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Q Manivannan
@qmanivannan· Scottish Green Party· Aug 8, 2026

If we are to tackle rape and sexual violence we need to tackle wider issues in society, including the ways boys and men are socialised.

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Q Manivannan
@qmanivannan· Scottish Green Party· Aug 8, 2026

Victims should be believed regardless of who the perpetrator was, and rapists should be punished in the strongest terms.

thenational.scot
Q Manivannan
@qmanivannan· Scottish Green Party· Aug 8, 2026

This clip has been clearly misrepresented and taken out of context from a much longer interview.

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Anna Turley
@annaturley· Labour Party· Aug 8, 2026

What we’ve seen is spilling over into violence, which is just not acceptable.

theguardian.com
Terry Jermy
@terryjermy· Labour Party· Aug 8, 2026

I have been happy to acknowledge people’s concerns and support peaceful protest but what we have seen over the last few days is outright criminality, mob rule and vigilante-style antics which go way beyond the rule of law.

theguardian.com
Terry Jermy
@terryjermy· Labour Party· Aug 8, 2026

The lack of engagement both with the community and elected officials has been a huge concern, along with the apparent lack of a strategy, in terms of a cohesive plan, but also to close down rumours and the spread of misinformation.

theguardian.com
Ed Miliband
@edmiliband· Labour Party· Aug 8, 2026

We also discussed standing together with Ukraine in the face of Putin's war, and spoke about the intolerable situation in Gaza and the urgent need to address the humanitarian situation there, as we work towards a lasting peace for…

bbc.co.uk
Wes Streeting
@wesstreeting· Labour Party· Aug 8, 2026

I don't want anyone who has the ambition and talent to join our armed forces to be deterred, so it's contingent on us to make sure that we've got our act together.

bbc.co.uk
Chris Philp
@chrisphilp· Conservative Party· Aug 8, 2026

Despite our warnings in Parliament, they initially planned to release rapists and dangerous criminals.

bbc.co.uk
Chris Philp
@chrisphilp· Conservative Party· Aug 8, 2026

The Labour government has made mistake after mistake on this early release scheme.

bbc.co.uk
Chris Philp
@chrisphilp· Conservative Party· Aug 8, 2026

This the most important decision Andy Burnham has made since he became prime minister and he's got it wrong.

bbc.co.uk
Pierre Poilievre
@pierrepoilievre· Conservative Party of Canada· Aug 8, 2026

Canadians should judge the prime minister based on results rather than announcements.

thestar.com
Pierre Poilievre
@pierrepoilievre· Conservative Party of Canada· Aug 8, 2026

Canadians cannot afford yet another 10 cents a litre at the pump.

thestar.com
Pierre Poilievre
@pierrepoilievre· Conservative Party of Canada· Aug 8, 2026

Today, on behalf of all Conservatives, I am officially calling on Mark Carney to cancel his planned gas tax hike in September.

thestar.com
Doly Begum
@dolybegum· Liberal Party of Canada· Aug 8, 2026

I’m a Liberal member, I’m a strong Liberal member so I’m looking forward to what happens.

thestar.com
David McGuinty
@davidmcguinty· Liberal Party of Canada· Aug 8, 2026

The safeguards that we’ve got in place now are significant. Our security and intelligence organizations have more than a watching brief on these kinds of activities.

globalnews.ca
David McGuinty
@davidmcguinty· Liberal Party of Canada· Aug 8, 2026

We’re going to have to be vigilant. We have experience with this issue of the loss of intellectual property over time, for example, of Nortel previously.

globalnews.ca
Stephen Fuhr
@stephenfuhr· Liberal Party of Canada· Aug 8, 2026

Everybody's pushing to get these airplanes moved from where they are now to the end user.

cbc.ca