Former Lib Dem MP Hornsey & Wood Green, Minister in coalition, originator and architect of same sex marriage law. Peer. Book: Equal Ever After.
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Lynne Featherstone retweeted
God, how I love this man. What a gem.
“I’d rather hear Hamas sing then hear Irish politicians talking about Jews. They have no damn right.”
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
“If staff had mistreated a colleague of colour the same way [as the BBC treated @imluciekon], the whole weight of HR would have had the perpetrators out of the door in days.
Why are Jews treated differently?”
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Lynne Featherstone retweeted
Tonight, my family and I experienced something no family should ever have to go through.
Our restaurant, Singh’s Dining Restaurant in Hammersmith, was attacked by a group of Islamists.
We had been receiving death threats every single day, including one that specifically warned us that 28 October would be our last day.
We raised our concerns, and the @metpoliceuk were aware of the threats. Yet tonight, we found ourselves facing the very nightmare we had feared.
My daughter had to close the shutters just in time. I cannot even begin to imagine what might have happened if she hadn’t acted so quickly. We could have lost someone in our family tonight.
The attackers reportedly tried for a long time to break through the shutters to get inside, leaving shortly before the police arrived.
We have serious concerns about how the attackers knew when to leave, and whether they were alerted before the police arrived. These concerns deserve a thorough and transparent investigation.
Tonight, I am left facing a heartbreaking decision, Do we keep our doors open and risk our lives, or do we shut down the business we have worked so hard to build because I don’t serve Halal food.
No family should ever have to choose between their livelihood and their safety. No one should have to live in fear in their own place of work.
I am angry. I am heartbroken. I am frightened for my family’s safety.
I am calling on the @metpoliceuk to take these threats seriously, investigate tonight’s attack thoroughly, and ensure that my family is protected.
Please share this post. Let our voices be heard. We should not have to wait for someone to lose their life before our safety is taken seriously.
Enough IS Enough.
#Justice
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
Remember when some random Gazan woman came out with a crazy story claiming that the IDF had gone into a Gaza hospital and rape dozens of people, and hundreds of propagandists posted the story virally and it was reported on mainstream media and podcasts… then just a day later, even Hamas and Al Jazeera came out and openly admitted it was a complete lie and a fabricated story.
Well I remember. All they ever do is lie and make stuff up.
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
NEW SUBSTACK: Israel is NOT a colonial construct.
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Lynne Featherstone retweeted
I have not yet seen any comment from @EdwardJDavey or @anna4fes about the appalling anti semitism from the BBC for which @imluciekon has been given £400k damages
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
Since 1948, the population of Jews in Muslim countries has gone from approximately 1,000,000 to around 30,000.
Since 1948, the population of Muslims in Jewish countries has gone from about 156,000 to around 2,000,000.
Who’s guilty of apartheid and ethnic cleansing?
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
We Muslims need to be honest with ourselves.
Right now, a lot of the world sees us as a problem.
And our attitude isn't helping.
We demand respect, but we don't give any.
We get offended by everything, from a song to a Christmas tree.
We move to other people's countries, then complain they don't live like us.
We lose an argument, and we start cursing.
Then we cry that the world hates Muslims.
The world doesn't hate Islam.
It's tired of us.
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
I rarely do this…
But @Shearings you are a disgrace. My in-laws, in their 70s, spend their pension on a holiday with you in St Ives
…and this is where you sent them?!
My father-in-law has Parkinson’s too - so well done for stressing him out.
And my mother-in-law cried on the phone to you asking for a full refund
And YOU REFUSED?!
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
BBC report adds more horrendous detail to the fall of el-Fasher with all the hallmarks of a genocide. There is still no sign of resolution for the Sudanese people. The UK is penholder for Sudan on the UN Security Council; I will continue to urge Ministers that there must be a Sudan-wide arms embargo and to call out state actors who are arming the belligerents in this deadly conflict. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c54g…
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
An 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother were flying down a snowy hill on an inflatable sled when they lost control and shot straight onto an icy pond.
Their parents could only watch and scream as the sled broke through the ice and both children ended up in the freezing water.
The kids were terrified, shaking and unable to get themselves back to shore. That’s when five teenage boys nearby heard the commotion and ran toward the pond.
14-year-old Kieran Foley went into the water first while his friends linked together behind him, forming a human chain so the children could be passed safely back toward shore.
The mud was so thick it sucked Kieran’s boots off, but he kept going barefoot through the freezing water. He reached 4-year-old RJ first, passed him back through the line, then turned around and went back for his 8-year-old sister Olivia.
Together, the boys got both children safely back to their parents.
These teenagers were only 14 and 15 years old, but when two little kids went through the ice, they didn’t hesitate. They formed a human chain and went in after them. Those are the types of teenagers the internet should be talking about.
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
This morning, Islamist gunmen entered a church and slaughtered over a half dozen Christians in Jordan.
MTG? Silent.
Carrie Prejean? Silent.
Tucker Carlson? Silent.
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
Muslims, let's stop lying to ourselves.
Most Muslim countries are not tolerant of other religions.
In Saudi Arabia, a Christian can't build a single church.
In Pakistan, mobs burned more than 20 churches in one day in Jaranwala over a blasphemy rumour.
In Iran, Baha'is are barred from university just for what they believe.
Meanwhile the UK has nearly 2,000 mosques, and nobody is burning them down.
We demand tolerance everywhere we're the minority.
Then refuse to give it everywhere we're the majority.
That's not faith. That's hypocrisy.
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
BREAKING: New footage shows the moment Islamists entered a church in Jordan and began slaughtering worshippers.
Six have been confirmed dead, with dozens more injured.
Lynne Featherstone retweeted
Report: Israeli intelligence shared with the US that terror group Hamas has no plans to disarm, has rebuilt its tunnel system, restored its pre-October 7, 2023, force levels of 30,000 to 40,000 terrorists, and has reimposed full governance over Gaza.
And now Hamas has made its intentions explicit.
Last week, Hamas officials met with the UN humanitarian coordinator in Gaza - and used the meeting to deliver a direct threat to Israel: they are prepared to carry out another October 7, 2023-style attack, inside Israel, in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria, and abroad, wherever an opportunity arises. Israeli officials described the warning as “unusually explicit and severe.”
While the world pressures Israel to make concessions - Hamas is rebuilding, rearming, and promising to do it again.
