8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (5)
#13944934 at 2021-06-20 16:25:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17650: Boom Week Edition
>>13944928
>https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/shamima-begums-school-days-students-20846306
Jon said things started to get strange around Christmas 2014 when another girl from Bethnal Green Academy, Sharmeena Begum (no relation to Shamima), suddenly disappeared.
It later transpired she had travelled to join ISIS in Syria.
But when she went missing her schoolmates asked the teacher - why?
"She was in our science classes so we were like 'where's Sharmeena? What's going on?' The teachers didn't know themselves or maybe they did, but didn't want to tell us," said Jon.
In the absence of an explanation the children found one for themselves.
"Maybe she left school? That's what we thought, it was a bad school and a lot of kids used to leave."
A couple of months later, when news of Shamima, Amira and Kadiza's disappearance exploded across the media, it all made sense.
"That's how we all kind of fit the pieces together," said Jon.
The students weren't the only ones to grasp what had happened, the authorities did too.
Clearly fearful of more children leaving to join ISIS, a strict regime was installed to prevent anyone else slipping away.
"The next day every single kid that was close to them had to register with this police officer in the morning," explained Jon.
"If you don't register, right in the morning, they will immediately call your family and if they don't pick up, they'd go to the house and see what's going on. It was very scary.
"Everything you did at school, the police had to know about."
Jon was one of those who was forced to sign in with the police. It was a daily requirement which lasted until he graduated, which was several years.
As well as being treated with suspicion, Jon and his friends were banned from speaking about their classmates who'd disappeared.
Scared, confused and in desperate need of guidance, children were threatened with punishment for even mentioning their names.
"They wanted us to not speak about it, to keep it quiet and sweep it under the rug," Jon explained.
He pointed out that the school had reasons to be concerned about its reputation.
Previous to the 'Bethnal Green Trio' its most famous alumni were the Kray twins.
When Jon had joined the school it had a reputation for knife crime and violence, one it had been steadily shedding with its increasingly impressive academic performance.
He believes they didn't want this disrupting, and points to the fact that less than a year after the girls went to Syria the school rebranded itself as Green Spring Academy Shoreditch.
"If you utter one word about it you were in detention," Jon continued.
"It felt like you were in an authoritarian regime where you're controlled and can't say certain stuff."
No support was offered to any of the students affected and the only direct effort to address the issue, that Jon remembered, was a 15 minute assembly which explained that ISIS was bad.
Publicly, however, a different story was being told.
A year after the girls disappeared, Secretary of State Nicky Morgan visited the school and gushed over head teacher Mark Keary and his staff's "commitment [to a] tolerant environment where the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance are enshrined in everything [they do]."
Individual liberty, respect and the presumption of innocence were the opposite of how Jon and his friends were treated.
He describes his school experience after that as "being like North Korea."
"There was no support. [The attitude was] if you spoke to them, and you're part of them and you're under surveillance."
The ban on talking about the disappearance of their classmates applied outside of school too.
As a consequence Jon and his friends became terrified to talk about the traumatising events at all, scared that they might be being spied on.
"We'd text each other all the time and we didn't even want to do that because we were scared how we'd get tapped by the police.
"The school had encouraged us to not to speak about it outside [and] had a history of going through people's phones, deleting messages and pictures.
"That's why we refused to talk about it, even on the phone, because we were scared we might get roped in.
"[We were worried they would say we were part of ISIS] but we're not, we were just kids, we were curious."
#4931885 at 2019-01-27 22:56:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6296: Dark To Light Edition
The Campaign for Conservative Democracy confirmed it was establishing a legal fund for Tory associations across the UK to support association officers who want to hold their MPs to account. The move means that Remainer MPs including Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield), Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire), Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury), Anna Soubry (Broxtowe), Sarah Wollaston (Totnes), Nick Boles (Grantham), Sam Gyimah (East Surrey), Nicky Morgan (Loughborough), Phillip Lee (Bracknell) and Justine Greening (Putney) are under threat from being booted out by their associations.
The issue is due to become more heated after a number of Remainer Tory MPs signalled they would back Labour MP Yvette Cooper's amendment to try to, in effect, block Brexit and wrest control of parliamentary business from the Government to achieve that.
The Sunday Express previously revealed a legal fund was being set up to protect associations threatened with suspension by Conservative Central Office over attempts to deselect MPs or block candidates who are opposed to Brexit.
Portsmouth South association was suspended over a row over whether former Remainer MP Flick Drummond should be allowed to run again, while threats were made to Upminster and Hornchurch, and a senior member of the Dagenham and Rainham association over criticism of Mrs May's deal.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1078526/brexit-news-lawyer-paul-diamond-conservative-party-remainers
#4168413 at 2018-12-05 19:29:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5308: Graceful FLOTUS Edition
BREXIT COUP revealed: Shock plan to push through ULTRA-SOFT BREXIT revealed by MPs
TORY officials have hinted at the prospect pushing through plans for a soft Brexit that will see the UK trapped in the customs union and single market. Theresa May is facing a huge battle to get her deal through parliament and now sources say there is enough cross-party support for an alternative to the Prime Minister's withdrawal agreement from the EU.
By Luke Hawker
PUBLISHED: 17:41, Wed, Dec 5, 2018 | UPDATED: 18:20, Wed, Dec 5, 2018
Former Downing Street fixer Sir Oliver Letwin told the Evening Standard: "I do believe there is a cross-party majority for that solution in the House of Commons." Whilst Nicky Morgan added: "It has been clear for months now that a consensus in Parliament can be found around access to the single market and being part of a customs union, which points towards a Norway-plus solution." It comes after MPs were told a second referendum was the only way to break the deadlock in Parliament.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1054850/brexit-news-theresa-may-brexit-deal-parliament-soft-brexit-norway
#2195907 at 2018-07-18 05:01:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2768 All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down Edition
Theresa May told Brexit rebels: back me or we hold an election
Theresa May threatened Conservative rebels with a general election this summer if they defeated her plans on customs after Brexit.
Tory whips issued the warning to Remain-backing MPs, led by the former ministers Stephen Hammond and Nicky Morgan, minutes before a crucial vote last night that would have kept Britain inside a customs union.
The prime minister survived the vote by a majority of six, although 12 of her MPs walked through the opposition division lobbies in defiance.
More:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/back-me-or-we-hold-an-election-pm-told-rebels-9rdc8xc00
#453143 at 2018-02-21 19:28:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #557: #TwitterLockout Edition
UKfags - Here's a list of all MPs who voted against protecting Child Abuse Whistleblowers. Why?
Conservative: 254
Nigel Adams
Adam Afriyie
Peter Aldous
Sir David Amess
Stuart Andrew
James Arbuthnot
Richard Bacon
Steve Baker
Sir Tony Baldry
Harriett Baldwin
Stephen Barclay
Gregory Barker
Gavin Barwell
Henry Bellingham
Richard Benyon
Sir Paul Beresford
Jake Berry
Andrew Bingham
Bob Blackman
Nicola Blackwood
Crispin Blunt
Nick Boles
Karen Bradley
Graham Brady
Julian Brazier
Andrew Bridgen
Steve Brine
James Brokenshire
Fiona Bruce
Robert Buckland
Aidan Burley
Conor Burns
Simon Burns
David Burrowes
Alistair Burt
Dan Byles
Alun Cairns
Neil Carmichael
Sir William Cash
Rehman Chishti
Christopher Chope
Greg Clark
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Therese Coffey
Damian Collins
Oliver Colvile
Geoffrey Cox
Stephen Crabb
Tracey Crouch
David T. C. Davies
Glyn Davies
Nick de Bois
Caroline Dinenage
Nadine Dorries
Jackie Doyle-Price
Richard Drax
Sir Alan Duncan
Iain Duncan Smith
Philip Dunne
Michael Ellis
Jane Ellison
Tobias Ellwood
Charlie Elphicke
George Eustice
Graham Evans
Jonathan Evans
Nigel Evans
David Evennett
Michael Fabricant
Michael Fallon
Mark Field
Liam Fox
Mr Mark Francois
Mike Freer
Richard Fuller
Sir Roger Gale
Sir Edward Garnier
Mark Garnier
Mr David Gauke
Mr Nick Gibb
Cheryl Gillan
John Glen
Robert Goodwill
Richard Graham
Helen Grant
James Gray
Damian Green
Justine Greening
Dominic Grieve
Ben Gummer
Sam Gyimah
Robert Halfon
Stephen Hammond
Matthew Hancock
Greg Hands
Mark Harper
Richard Harrington
Rebecca Harris
Simon Hart
Sir Alan Haselhurst
John Hayes
Sir Oliver Heald
Chris Heaton-Harris
Gordon Henderson
Charles Hendry
Nick Herbert
Damian Hinds
Mark Hoban
George Hollingbery
Sir Gerald Howarth
John Howell
Jeremy Hunt
Nick Hurd
Stewart Jackson
Margot James
Sajid Javid
Bernard Jenkin
Robert Jenrick
Gareth Johnson
Joseph Johnson
Andrew Jones
David Jones
Marcus Jones
Chris Kelly
Simon Kirby
Sir Greg Knight
Kwasi Kwarteng
Mark Lancaster
Pauline Latham
Andrea Leadsom
Jessica Lee
Phillip Lee
Oliver Letwin
Brandon Lewis
Julian Lewis
Ian Liddell-Grainger
David Lidington
Peter Lilley
Jack Lopresti
Tim Loughton
Sir Peter Luff
Karen Lumley
Theresa May
Jason McCartney
Karl McCartney
Anne McIntosh
Patrick McLoughlin
Stephen McPartland
Mark Menzies
Stephen Metcalfe
Maria Miller
Nigel Mills
Anne Milton
Andrew Mitchell
Penny Mordaunt
Nicky Morgan
Anne Marie Morris
David Morris
James Morris
Stephen Mosley
David Mowat
David Mundell
Sheryll Murray
Andrew Murrison
Robert Neill
Brooks Newmark
Sarah Newton
Caroline Nokes
Jesse Norman
David Nuttall
Stephen O'Brien
Matthew Offord
Eric Ollerenshaw
Guy Opperman
Sir Richard Ottaway
Sir James Paice
Neil Parish
Priti Patel
Mark Pawsey
Mike Penning
John Penrose
Andrew Percy
Claire Perry
Stephen Phillips
Eric Pickles
Christopher Pincher
Daniel Poulter
Mark Prisk
Mark Pritchard
Dominic Raab
Sir John Randall
John Redwood
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Simon Reevell
Andrew Robathan
Sir Hugh Robertson
Andrew Rosindell
Amber Rudd
David Ruffley
David Rutley
Laura Sandys
Lee Scott
Andrew Selous
Grant Shapps
Alok Sharma
Alec Shelbrooke
Mark Simmonds
Keith Simpson
Chris Skidmore
Chloe Smith
Henry Smith
Julian Smith
Sir Nicholas Soames
Anna Soubry
Caroline Spelman
Andrew Stephenson
Bob Stewart
Iain Stewart
Rory Stewart
Gary Streeter
Mel Stride
Graham Stuart
Julian Sturdy
Desmond Swayne
Hugo Swire
Robert Syms
Edward Timpson
Justin Tomlinson
David Tredinnick
Andrew Turner
Andrew Tyrie
Paul Uppal
Edward Vaizey
Shailesh Vara
Martin Vickers
Theresa Villiers
Charles Walker
Robin Walker
Dame Angela Watkinson
Mike Weatherley
James Wharton
Heather Wheeler
Chris White
Craig Whittaker
John Whittingdale
Bill Wiggin
David Willetts
Gavin Williamson
Rob Wilson
Sarah Wollaston
Jeremy Wright
Tim Yeo
Sir George Young
Nadhim Zahawi
Liberal Democrats: 40
Norman Baker
Sir Alan Beith
Gordon Birtwistle
Annette Brooke
Jeremy Browne
Sir Malcolm Bruce
Lorely Burt
Alistair Carmichael
Mike Crockart
Mr Edward Davey
Lynne Featherstone
Don Foster
Andrew George
Stephen Gilbert
Sir Nick Harvey
Martin Horwood
Simon Hughes
Julian Huppert
Charles Kennedy
David Laws
John Leech
Stephen Lloyd
Michael Moore
Greg Mulholland
John Pugh
Alan Reid
Dan Rogerson
Sir Bob Russell
Adrian Sanders
Sir Robert Smith
Sir Andrew Stunell
Ian Swales
Jo Swinson
John Thurso
David Ward
Steve Webb
Mark Williams
Stephen Williams
Jenny Willott
Simon Wright
Independent: 1
Mike Hancock
8chan/8kun QResearch AUSTRALIA Posts (1)
#8339071 at 2020-03-07 05:57:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Julia Gillard: 'It's important to show that women can hold their own'
The former Australian Prime Minister on misogyny in politics
Julia Gillard thought her work would be done by now. It's been eight years since the former Australian Prime Minister gave her poised and powerful speech that exposed the misogyny at the centre of the political system.
"I did naively think when I was younger that gender equality was on the way to being fixed and wouldn't be a feature of much of my life," says Gillard, aged 58, on the phone from her house in Adelaide where she is looking after her niece's dogs Pepper and Lebowski. "I wish I could tell my younger self that wasn't right."
It's rare for Gillard to be at home - since she stood down as PM in 2013 she has travelled the world speaking about gender equality. This weekend she's on a panel at the Women of the World Festival at the Southbank Centre. She's in London regularly, as Chair of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership at King's College London.
She has also worked with Meghan Markle, who she thinks is an example of how "gender stereotyping affects every woman no matter what life she leads". "It affects all women in the royal family but it's only Meghan who has experienced that interrelationship between gender and race discrimination." Gillard knitted a baby kangaroo for Markle's nephew, Prince George, when he came to Australia and still knits. "Its rhythmic nature is calming".
Gillard speaks with the same focused anger that drove her 2012 speech, which has been viewed half a million times on YouTube. "I didn't know I was going to give the speech until I gave it," she recalls. It was a response to leader of the opposition Tony Abbott talking about whether the speaker should stay in office after sending sexist text messages - but it became a rallying cry, spanning everything from comments about Gillard's appearance to extreme bullying: she was called "barren" for not having children, and an opposition fundraising dinner included the "Julia Gillard quail, small breasts, huge thighs and a big red box". "I wrote the notes that became the speech while Tony Abbott was talking. I felt a sense of cool anger from many days in my prime ministership where I'd tolerated sexist remarks without reply. Afterwards I had to go back to my office and work. By the time I got there it was clear the speech was having an impact beyond Parliament. People were starting to ring in."
Gillard was elected in 2010. She thought the sexism was "a reaction to me being the first woman prime minister in Australia". I thought things would normalise but instead it grew the longer I was PM. It made me wish I had pointed out the sexist incidents earlier when they were a bit more benign."
She knew political culture in Australia was "robust" but "felt it was important to show that a woman could stand in an environment like that in politics and hold her own." Her partner, Tim Mathieson, was the one who worried. "Your family feel the slings and arrows more than you do, so they are protective and supportive as a result," she said.
As PM, Gillard fought for greener policy, which made her unpopular. Although, after the fires in Australia this summer, more people are realising her actions were necessary.
"We did introduce a scheme to reduce emissions but it was repealed by the government elected afterwards. The peril to our planet is increasing and the tragic summer we've had in Australia has increased hunger for change." How does the political culture in the UK compare? "I'm delighted to see more women MPs in Westminster, especially after so many resigned before the election because the situation was so toxic. Nicky Morgan and Heidi Allen going was a loss." Are there particularly female leadership qualities? "I'm writing a book about that with my friend [Nigerian economist] Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. I don't believe babies are born with inherent leadership styles. Women are socialised differently." She remembers not being allowed to do woodwork at school and the girls being the ones who had to do the washing up.
"As we strive for more equality it impacts men too," says Gillard. Men still tell her they've asked the women in their lives to watch her speech. "There's an increasing recognition that a gender equal world will be better for women and men."
For more about the Women of the World Festival, visit thewowfoundation.com and for tickets to Gillard's panel, visit southbankcentre.co.uk/british-vogues-forces-change-2020
https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/julia-gillard-interview-a4380796.html