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The peerless @BBCFarmingToday reported on social care workers (current vacancies in the sector: 105,000) quitting in rural areas because fuel costs have pushed them well below the minimum wage. Think of them every time a Tory tells you our system has been too ‘redistributive’.
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The most fundamental problem with platforming these secretly-funded lobby groups masquerading as 'think tanks' is that we have absolutely no way of knowing whose bidding this identikit herbert is doing here. Just stop booking them. They have literally no right to your attention. twitter.com/SkyNews/status…
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"When people tell you who they are, believe them the first time." Maya Angelou. twitter.com/Peston/status/…
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They don't believe in anything except shortest-term self-advancement. This is the land the Brexit built. twitter.com/PickardJE/stat…
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@IainDale @DutchieMartin @iealondon @CPSThinkTank @ASI @the_tpa @Policy_Exchange But surely we *all* need to know who's paying the wages of the people we platform? And why? And even how much?
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Seriously, if any of these secretly-funded shills pop up on a platform near you any time soon make your unhappiness known. We all deserve better. Especially, perhaps, all the people falling for the propaganda & subsequently voting to punch themselves in the face. twitter.com/mrjamesob/stat…
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So, finally, we can agree that no TV or radio producer or presenter should book a 'guest' from @iealondon, @CPSThinkTank, @ASI, @the_tpa, @Policy_Exchange unless they are trying to mislead their listeners/viewers. I have no beef at all with people who didn't get this until today.
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I did warn you. theguardian.com/media/2021/aug…
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Look upon his bio, ye Mighty, and despair! twitter.com/CPhilpOfficial…
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This little tome warned in the strongest terms what would happen if secretly-funded lobby groups masquerading as 'think tanks' were not immediately treated with the contempt they deserve. Brexit wasn't a warning, it was a rehearsal. waterstones.com/book/how-to-be…
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And there it is. They're not even hiding it any more. twitter.com/montie/status/…
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I genuinely don't know what to say. Which is awkward because I'm live on the radio for the next three hours.
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It's just mad, isn't it? These people voted for everything they're disowning, campaigned on precisely the policies they're reversing & created most of the problems they're promising to fix. *For twelve years*.
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It's also why they often have such a problem with societal attempts to help people born without the advantages they enjoyed. 'White privilege', 'diversity training', teaching the truth about British history are all constant reminders that they were born three-nil up & still lost. twitter.com/mrjamesob/stat…
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These right-wing, middle class grifters had a wonderful head start in life (Toby Young's dad got him into Oxford), but are very miserable about where they've ended up. So they *need* both a bogus narrative of oppression & victimhood & lower profile losers to pay to be part of it.
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Lots of ‘free speech’ bros seem very unhappy about me exercising mine. And I don’t even charge! twitter.com/mrjamesob/stat…
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Can’t chat now, snowflake. One of us has got work in the morning. twitter.com/toadmeister/st…
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It's hard to pinpoint precisely when Trump's depravity made supporting him disgusting & unforgivable. The 'muslim ban', 'pussy-grabbing', attempted coup etc. For me, sitting down with Alex Jones was a point of no return. UK & US media is still full of people who waved it through.
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Doesn't matter whether you're flogging counterfeit goods or counterfeit journalism, PayPal obviously has the right to shut you down.
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There is a *very* strong case to be made that by appointing so many utterly unworthy people to the House of Lords, Boris Johnson has accelerated its demise. However strong the arguments for retention, the ennoblements Zac Goldsmith, Claire Fox & Daniel Moylan will destroy them.
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All those utterly appalling post-Brexit peerages - Frost, Hannan, Goldsmith, Fox, Lebedev, Moylan, Stuart, Botham, Hoey, Cruddas etc - make this idea much more appealing. Another Johnson own goal. Ideally, it would be abolished just as Paul Dacre rocks up for his investiture. twitter.com/jessicaelgot/s…
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Excellent news. Congratulations to all involved. Now get some live fact-checking on @bbcquestiontime. twitter.com/BBCNewsPR/stat…
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Very tidy. Pinpoints precisely how Truss is gambling that tax cuts will somehow restore growth wiped out by the Brexit she can never mention. twitter.com/TheNewsAgents/…
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Jacob Rees-Mogg is accusing other people of being Luddites. Satire is dead.
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Wibble. twitter.com/AllisterHeath/…
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