#Brexit

1. On this the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Britain, it is necessary to remind ourselves of a few facts. Not least because of how the
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#BMJ lashes out at UK ‘state #corruption’ and ‘suppression of #science’The highly-respected medical journal hit out at the "politicisation of science" in an article lashing out at #Tory cronyism.Henry Goodwin
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Because I am such a cool kid (and stuck with nothing to do) I got playing around with some data last night on how views of Johnson have changed over
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13 tons.... The Uyghur situation is, let's call it, a fucking holocaust, and nobody gives a shit somehow.After all, what's a few millions victims in a country of 1.4 billion
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So, today, @BorisJohnson committed to spending £190 billion on #defence over the next four years, considerably more than was previously planned. What does this mean for the #UK's place in
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THREAD: New Year's Eve. This year has been, for many, a very difficult year, as it has for me. From saying goodbye to family and friends, all much loved, to
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I write as someone from an extremely dysfunctional family.I write as someone with no family of my own: a deliberate choice owing hugely to the point above.I write as a
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1. Some thoughts about picking over the bones of the referendum loss.TLDR - get over it, move on, and most importantly, find a better strategy. 2. From an analytical perspective,
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On this day 4 years ago, I woke at 6am after 4 fretful hours sleep, heard the (not unexpected) news, swore, cried, swore some more, and decided to join the
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1/***BIGGER SHILL THAN JEFF FLAKE EDITION***There is no way this guy is not involved in Spygate as he is doing everything in his power to sabotage the + completely
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As a black woman born in the uk I am deeply ashamed to see what the country has become. I am a pensioner. Worked hard all of my life and
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As profoundly skeptical, indeed suspicious as I am of this British Govt, this morning on Today, @nadhimzahawi, Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment, struck me as sincere in gravity
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PUBLICATION DAY!We Need New Stories is out in paperback today and has had a reception I never dreamed of with extremely generous reviews in, among others, the FT, the Irish
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Years ago my friend got a job interview with L'Oreal."You speak fluent French?" they asked."Oui, Oui," lied my friend.The rest of the interview was in French. It didn't last long.This
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As someone whose been researching BREXT, TRUMP + RUSSIA for a couple of years, it's pretty amazing to see the media suddenly starting to ring alarm bells - after yesterday's
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A number of people asked me yesterday why I have been raising the issue of deportations so passionately. There is often an assumption that because someobe is deported that they
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