnt to death

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

what the fuck is this headline from the BBC, I feel like I'm losing my mind www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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But are Reform really “making the political weather” as you, so uncritically say, Chris Mason, or are you making it for them by hyperventilating over each grubby little Tory-Reform-reshuffle, without *ever* properly scrutinising the howling failures of these deeply unpleasant, grifting clowns?

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It would, obviously, be asking too much for our media and political class to care more about the repeated, state-directed criminal massacres of starving civilians in Gaza than what some rappers say at Glastonbury. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukHundreds of families displaced by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, witnesses sayAt least five people were reported killed in the overnight attacks, as fears of an intensified ground offensive grow.

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On the plus side: we're returning to that blissed-out period in the noughties when a £ was worth two $ and we could holiday like kings in the US. On the down side: We can't actually go to the US because they'll arrest us.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com

Breaking: The US dollar has suffered its worst first half of the year since 1973, as Donald Trump’s trade and economic policies prompt global investors to rethink their exposure to the world’s dominant currency. https://on.ft.com/4ev1ux1

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They demand Zohran Mamdani be deported for offering free childcare. They cream their jeans over the thought of an Alligator Alcatraz. Truly evil, vile, miserable people that only want the worst for everyone.

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remember when Elon Musk straight up performed a Nazi salute, twice, on stage, and the NYT was like "hmm, huh, what can this mean, who can say"

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We celebrated 40 years of Mildmay Hospital’s reopening and the start of our commitment to HIV care yesterday - a moment to celebrate, reflect, reconnect and share food, music, and memories with staff, patients and volunteers. Thank you to everyone who made it so special. #Mildmay40 #HIVCare

Reform on #bbcquestiontime AGAIN. And represented by their not-chairman Zia Yusuf - not even an accountable elected official. Far too much coverage of Reform on the BBC and too light of touch in challenging their policies (“policies”). The media are creating this monster. #questiontime.

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Replying to @robfordmancs.bsky.social

If a government with over 400 seats and 4 years left to govern cannot summon the courage to level with the public on social care then I despair at the capacity of our political system to ever deliver the change we need.