#Britain

Hetan Shah

HetanShah

New @HEPI_news report says only 32% 15-to-30 year olds from the UK can confidently read and write in two or more languages (including their first language). Second placed EU country

Sean.

Shorrrn

Even at university this isnt always told. My first year history module on British economics from industrial revolution to Thatcher we spent 3 lectures on the industrial revolution. One 2

Afro Beat Diary™ ✊🏿✊🏿

AfroBeatDiary

Meet King Koko, the Man Who Sold Nigeria To The British For £865k In 1899. THREAD. #AfroBeatDiary This is the story of the first oil war, which was fought in

Carole Cadwalladr

carolecadwalla

On March 19, multiple people tweeted this at me. The status of COVID-19 had been downgraded. It was no longer a 'high consequence infectious disease'. I didn't retweet it. There

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

Leila.

leila_bousbaa

For a country as wealthy as Britain, 0.7% is the very least we can offerhttps://twitter.com/labourcid/status/1331297939055124482 The UK should continue to spend at least 0.7% of national income on international aid

#MigrantsWelcome

FollowingAsylum

This excellent piece, particularly Thaer Ali’s experience, reminds me of a short anecdote from a Basque child refugee, Roberto, who coincidentally also lived in Yorkshire, that I wrote about in

Joy Bhattacharjya

joybhattacharj

One of the most amazing stories in Indian science, which makes me both despair and hope. On this day, 42 years ago, Subhash Mukhopadhyay delivered the second in-vitro fertilized baby

Shanice 😈

Shanice_OM

Infinitely more interested in collective organising and collective politics than any discussions around collective language. BAME, BIPOC, POC, whatever... But, if we really want collective language it should start from

dasPost-CV

dasvee

1/ Rock and Roll podcast on BBC coverage of Philip's death: excessive, indicative of fear of right wing press.Shallow analysis though: not delving into why royal funerals are important to

Tom Forth

thomasforth

Through plain good luck I got a big headstart on Chris Arnade's work. I'm friends with his niece from Uni. She showed me the photos he was taking before I

Daniel Cremin

DanielCreminUK

I feel conservatives are deeply misrepresented by the media. They present us as narrow-minded, yesteryear obsessed 'reactionaries'. Conservative Party members come in in all varieties, but the vast majority of

Flying_Rodent

flying_rodent

Come on QCs, catch up. We had a huge referendum in 2019 on whether Britain is a nation that tolerates vast amounts hilarious corruption, openly lying to the public, self-dealing

fightforyourright

fight4yourrite

History of Jose Aldo low kicks (a thread) EcoFight 1 vs Mario Bigola - 0Shooto Brazil vs Hudson Rocha - 2Shooto Brazil 7 vs Luiz de Paula - 0Rio MMA

Ian Blackford

Ianblackford_MP

This is appalling. By breaking our international aid commitment, @BorisJohnson is doing irreparable damage to the UK's reputation and reneging on our duty to the world's poorest and most vulnerable.The

Paddy 🇬🇧🇪🇺 #FBPE #WATON

padmorious

1/ I don't get why World War 2 is such a strong point of reference for them there Brexitons.Nominally, we won. Yeah.But to all intents and purposes it was a