Starmer ahead BUT: "polling suggests that Labour’s hopes of securing an overall majority remain on a knife edge...needs to win an additional 124 parliamentary constituencies". On course to win about 117 seats from Conservatives in England & Wales & about 6-8 from SNP in Scotland.
RT @GdnPolitics: Labour has clear lead in more than 100 battleground seats, poll finds https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/10/labour-lead-tories-battleground-seats-poll-conservatives-election?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Agree with @Danjsalt here. Lots of gleeful snide sneering. I'm no Johnson fan, but I am a supporter of the aspirations of millions who voted for him in 2019. And the populist revolt of 2016 & demand for political realignment, will not be satisfied by technocrats- Sunak or Starmer
RT @Danjsalt: All the people smugly laughing about Johnson miss a few things
1. He will likely be back
2. Brexit is unlikely to be reversed
3. The trends that brought him to the fore and…
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The government's #StrikesBill means those who legally vote to strike, complying with laws already in existence, can be forced to strike-break. Minister asks us to trust bosses' discretion to be fair/not harsh in how they punish anyone who fails to comply. I won't hold my breath.
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Footage of stabbing rampage of children in a playground in #Annecy is so disturbing; courage of passer-by in contrast is so inspiring.
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Following on from the clip posted by @KonstantinKisin below of an in-conversation with Camille Paglia at @acadofideas #BattleFest 2016, people have asked for the full film. Here it is. https://youtu.be/4y3-KIesYRE What a woman!
RT @KonstantinKisin: How have I not seen this before? Camille Paglia with my friend @Fox_Claire...
The historical references are 🤯🤯🤯 https://t.co/CoyInvrvNG
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Following on from the clip posted by @KonstantinKisin of an in-conversation with Camille Paglia at @acadofideas #BattleFest 2016, people have asked for the full film. Here it is. What a woman!
RT @Robspiked: @Fox_Claire @trick_loomborn @esqlegaleagle @KonstantinKisin @acadofideas @LeVilla121 This is the video. From Battle of Ideas festival 2016 at The Barbican. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y3-KIesYRE&feature=youtu.be
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Well worth reading this critique of "reactionary feminism". I am with @buffsoldier_96 on this one.
RT @buffsoldier_96: I reviewed Feminism Against Progress by @moveincircles for @AreoMagazine
https://areomagazine.com/2023/06/06/a-feminist-against-modernity/
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Shocker. Mind you, may be a shock for all those experts/politicians/journos who traduced the reputations of any of us who dared to suggest the preposterous notion: that closing down society & suspending civil liberties without ANY cost benefit analysis, was a tad irresponsible
RT @KonstantinKisin: I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. https://t.co/X92iTOFs6z
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Good thread. Will be really pleased if more on left understand why free speech and debating/talking politics MORE (not cancelling opponents) is in ALL our interests.
RT @LauraPidcock: 🧵There are elements on the ‘left’ who instigate & cheer de-platforming / no-platforming tactics, contributing to a culture that’ll never bode well for socialists. Surely we should be welcoming dialogue, challenge & debate - which takes us to a place of higher awareness? (1/8)
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One not to miss. Online event, so everone can attend. Put Weds 21st June in dairy. Look forward to attending and hearing @rakibehsan talk about his new book "Beyond Grievance: What the Left Gets Wrong about Ethnic Minorities”. And of course, can't wait to read it too.
RT @Future_Cities: Next Bookshop Barnie with @rakibehsan on his book "Beyond Grievance: What the Left Gets Wrong about Ethnic Minorities”
Free online event. All welcome
7pm
Wednesday June 21st
(No…
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Brilliant quote
RT @buffsoldier_96: "I have neither the right nor the duty to claim reparations for the domestication of my ancestors...Am I going to ask the contemporary white man to answer for the slave ships of the 17th century? I do not have the right to be mired in what the past has determined...(1/2) https://t.co/bVORNEb5GE
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This is quite some thread on why UK is Terf Island (said proudly) & giving a lead internationally as home of dissenters to coerced gender ideology. It has history, law, philosophy & (whisper it) dares to be generous about Brexit voters. Very erudite & thought-provoking @Jebadoo2
RT @Jebadoo2: 1/ Brexit leave voters were told they were bigots, influenced by the far right, unspeakable, awful people for not accepting what they regarded as a forced team and asserting…
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This train crash in India is so utterly tragic. The death toll just keeps going up. Distressing.
RT @ANI: Death toll rises to 233 in the horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore: Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena https://t.co/wvTKFA9c2R
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Great from @Robspiked on what questions #CovidInquiry should be asking, essentially re costs of a draconian locking down of society
RT @acadofideas: New on Substack: the tedious tit-for-tat between the government and the Covid-19 Inquiry over WhatsApp messages is a distraction from the real question: was the government right to make us all stay at home? #lockdown https://clairefox.substack.com/p/we-need-a-lockdown-inquiry-too?sd=pf https://t.co/Lv17Fuk8vl
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Looking forward to speaking at this one. Come along next Wednesday to this @SpeechUnion event. See you there.
RT @toadmeister: Come and see @GoodwinMJ discuss his new book at the Emmanuel Centre next Wednesday with Geoffrey Evans, @Fox_Claire and @Sherelle_E_J. Hosted by @SpeechUnion. Tickets are £10 for FSU members, £10 for non-members. Includes a free drink. Tickets here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whose-values-whose-voices-are-we-being-silenced-by-a-new-elite-tickets-625307801467 https://t.co/JPUQelgSg0
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@TimandraHarknes on great form "If your "model of human beings is a behaviourist one", AI is "plausibly close to being indistinguishable from humans...Add to this our culture’s taste for Armageddon", no surpise AI as existential threat is hitting headlines https://unherd.com/2023/06/the-cynical-hysteria-around-ai/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups[0]=18743&tl_period_type=3&mc_cid=b24a925946&mc_eid=1c950c3a2a
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Bad enough having Mizzy on #Newsnight, he ran rings, mocking @BBCNews for inviting him on & accused broadcaster of fuelling Andrew Tate's fame by doing a long interview with him. Mizzy & Tate may 'do' notoriety for clicks/fame; What's the BBC's excuse? Cringeworthy/humiliating
RT @BBCNewsnight: "I was raised by a single mum...I'm not in any shape or way supporting what Andrew Tate says about women"
Social media influencer 'Mizzy' tells #Newsnight Andrew Tate's 'c…
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Great story, great endeavour & great ambition to do good (for Brain Tumour Research) by Magdalena Cullen. If you can help, even a small amount, it's a great cause to sponsor this bike ride. Check out @JustGiving page. Thank you! #cancer https://www.justgiving.com/page/just-pedalling-4-cancer?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=one_page&utm_content=page/just-pedalling-4-cancer&utm_campaign=pfp-tweet&utm_term=09ce58df703c4c32967505ba99e6d441
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IRONY WATCH: Nearly £400,000 to be spent on assembling all-female panel of 20 women to talk about their ‘lived experience’ of being a woman and advise Scottish Gov’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls (NACWG) (set up by Nicola Sturgeon in 2017) comprising 16 other women
RT @mbmpolicy: We are quoted in this Scottish Daily Mail article about a £400K Scottish Government contract to seek the views of 20 women.
https://www.mailplus.co.uk/scottish-edition/news/282875?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shared_link
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Unimpressed. But surely ineffectively performative?
RT @SceneLGBTQ: LGBTQ+ human rights defender, @PeterTatchell, has pulled out of tonight’s Oxford Union Pride debate over its hosting of Kathleen Stock on 30 May, without a speaker to challenge her #trans-exclusion policies.
#KathleenStock @PT_Foundation
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