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Socialist, antifascist, Guardian columnist, author, podcaster, YouTuber, geriatric millennial. He/him. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: 🏳️‍🌈

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Joined August 2009
Born August 8, 1984
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    6 Nov 2020

    The corporate media has failed us. Help me build something new >

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  2. 41 minutes ago

    If Corbyn was a dangerous monster, then everybody who campaigned to make him leader - including Keir Starmer - must be driven from public life. If he wasn’t, stop treating the left as a moral disgrace. You can only choose one! Take your opinion to its logical conclusion!

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  3. 48 minutes ago

    This is absolutely true. If it’s true that Jeremy Corbyn was the disgusting and dangerous monster he’s been portrayed as, then everybody who ever went along with his leadership, or ostensibly tried to make him Prime Minister, should be driven from public life forever.

    Proper The Worst Person You Know Makes Good Point here, as this epic quivering dingus says: if the previous leader was such a disgusting and terrible threat to the lives of citizens, why shouldn’t everyone who played along at the time be driven from public life. And yes, why not.
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    3 hours ago

    It's hard to avoid the conclusion that the largely bad reviews for Don't Look Up have a lot more to do with journalists not liking being the butt of the joke, than the actual quality of the film.

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    19 hours ago

    Hearing that April Ashley has passed away. I met her just once, and honestly, it was like meeting the queen. The poise, the grace. An icon. Rest in power.

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  6. 4 hours ago

    This is incredible. It isn't real but you would never guess it!

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    4 hours ago

    Every day now I wake up thinking about Harvey Parker and my heart breaks a little more. Please keep looking and sending love & strength to his family

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  8. Retweeted
    Dec 28

    New: The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time in nearly half a century. Few people took notice.

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    19 hours ago

    Sad to hear April Ashley passed away yesterday 😢💔 She was an absolute pioneer for trans people in the UK. Imagine coming out in the 50s! I'm glad people stronger than me, like her, paved the way so I could be where I am today ❤️

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  10. 17 hours ago

    Who are the best writers / thinkers on radical tax policies right now (in any country!)?

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  11. Retweeted
    Dec 28

    What has happened to Harvey Parker? He's still missing. Here's everything we know so far.

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  12. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Amazing - a QUARTER of a MILLION signatures! Keep signing and sharing the petition to Remove from the Nationality and Borders Bill - thank you for your support

    Screenshot of petition in link Petition Remove Clause 9 from the Nationality and Borders Bill Under provisions in Clause 9 of this Bill, individuals could be stripped of their British citizenship without warning. We believe this is unacceptable, and inconsistent with international human rights obligations. 250,083 signatures Parliament will consider this for a debate Parliament considers all petitions that get more than 100,000 signatures for a debate Waiting for 4 days for a debate date Government will respond Government responds to all petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures Waiting for 7 days for a government response
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  13. Retweeted
    Dec 26

    After 2008, economists incorrectly predicted 12 recoveries in 12 years. I went back to Oxford to discuss the big question: Why are Economists Always Wrong?

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  14. Retweeted
    Dec 27

    Such an important point, and clearly echoes what we heard from Gauteng. My request to : please can we have the "being treated for Covid" vs other primary diagnosis data daily, rather than weekly, for the next couple of weeks at least? Critical distinction.

    Talking to trust chief executives this morning, what’s very interesting is how many are talking about number of asymptomatic patients being admitted to hospital for other reasons and then testing positive for covid. Some are describing this as ‘incidental covid’… 7/19
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    24 hours ago

    Unfortunately not surprising that political and media elite are erasing Tutu's Palestinian rights activism. Acknowledging it would require acknowledging their own cowardice and double standards.

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    The erasure of Desmond Tutu's passionate support for the liberation of Palestine from his obituaries is an act of censorship against the dead.
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    Dec 28

    Not many, if any, have done more for gambling reform than Matt - who was (and is) a genuine inspiration to me when I needed an example of life after addiction. Anything positive from the review will be a testament to his relentless efforts to make gambling fairer and safer 👊

    Three years since we succeeded in getting this done. Let’s hope 2022 delivers a gambling review white paper that’s worth the efforts of all now pushing for reform
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    Dec 28

    One thing important to grasp about Tutu's political judgements is that they were not discrete from his faith, but an extension of his understanding of Christianity. To imagine you can sunder one from the other & discard the inconvenient bit is to miss the point entirely.

    Tutu held opinions - like wanting to try Tony Blair for war crimes, or supporting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel - that many self-described liberals hate. But those same liberals wanted to appropriate the legacy of a near-saint, so they just erased his opinions
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    Dec 28
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    That’s a lot of love for the Union Jack from someone using the face of a man who died fighting against British rule…

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    Dec 28

    Same as they did with MLK.

    Tutu held opinions - like wanting to try Tony Blair for war crimes, or supporting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel - that many self-described liberals hate. But those same liberals wanted to appropriate the legacy of a near-saint, so they just erased his opinions
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  20. Dec 28

    Tutu held opinions - like wanting to try Tony Blair for war crimes, or supporting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel - that many self-described liberals hate. But those same liberals wanted to appropriate the legacy of a near-saint, so they just erased his opinions

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  21. Dec 28

    The erasure of Desmond Tutu's passionate support for the liberation of Palestine from his obituaries is an act of censorship against the dead.

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