#Thatcher

Paddy Docherty 3.5%

paddydocherty

A thread about the English Establishment, state psychopathy, #COVID19… and why it really matters how people in power think. #history #ToriesOut #resist The popular idea of a colonial official

Sri Thiruvadanthai

teasri

IG as a precursor to Thatcher and Reagan. First, a little background. People forget that IG, as a new PM, took the advice of experts and liberalizers, incl. Bhagwati to

David Timoney

fromarsetoelbow

I'm going to do a contrarian number on this widely-praised thread (nothing personal: I just don't agree with it).https://twitter.com/cakeylaura/status/1341412374792835073 The first point to make is that an anecdote about one

Victor John King

VictorK43995989

Thread : The week that was.Australia : The National party in New South Wales was going to blow the Coalition government in that State apart, after the Premier said that

Matthew 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧

ifartinbed

I went on the hunt for #womenstatues in London today. There really are very few - basically you have to be a queen or queen consort to be celebrated in

Tides of History

labour_history

#OTD 1988. Section 28 is introduced. Law states that local authorities cannot 'promote homosexuality' or 'the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship'. A look back at the controversy

GET A GRIP 💙

docrussjackson

#GE1945 THREADClement Atlee was imperfect. Every leader is. But 75 years later, despite the Tories' best efforts, we all still benefit from the changes introduced after WWII by a @UKLabour

Evan Smith

evanishistory

Alongside the declassified files from 1996-97 that were opened by the @UkNatArchives this week, there was another Cabinet file from 1973 that was also declassified: CAB 301/661 - Request for

Hugh Brechin

HughRBrechin

one like = one Scottish Labour hot take, let's go 1. Oh boy. 2. I like Richard Leonard. I voted for Richard Leonard. But he wasn’t doing a very good

Simon Evans

DrSimEvans

Great Britain has gone two month without coal and yes, that is a big deal.It's gone from 40% coal powered to ~2% in 8yrs. And plenty for other countries to

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Welcome back! I'm @khowaga, and we're discussing public health in 19th century Egypt. (1/24) With the establishment of a national health corps, consisting of men and women--hakims and hakimas--who were

Katya

ThatKatyaGirl

The Great Reset* What was it?* Who was behind it?* How did it work?* How did it impact people?Extracts from the works of Dr Emmanuel Goldstein, Nov 2053Thread. Please share

Ryan Heath

PoliticoRyan

THREAD: Boris Johnson has a problem named Joe Biden: Democrats are on UK climate leadership and on UK defense spending increase, but in no mood to prioritize the

Griff Ferris

g__ferris

If we’re gonna talk about the UK’s history with slavery, how about we talk about the MPs whose money + power comes from slavery?Thread: Richard Drax MP (2010-now)Lives in 7,000-acre

#SaveUEL

saveUEL

Hey you! Do you mayhaps agree #studentsdeservebetter than what UK higher education is handing them? Look no further: @uel_news has it all. Racist and sexist firings of lecturers, union busting

Fen C: Pro-#EU; Ctr-Lft (~Soc. Democrat); 3.5%

FenCoul

Everyone was broadly ok with our relationship with the EU. Until it said it was going to crack down on rich people's tax-fiddles. Funny, that. Not "funny ha ha" though.The

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