#Englishness

English politics is, almost without exception, an exercise in directing the public's overwhelming spite at whatever target is required. When it backfires, you see policy changes in response, because that
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Good morning pals! I hope you're all keeping well. Today I thought we'd discuss displaced identities. Obviously, my research population are the 2nd generation Irish in Britain (more specifically the
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Woken to the terrible news of John le Carré’s passing. One of the great writer of our time and imho the author of the greatest twentieth century English book, Tinker
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Tell me Ole doesn't have an agenda against Jose signingsA thread: Lukaku.Told he wasn't part of Ole's system and was sent to Inter. Our best attacker and the numbers show
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Quite incredible for the Statesman to assert something as bold as "ethnic minorities feel excluded by Scottishness" in a completely fact free manner, when we have verifiable *official census identity
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I really can’t see how, after the last four and half years, the breakup of the UK can be avoided. What a historical irony that a Brexit intended to make
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Second thread of individuals and organisations:Predicting, celebrating or joking about the replacement of white people and demise of the white race.Actively nudging whites towards this end.Jokingly or otherwise, inciting violence
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This is brilliant from James Hawes. He shows how Robert Tombs’ support of Brexit involves him in a Whig history that NEGATES his true Tory insights in his truly great
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In the 70s, people within the Labour Party were happy to say that devolution would be rife with anti-Englishness and 'English haters'. It's never been about Scotland, nor has it
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Excuse this short thread on a long read - Spitfire Britain and the Zombie Union in @The_Drouth http://www.thedrouth.org/spitfire-britain-and-the-zombie-union-by-scott-hames/ This essay updates some ideas from my book and applies them to
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1| @wieldorg #FragmentedLanguageWorkshop2020Let's Come Back Together: Reversing Fragmentation, Reclaiming Space+Time for Our Languages=observ'ns+quest'ns from 20+ years of collaborations in (under-resourced) lg reclamation→all
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One aspect I worry about when early Empire is taught is the ease with which it fits a causation EQ. I myself have done this in the past with a
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THREAD: Woke up feeling conflicted about BBC’s #ASuitableBoy so here are seem of my stream-of-consciousness thoughts for anyone interested (1/13) I love the book: the world & cultural set it
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My Mum (Dr Marie-Claire) has Alzheimer's, so she has tricky days (she's ok with me posting this). She was a bit upset today, so I caught up with her after
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1/17 Coventry is UK City of Culture this year, so there will be a lot written about its built environment. A lot will be based on popular myth. A quick
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NEW THREAD:Not on Trump, on another topic which is of great importance-American Identity and Anglo-American RelationsTopic doesn't interest you? Read anyways, it has wide-reaching consequences and you may learn something
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