#Thatcher

philwoodford

philwoodford

Parallels with the 1980s are always front of mind with @UKLabour's predicament. When Kinnock took over in 1983, he had broad support from sections of the left, but he soon

Dr EM

PankhurstEM

In her magnus opus of flim flam, Judith Butler defended incest & what she termed 'intergenerational sex' aka child sexual abuse. #JudithButler http://uncommongroundmedia.com/the-trojan-unicorn-qt-and-paedophilia-part-iv-dr-em/ J

Laurie Macfarlane

L__Macfarlane

Today the UK government has published the details of its “once in a generation” overhaul of England’s planning system. The proposed reforms confirm many of the fears I outlined here,

Tim Lord

timbolord

Well, nothing happening on climate change today, so I thought I'd have a read of a v important document - HMG's impact assessment of the 6th carbon budget decision announced

Oliver Hypolite-Bishop

OliverHBishop

THREAD: Despite constant protests, many Brits &the media continue to ask the ridiculous, insulting & unhelpful question, is Britain racist? So, the next time you’re asked, here's 6 insane racist

Simon Evans

DrSimEvans

Great Britain has gone two month without coal and yes, that is a big deal.It's gone from 40% coal powered to ~2% in 8yrs. And plenty for other countries to

Diletante

Rebeldiletante

Jacob Assa (@jacob_assa): Laissez-Faire, Laissez Mourir.https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/31/laissez-faire-laissez-mourir/ Jacob Assa (@jacob_assa): The spread of the coronavirus epidemic around the world in the past few weeks has exposed not o

Tides of History

labour_history

#OTD 1997. Labour Landslide. On a swing of 8.8%, Labour win 418 seats giving Tony Blair a majority of 179. In their worst election defeat since 1906 the Conservative's retain

William Yang

WilliamYang120

Latest for @dw_chinese - In an interview on Sunday night, Martin Lee, the prominent Hong Kong politician and barrister, told me that the international community has a moral obligation to

Kegz-four-Kavanaugh

KegzK

More Boomer lies about National Socialism. Good thing it's all recycled garbage that's easy to debunk.Might as well do a thread to dunk on reactionaries and celebrate the end of

Helene von Bismarck

HeleneBismarck

I‘ve spent this week in London because I am writing a short history of the Anglo-German #Königswinter Conference from 1949-2019. A story of Anglo-German dialogue and reconciliation. To be published&distributed

The Leave Alliance

LeaveHQ

What we're seeing isn't right wing authoritarianism. It's Johnsonism. A government that will go to any lengths to avoid owning up to its unforced errors. It's cowardly incompetence. If it

Rob Ford

robfordmancs

Brexitland is out today! To celebrate the release of our new book I'm going to put up a graph a day here highlighting some of the big themes we discuss.

Paddy Docherty 3.5%

paddydocherty

A thread about Scotland, solidarity against dictatorship, and the connection between Chilean fascism and the disaster of Brexit. #NaePasaran #StopFascism #Brexit #ToriesOut #solidarity #history I recently saw the extraordinary film

Trisha Elliott

Trisha_the_doc

How did we end up in this situation, with the care homes so vulnerable and unsupported? It’s worth remembering some of the history here. I started my training in Geriatric

Craig #Ecosia

craiging619

Right, haven’t done a #MidnightMonologue for a while and it’s actually almost 1am, but what the hell?Tonight: What’s It Like Being A Half-English Yesser? And the answer, unsurprisingly, is: Fecking