#Thatcher

Christopher Lawson

ChristopherL_TO

1/15 Hello! I’m a PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley, finishing up my thesis on deindustrialisation & its impact on communities across the UK. Motherwell had been at the centre of

Arindrajit Dube

arindube

People who think minimum wage is just an inevitably controversial topic in politics & economics should spend some time studying the U.K.Tl;dr. UK used to be like the US back

Roberto Reitenbach

BetoReitenbach

The Princess Margaret by Lord Snowdon (1967) Lord Snowdon:Mitsuko UchidaTerence Stamp Lord Snowdon:David BowieDiana Frances Spencer Lord Snowdon:Salvador DaliPrince Charles and Princess Anne Lord Snowdon:Jeremy IronsMarlene Dietrich Lord Sn

Adam Sharp

AdamCSharp

Sorely missed Victorian slang:8. Gigglemug (always smiling)7. Bitch the pot (pour the tea)6. Got the morbs (temporary sadness)5. Tight as a boiled owl (drunk)4. Poked up (embarrassed)3. Sauce-box (the mouth)2.

Post-Liberal Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

Between 1975-2016 only the Liberals/Lib-Dems & the DUP stayed on the same side of the EEC/EU debate, everyone else (Tory, , UUP, Sinn Fein, Plaid Cymru, Greens, SNP,) swapped sides.

Shivaji Shiva

ShivajiShivaLaw

Dad died #OTD in 2019.He came to Britain by ocean liner in 1959, his passage paid by a whip round amongst friends.In a familiar pattern, he arrived with an ardour

Conservatives for Home Ownership

ToryHomes

We’re a new Conservative campaign group making the case for increasing home ownership.THREAD As a party, we have made historic reforms that have given millions of families the opportunity to

Joshua Virasami

JoshuaVirasami

Forget about whether Kier ‘Tough on Crime’ Starmer is on board with a BLM *movement* demand. Make defunding the police the brick and mortar of localised organising and win the

dasPost-CV

dasvee

This is what I mean when I say Brexit is a Hard Right Deregulation Project.It's all about the removal of safeguards, scrutiny, protections, rights. The racism was the carrot to

Le GfB 💭

Gavin_F_Brewis

Thread.I've watched a lot of these videos of war today. It really is truly sad, to see men sent to fight against an enemy that'l wasn't. Working class men against

Eloho 🌱🇳🇬

ElohoGM

1 great quote, by 1 woman, every day for 100 days.Here goes:You can't be hesitant about who you are.-- Viola Davis1/ If your dreams do not scare you, they are

Stacey

ScotsFyre

Gen X’s dumbest acquiescence was listening to Boomers when they said we weren’t ready....yet. We are the last damn connection to our grandparents. The ones that lived through the Great

leave the capitol - exit this Roman shell 🐚

fireh9lly

The Victorians screwed up how we talk about geniuses forever. Turned Shakespeare and Mozart from talented and skilled men to freakish, unassailable superhumans so impossible to square with the actual

Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯

benedictrogers

THREAD: I love the United States of America. I've lived there, travelled there, have many friends thereFrom New York to Seattle, Washington, DC to California, Virginia to Wyoming,Boston to Oregon,

Sam Hall

samuelhall0

Tomorrow @BorisJohnson will set out his 10 point plan for a green industrial revolution. Here are my thoughts on what the plan is trying to achieve politically, how it fits

Lucy Walker

LucyNews

THREADBBC Focus on Africa is 60 years old. It really is something to understand the impact that it has had across the continent. @ngweedale trawled the archives and brought

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