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Why do so many young people I speak to say they wish we would riot like the French? I struggle to understand this. I understand the frustration people feel when they believe the government is failing them, and I believe there should be greater pressure on politicians to listen and act. But setting buildings on fire, looting shops and putting innocent people at risk is not the answer. It is ordinary people, including independent shopkeepers and vulnerable members of the public, who can end up paying the price. There is a difference between refusing to accept the status quo and destroying the communities we live in.

“What I struggle to understand is the hatred aimed at Ed Sheeran”

What I struggle to understand is the hatred aimed at Ed Sheeran, after vocalising a very neutral view on the war in the Middle East. Whilst Macklemore was being praised by many is now giving money raised by his upcoming concerts to a pro Palestine organisation which defended Hama’s October 7th brutalities.

‼️investigation takes place into Your Party after supposedly accessing another political party’s data base‼️

Your Party are under criminal investigation over unauthorised access to a Political data base. - The Metropolitan Police confirmed they had arrested a man in his 20s on suspicion of an offence under the 1990 Computer Misuse Act, Politico revealed. He was released pending further enquiries and has not been charged, while another woman was also interviewed by police in relation to the same case

The London Assembly amended today’s Mayor’s Question Time motion to oppose racism, discrimination and antisemitism, and condemn political statements causing fear among Londoners. Yet @ZackPolanski didn’t say a single word. When it came to standing against antisemitism, his silence was deafening.

Lord Sadiq Khan refuses to state if he approves of the Harry Potter Christmas lights that will be down Oxford street over the Christmas Period. See video below-

local Labour groups have been ordered to dismantle their power-sharing arrangements unless their Green counterparts explicitly reject the national Green Party policy declaring "Zionism is racism The main councils running on direct Labour-Green power-sharing agreements are: Sheffield City Council Lewes District Council Warwick District Council

Some interesting items on the agenda today and some interesting questions are going to be asked to Lord Khan.

At City hall, some interesting questions on the agenda for @SadiqKhan

Off to City hall for Mayors Question time. Funny to think my great great grandfather used to have a tobacco shop along Victoria Dock back in the day.

I find this question genuinely interesting, because if I’m honest, I’ve become numb to seeing these images posted underneath my tweets, depicting what people think “Jewish people look like”. And that genuinely saddens me. Nobody should become so accustomed to antisemitism that they stop feeling shocked by it. I know this generalisation is absolute rubbish. Jewish people are not a caricature, and no single image can represent an entire people. But the fact that people feel comfortable reducing an entire community to offensive stereotypes, and passing it off as humour, is deeply troubling. Perhaps the most worrying part is how normalised this has become. When you see it often enough, you risk becoming desensitised to something that should never be acceptable in the first place.

Antisemitism is rising, yet promises alone will not protect Jewish communities. The UK’s J7 meeting must be more than talk. Seven countries have agreed to deepen cooperation. But will they deliver real consequences for anti-Jewish hatred, or will another warning go unanswered?

Jewish people are nine times more likely than Muslims to be victims of hate crime, Home Office data show.