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David M Barnett
@davidmbarnett
Writer. Journalist (authory.com/davidbarnett) All the links: linktr.ee/davidmbarnett Next book: THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT (Summer 2023)
North Country Boylinktr.ee/davidmbarnettJoined March 2009

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I'm all for pragmatism when people are being SO harmed by govt, but I really hope the opposition come out tomorrow and don't just say that the govt's immigration proposals are inefficient and unworkable. They're also IMMORAL and INHUMANE. We can say both when they're true, no?
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Hancock talked of blocking funding for disabled kids if MPs didn't support lockdown. Public interest Public interest Public interest Public interest Public interest vs Hancock blushes and my reputation for ethics?? No contest.
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Right, time for a stand-up bath in the washing up bowl in front of the gas fire, Weetabix for supper, and That’s Life with the hope Cyril has a potato shaped like a willy, then sent to bed by mum. #Sunday
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I only popped into Asda for some wine and Dreamies (forgot the Dreamies) and ’s THROWN fell into my trolley. Here it is with the pottery old man I made in first year art class in Wigan, which amazingly has survived since 1981 relatively unscathed.
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Did you know Tove Jansson illustrated J. R. R. Tolkien’s #TheHobbit and that Astrid Lindgren begged her to?✍️ “God bless you for Toffle!! But who will comfort Astrid if you don’t agree to the proposal I’m now going to make to you?” she wrote. Read more:
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The Cheshire novel prize is open for entries worldwide until 1st April 2023. EVERY entrant gets feedback & we have 6 AMAZING judges cheshirenovelprize.com/judging-panel We accept all genres except children’s or MG novels. And look what happened last year! 👇
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And did we mention that EVERY writer gets feedback on their first 5000 words🤔🤔…we did? We did #WritingCommunity #writers #amwriting #WritingCommunity twitter.com/prize_novel/st…
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My beautiful boy in his school musical. About a teenager wanting to be a traditional drag queen. He’s seventeen, by the way, nearly an adult and free to make his own decisions and choices, tolerant and progressive and I’m fucken delighted about all of that. Just for context. 💖
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I haven’t watched Daisy Jones & The Six yet because I loved the book and I can’t imagine how it can possibly work on screen as anything other than a talking heads mockumentary.
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