https://nitter.click/M_Simonyan/status/2102373525294387322

Margarita Simonyan @M_Simonyan
Sep 22
Former UK govt special adviser Paul Richards offers to "lock up" some "pro-Russian voices" in order to bring the UK back to its "greatness."
Presumably in the Tower — next cell to the bad tweets people.

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Transcript:

Paul Richards: I think the British would rise to greatness if they had to. We would have to lock a few people up, by the way. Some of the pro-Russian voices, people who are saying there isn't a threat, don't fight for your country, don't go to war for Burnham. We'd have to lock 'em up.

Rees-Mogg: We suspended habeas corpus during the Napoleonic wars and...

Richards: Well, and under the Defence of the Realm Act as well. So, you know, we would have to go to those measures and we would have to look at things like conscription as well to get the numbers up.

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Galloway comments:

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https://nitter.click/georgegalloway/status/2102444626661507571

George Galloway@georgegalloway

Replying to @M_Simonyan
He is the Treasurer of the Fabian Society, a 2024 Labour Parliamentary Candidate a former adviser to Tony Blair. Having already been “locked-up” and then debanked by his regime myself, he now wants to “conscript” my sons to fight with #Russia

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I notice Rees-Mogg doesn't seem all too concerned about imprisoning people for their speech here. Some real fascist energy behind his words and aggressive hand gestures, if you watch the video. Off to the Ukrainian front lines you go, if you feel that strongly, c***.

jeers,
I