#Policy

Sursdik

SURSDIK

Ok...I have been getting my hands slapped by Twitter very often. I think I will confirm to their wishes and start saying good things about certain people. The first person

Nigel Scott

LibSubversive

(1) @VictoriaPeckham Last night the LibDems debated a 'business' motion about management of its conference. Ostensibly it was about respecting trans people & their pronouns & bathroom facilities. Of course

Chris Drew

cj_drew

Received my first and, so far, only bit of election campaign literature through the door a couple of days ago.A man called Michael Elston standing for GM Mayor. Nothing too

Ben Pile

clim8resistance

Fascinating piece in the newspaper that also publishes Carole Cadwalladr and an unstoppable torrent of green demonology.https://twitter.com/jimalkhalili/status/1252471821057896451 This familiar argument is equivalent to the idea that sin cannot be do

ShipofTheseus

JewishSpaceLazr

Imagine a world where Israel and Iran are allies; Sunnis and Shia are not at war; funding for global terror dries up. This is a plausible world that the US

Chris Crandall

ChrisCrandall16

There is conflict afoot on whether psychological science can offer anything to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Jay Van Bavel et al (2020) offered up a smorgasbord of possibilities https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0884-z.

Charlotte E. BLM | Toronto & 🌎 Penpal

MsCharlotteX

Visiting Niagara Falls as a Canadian vs an American during a global pandemic How is this not a clear depiction of profits over people? I’m so sad for those who

the tetrapod

pancake_puns

imo BBC stuff seems very similar to what they're doing with education - signalling to the far right, testing the waters to see what will be accepted, a little at

Newley Purnell

newley

New: Facebook has banned a politician from India’s ruling party for violating hate speech rules, amid growing political storm over extremist content. Removal of BJP's T. Raja Singh is about-face

Jonathan Kissam 🌹⚡️

domesticleft

UE has always believed that the labor movement should promote its own foreign policy ideas based on diplomacy and labor solidarity.https://twitter.com/ueunion/status/1195004446721359872 For some history on how that distinguishes us from

Owen Hatherley

owenhatherley

fwiw I don't think Smeeth is a particularly irritating politician because I think she reports every day to the CIA. It's because she encapsulates brilliantly a politics where you can

David Robbins

David_J_Robbins

1/10) Reports that HMT wants to end State Pension Triple Lock. In law, Basic State Pension & New State Pension must rise at least with earnings. CPI & 2.5% components

JamesSmithRF

JamesSmithRF

On Wednesday @CMO_England said that social distancing measures could be in place until the end of the year. What might that mean for the economy? A thread… This thread is

Stephanie Carvin

StephanieCarvin

I am going to be as transparent as possible - no denial. I put out a series of tweets (now deleted) that many found deplorable and offensive. I apologize for

Ali Alexander 🟧

ali

Bill Gates is a controversial figure.In an effort to reduce controversy (and maybe out of fear or status), some have sought to shut down any debate over Gates.This thread will

Vaughn Hillyard

VaughnHillyard

There’s been much focus on that first June debate between Biden & Harris.But in the months after, she went a different angle—as I think this September interview reflects. It’s hard