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rachel shabi
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rachel shabi
@rachshabi
Journalist. Politics and sometimes food, but only for geopolitical point-scoring
rachelshabi.substack.com
London
Born March 30
Joined January 2009
- If 'Never Again' does not mean 'Never again for anyone', then we have not learned the lessons of the Holocaust
- Christmas isn’t cancelled just because the virus has changed, but because of serious, serial government failures, month after month, careering to this conclusion
- How could Israeli forces first kill an acclaimed Palestinian-American journalist and then brutally police her funeral today? Because they can. Because there are no consequences for doing so. Because the international community does not demand accountability
- Study finds 88% of Conservative ads and zero Labour ads are dishonest and untruthful. BBC: they’re all as bad as each other
- The PM says many are looking at the UK's "apparent success" in dealing with coronavirus. They aren't. They are looking in horror, at a country with one of the worst death rates in the world.
- The public sector is doing an amazing job on the vaccines roll-out. Imagine if it had been tasked with test and trace too, instead of the government squandering billions on outsourcing
- You helped. You gave Israel military support and diplomatic cover. Your complicity in this horror is unspeakable and indefensibleThe suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.
- If you want peaceful protests then don’t be a brutal state
- Sacking Rebecca Long Bailey isn’t an example of “zero tolerance” on antisemitism. It’s a sign of getting it wrong, over-reacting and setting a bad precedent
- How about we stop blaming “the public” for not following confusing messages - and start blaming the government that puts out confusing messages
- We keep trying to tell you. Words have consequences. Hate-mongering of a religion, scapegoating of migrants and minorities - has consequences.
- It was manifestly clear that Boris Johnson was unfit to be prime minister. His many failings were known. Yet during last year’s election, much of our press rallied to declare him perfect for the job.
- A study during the Dec 19 election found that 88% of Conservative campaign ads were untruthful. I still think about this exchange, days before the election. The normalising of Conservative lies. The false equivalence. The suggestion that all political parties were as bad.
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