#Brexit

France has never been colorblind in its colonies or in the metropole. Marcon‘s policy is certainly a longer French practice that is premised on notions of whiteness, belonging, unbelonging, and
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Britain was a much more equal society before Thatcher than it has been at any time since.In this short THREAD, I just want to try and quickly take stock of
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louis tomlinson is the kindest soul on earth, a thread: in 2015 louis tomlinson and his mum hosted the Believe in Magic Cinderella Ball, where terminally ill children were treated
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Fair to say that Charles Moore as BBC chair will not go down well with the corporation's 21,000ish staff: "This will shatter morale. People will leave, thinking: I won’t stay
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EU heads of state and Indian PM Modi will meet for a virtual summit tomorrow and (likely) relaunch trade negotiations that were suspended in 2013. 1/20 I recently published a
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I'm honestly shocked at seeing that @TheEconomist, a paper that is usually careful with facts, has its frontpage story on EU vaccine problems riddled with wrong information. It tells a
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THREAD:If anyone has any powers to have Chloe Westley removed INSTANTLY from her position as head of 10 Downing Street Press Office please do so.She is not only working for
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Yesterday’s news: German agency connects AZ to risk of blood-clotting. Unscientific! They put everyone at risk! Today’s news: How brilliant UK doctor linked blood-clotting to AZ, rightly wanting to raise
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A thread on trade scrutiny: This is Parliament’s website for Treaties. I’m a big fan. I’m eagerly waiting the inclusion of yesterday’s UK/Japan trade dealhttps://treaties.parliament.uk/ PS – its online already (https://www.go
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Whilst I am obviously angered & saddened by the content of the #LabourReport, I also feel an immense sense of relief that the truth has come out at last, quite
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I don’t normally do threads but I thought today might be time.I’ve been thinking about the Tories (there’s a shocker I hear you groan). I am more convinced than ever
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Now that many of William Gibson’s ardent fans will have read his latest novel "Agency", here are few thoughts about it (spoilers ahead). [1/81] Having been involved in the "new
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THREAD: The big picture.This has been a dark year, at the end of the darkest four years many of us have ever known in Western politics. It's not just been
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#root #books The Undoing Project - Michael Lewis In a funny way, they didn't even want themselves in the room. They wanted to be the people they became when they
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Apologies for long thread and appreciate I may lose a few followers for this. But I know I'm not the only one who has concerns about this JVL statement, even
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This speech below is one of the most omniscient and poignant things said about the coming future and will be remembered as an important forewarning.https://twitter.com/guyverhofstadt/status/1123864665325559808 Not endorsing it, or the
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