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Suzanne Cowan
suzcowan
While we’ve had to dig deep to find hope during this pandemic, we’ve certainly lived up to our promise of hard work. #Lib21 /1 We’re a roll-up-your-sleeves, and help-out-a-neighbour kind
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Tom Scott
Tom___Scott
#ScumMedia - the hashtag being promoted by legions of far-right trolls, bots and apparently even some Tory MPs - is the contemporary equivalent of Lügenpresse - the term used by
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Bruno Waterfield
BrunoBrussels
Some analysis on the big risks and battles ahead for Merkel and Macron over the historic Franco-German accord on a pandemic recovery fund The 500bn fund is far from being
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Jennifer Rankin
JenniferMerode
Isolated in EU council of ministers, views described as "repugnant" and 'unEuropean' - is Netherlands leader of the EU awkward squad? ahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/how-covid-19-poured-cold-water-on-netherlands-eu-ro
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Steve Bloomfield
BloomfieldSJ
Anyone who thinks the centre-left needs to “get a handle on immigration” in order to defeat the rise of the far-right clearly hasn’t heard of New Labour. Let's take a
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Sean Jones QC
seanjonesqc
Lightbulb! Boris Johnson’s non-existent unity: 1/n Remember how Boris Johnson suggested that once he’d “got Brexit done”, there would be levelling up and “unity”? It may have surprised you how
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Ed West
edwest
I've been thinking about this a lot. the degree of incompetence and bad leadership seems pretty damning. It's hard to tell how history will judge the PM with a bit
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Thomas Frank
thomasfrank_
1. Hello twitter. I've written a new book. The subject is populism. And: the people who hate populism. The recurring conflict between these two poles of our political life. 2.
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Michael R. Strain
MichaelRStrain
THREAD. Do successive generations do better than their parents? Has the U.S. become a rigid “class society,” or is Horatio Alger’s vision of economic advancement through hard work still alive
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Rupert Cocke
RupertCocke
What lesssons will people who are interested in politics draw from the COVID-19 crisis? People on the left will say that every society needs a well-funded public healthcare system... and
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Tom Bentley
TomJBentley
How do you save face when you have violated a social or legal rule (such as break lockdown)? Erving Goffman beautifully outlined potential strategies in the classic text 'Relations in
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Michael R. Strain
MichaelRStrain
14/ In other words, 86 percent of today’s 40-somethings who were raised in the bottom 20 percent have higher incomes than their parents did when the parents were in their
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Timothy Garton Ash
fromTGA
'EU: from in the Rutte to en route.' Joking apart, the deal is a big achievement. Strange way to run a continent, but reaching consensus in Europe has always been
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Valerio Capraro
ValerioCapraro
Exactly one month ago Italy found its first case of #coronavirus. I’ll tell you what happened in only one month. I hope you can learn from our mistakes. 1. In
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Rupert Cocke
RupertCocke
In 1912, poet Antonio Machado warned about "the two Spains." In 2020, his prophetic words are as true as ever. Some simple-minded folks think this is a battle of left
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Charles Ingram #FBPE #RejoinEU
gallantfive
#Quiz. WOW.The cast, the story, the scenes, simply brilliant. Terrifyingly accurate and oh yes, horribly cringeworthy. Floored by the pure talent on show tonight.Well done too to @ITV. Gutsy.#StayHomeSaveLives p.s.,
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