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Adam Wagner
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Important article from @DebatINQUEST about the #Grenfell inquiry. I have been on both sides of this and it really shows how important it is for inquiries never to lose sight of the people most affected by the disaster they are investigating.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@DebatINQUEST One thing this article also highlights is how public inquiries, often seen as a panacea, are limited in what they can achieve - they will never provide justice which society craves, as they can’t assign civil/criminal blame.
Public inquiries can only ever be a starting point and are invariably a incredibly long and drawn out one. I can entirely see why those affected most by public disasters can become frustrated and angry at the process
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I just listened to Jonathan Sumption's final Reith Lecture (bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…) - I missed 4th so will have to catch up. I enjoyed it. Well structured + delivered defence of our unwritten constitution.

tldr he thinks we need to let the political aristocracy get on with it
I have more detailed thoughts about it but will probably get back to them once I listen to the 4th. I was a bit disappointed by his denouement (SPOILER ALERT) which is that the answer to our current woes is... proportional representation.
It was as if he realised he had to be a bit constructive as the entire 5 lectures (I assume - missed the 4th!) was extremely conservative, saying that our system has more or less perfectly evolved to suit our unique history, perfectly adaptable, let the chaps get on with it etc.
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Adam Wagner
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I mean no disrespect by this (I really like @sadiqkhan) but every time I hear him speak about Trump it reminds me of a bullied kid at a school with a culture of bullying trying desperately to maintain his dignity
This is also how I felt listening to @sajidjavid talk about not being invited to the state dinner. They are both hugely impressive professionals (leaving politics aside) at the top of their respective trees but degraded by Trump but also the lack of institutional support for them
@sajidjavid Unpacking this, I think it's to do with the uncertainty Muslim people must feel when the key institutions don't quite stand up for Khan and Javid - particularly the governmen. Condemnation of Trump's tweets were equivocal. Statements about Javid's invitation mealy mouthed
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We need to wake up to the incredibly serious implications of the President of the United States actively promoting the far right racist and Islamophobe Katie Hopkins.

For those (particularly US people) who are meeting her for the first time, some things you need to know (thread)
She started out as a harmless attention-seeking reality TV star. But in 2015 she saw an opening around the emerging alt right ‘White people in Europe are being replaced’ movement.

She uses language which is common to students of genocide. Eg cockroaches in Rwanda
She is happy being called a racist. She admits she is one.
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A hypothetical: You and I are straight. We're debating whether our gay friend should be allowed to marry his boyfriend. You're pro. I'm con.

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So In the beginning there was a friend named Zoe who made video games and this pissed off a shitty ex who invented the group known as ganergate (with an m). This group of toxic 4chan males driven to harass women and others who they targeted according to their vitriol.
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