The Big Nosed Bard From Barking The Roaring Forty | 1983-2023 | Out Now
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The Roaring Forty 1983-2023. Forty years in the making and it's out today!
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Johnson 'delivered' Brexit? Brexit has only been delivered in the sense that a flat-pack of furniture is delivered. It hasn’t been assembled yet because it won’t fit through the front door, several of the most important pieces are missing and the instructions are in Russian.
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Hard to think of anything that better illustrates Graham Norton’s point than the sight of someone with 13.9m followers reacting to a call for a fair hearing for trans teens and their parents by equating it to *checks notes* support for rape and death threats.
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Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8
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The Specials were a celebration of how British culture was envigorated by Caribbean immigration but the onstage demenour of their lead singer was a reminder that they were in the serious business of challenging our perception of who we were in the late 1970s. RIP Terry Hall
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When people make comparisons with what went on in Germany in the 1930s, I refer to these words from the Auschwitz Museum to judge if there is some truth in their claim.
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence.
It took time. #GenocidePreventionDay
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While the goats in Llandudno are getting all the publicity, how about a shout out for these deer who have colonised the empty streets of Harold Hill in east London?
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Norton really good here on John Cleese, telling him that ‘cancel culture’ is just accountability, and JK Rowling, suggesting that the media talk directly to trans teens and their parents rather than merely amplifying the takes of a celebrity.
One of the most sensible takes on ‘cancel culture’ I’ve seen. Sensible, honest, smart. I’m posting the video directly as Times Radio tweeted it with a clickbait and somewhat misleading headline that unintentionally confirmed his point. More of this please.
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Woke up this morning to find that the new prime minister of Australia had quoted my lyrics in his first press conference: “Just because you’re going forwards, doesn’t mean I’m going backwards”. Here’s my response to that welcome news.
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Imane Khelif is a female boxer who has been defeated 9 times by women opponents. Those claiming she's a man have the same aims as those who claimed that the suspect in the Southport stabbings was a Muslim asylum seeker: to stir up hatred against a marginalised community
Could any picture sum up our new men’s rights movement better? The smirk of a male who’s knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head, and whose life’s ambition he’s just shattered. #Paris2024
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Was asked why I was wearing a mask this morning while ordering breakfast. Did you see those images of the Commons, I replied, with a bare-faced govt facing the masked opposition? I don’t want anyone in here thinking I’m a Tory
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Mate, the main reason we joined the European Union was to get rid of the f***ing tariffs thetimes.co.uk/article/wethe…
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We defeated both these flags and will do so again #AllYouFascistsBoundToLose #Charlottesville
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From red to green: government messaging shifts from Protect the NHS to Protect Capitalism
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I don’t know who was more surprised to learn that we were co-presenting an award at the NME Awards last night, me or @taylorswift13 I have a lot of respect for her and the stand she has taken on equality and artist’s rights. Needless to say we got on like a house on fire.
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I’m not complaining that you have a view, JK. I’m complaining that you conflate my view with support for rape and death threats. I have never expressed such sentiments and if you had any self respect you would apologise for making such a blatantly inflammatory accusation.
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Today we remember our dear friend Kirsty MacColl, taken from us on this day in 2000 cbc.ca/radio/q/wednesday-nov…
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the opportunity to consign the Tories into third place in parliament. If the Liberal Democrats win more seats than the Tories, they will become the official opposition. That will give the LibDems the right to six questions a week at PMQs, 2/8
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Can you hear us Boris? @JamieWebster94 creates the first classic @GlastoLeftField moment of this year #Glastonbury2022
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I’m a huge supporter of the BBC, but if they aren’t able to conduct an interview with the Prime Minister, then the damage done to their reputation and our democracy will be incalculable.
For those asking when Boris Johnson's interview will take place, we're in ongoing discussions with his team but we haven't yet been able to fix a date
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From today’s New Zealand Herald: ‘The Trojan Horse of the Far Right’. I think we can rest assured that the Kiwis have got the measure of @ThePosieParker
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My dear friend Kirsty MacColl would have been 60 today. Everyone knows her version 'A New England' but here's another song of mine on which she did a better job that I ever could. Miss you lots, Kirst xx piped.video/watch?v=Wuzzw7el…
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More evidence that the right wing media - this is @dailytelegraph - are now using ‘cancel’ as a synonym for ‘disagree with’. Is the right to disagree no longer a fundamental aspect of free speech? Also JK Rowling didn’t create Daniel Radcliffe. She’s not his mum.
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please use this tactical voting website to find out how best to utilise your vote to push the Tories into third place on Thursday and change the balance of power in parliament for a generation. Spread the word! 8/8 stopthetories.vote/
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This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to kick the Tories into third place will only happen if enough people vote tactically to defeat their local Conservative. Such pragmatism could see dozens of ‘Portillo moments’ in the early hours of Friday morning 5/8
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This is how you respond when Neo-Nazis give Hitler salutes on your doorstep. The Premier of Victoria raises the transgender flag over Parliament House in Melbourne, site of Saturday’s anti-trans demo.
There's a new flag flying outside the offices of the Victorian Government.
Because we'll always respect you.
And we'll always have your back.
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Always a bit of a concern to wake up to find yourself trending but I have been the recipient of so much love and support from the trans community and trans allies around the world today. Thank you for your solidarity on the issue of trans rights nitter.app/flowepower66/status/14…
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Oh fuck off. theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Sorry to hear of the demise, after a long illness, of one of the greatest songwriters of my generation, Shane MacGowan. The Pogues reinvigorated folk music in the early 80s and his songs put the focus onto lyric writing, opening doors for the likes of myself and others.
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So this happened today in Vancouver BC where Johnny Marr and I are both doing gigs tonight (as is Paul Weller). We spent a lovely long lunch comparing notes about the joy of playing music and laughing uproariously about the old days. Love you Johnny.
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Can anyone spot what's wrong with the design of the 'iconic blue passport' as depicted in today's Daily Express?
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Anti-vaxxers deciding to #BoycottCosta over their vaccination requirement reminds me of a guy I heard tell a radio phone-in that increasing fines for speeding wouldn't work because people would deliberately drive slowly to stop the council from making money #ThatsThePointMate
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Just blown into Adelaide for 3 shows at the Gov. Appalled to find UK anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen is coming to SA to stir up division. Not only anti-trans, she also accepts support from US anti-abortionists. Be a trans ally - protest her presence!
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Impartiality rules will require media outlets to ask the LibDems to comment on Labour’s performance in office. In short, it will be the LibDems holding Labour to account while the Tories fume from the sidelines. 4/8
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17 opposition days to push their agenda and hold votes and first right of reply to the King’s Speech. Issues such as Brexit, voting reform and the environment would get greater prominence. 3/8
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Not a fan of PV, so wasn’t going on the march, but it will show that many of us knew Brexit was a mistake. Just like the Iraq war march, history will remember us and, like Blair, the Brexiteers will never escape the blame for ignoring the million in the streets. C U there?
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Liz Truss, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Ian Duncan Smith, Suella Braverman and Kimi Badenoch could all lose their seats. There is even a possibility that Rishi Sunak could be defeated, the first time ever that a sitting prime minister has been kicked out of parliament. 6/8
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Being labelled a misogynist by anti-trans activists is like being called a baby killer by anti-abortionists, who stubbornly refuse to take into account any views you have expressed regarding the welfare of babies.
You have to hand it to Misogyny. It's managed to relaunch, rebrand and market itself as new, progressive, modern, inclusive and 'kind'.
The thing with us pesky feminist women is that we still recognise it for the centuries old thing that it is - as we always have and always will.
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The headline here should actually be "Cultural arbiters bemoan the fact that the public can now hold them to account". Free speech doesn't give you the right to be beyond reproach. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana…
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I realise many of you out there are frustrated with the choices you’re being offered by both Labour and the LibDems. But surely we can agree that they are preferable to the Tories? If you live in a constituency with a sitting Conservative MP, as I do, 7/8
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Bit of night time industry solidarity after the show tonight in Wellington where the local strippers are out protesting for fair contracts and labour rights outside Calendar Girls strip club. #ThereIsPowerInAUnion beacons.ai/firedupstilettos
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Unemployed man declared 'Londoner of the Decade'. Father an immigrant, mother lived all her life on state benefits.
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BREAKING: Unapologetic promoter of false allegations demands apology after being subject of false allegation
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Man whose skin colour has never held him back and whose gender has never been a reason to pay him less than others fails to recognise white male privilege. Just because you're not discriminated against doesn't mean there's no discrimination going down in the UK
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It's clear that the Tories election campaign is going to be based on fear - of immigrants, small boats, Stop Oil and Gaza protesters and the trans community. Anything to distract from their 14 years of misrule. We have to do everything we can to turf the bastards out on July 4th
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Daily Mail having a dig at me today over the £120 price of my 14 CD box set which features 323 songs. At 37p a track, it’s better value than my debut album Life’s A Riot which at £2.99 was 42p per track. Wait till they discover folks had to buy a ticket to get into my gig!
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Julie Bindel takes to right wing GBNews to smear the trans community with the same trope that was used against gay men in the 1980s - that they are all paedophiles. Has she forgotten that made gays a target for physical violence? Does she care if trans people are now targeted too
'I don't want to be lumped in with minor-attracted persons.'
Julie Bindel of @Project_Lesbian discusses the damage caused by the lesbian identity being subsumed into the so-called LGBTQ+ community.
@BindelJ | @AndrewDoyle_Com | 1/2🧵
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Remembering Kirsty MacColl today cbc.ca/radio/q/wednesday-nov…
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JK Rowling seems unconcerned that, in subordinating everything to the issue of trans exclusion, she risks facilitating reactionary forces that seek to curtail women's rights. Yet two weeks after anti-abortionist Matt Walsh tweeted his joy at the end of Roe v Wade, Rowling 1/2
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Wow! When the Guardian and the Mail agree on a political scandal, you really are in deep trouble.
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How come people who get apoplectic about a dozen climate activists blocking a single road don’t get angry when wildfires close the M25 and rail lines buckle? The climate crisis stops thousands more people going about their business than @ExtinctionR ever did
We hit 40.2 C today – the highest temperature recorded in England.
But climate denial, deflection, and minimisation is still rife in the British media.
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Since I saw that clip of Oliver Anthony singing 'Rich Men North of Richmond', the ghost of Woody Guthrie has been whispering in my ear. So today I sat down and wrote this response piped.video/watch?v=qGNFR7pg…
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So the Prime Minister says that a parent’s instincts towards the safety of their children over-rides government advice. This will doubtless be reassuring to those parents unwilling to send their children back to school in a week’s time before testing and tracing is in place.
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Gotta feel sorry for Sacha Baron Cohen. On the day he debuts #whoisamerica- a programme in which he goes to great efforts to trick politicos into saying the most outrageous things - he's outshone by the US president saying he trusts an ex-KGB agent over the CIA. #NoJoke
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This is an amazing story. How @hopenothate worked with a mole inside a neo-nazi group to foil a plot to murder a female Labour MP. It took a lot of guts from the mole and a huge commitment from HnH. Both deserve our respect and support.
A few moments ago a trial finished at the Old Bailey. Now that the trial is over, we’re able to finally tell the full story of how HOPE Not hate smashed the banned terror group National Action and foiled a murder plot.
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I know GC feminists hate being called trans-exclusionary, yet here is one of the main GC advocacy groups specifically excluding trans people from their message of solidarity with victims of a murderous attack on the LGBTQ+ community. Any comment @Womans_Place_UK ? @jk_rowling ?
We are horrified by the news of the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, and stand in solidarity with LGB people worldwide against this senseless hatred.
Our thoughts are with the victims, and all who knew and loved them.
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Chuka’s plea for Corbyn to ‘call off the dogs’ is not only an insult to Labour members but also perpetuates the slur that we are a ‘cult’, rather than engaged citizens who believe in accountability and party democracy.
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Anyone who has seen Elvis Costello play will know he puts a huge amount of energy into his live shows, so it's understandable that he would cancel a few gigs to focus on recovering from cancer surgery. He's one of my musical heroes and I wish him well.
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At a time when the news just gets grimmer everyday and the outlook for many is fraught with anxiety, this is such an uplifting and inspiring thread. What an amazing achievement by @BootstrapCook 🌟🌪🌟
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Can someone help this cranky old guy because he seems to be pleading with everyone to conform to his understanding of the world so as not to make him feel uncomfortable
I dunno man, maybe treat them like a human? Listen to them, maybe?
I haven’t spent years studying clinical psychology nor is my brain addled by benzos and cow, but I find this super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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Very impressed with the way @ahcabbage have reacted to being selected by the Sun as one of their top new bands for 2017
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40 years ago today I carried my trusty Arbiter guitar and Cube 60 amp into the demo studio in the offices of Chappell Music near Marble Arch and over three intense days recorded my debut album Life's A Riot. Lots of 40th anniversary fun planned over the next 12 months. Stay tuned
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BREAKING: The people who rushed to defend a woman who was sacked because of her views on trans rights.....are demanding that a woman be sacked because of her views on trans rights
juliebindel.substack.com/p/a…
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Blimey, if the Daily Mail are this upset about ‘Which Side Are You On’ they’re going to be apoplectic when the find out how I’ve updated the lyrics to ‘Sexuality’
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Here’s the photo from the front of the Daily Boris from another angle. He was actually speaking to a small, invited audience in a vast echo chamber.
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Shocking. The Premier of Ontario has pre-emptively suspended the right to strike for public sector workers for up to five years. Solidarity with @CUPEOntario in their struggle for better pay and conditions in the face of such draconian legislation breachmedia.ca/doug-fords-at…
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Does the @BBCNews have no consideration for millions of grandparents who, respecting the rules, have made the sacrifice of not seeing their grandkids over the past two months? Like his boss, Cummings acts with impunity while the press fail to hold him to account #NameTheSource
Source says his trip was within guidelines as Cummings went to stay with his parents so they could help with childcare while he and his wife were ill - they insist no breach of lockdown
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GC activists like to claim they’re not anti-trans, yet here they are threatening the Samaritans because they highlighted the high suicide rate among trans people. This has nothing to do with the safety of women and girls and everything to do with intolerance.
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For those of you still sitting on the fence, here’s a chilling reminder that this issue was never just about who gets to use which toilet
In this shocking clip, two prominent British anti-trans campaigners openly discuss their goal of ‘reducing or keeping down the number of people who transition’ because ‘every one of those people is a huge problem to a sane world…the fewer of those people there are, the better.’
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Check this thread: Neo-Nazis salute in solidarity with Kellie-Jay Keen at her anti-trans event in Melbourne. How can @jk_rowling @bindelj and @Womans_Place_UK claim that GC is progressive when their movement is willing to #LetNazisSpeak ?
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Wilko Johnson was a precursor of punk. His guitar playing was angry and angular, but his presence - twitchy, confrontational, out of control - was something we'd never beheld before in UK pop. Rotten, Strummer and Weller learned a lot from his edgy demeanour. He does it right RIP
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24 hours since Laurence Fox made his misogynist outburst on GBNews, yet no word of condemnation of his unacceptable behaviour from women's rights campaigners Maya Forstater, Kathleen Stock or Julie Bindel. What could be preventing them from speaking up in support of Ava Evans?
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Players need to face down FIFA over this. If a captain is booked for wearing a OneLove armband, both teams should leave the pitch until the card is recinded. Delays would cause chaos in global tv schedules and draw greater attention to LGBTQ+ rights and FIFA's malfeasance.
Soccer teams representing seven European nations at the World Cup have announced their captains will no longer wear the OneLove armband in Qatar after FIFA, which organizes the tournament, said players sporting the bands would be sanctioned.
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Putin's reference to JK Rowling being cancelled challenges those 'gender critical' feminists who claim to be arguing from a left wing perspective. Does it not trouble you when you see who is amplifying your signal?
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Does the "serious but unquantifiable" risk of taking puberty blockers also apply to children diagnosed with early onset puberty, some of them toddlers? If not, it seems this is a policy designed by people who don't believe trans kids should exist
🚨 BREAKING: Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said he intends to ban puberty blockers for trans children.
Jo Maugham, Director of the Good Law Project, reported today that "subject to the outcome of the court proceedings and consultation" Streeting will ban puberty blockers.
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After the shameful way that anti-trans activists have attacked Imane Khelif ask yourself who ultimately benefits from their demand that women conform to traditional stereotypes of femininity?
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Some thoughts from me on what JK Rowling and John Cleese get wrong about cancel culture: a belief in accountability does not involve condoning threats or violence – and freedom of expression does not mean freedom from consequence.
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I don’t suppose this row will effect Johnson’s appeal to his supporters, but the media’s defence of his behaviour confirms that Trumpism has infected the UK. Democracy and accountability are drifting apart and we can’t complain we didn’t all see it coming.
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Really enjoyed making the audience laugh at Reform’s Richard Tice on @bbcquestiontime last night. Grabbing some brekko at Coventry station I didn’t expect to see this stirring tribute to the defeat of fascism adorning the wall of Coffee #1 #AllYouFascistsBoundToLose
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This image sums up why I voted #Remain: Not every Leave voter is a racist, but every racist will vote Leave.
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Respect to the brave firefighters from the London Fire Brigade who risked their lives to save people at #GrenfellTower @fbunational
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This is serious now - for the Prime Minister, for his family and for the government's attempts to get on top of this crisis. I don't agree with his politics, but I wish him well tonight.
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What?? Louise Distras hates trans people so much that she’s willing to dress in a style acceptable to Daily Mail readers in order to have a go at them. What does this have to do with feminism Louise? Or punk rock?
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OMG! That ‘Billy Bragg’ guy who makes *records* also talks about politics as a means of ‘engaging’ with his *audience* How long has this been going on?? It’s outrageous and *should* not be allowed
Billy Bragg is a “singer”. Billy Bragg *uses* trans/identity politics for engagement. Look at his likes and engagement when he talks about his music career versus his engagement from being a misogynist. Billy Bragg is grifter and obviously a rather unpopular singer. Embarrassing.
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Great to catch up with my old pal Albo at the Tivoli in Brisbane. Met him on my 1st Aus tour in 87 when he organised a Red Wedge style event for ALP youth at Sydney Trade Union Club. He’s come a long way since then #SocialismOfTheHeart
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Times changed. Anyone born since the song was released would wonder why it’s a big deal to find common ground with a gay man. The front line now is trans rights.
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I just love the expression on Cheddar Man's face. It's like he knows how much it will annoy white supremacists to learn that the earliest Britons had dark skin.
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