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George Monbiot
GeorgeMonbiot
There's a far bigger cronyism scandal than Cameron's lobbying or Johnson's flat. But the media - in particular the BBC - has disgracefully failed to hold the government to account
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Joe Lo
joeloyo
“Dido Harding is a senior executive in the NHS” says Johnson.Actually she’s a Telecoms executive, who had a brief stint at NHS Improvement. And is now inexplicably in charge of
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Dennis DiClaudio
dennisdiclaudio
The comments on my Briahna Joy Gray tweet are a good reminder that a lot of people view disagreement with Team Sanders as indistinguishable from hatred for poor people and
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Jo Maugham
JolyonMaugham
Just worth reminding ourselves, as we look at how the likes of Kate Bingham and Dido Harding are delivering for the nation, what's actually happening on the ground. /1 We've
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michael wave
SzMarsupial
obviously the belief that states shouldn't feed people is both callous and against a wealth of evidence, but i think the real victory for a conservative worldview here is the
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Rachel Reeves
RachelReevesMP
Another week in Tory government cronyism - and one where the term "chumocracy" is becoming far too familiar. A thread on what's been happening. This isn't just a matter of
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Laffy
GottaLaff
AHEM: "Dr who led fed agency involved in developing coronavirus vaccine said he was removed after he pressed for rigorous vetting of coronavirus treatment embraced by Trump. The dr said
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Jill
JIMDesigns
There isn’t even a common language to speak with Trump supporters. Why do they hate educated people? Why do they speak with such anger and supposed authority spewing words that
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Robert Saunders
redhistorian
Good piece, as ever, by @NickCohen4 on the collapse of meritocracy. Though I'd see it slightly differently: I think Cummings passionately believes that he is *constructing* a meritocracy, in a
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Thomas Massie
RepThomasMassie
Congress is the most dysfunctional enterprise I’ve ever seen.There are genuinely qualified members from all walks of life, from both sides of aisle, who could help form rational policy.But power
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Ian Blackford
Ianblackford_MP
Boris Johnson’s attempt to use Dominic Cummings as a dead cat distraction from the Tory sleaze scandal has spectacularly backfired.Mr Cummings has now raised further serious questions over the PM’s
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Will Hurst
WHurst1
Boris Johnson is currently on @LBC lying again to @NickFerrariLBC about his disastrous Garden Bridge. Far from being a 'viable plan' killed off by Sadiq, it was dead in the
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Chris Manning
Manning4USCong
Methane is an inert gas that is odorless. When you "smell" methane you smell an additive from the gas industry. Methane leaking from gas wells does not have a smell
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Jo Maugham
JolyonMaugham
How has The Times responded to the Government's grotesque denial of the existence of institutional racism? With a call for measures to improve black lives? By speaking truth to the
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Angela Rayner 😷
AngelaRayner
I came in to politics as a shop steward standing up for care workers on the minimum wage.In my new roles I will focus on the future of work and
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Phil Syrpis
syrpis
It's difficult to take a step back... but that's what I'll try to do here. This is all about the Government's failings. The thing which I think is getting to
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