Mike Brook MBE. #FBPE

@mikedbrook

Art, history, music, travel, politics and the occasional laugh, respect where earned, contempt where deserved. Opinions are certainly mine and, I hope, shared.

Scot, ardent European
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Joined March 2012
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  1. 6 hours ago

    My random photo of the day: Damascus six months prior to the outbreak of civil war. The gun shot holes in the ceiling relate to a decades old incident of violence.

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    17 hours ago

    Just returned from an *amazing* exhibit at the . ‘Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World’, about the interplay between Egypt and other Mediterranean civilizations, Minoan Crete, Greece, Rome, et al. Many old favorites from world museums! – at J. Paul Getty Museum

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    9 hours ago

    Dear Amazon, I bought a toilet seat because I needed one. Necessity, not desire. I do not collect them. I am not a toilet seat addict. No matter how temptingly you email me, I'm not going to think, oh go on then, just one more toilet seat, I'll treat myself.

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    Apr 5

    Poor John. Deceiving the proletariat was so much easier back in his day. This new fangled internet machine really shows him for the duplicitous shitweasel he is.

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    Apr 5

    160,000 children from low-income families should pay for school meals, says government which gets £2.7million a year from taxpayers to subsidise bars and restaurants at the House of Commons.

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    Apr 5

    The foreign secretary is ruining Britain's reputation and giving succour to its enemies. No responsible govt would keep him in post

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  7. Apr 5

    My random photo of the day: Sagrada Familiar, Barcelona.

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    Apr 4

    20% of domestic abuse police incidents recorded in 2016-17 involved a male victim. Actual number may be higher due to under-reporting. Approx. 75% (where recorded) of the callers to our Helpline have never spoken to often due to shame or fear of not being believed

    Today is raising awareness about of . 20% of domestic abuse incidents in Scotland involved a male victim. Domestic abuse can affect anybody-and we are all responsible for recognising and reporting it.
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    Apr 4

    Boris Johnson's latest deception is his most serious mistake, but far from his first. Whether condemning British people to years in prison through his gaffes, or simply insulting our allies - this man is not fit to be Foreign Secretary. Why is Theresa May too weak to sack him?

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    Mar 24

    Boris Johnson, Britain’s Chief Diplomat. A proven repeated liar, complicit in a violent assault, a genuine racist, and a joke on the world stage. Is this really the best the Tories have for the Post of Foreign Secretary?

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    Apr 2

    That awkward moment you realize you did it wrong your whole life.

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    Apr 4

    Sorry, Boris, but this one is entirely on you. It doesn’t take away from my view that it is highly likely Russia is behind the Salisbury attack, but lashing out at those who point out the dangers of a slippery tongued foreign secretary is not statesmanlike. It’s cheap.

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    Apr 4

    1/ Hi everyone! The debate in the last few weeks over anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial have been hard. It’s not been easy being a British Jew. Many have been supportive which I’m grateful for - but I want to channel into something constructive. I need your help please [THREAD]

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    Apr 4

    2/ I have been tweeting about Labour and anti-Semitism and trying, with others, to take a constructive approach. This has been met with support but also anti-Semitic comments including the guy who told me Auschwitz had a swimming pool like a leisure centre. Not good

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    Apr 4
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    That's not the argument. The point is that YOU deliberately lied in an international media interview, saying that you had personally been told 'categorically' that Russia was complicit when the truth was, and is, that this is not known. Take the consequences and go.

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  16. Apr 4

    My random photo of the day: Trang An, Vietnam

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    Apr 3

    Listen, in his own words, to Boris Johnson claim he had categorical assurances from Porton Down that the nerve agent originated from Russia. This has today been exposed as incorrect.

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    Apr 4

    I will not be bullied into leaving my home, my country that I love by people who lie, hate, divide and discriminate. I have a lot more fight in me for what's right and for people who are being used as pawns for power

    Replying to @thatginamiller @Telegraph
    Gina, are you going to leave the UK once the final Brexit day arrives?
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    Apr 4

    The Beano has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg, ordering him to stop masquerading as Walter the Softie

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    Apr 2

    About 20 miles from : a walk trough the mysterious world of the . The ‘Banditaccia’, on the World Heritage list, is one of the largest necropolis in Europe, featuring thousands of tombs spanning from 9th through 3rd century BC. Ideal for

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