#Austerity

The Secret Barrister

BarristerSecret

“Seeing justice truly done” is an interesting soundbite.Is it, as this incoherent, sub-sixth-form essay rant suggests, only about locking more people up for longer?Or does “justice truly done” mean a

Karam Bales

karamballes

Public First founded by Rachel Wolf is part of the DfEs special expert panel, how many organisations taking government money via education has she now been involved in?Same old faces

Simon “Kinematic” K

SimonZev

So we start with the 1st line & hit the buffers as we hit the “reallocate funds fallacy”. This has been explained so many times. Cancelling #HS2 means no money

Ben Judah

b_judah

One of the things I’m most worried about in France is the rise in friends on the Left saying they won’t vote for Macron vs Le Pen in a runoff

Richard Murphy

RichardJMurphy

I keep hearing people complain that the ‘mainstream media’ does not understand economics and that we’re talked down to as if everything must be explained as if the economy is

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

When I think about our historical, profound shifts in attitude and discourse, the model I apply is "peak indifference."Say you have real, existential problem. More often than not, these are

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

So then: Keir Starmer. How's he doing? This thread's gonna be interesting for the ratio it might receive ... or otherwise. Because I think he's doing pretty well, all things

Socially Isolated

Umar_Khan10

Loans repaid by PTI govt in 22 months: RS 5000 BillionPM @ImranKhanPTI Isteefa dou! Amount borrowed from State Bank in 22 months: NILPM @ImranKhanPTI Isteefa dou! Panagahs established by PTI

drew brown

drewfoundland

seek ye first the kingdom of God, or failing that the mute button. it is 3 February 2021 at Newfoundland and Labrador's House of Assembly, and I'm here in a

Raúl Carrillo

RaulACarrillo

It’s (thankfully) been a minute since I was active on night twitter, but the @LPE_Project #UBI symposium is so rich, I’m eroding my own norms ! Time to talk about

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

Yesterday, I discussed how powerful narratives are. But the thing about narratives is: we all use them to make meaning of our lives and the world.Very many on the left

Ingrid M

iMusing

good morninghappy Sunday!Today on the #Insiders couch are Pat Karvelas, Phil Coorey and David Crowe.The interview is with Penny Wong.#TalkingPictures is with Amy Remeikis.This thread is not fact checked.I reserve

András Tóth-Czifra

NoYardstick

One of the news that generated significant interest in the past week was the “bankruptcy” of Ingushetia, a N Caucasian region. But this isn't exactly what's happening. What Ingushetia is

Olubadan of Lagos

Teejazzy1234

By this thread, I want to invoke some Nostalgia by taking us down memory lane to the late 80s and early to mid-90s when arguably the best set of indigenous

💙Jane ⭐🌱

localnotail

May's #EngCon Tory Government is using 1984 as a handbookBefore Brexit: "not realistic to think we could just replace European trade with these new markets"After Brexit: "ambitious future trade arrangements"

Dr Ella Cockbain

DrEllaC

Listening to the “grooming gangs” debate. So wildly disheartening hearing a politician talk about an issue they clearly don’t know - or care to know - the basics about. Oh

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