#Britain

(((Amir Pars)))

AmirPars_

THREADI will lose many friends over what I'm about to say.I will possibly be called a racist or even a white supremacist (even though I'm a brown man, who's been

Adam Bunch

TODreamsProject

1. It's Simcoe Day today — so let's talk about John Graves Simcoe and his weird, complicated relationship with slavery.The founder of Toronto was an avowed abolitionist... who also once

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

There are 3 cities in the world that fall under no national authority, have separate laws, pay no taxes, have their own police force & control the economy: the City

Royal Suitor

royal_suitor

“The Duke and Duchess’s list of trailblazers, recognised for challenging prejudice and their positive contribution to British life”https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bhm-next-gen-trailblazers-full-list-a4560326.html Dr Nicola Rollock

Paul 🌹📚 Cooper

PaulMMCooper

One of the most incredible stories I came across while researching my first book was that of Robert Knox.Knox was shipwrecked in 1659 on the island of Ceylon (modern-day Sri

Zoe Gardner

ZoeJardiniere

Oh gahd the @CommonsHomeAffs Home Affairs Committee is taking evidence from Dan O'Mahoney, "Clandestine Channel Threat Commander"https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d7c84b79-fbe0-4f1d-b262-e5091f60c160 Yvette Cooper notes to

Andrew Levi

AndrewPRLevi

When’s a negotiation not one? When @MichelBarnier has to allow a UK free ride. He won’t. The UK must accept reality or hit a wall. Lesser issues still decide if

❄️❄️The Confessor ❄️❄️ #EndSARS

Kokuhaku_sha

The Fall of Constantinople - A Thread What were you doing at 18? At 21? Chances are, you weren't quite as baller as our Turkish prodigy here in Mehmed II,

Guilty Men

paulewart23

Tony Benn in the first 5 minutes of The Wilderness Years gives the only honest & correct diagnosis of said years. His words still apply today.'Labour hasn't appeared to stand

Sarah 🥊💀

sarah_in_ny

Not sure why I needed to educate a sitting Senator but:No, Joni, that's the purpose of the Senate. Read the debates & the founder's intent. The electoral college was about

Vetarnias

Vetarnias

Time to go undercover. https://twitter.com/Vetarnias/status/1383284709258502148 Instead of watching "Fairly Secret Army", I did "A Very British Coup", a mini-series from 1988. (I've never read the 1982 book.) Even th

Peter Ward

Peter___Ward

I want to take you down memory lane. This is going to be a list of times the EU or it’s member states have ignored EU treaties or international law,

Andy Jolly

andy_jolly

The death of Mercy Baguma is appalling - don't let anyone tell you that it is just a one-off though. This has happened before, and without urgent policy change it

Trans Actual

TransActualUK

Have a sit down and grab a cup of tea. We’ve got a lot to say.There’s a global pandemic and that still doesn’t stop The Times from publishing 3 articles

Raisah Ahmed

RaisahAhmed

It’s #SouthAsianHeritageMonth in the UK. We can be terrible at sharing our stories, often because they've not been written down, our storytelling has been oral. Which makes it feel all

A Worried Citizen

ThePubliusUSA

It is official: my parents, registered republicans who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, cast their ballots for @JoeBiden! To say that I am full of joy would be an