#British

Matt Usselmann

rad_econ

When can we get UK out of lock-down?It is a political question.Currently we have about 5,000 new infections and 1,000 deaths a day.Once we have ~20 new infections and ~5

Russ Jones

RussInCheshire

Off the back of this (which may well be empty gossip), some slightly disjointed thoughts.In the current govt, Johnson is a shell. No authority, no plan, no decision-making.The real power

stephanie allen

BuiltJustice

As I hammer out my thesis, wanted to share a couple nuggets about Harland Bartholomew who many know to have been the person to draft up the first CoV town

Willard Foxton Todd

WillardFoxton

“Hello M, understand you want to see me about people trafficking”“Ah yes Bond. You see, the plan is to create a giant wave machine to swamp small boats”“Dastardly. Goldfinger? Blofeld?”“God

Neglectful Gardener: #BLM One Human Race, 1 Planet

SimonPease1

1/13 There's a division in the pro EU community here at the moment, which is unnecessary, and divisive at a time when Unity is important. Just for clarity, I believe

Suzanne Sataline

ssataline

It’s time to change the way the media reports on protests. Please read before going out on 1/7 in #hongkong. http://nie.mn/2YvVKOh via @NiemanLab Centering protest coverage around the

GET A GRIP

docrussjackson

Boris Johnson is ‘constantly lobbied’ by text, sources admit.Of course he is. The man is a corrupt opportunist liar.Short THREAD about when he dismissed as 'Lefty delusion' allegations that he

No Quarter Will Be Given

chaedria

So I used to go to the WholeFoods in Westwood, and sometime in grad school one of my favorite sweats broke; the elastic dried out. Well. Why would I throw

Elephant Man

AngryLevantine

"Arabs and Jews lived in peace before Zionism"Let's take a look...629: 1st Alexandria Massacres, Egypt622 - 634: Extermination of the 14 Jewish clans in Arabia634 - 638: Arabs invade and

Fʀ. A. J. D. Sᴄʜʀᴇɴᴋ

frajds

St. Mark, from a Book of Hours (Rosenwald Ms. 10, 1533) hello Mid-11th century illumination from the Abbey of St. Peter, Reichenau 𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 From the Saint-Sever Beatus, also known

kommy

kommyM

another company taking advantage of the british public during coronavirus lockdownthe charming @SchoolLettings emailed customers today to politely demand a £50 ‘retainer fee’ to keep their booking post pandemicSLS then

Ryan Moon Ⓥ

RyanMoon11

A thread (never done this before!) highlighting the complete inversion of reality when the former head of MI6, Richard Dearlove, describes @jeremycorbyn as a ‘present danger' to the UK as

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

Why was Margaret Thatcher so afraid of German reunification? Why did a lifelong anti-Communist turn to the Soviet Union for support? And what lessons might be learned for Brexit Britain?

Bryan Ferry is my Spirit Animal

AtticumFloreat

A long thread on flooding in Fishlake:Fishlake up in Yorkshire is in the news now because it is under water. (The name, of course, says it all but the Wisdom

🏴 bauhinia black

bauhiniablack

Thinking a lot about this take and why it’s problematic.I‘m Yue 粵. Our ancestors fled North China in the Tang dynasty. The migrants intermarried with the Baiyue (Hundred Tribes), creating

Emily Hobson

emilyehobson

My family and I do this thing where we get into a TV show together and watch it every night. Here is a list of what we’ve watched over the