It wasn’t the far right who scared Orwell, it was the left.
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Arran Ferry retweeted
The Scottish Government 'X' account posted about the Sikh event 'Bandi Chhor Divas' at bang on 11.00am yesterday, with absolutely nothing about Remembrance Sunday said all day.
I suspect millions of Scottish men and women share my utter disgust with the SNP.
Arran Ferry retweeted
John Swinney nightmare as watchdog to probe £45k World Cup flights and other suspicious civil servant spending - scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/n…
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Arran Ferry retweeted
You only need to look at Swinney's hysterical bluster and weasel words to see @HarrietCross_MP has him bang to rights.
You can celebrate a Sikh festival and Remembrance Sunday on the same day. But shouting "Bandi Chhor Divas!" during the 2 minute silence is cringe and disrespectful.
An SNP government so desperate to look inclusive, instead exposed its extraordinary cultural ignorance. Thousands of Sikh soldiers fought and died alongside British servicemen in two World Wars. Their sacrifice is part of our shared national history. Remembrance Sunday belongs to them too.
As people of every colour, faith and background fell silent to remember those who died for our freedom. The SNP govt's official account wanted to make it extremely clear to everyone that it had a different message to send.
What they posted at 11am was so naff, it might as well have said "Remembrance Sunday is for everyone else. You minorities can have your own little celebrations." to match the levels of extreme crassness and condescension.
Ethnic minorities don't need the SNP's performative gestures or patronising crumbs.
This is the poisonous consequence of politicians who see people as separate groups to be managed and patronised, rather than fellow citizens united by a common country and shared traditions.
The SNP talks endlessly about inclusion while displaying a remarkable inability to understand what actually unites us.
John Swinney laid a wreath on Sunday. Good. Now he should explain how the Government he leads managed to get this so spectacularly wrong.
Arran Ferry retweeted
Your letter has not answered my questions, John.
Why did the official Scottish Government account not acknowledge Remembrance Sunday, but did post about a Sikh Festival at precisely 11am?
The Scottish Government has questions to answer.
More than 207,000 fallen men and women are listed on the Scottish War Memorial's Roll of Honour.
Yesterday, the country fell silent at 11am to remember those to gave their lives for us.
Also at precisely 11am yesterday, the Scottish Government's X account published a post. Not about Remembrance Sunday, but about a Sikh festival. In fact, that account did not post to mark Remembrance Sunday at all.
Later in the day they also posted about climate change. But still, did not see it necessary to mark one of the most poignant days in our nation's calendar.
Bandi Chorr Divas is, of course, an important date for Sikhs. Indeed, it coinciding with Remembrance Sunday was the perfect opportunity for the Scottish Government to recognise the almost 200,000 Sikhs who were killed or injured fighting in the World Wars alongside allied forces.
They didn't do this. They chose to just ignore Remembrance Sunday altogether.
I have written to the Scottish Government for answers, not least in identifying who is responsible for showing such contempt and disrespect to our armed forces and veterans.
Arran Ferry retweeted
In a social media world filled with chaos and misinformation, real heroes deserve our respect. This Polish Police officer and his fellow officer stopped a deadly attacker in Kraków. Despite being wounded, he applied his own tourniquet. Extraordinary courage and dedication to duty. Deepest respect to both officers. Honor, courage, and service.
Arran Ferry retweeted
At no point in this article is it mentioned that Hamas are preventing the reconstruction of Gaza since they refuse to disarm.
Pretty important point you would think. Amazing journalism.
Tens of thousands of tents flooded after heavy rains in Gaza bbc.in/4853YQw
Arran Ferry retweeted
September cost a record £553 million to keep Britain’s grid in balance. Most of it went on switching Scottish wind off and paying plants further south to stand in, and gas made half of all the extra power NESO bought.
This week’s Week in Energy: richardlyon.substack.com/p/t…
Arran Ferry retweeted
10.23 million barrels of Gulf crude passed through Strait of Hormuz in October. 42% went to China & 13% to India (@guardian). In this geopolitical climate Britain’s failure to exploit its own resources is nothing short of national strategic madness. Energy security starts at home!!
Arran Ferry retweeted
It is a mystery why only the UK side of the North Sea is a declining basin while the Norwegians keep finding more and more oil and gas on their side of the North Sea.
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Could this possibly be caused by our ban on new exploration?
Arran Ferry retweeted
We've gone from British teenagers serving coffee in high street cafes to grown Indian men working those jobs - an almost total replacement in five years.
This is not a good development. It must be reversed.
Arran Ferry retweeted
Britain's 'strictest headmistress' @Miss_Snuffy says our obsession with celebrating the ethnic heritage of children - while feeling shame at Britain's history - is wrong, divisive and may end in civil unrest
Arran Ferry retweeted
It is the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male & female.
Arran Ferry retweeted
96% of Jews in Poland were murdered by the Nazis. That is genocide.
3% of Gaza’s population, mostly male combatants, died in the war they started. That is not genocide.
Arran Ferry retweeted
As we prepare for the evening peak of electricity demand, our 33GW wind fleet is producing just 1.4GW. Sod all from solar. We're importing more from French nukes than wind is generating. Gas over 20GW. The 'Energy Independence' Bill to ban new drilling. Insane.
Arran Ferry retweeted
I haven't been on this site for a bit.
But I haven't seen anyone share the photo the New Statesman staff staged in 2013 of Russell Brand as Christ, and themselves as his disciples. It seems to have been scrubbed from the web.
It made me angry then and it makes me angry now.
Arran Ferry retweeted
Does this include the anglophobic racism that’s systemic in your party and across the secessionist movement?
Why only the far right?
What about the far left and everyone in between?
Racism isn’t just a political issue of the far right, it can be found in all areas of our society
