RT @garius: On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for an attack on an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam.
As the attack developed, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else:
A massacre.
He decided to act. /1 🧵
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🤦♀️so wealthy Conservative members who live abroad get a vote on our PM, but not the majority of the British people. Our democracy is very broken.
RT @WritesBright: The Conservatives encourage people living overseas to apply for party membership, via Cities of London & Westminster Conservative Association.
This Conservative association says explicitly that "You do not have to be eligible to vote in the UK to join the Conservative…
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RT @ShazNawaz1: So proud of these Peterborough children for telling truth to power.They come to our city for a photo opportunity and go away with a flea in their ear.
These kids and their parents are at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis and the Tory cuts to benefits.
Truth hurts.
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RT @buitengebieden: I’m a cat. No one can stop me.. 😅
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RT @CambsCC: 64 hours of free holiday scheme places are available during the summer holidays for families in receipt of income-related free school meals (FSM)
Also additionally families who are financially struggling but not eligible for FSM.
Further details: https://t.co/fq3ubHNyUg
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RT @CambsCC: A landmark retrofit scheme which will see Swaffham Prior become the first village in the UK to switch off oil and move onto zero-carbon heating was visited by Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Callanan.
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Investing in fire service resilience yet another thing we must do to help protect ourselves from the dangers of climate change. Thank you to all fire fighters helping to keep people safe across the Country today.
RT @efendaTv: A2 Southbound by M25.
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RT @robpittely: 24 Conservatives voted against this.
Not on the same planet?
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Good thought!
RT @leakechurch: Churches are cool - and in our case, open all day if you need to cool off. All welcome.
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Extraordinary that today of all days Conservative Councillors chose to vote against this. At the same time our major roads were buckling in the heat. 🤷♀️
RT @CambsCC: On the hottest day on record for the UK, councillors today agreed to sign a declaration which will help put climate change and the very urgent need for action at the forefront of the government’s agenda.
Find out more here: https://t.co/O8rH0KpV51
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RT @pippaheylings: Heatwaves are an extreme & dangerous weather event; they're becoming more & more common. The effects of the climate emergency are becoming all-too real, faster than scientists predicted.
Tory leadership contenders literally fiddling whilst UK burns..
Urgent action
@GreenLibDems
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Certainly are! I’m not backing Labour (obviously), but this is an amazing collection! The Conservatives are doing incredible damage to our Country.
RT @AngelaRayner: They’re wallowing in their own mess.
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RT @LibDems: Last night, 349 MPs voted to keep Boris Johnson and his lying, lawbreaking, zombie government in place.
Conservative MPs can talk tough about Johnson but once again they’ve failed to walk the walk.
Can you spot your MP? 👀⬇️
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RT @katka_cseh: The Fidesz majority in the Hungarian National Assemby just passed a resolution, calling to dismantle the European Parliament.
Yes, they despise democracy that much. But we remain the fiercest opponents of Orban’s regime & they won’t ever silence us.
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Our infrastructure just isn’t designed for this heat. The cost of getting to net zero tiny in comparison with the costs of a rapidly warming planet. Tackling the climate crisis is URGENT! Please can everyone make sure Tory Leadership candidates understand this!!!
RT @CambsCops: No, the A14 is not being turned into a skatepark… unfortunately the road surface isn’t coping well in this heat ☀️.
Highways are assessing the surface on t…
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RT @JamesGDyke: Bear in mind the heatwaves, wildfires, droughts across the world right now are happening within "safe" climate change of 1.2°C warming since industrial revolution. We are on course to at least double that. We risk catastrophe if we do not rapidly halt fossil fuel use.
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RT @ScottDuncanWX: We have not seen anything like it. We can't compare this looming heat emergency to summer 1976.
A warmer world, thanks to human induced climate change, makes it almost effortless to break extreme heat thresholds. We continue to see this across the planet - not just in Europe.
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RT @JonnyGeller: As ever, turn to Yes Minister to reflect politics today. Brilliant.
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RT @CambsCC: If your family have financial challenges, you can access a free holiday scheme place for up to 64 hours per child this summer.
Check eligibility and further details here. https://t.co/hQRcUEZx28
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