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Femi Oluwole

@Femi_Sorry

Femi Oluwole is a passionate campaigner against Brexit and a co-founder of pro-European Union advocacy group Our Future Our Choice.

<p>Kemi Badenoch has attacked the idea that being Black means you have to think a certain way, arguing that it is racially regressive</p>
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Why I’m thrilled Kemi Badenoch is the new Tory leader

<p>It would be wrong to pretend that this increased willingness on the part of the police to pursue and use force against Black people played no part in the story of how we got here </p>
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Chris Kaba’s death is a tragedy for his family – and the police

<p>The EU’s Entry-Exit System (EES) has been designed to make sure there’s a record of everybody going in and out of the EU</p>
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Here’s the bit of Brexit that’s really going to hurt...

<p>Actor and comedian Stephen Fry now has an Austrian passport </p>
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Stephen Fry has abandoned Britain, so what does that say about Brexit?

<p>James Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu came under fire for laughing along to jokes about Black women made by another podcaster </p>
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The ShxtsnGigs row exposes the normalisation of attacks on Black women

<p>Politicians have demanded the recall of parliament in the face of continuing anti-immigrant unrest</p>
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My family is terrified of the riots. Farage has a lot to answer for

<p>Brits can’t afford to be anchored in the past when our future is at stake</p>
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Encouraging noises, Keir – but what are you going to do about Brexit?

<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer hosts his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street</p>
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Welcome to a Labour government – it’s time to fix the Brexit mess

<p>Nigel Farage said he was ‘dismayed’ by the ‘appalling sentiments’ made by Reform UK canvassers </p>
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It cannot be denied any longer – Reform is riddled with racism

<p>Austrian fans taunt French fans ahead of their Group D match on Monday </p>
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Euro 2024 fans breaking baguettes are just being good sports

<p>Younger voters, who have traditionally backed Labour, don’t see these as ‘culture wars’ </p>
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Starmer cannot simply offer ‘Tory-lite’ solutions to key issues

<p>Rishi Sunak has admitted that ‘I’m sure changing our trading relationship with the EU is a big part of the reason why this is happening’ </p>
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Now even Brexiteers are blaming themselves for the state we’re in

<p>Research tells us that there are just 40 bear attacks on humans worldwide every year, and one fatal black bear attack per year in the US. Yet every year more than 100 women are killed by men in the UK alone </p>
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Are women safer with men or bears? I vote bears – and I’m a bloke

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Are women safer with men or bears? I vote bears – and I’m a bloke

<p>Research tells us that there are just 40 bear attacks on humans worldwide every year, and one fatal black bear attack per year in the US. Yet every year more than 100 women are killed by men in the UK alone </p>
<p>By George: two-thirds of Britons said they were less proud to be British than they were five years ago</p>
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A day off for St George’s Day? The English don’t deserve it

<p>Campaign Against Antisemitism chief executive Gideon Falter was threatened with arrest near a pro-Palestine demonstration (Campaign Against Antisemitism/PA)</p>
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Two very public apologies: Is this a new low for the Met?

<p>Former GB News presenter Dan Wootton has published a personal list of the top 50 “worst people in the UK”</p>
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I’m on Dan Wootton’s list of the UK’s worst people… what a compliment!

<p>Diane Abbott has said remarks made by a top Tory are ‘frightening’ </p>
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The Diane Abbott racism row reveals how principles compete with money

<p>Diane Abbott has said remarks made by a top Tory are ‘frightening’ </p>
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The Diane Abbott racism row reveals how principles compete with money

<p>Femi Oluwole: ‘As I see it, May helped tear apart the fabric of British society by making it “OK” for politicians to deliberately hurt the country against its will’ </p>
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Farewell, Theresa May – your ‘hostile environment’ will be your legacy

<p>Lee Anderson insists he won’t apologise to Sadiq Khan ‘while I’ve got a breath in my body’</p>
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Tory reaction to the Lee Anderson saga proves the first rule of racism

<p>You can now be fined £2,500 or face six months in prison if the police think you’re shouting too loudly at a protest</p>
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The crackdown on face masks at protests isn’t about face masks at all

<p>Not such a grand idea: Rishi Sunak and Piers Morgan shake on a £1,000 bet over Rwanda flights leaving before general election</p>
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Even if Sunak wins his ‘pub bet’ with Piers, it’s still immoral

<p>Yes, we have no bananas (or satsumas, or tomatoes, or cucumbers, or…) </p>
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Coming soon to a supermarket near you… another Brexit dividend!

<p>‘It was a joke that I made and of course you know I regret it and I apologised immediately, and that apology is heartfelt,’ Cleverly said </p>
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James Cleverly’s date rape joke apology tells us even more about him

<p>David Jonsson plays Luke Fitzwilliam in the BBC’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder Is Easy’ </p>
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It’s a mystery why it took so long for a Black hero in Agatha Christie

<p>If Brexit made us a free country, why are we more locked in than ever? </p>
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Brexit will really start to bite us in 2024. How ready are you?

<p>‘It was a joke that I made and of course you know I regret it and I apologised immediately, and that apology is heartfelt,’ Cleverly said </p>
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James Cleverly’s date rape joke apology tells us even more about him

<p>David Jonsson plays Luke Fitzwilliam in the BBC’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder Is Easy’ </p>
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It’s a mystery why it took so long for a Black hero in Agatha Christie

<p>If Brexit made us a free country, why are we more locked in than ever? </p>
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Brexit will really start to bite us in 2024. How ready are you?

<p>People seeing people, just being people, is making people better</p>
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Why I’m not even slightly scared about the future

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Why I’m not even slightly scared about the future

<p>People seeing people, just being people, is making people better</p>
<p>Starmer is supporting Brexit with slogans like ‘Make Brexit work’ in the hopes of winning back voters who chose Brexit as a rebellion against regional equality</p>
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Why Starmer’s praise for Thatcher is so significant

<p>Brexit stupidity isn’t a mental deficiency – it’s an ideology</p>
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Why I won’t call Leave voters ‘stupid’ (and I’m a diehard Remainer)

<p>Esther McVey has been appointed minister of common sense (aka, the ‘tsar of anti-woke’).</p>
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Esther McVey’s new job is more bad joke than anti-woke...

<p>Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron both campaigned for Remain in the 2016 EU referendum </p>
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I have a few questions for David Cameron…

<p>Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron both campaigned for Remain in the 2016 EU referendum </p>
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I have a few questions for David Cameron…

<p>Generation Rent found that black people are 36 per cent less likely to receive a positive response when applying to rent on SpareRoom</p>
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Renters are being let down by racist landlords

<p>Business secretary Kemi Badenoch said she tells her children that ‘this is the best country in the world to be black’ </p>
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Britain is ‘the best place to be black’..? No thanks to the Tory party

<p>If we can’t afford food, we definitely can’t afford Brexit</p>
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I’m speaking at the Rejoin EU march – this is what we’re going to do

<p>The great lie was that we were paying for EU membership without any financial gain</p>
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Brexit’s biggest crime? The £40bn wasted on lies

<p>Lucas has been the Green MP for Brighton Pavillion since 2010 </p>
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This shouldn’t be the end of an era for green politics and politicians

<p>Political parties almost never get a majority of the vote, yet they always get a majority of the seats in parliament</p>
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It’s time to embrace proportional representation

<p>‘Unrestricted EU immigration’ was always a lie</p>
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Brexit is clearly failing – it’s time to stop lying about immigration

<p>What about the ‘will of the people’? Has that been delivered today?</p>
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Is Brexit really ‘done’? I wouldn’t be so sure about that

<p>February marks seven years since the B-word infected every political discussion in the UK</p>
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It’s over – the Brexit debate is finished

<p>People know this system is failing them</p>
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We don’t have time for another game of Tory party musical chairs

<p>Our political freedoms are being restricted in front of our eyes (PA)</p>
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The Tories promised us control – instead they’ve bound and gagged us

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The Tories promised us control – instead they’ve bound and gagged us

<p>Our political freedoms are being restricted in front of our eyes (PA)</p>
<p>Founder and chairman of JD Wetherspoon Tim Martin</p>
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Beer and staff shortages – is this the Brexit you wanted, Tim Martin?

<p>‘This country is tired of being democratically silenced by our two-party system’</p>
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Our democracy is broken – Britain needs electoral reform now

<p>Warning signs: As food exports collapse, Boris Johnson is being urged to re-open the Brexit trade deal</p>
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Silence from Brexiteers, as sales of milk and cream drop 96 per cent

<p>Fishing firms and seafood exporters across the UK have been disrupted by the new post-Brexit customs checks and red-tape</p>
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It’s time for an apology from those who dismissed us as ‘Remoaners’

<p>Fishing firms and seafood exporters across the UK have been disrupted by the new post-Brexit customs checks and red-tape</p>
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It’s time for an apology from those who dismissed us as ‘Remoaners’

<p>The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has been instrumental in drawing up the government’s proposals</p>
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Tory’s free speech reforms are staggeringly hypocritical

<p>Rather than distancing himself from extremist violence, Johnson weaponised it to intimidate his political opponents into submission</p>
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Democracy defeated Trump. When it comes to Brexit, it has failed us

<p>Forcing someone into a binary choice between two bad options does not mean you have their consent</p>
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British public has not given its consent to this damaging Brexit deal

<p>The Brexit deal is set to face a parliamentary vote next week</p>
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This Brexit deal doesn’t bring real sovereignty, whatever Johnson says

<p>President-elect Biden has said he’ll only give us a trade deal if the Good Friday Agreement remains intact and there is no hard border</p>
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No Brexiteer should be disappointed that Biden has won the election

A pedestrian walks past a street sign in Liverpool reminding members of the public to adhere to social-distancing guidelines
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Why Britain’s ‘all or nothing’ response to Covid isn’t working

Rishi Sunak's Job Support Scheme will replace the Job Retention Scheme this October
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Brexit negotiations end the same day as furlough – Happy Furloween!

Boris Johnson has repeatedly said he would get Brexit done quickly
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Brexit should be ‘done’ by now – yet we are facing even more chaos

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I was asked to stand for Remain in Peterborough – here’s why I said no

During the 2012 Olympics the entire country came together to declare who we are to the world
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I am so proud to be British, which is why I don’t want Brexit

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A new Brexit vote could be a lifeline for Britain's poorest regions

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A new Brexit vote could be a lifeline for Britain's poorest regions

Dutch foreign minister Stef Blok tweeted this image of a hairy blue Brexit monster on his desk in The Hague on Thursday
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A Final Say can save us from a choice between May’s deal and no deal

The people deserve the right to approve those terms and to express their full-hearted consent
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March with us today for the democracy you deserve

I got Nigel Farage to contradict his claims about EU immigration after calling his show, and in February I debated him live in the studio
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As a Remainer, here's what I learnt by actually talking to Brexiteers

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