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yesterday i 'marched' (i'd call it a crawl) at the #DurhamMinersGala with the #TeessideRadicalBookfairCollective.
there was a lot of booing, one guy shouted 'EDL' and did a nazi salute. the police hassled the #FreePalestine block, which has not happened before & shows their boldness despite the increased turn-out of people. then a confused bigot pulled my banner from behind a barrier, & started to provoke me into a fight, shouting at me.
i felt very uneasy, and uncomfortable walking down ppl booing. i avoided eye contact with the spectators behind the barriers as i seemed to be the only #trans person in the march carrying the #pride :better_pride:, and #non-binary :flag_nb: flag. there was no #lgbtq+ 🏳️‍🌈 presence anywhere that i saw, i only saw one other pride flag on the festival ground.
#corbyn spoke after the march but failed to announce a new party to his electoralist socialist followers. i thought he gave a weak speech with no rallying cry or fiery call-to-action.
#AlanMardghum, the secretary of the #DMA (durham miners association), called the leader of the council, run by the far-right reform party, a 'keyboard warrior' and invited him to say the personal insults and lies he spouts online to his face.
for the first time ever at the gala the #Palestinian embassador gave a speech.

#GifsArtidote: #educate people around you on the lies the state and #reform are spouting. #organise your community #resist through direct action, #sabotage & #boycotts.

next year there should be a lgbtq+ block in the march!

#BBCLauraK shows #ChrisPhilp 4 Ex- Tory MPs, including Anne Marie Morris and Jake Berry, both of whom were once in the cabinet one time or another, which have now defected to #Reform

He says,"we have had 3, 4, 500 MPs over the last ten years or so, so this is a small number "

What sort of answer is that,

‘An enormous scar’: the battle over solar farms and pylons as Reform UK takes aim at net zero - theguardian.com/environment/20 spreading lies about #netzero for political purposes confirms the deeply evil nature of #reform; but those lies need confronting

The Guardian · ‘An enormous scar’: the battle over solar farms and pylons as Reform UK takes aim at net zeroBy Jillian Ambrose

Kemkaren, the #KCC leader, suggested today today today that her party #Reform aims to run a campaign event to relaunch Eurostar services.

Liberal Democrat leader of the opposition, Antony Hook, has criticised the council agenda for being "too thin" with the leader "covering a lot in a verbal report" and "lacking detail"

Eurostar is a private business. . .

Stayed tuned for more Maidstone Madness